Chapter 3. Configuration
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# Chapter 3. Configuration

## Configuring the music directory

When you play local files, you should organize them within a directory called the "music directory". This is configured in MPD with the `music_directory` setting.

By default, MPD follows symbolic links in the music directory. This behavior can be switched off: `follow_outside_symlinks` controls whether MPD follows links pointing to files outside of the music directory, and `follow_inside_symlinks` lets you disable symlinks to files inside the music directory.

Instead of using local files, you can use storage plugins to access files on a remote file server. For example, to use music from the SMB/CIFS server "myfileserver" on the share called "Music", configure the music directory "`smb://myfileserver/Music`". For a recipe, read the Satellite MPD section.

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