Where Does Cantata Store Config and Playlists?
Where the Cantata MPD client keeps config, dynamic playlists and cache.
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Cantata follows Qt conventions on Linux: user config at ~/.config/cantata/cantata.conf with dynamic playlist sources under ~/.local/share/cantata/dynamic. KDE builds instead use the cantatarc naming in their config home.
System wide defaults sit under /etc for multi user machines. Keep user and system files apart: personal tweaks belong in your home, shared MPD host defaults belong in /etc.
Where Cantata stores this, by platform
~/.config/cantata/cantata.conf
Qt build user config plus dynamic playlist sources under local share. KDE builds use cantatarc naming instead. Check file ownership after sudo launches. System defaults live under /etc for all users.
Frequently asked questions
Cantata forgets my settings on every start. Why?
Fix ownership of ~/.config/cantata/cantata.conf and the cantatarc file to your user. Root owned configs from sudo launches are the classic cause of settings that never stick.
How do I enable a Cantata dynamic playlist?
Symlink the wanted file from ~/.local/share/cantata/dynamic into ~/.cache/cantata/dynamic/rules. The README documents exactly that dance for server mode dynamic playlists.
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