HTTP Streaming

Enable

Configure an httpd output in MPD configuration .

audio_output {
type            "httpd"
name            "HTTP Stream - MP3 - 8000"
encoder         "lame"        # optional, vorbis or lame
port	          "8006"
# bind_to_address "0.0.0.0"     # optional, IPv4 or IPv6
# quality         "5.0"         # do not define if bitrate is defined
bitrate         "128"         # do not define if quality is defined
format          "44100:16:2"
max_clients     "0"           # optional 0=no limit
}

From the player options enable the configured output and MPD HTTP Streaming.

As long as streaming is enabled playback will start when MPD starts playing and will stop when it does. Pausing does not stop the streaming it just plays silence.
Streaming can be disabled from the player options or from the notification item.

Configure

The minimum required configuration is the port number (if different from the default port number 8000)

More Options

Host

By default the host name of the MPD server.

Path

Not really required but some external players may require this to be a file name with extension matching the audio format (e.g. something.mp3)
If left empty a suitable path will be generated with extension matching the content type received from MPD.

Player

The default player is the Internal media player.
Other players may be listed if installed on the device.
These are apps that respond to the request to open HTTP URL with content type "audio/*" but they are not necessarily music players.

VLC for android is a good choice for an external player.