diff --git a/QuickPlay/Configuration.cs b/QuickPlay/Configuration.cs
index 64abf2d..4f06c9f 100644
--- a/QuickPlay/Configuration.cs
+++ b/QuickPlay/Configuration.cs
@@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ namespace QuickPlay
     }
 #pragma warning restore CS0659
 
+    public enum PlayerType
+    {
+        MPD,
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Configuration of the player.
     /// 
@@ -111,8 +116,10 @@ namespace QuickPlay
     /// </summary>
     public class PlayerConfiguration
     {
-        Dictionary<string, IPlayable> songs;
-        string playerName;
+        public Dictionary<string, IPlayable> songs;
+        public string playerName;
+        public PlayerType playerType;
+        public string playerConnectionDetails; // This is opaque to this class, the player will make sense of it.
 
         public static PlayerConfiguration FromFile(StreamReader reader)
         {
@@ -125,6 +132,8 @@ namespace QuickPlay
                 if (elem.Key == "general")
                 {
                     result.playerName = elem.Value["name"];
+                    result.playerType = PlayerType.MPD; //FIXME: not always.
+                    result.playerConnectionDetails = elem.Value["connection"];
                 } else
                 {
                     var song = new Song(elem.Key, elem.Value);
@@ -136,7 +145,16 @@ namespace QuickPlay
 
         public IPlayer GetPlayer()
         {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
+            IPlayer result;
+            switch (playerType)
+            {
+                case PlayerType.MPD:
+                    result = new MpdPlayer(this);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot happen: Player had no type.");
+            }
+            return result;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/QuickPlay/MpdPlayer.cs b/QuickPlay/MpdPlayer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cba223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/QuickPlay/MpdPlayer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using Android.App;
+using Android.Content;
+using Android.OS;
+using Android.Runtime;
+using Android.Views;
+using Android.Widget;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace QuickPlay
+{
+    class MpdPlayer: IPlayer
+    {
+        public Dictionary<string, IPlayable> Songs { get; private set; }        
+        public float CurrentProgress { get {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            } }        
+        public bool IsReady { get
+            {
+                throw new NotImplementedException();
+            } }
+        public void Play(string songId)
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+        public void SetReasonableOptions()
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+        public MpdPlayer(PlayerConfiguration cfg)
+        {
+            //TODO
+            Songs = cfg.songs;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/QuickPlay/QuickPlay.csproj b/QuickPlay/QuickPlay.csproj
index ff49baa..bfdf3c7 100644
--- a/QuickPlay/QuickPlay.csproj
+++ b/QuickPlay/QuickPlay.csproj
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Interfaces.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MpdMonitorService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MainActivity.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="MpdPlayer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Resources\Resource.designer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SongRecycler.cs" />
diff --git a/QuickPlay/SongRecycler.cs b/QuickPlay/SongRecycler.cs
index 48b3a87..e0a0927 100644
--- a/QuickPlay/SongRecycler.cs
+++ b/QuickPlay/SongRecycler.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace QuickPlay
         {
             get
             {
-                throw new NotImplementedException();
+                return player.Songs.Count;
             }
         }
         public override RecyclerView.ViewHolder OnCreateViewHolder(ViewGroup parent, int viewType)