Demonstrate bug in mpd

seeker.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import socket
from time import sleep
import sys

hostname = 'alarm.local'
port = 6600
password = 'secret123'

s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect((hostname, port))

print(s.recv(64).decode('ascii'), end="")

s.sendall("password {}\n".format(password).encode('ascii'))
result = s.recv(128)
assert(result == b"OK\n")

for _ in range(0, 30):
    s.sendall(b"seekcur 60\n")
    result = s.recv(3)
    assert(result == b"OK\n")
    sleep(.005)

sleep(.5)

s.sendall(b"status\n")
answer = s.recv(1024).decode('ascii')
[elapsed_str] = [x.rstrip() for x in answer.split("\n") if x.startswith("elapsed")]
num_value = float(elapsed_str.split(": ")[1])
print("seeked to position:", num_value)
if num_value < 60:
    print("who did that?!")
    sys.exit(1)

s.close()