import mpdclient2, timing, time

search_list = list()

# ?!?! http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopython/regression_filter.html
# <mpdclient2.dictobj object at 0x405a50bc ..
#  {
#    album: Stray Blues - A Collection Of,
#    title: Lemonade,
#    track: 05,
#    artist: Beck,
#    pos: 537,
#    file: Beck - Stray Blues/beck - 05 - lemonade.mp3,
#    time: 144,
#    type: file,
#    id: 537
#  }>

def get(obj, type, data):
	if hasattr(obj, type):
		if getattr(obj, type) == data:
			search_list.append(obj)

timing.start()

mpd = mpdclient2.connect();
info = mpd.playlistinfo()

for i in range (0, len(info)):
	get(info[i], "artist", "Beck")
#	get(info[i], "title", "Hotwax")
#	get(info[i], "album", "Odelay")

timing.finish()

print "There are: %d items! (%d seconds)" % (len(search_list), timing.seconds())
# There are: 272 items! (3 seconds)