ncmpcpp - improved ncmpc with some new features

srunni · Guru Joined: 26 Dec 2007 Posts: 365

Hey, I've got another feature request—undo/redo for playlist changes.
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unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 769

this one should go to mpd developer, not me

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darklegion · Guru Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 468

Any chance to prompt the user when clearing the playlist? Many times I've accidentally hit the 'c' key and lost my playlist.

ocin · Guru Joined: 01 Jan 2006 Posts: 500

unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 769

ncmpcpp-0.3.5 released.

new feature: custom command execution on song change
new feature: allow for physical files and directories deletion
new feature: add local directories recursively
new feature: add random songs to playlist
new feature: mouse support
new screen: outputs
text scrolling in header was made optional
some bugfixes

enjoy.

dreadlorde · Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:14 pm Post subject:

For some reason, the following options don't seem to work in the ~/.ncmpcpp/config file:

unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 769

From ncmpcpp man page:

xiber · Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 5:48 am Post subject:

Hey! Two questions, if possible. Currently media-sound/ncmpcpp-0.3.5 installed.

1: I use Ctrl-F to filter the current playlist of about 200 songs down to about 20. But when I try to play just the 20 songs, ncmpcpp plays the other 180 songs as well (even thought they are not visible in the current playlist window). Also if I try to save the filtered playlist of 20 songs, ncmpcpp saves the entire unfiltered playlist. At this point, I'm trying to figure out what exactly is the point of Ctrl-F. (Of note, I usually have random and consume modes on).

2: I have a bad memory and about 4000 songs from a lot of different genres. In the media browser, I usually use columns with Artist/Albums/Songs. But sometimes it would be nice to easily toggle the media brower from Artist/Albums/Songs to Genre/Artist/Albums/Songs and back. The Search Engine can't help me here, because I can't remember what I'm looking for till I see it. So is this possible? Did I miss something?
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unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 769

1. Filtering is just another way of searching, it doesn't influence mpd, it only hides items that doesn't match the pattern. It's useful if you have big/shuffled playlist and want to see only specific items. The idea of adding only filtered items to playlist with "Save playlist" function if it's currently filtered is nice though, it's already implemented in git.

2. Yes, it's possible, you can switch left column to artist/year/genre/composer/performer list with ` key. You won't get the 4th column though, but you can switch to 2-columns view by pressing 5/F5 if you are already in media library. Everything is described in help screen, btw.
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dreadlorde · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:36 am Post subject:

xiber · Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:12 pm Post subject:

dreadlorde · Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 10:20 pm Post subject:

Where does ncpmc++ save playlists? I have mpd_music_dir set, but I can't find my playlists anywhere.

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unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 769

ncmpcpp doesn't save playlists, it tells mpd to do so. the path for storing them is in mpd.conf (playlist_directory)
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dreadlorde · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:19 am Post subject:

unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 769

what is the exact problem? mpd saves your playlists but they aren't in your playlist_directory or you just can't save them?
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dreadlorde · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject:

unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 769

hmm, try to save a playlist with mpc then, if it succeeds then it's ncmpcpp problem, if not, it's your setup problem (most likely wrong permissions).

also, does /home/jake/.mpd/playlists directory exist?
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dreadlorde · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:17 pm Post subject:

dreadlorde · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:30 pm Post subject:

Any possibility of having bitrate displayed somewhere? Or have it as a variable so you can turn it on or off?
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dreadlorde · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 3:24 am Post subject:

unK · l33t Joined: 06 Feb 2007 Posts: 769

http://omploader.org/vMjhidw/ncmpcpp_visualizer.jpg

if you're interested, check out git version. mpd fifo output is needed for that.
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ekko · n00b Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 19

Hi forum,

I have version 0.3.2 ncmpcpp and version 0.15 mpd w/2.6.29-r5 kernel and some issues.

The left/right arrows and -/+ cause the counter in the upper rt corner to decrease/increase but the volume stays the same. If I want to change the volume I have to start alsamixer to do it.

Also, I note in order to run $mpd --create-db, mpd must first be turned off. But it doesn't have to be restarted to play tunes. Can somebody please explain this, it makes no sense to me. What does mpd do if the player doesn't seem to require it?

Oh, almost forgot. Why doesn't q also stop the player output; why do I also have to run $ncmpcpp stop to silence it? I guess there is something to be said for "playing in the background" but what if the user wants to shut it off completely when he hits q?

ekko

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ekko · n00b Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 19

Why run --create-db?

I keep my tunes on a USB key which I use in a netbook. Don't I have to re-create the database whenever I transfer new files to it from a desktop and then back to the netbook?