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curses (graphical-based) client written in C++ tailored after ncmpc

Ncmpcpp - a featureful ncurses based MPD [Music Player Daemon] client inspired by ncmpc, that comes with a graphical user interface and provides a lot of useful features.

Main features:

  • tag editor
  • playlist editor
  • easy to use search engine
  • media library
  • music visualizer
  • ability to fetch artist info from last.fm
  • new display mode
  • alternative user interface
  • ability to browse and add files from outside of MPD music directory
    • ..and a lot more minor convenient functions.

Official ncmpcpp homepage | mpd wiki

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mplayer can't play audio from cron while ncmpcpp is playing simultaneously

I have set up a script, which executes an mplayer command, in order to play audio in crontab. It will be executed in a special set time, but this script can not play audio when ncmpcpp (a front-end for mpd, aka. Music Player Daemon) is playing…
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MPD deletes previous played song from playlist

Whenever I use mpc next or any other player (ncmpcpp) MPD will play the next song and will remove the previous song from the playlist (generated by mpc add /). My mpd.conf is located at /etc/mpd.conf And I've not found any directives associated to…
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ncmpcpp can't find my music

I finally got ncmpcpp and MPD to work, but ncmpcpp won't find my music. I've restarted MPD multiple times, installed mpc and run mpc update, pressed U inside ncmpcpp, restarted my machine, tried with the music on my external HDD, tried with a…
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ncmpcpp stops highlighting current song

Hi I'm recently working around with ncmpcpp and I've configured it pretty nicely to what I want. Unfortunately on playlist view, after 3-4 seconds it will stop highlighting the currently played song, and as a result I lose track of where I am in my…
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My ncmpcpp and mpd won't work

For some reason it won't dectect my music and it says Volume N/A and it won't let me change it. You can find my dotfiles here. Yes I am running them locally and let me know if you need some screenshots of the problem. Thanks in advance -- maybe…
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How can I copy currently played song to clipboard in ncmpcpp?

I can't find a way to copy a title of currently played song in ncmpcpp to clipboard. Is there any shortcut to do this ? Ubuntu Version: 19.10: $ lsb_release -r Release: 19.10 ncmpcpp 0.8.2: $ ncmpcpp -v ncmpcpp 0.8.2 optional screens…
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How can I play a youtube video AND ncmpcpp at the same time?

When I play music in ncmpcpp, youtube videos do not work (vice versa) I can only play one at a time, why is that? How do I fix it? on macOS I could play ncmpcpp and youtube videos at the same time, and now I'm curious as to why. (update a week…
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How to install dl

I have code that loads library dynamically. I got errors like below after run make. aaa.cpp:(.text+0x4ea): undefined reference to `dlopen' aaa.cpp:(.text+0x50b): undefined reference to `dlerror' aaa.cpp:(.text+0x54e): undefined reference to…
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compile error: library is installed (apt-cache policy shows it) but pkg-config does not find it

I am sorry, I am not experienced with gcc and installing packages from source, and can't fix my problem: I am trying to install ncmpcpp from source (github) on Ubuntu 14.04 (the reason is that visualizers are colored in version 0.7.1). So previously…
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I can't for the life of me figure out how to customize color in ncmpcpp

I finally was able to get ncmpcpp setup on my new eOS install (after giving up out of frustration on a previous install) and I love it. I really want to change to colors though and I know this is possible bc my endless googling has shown me numerous…
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mpd/ncmpcpp music database synchronization with iPod Classic (possible)?

Is there any option/possibility, to synchronize my mpd/ncmpcpp music database as it is organized natively through ncmpcpp (mainly playlists) with an iPod Classic. Can someone please shed some light on this matter and a tutorial (if available) would…
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Can someone help me with my ncmpcpp and mpd

Okay, so im running ubuntu 13.10 and my mpd was working fine yesterday and now its not working. So ncmpcpp says volume is at 100% and so does mpc but its playing no sound you can find my dot files here I am running them locally so yeah
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Automating visual tasks

How can I automate task's which need a display to run , eg: ncmpcpp . I am using python to do this but the error is as follows Error opening terminal: unknown.\r. Is there any other means I can do it ? I am using a module called pexpect in python to…
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MPD: no mixer - ncmpcpp doesn't sound

my problem is this. i have been configuring mpd and ncmpcpp. this is my mpd configuration: music_directory "/media/dylan-roman/Acer/Users/Dylan/Music" playlist_directory "/media/dylan-roman/Acer/Users/Dylan/Music" db_file…
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ncmpcpp timeout; mpd not working

Ncmpcpp was working just fine before I ran an update and now it gives me a "Timeout while connecting" error, so I cannot use it. I try running mpd and I get this error: socket: Failed to bind to '127.0.0.1:6600': Address already in use This is my…
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