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qtcaroline22

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From: Philippines

Registered: 2012-02-26

Posts: 6

No visualization on ncmpcpp

Hi,

This problem has really been annoying me for quite a while. I've followed the instructions in the ncmpcpp wiki entry and I've also followed the advice of older threads here in the forum where people also asked how to set up the visualization.

I've put the fifo output in mpd.conf, then set up my ~/.ncmpcpp/config accordingly as well, I don't know what else could I be doing wrong here.

The fifo output in my /etc/mpd.conf:

audio_output {
    type        "fifo"
    name        "my_fifo"
    path        "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
    format      "44100:16:1"
}

My ~/.ncmpcpp/config:

##music visualizer #####
##
## Note: In order to make music visualizer work you'll
## need to use mpd fifo output, whose format parameter
## has to be set to 44100:16:1. Example configuration:
## (it has to be put into mpd.conf)
##
## audio_output {
##        type            "fifo"
##        name            "My FIFO"
##        path            "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
##        format          "44100:16:1"
## }
##
#
#visualizer_fifo_path = "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
#
###
## Note: Below parameter is needed for ncmpcpp
## to determine which output provides data for
## visualizer and thus allow syncing between
## visualization and sound as currently there
## are some problems with it.
##
#
#visualizer_output_name = "my_fifo"
#
###
## Note: Below parameter defines how often ncmpcpp
## has to "synchronize" visualizer and audio outputs.
## 30 seconds is optimal value, but if you experience
## synchronization problems, set it to lower value.
## Keep in mind that sane values start with >=10.
##
#
#visualizer_sync_interval = "30"
#
###
## Note: To enable spectrum frequency visualization
## you need to compile ncmpcpp with fftw3 support.
##
#
#visualizer_type = "wave" (spectrum/wave)
#
visualizer_fifo_path = "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
visualizer_output_name = "my_fifo"
visualizer_sync_interval = "10"
visualizer_type = "wave"
visualizer_in_stereo = yes
#visualizer_type = "spectrum" (spectrum/wave)

Some help would be really appreciated!

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Re: No visualization on ncmpcpp

See the wiki... U need to enable FFT

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