adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

enzyme · 2015-09-07 20:17:54

ok so ive looked at the archwiki page and ive looked at several different how to's online i even found a video on youtube. however, im just not getting it im pretty sure i installed everything right and made all the right files and im sure the code is right which as a moatter of fact here it is

/home/synthetix/.mpd/mpd.conf
this is my .mpd/mpd.conf file

music_directory "/run/media/synthetix/9B48-ACE9/music"
playlist_directory "/home/synthetix/.mpd/playlists"
db_file "/home/galih/.mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/home/galih/.mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file "/home/galih/.mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/home/galih/.mpd/mpdstate"
audio_output {
        type "pulse"
        name "pulse audio"
}
audio_output {
    type                    "fifo"
    name                    "my_fifo"
    path                    "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
    format                  "44100:16:2"
}
 
bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
port "6601"

/home/synthetix/.ncmpcpp/config

and this is my .ncmpcpp/config file

% egrep -v '^#' .ncmpcpp/config
mpd_music_dir = "/run/media/synthetix/9B48-ACE9/music/"
visualizer_in_stereo = "yes
visualizer_fifo_path = "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
visualizer_output_name = "my_fifo"
visualizer_sync_interval = "30"
visualizer_type = "spectrum"
visualizer_look = "◆▋"
message_delay_time = "3"
playlist_shorten_total_times = "yes"
playlist_display_mode = "columns"
browser_display_mode = "columns"
search_engine_display_mode = "columns"
playlist_editor_display_mode = "columns"
autocenter_mode = "yes"
centered_cursor = "yes"
user_interface = "alternative"
follow_now_playing_lyrics = "yes"
locked_screen_width_part = "60"
display_bitrate = "yes"
external_editor = "nano"
use_console_editor = "yes"
header_window_color = "cyan"
volume_color = "red"
state_line_color = "yellow"
state_flags_color = "red"
progressbar_color = "yellow"
statusbar_color = "cyan"
visualizer_color = "red"
mpd_host = "127.0.0.1"
mpd_port = "6601"
mouse_list_scroll_whole_page = "yes"
lines_scrolled = "1"
ask_before_clearing_main_playlist = "yes"
enable_window_title = "yes"
song_columns_list_format = "(25)[cyan]{a} (40)[]{f} (30)[red]{b} (7f)[green]{l}"


music_directory "/run/media/synthetix/9B48-ACE9/music"
playlist_directory "/home/synthetix/.mpd/playlists"
db_file "/home/galih/.mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/home/galih/.mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file "/home/galih/.mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/home/galih/.mpd/mpdstate"
audio_output {
        type "pulse"
        name "pulse audio"
}
audio_output {
    type                    "fifo"
    name                    "my_fifo"
    path                    "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
    format                  "44100:16:2"
}
 
bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
port "6601"

i dont know if maybe i have them in the wrong place or if i have to add songs to the playlist if so how do i do that? ive got clementine working so i dont understand why ncmpcpp wont work.

anyways thnx in advance chummers

Last edited by enzyme (2015-09-08 21:44:55)

GloW_on_dub · 2015-09-08 09:45:15

do "/run/media/synthetix/9B48-ACE9/music" contains music ?
did you update the database ? ( "Press U Key in ncmpcpp" )

Raynman · 2015-09-08 11:30:11

Why not continue in your old thread? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=201884

You have now added your ncmpcpp config (and added a fifo output and a nonstandard port to mpd), but still nothing about how you start the server and client and any relevant output/logs/messages.

If you simply don't know how ncmpcpp works, I'm sure some of the guides you found mention some of the basics and otherwise you can look at ncmpcpp's documentation or press F1 after starting it to get an overview of keybindings. mpd does distinguish between the music library and playlists.

And you compare ncmpcpp to Clementine, but that doesn't seem to be an mpd client? (all I found was a feature request)

One final thing: at the end of your ncmpcpp config your mpd config shows up again -- was that simply an error when pasting to these boards or is that actually in the file?

Last edited by Raynman (2015-09-08 11:31:21)

enzyme · 2015-09-08 19:34:29

@ GloW_on_dub yeah there is music in there i have multiple files of artists and some music in there i.e.

synthetix@glitch /run/media/synthetix/9B48-ACE9/music/combichrist/Making Monsters/Never Surrender.m4a

but also

synthetix@glitch /run/media/synthetix/9B48-ACE9/music/Never Surrender.m4a

and yes i used the update command (pressing U)

@Raynman
i didnt continue on that thread because no one ever answered on it

there is nothing in the .ncmpcpp/error.log
there is nothing in the .mpd/mpd.log
no other messages
and as far as the out put of ncmpcpp there is nothing there itll just say browse and nothing under the browse section alos yes mpd is running i checked it by "pidof mpd"

yeah im sure they do but i dont understand how to read it or navigate the wiki pages or understand the text

also when i press F1 it gives me an error:
There was an error displaying help
the specific location is not supported

i didnt know that it wasnt an mpd client

yeah one of the tutz i followed said to put that there so i erased it after i read this and still nothing

enzyme · 2015-09-08 19:53:32

i did notice whenever i run archey3 it says

Albums in mpd database: 0

GloW_on_dub · 2015-09-08 20:37:01

enzyme wrote:

i didnt continue on that thread because no one ever answered on it
...
yeah im sure they do but i dont understand how to read it or navigate the wiki pages or understand the text

if you can't understand the wiki, or read the forum rules, i am not sure that you should be trying to use mpd, lots of much simple music player exist for linux, available with pacman.
Or even running arch linux for that matter, there is a lot of simpler linux distribution around, which do not require to use forums or wiki for such task.

@moderation : If i'm too arsh, i'm sorry.

enzyme · 2015-09-08 21:42:43

GloW_on_dub wrote:

enzyme wrote:
i didnt continue on that thread because no one ever answered on it
...
yeah im sure they do but i dont understand how to read it or navigate the wiki pages or understand the text
if you can't understand the wiki, or read the forum rules, i am not sure that you should be trying to use mpd, lots of much simple music player exist for linux, available with pacman.
Or even running arch linux for that matter, there is a lot of simpler linux distribution around, which do not require to use forums or wiki for such task.

@moderation : If i'm too arsh, i'm sorry.

whether that be the case or not, i will not be deterred from learning it with or without the help of the forum, eventually i will come to understand whether the elitist's wish to offer their help or not. if that means breaking it over and over again until i get it right than so be it, i just figured i would give this place a shot because i heard great things about linux forums. i guess that doesnt seem to be the case here, however i have found alot of help reading through old threads and mimic what has been done to solve certain issues. in any case i wont let this little bump in the road stop me from learning see ya later archwiki forum!

Alad · 2015-09-08 22:08:19

enzyme wrote:

whether that be the case or not, i will not be deterred from learning it with or without the help of the forum, eventually i will come to understand whether the elitist's wish to offer their help or not. if that means breaking it over and over again until i get it right than so be it

That's the spirit

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#1 2015-09-07 20:17:54

adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

#2 2015-09-08 09:45:15

Re: adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

#3 2015-09-08 11:30:11

Re: adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

#4 2015-09-08 19:34:29

Re: adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

#5 2015-09-08 19:53:32

Re: adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

#6 2015-09-08 20:37:01

Re: adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

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Re: adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

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Re: adding songs to ncmpcpp playlist??? (solved)

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