[SOLVED] ncmpcpp always showing PAUSED

tomas99 · 2018-03-05 04:04:51

When I installed arch on my first machine I used ncmpcpp and mpd to listen to music. It worked fine. ncmpcpp is connected to the local host and mpd is running fine. However, for some reason when I play music it says [PAUSED]. I followed this here, yet it did not seem to be my issue: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=157337

this is a copy of my mpd config file:

bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
#bind_to_address "~/.mpd/socket"
music_directory "/place/music"
playlist_directory "~/.mpd/playlists"   
db_file      "~/.mpd/mpd.db"  
log_file      "~/.mpd/mpd.log"  
pid_file      "~/.mpd/mpd.pid"  
state_file     "~/.mpd/mpdstate"  

audio_output {  
    type  "pulse"  
    name  "pulse audio"
    mixer_type	"software"
}

this is a copy of my ncmpcpp config file:

# Files
 mpd_music_dir = "/place/music"  
 #lyrics_directory  = ~/.ncmpcpp/lyrics
 ncmpcpp_directory  = ~/.ncmpcpp
 mpd_host = "localhost"
 mpd_port = "6600"  
 mpd_connection_timeout = "5"  
 mpd_crossfade_time = "5"  

 # Playlist
 playlist_disable_highlight_delay = "0"  
 playlist_display_mode = "columns"  
 playlist_show_remaining_time = "yes"

 browser_display_mode = "columns"  
 autocenter_mode = "yes"  
 fancy_scrolling = "yes"  
 follow_now_playing_lyrics = "yes"  
 display_screens_numbers_on_start = "yes"  
 ignore_leading_the = "yes"  
 lyrics_database = "1"  
 song_columns_list_format = "(10)[blue]{l} (30)[green]{a} (30)[magenta]{b} (50)[yellow]{t}"  
 colors_enabled = "yes"  
 main_window_color = "white"  
 main_window_highlight_color =  "blue"
 header_window_color = "cyan"  
 volume_color = "red"  
 progressbar_color = "cyan"  
 statusbar_color = "white"  
 active_column_color = "cyan"  
 active_window_border = "blue"

alternative_header_first_line_format = "$0$aqqu$/a {$7%a - $9}{$5%t$9}|{$8%f$9} $0$atqq$/a$9"
alternative_header_second_line_format = "{{$6%b$9}{ [$6%y$9]}}|{%D}"
song_list_format = "{$3%n │ $9}{$7%a - $9}{$5%t$9}|{$8%f$9}$R{$6 │ %b$9}{$3 │ %l$9}"
user_interface = "alternative"
#user_interface =                    "classic"
default_place_to_search_in = "database"


# visualizer
visualizer_fifo_path = "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
visualizer_output_name = "my_fifo"
visualizer_sync_interval = "12"
#visualizer_type = "wave" (spectrum/wave)
visualizer_type = "spectrum" (spectrum/wave)
visualizer_in_stereo = "yes"
visualizer_look = "+|"


## Navigation ##
cyclic_scrolling = "yes"
header_text_scrolling = "yes"
jump_to_now_playing_song_at_start = "yes"
lines_scrolled = "2"

## Other ##
system_encoding = "utf-8"
regular_expressions = "extended"



## Selected tracks ##
selected_item_prefix = "* "
discard_colors_if_item_is_selected = "no"

## Seeking ##
incremental_seeking = "yes"
seek_time = "1"

## Visivility ##
header_visibility = "yes"
statusbar_visibility = "yes"
titles_visibility = "yes"


progressbar_look =  "=>-"
progressbar_boldness = "yes"
progressbar_elapsed_color = "white"

now_playing_prefix = "> "
song_status_format = " $2%a $4⟫$3⟫ $8%t $4⟫$3⟫ $5%b "
autocenter_mode = "yes"
centered_cursor = "yes"

# Misc
display_bitrate = "yes"
# enable_window_title = "no"
follow_now_playing_lyrics = "yes"
ignore_leading_the = "yes"
empty_tag_marker = ""

I have a feeling I made a mistake in the mpd configuration, probably with the "audio output" section.

Last edited by tomas99 (2018-03-05 19:24:58)

jasonwryan · 2018-03-05 04:58:21

Please use code tags when pasting to the boards:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code

Is music being played and it is just the interface that is printing paused, or
is the demon stuck in a paused state?

tomas99 · 2018-03-05 05:02:55

Sorry about the formatting thing, my mistake. And the daemon is stuck in the paused state, no audio is being played.

jasonwryan · 2018-03-05 05:09:21

And does it resume if you hit "P"? Or if you use mpc: `mpc play`?

If neither, please make sure the demon is killed and run: `mpd --no-daemon --stdout --verbose`

tomas99 · 2018-03-05 19:24:30

What actually ended up happening is that I could not kill the daemon because the

mpd.pid

file was not created in the directory I selected. So I restarted my computer, then ran

 mpd --no-daemon --stdout -- verbose

and everything worked. Thank you.

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#1 2018-03-05 04:04:51

[SOLVED] ncmpcpp always showing PAUSED

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