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Gaenseblume

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Registered: 2022-10-27

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] ncmpcpp not showing music library

Hi,
I want to use ncmpcpp with mpd for my music. I have setup both the way I think it should be right. Yet, ncmpcpp shows no songs at all.

mpd:

db_file "~/.local/share/mpd/mpd.db"
music_directory "~/Music"
playlist_directory "~/.local/share/mpd/playlists"
state_file "/var/lib/mpd/mpdstate"
sticker_file "~/.local/share/mpd/sticker.sql"
auto_update "yes"
auto_update_depth "50"
restore_paused "yes"
audio_output {
	type "alsa"
	name "My ALSA Device"
	mixer_type "software"
}
audio_output {
	type "pulse"
	name "pulse audio"
}
bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
port "6601"

ncmpcpp:

mpd_host = "127.0.0.1"
mpd_port = "6601"
mpd_music_dir = "~/Music"
ncmpcpp_directory = "~/.config/ncmpcpp"

I know port 6600 is not the default, I've set it to 6601 because the program wouldn't even start (no errors though?). Now it's at least running.

Thanks in advnce

Last edited by Gaenseblume (2022-10-28 13:51:39)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 23,935

Re: [SOLVED] ncmpcpp not showing music library

It normally "doesn't even start" if you already have a system wide mpd running instead of the user wide mpd service, you should disable the system wide service and configure it per user if anything: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Music_ … th_systemd if you are actually running pipewire/pulse you'll also want to remove the alsa audio output.

That for surrounding blurb. In general for ncmpcpp to show anything you need to populate the playlist from the library/update the library, you can switch to the library view with the key 4 . Press F1 for a list of keybinds.

Last edited by V1del (2022-10-27 18:48:51)

Gaenseblume

Member

Registered: 2022-10-27

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] ncmpcpp not showing music library

thank you for the Help! I just didn't find the right keys (F1 is great)...