NCMPCPP - Nested folders and --now-playing

sgtlaggy · 2014-11-16 06:37:40

I've been setting up ncmpcpp and mpd for the last few days, but none of it seems to work. I have my music directory set correctly in both my personal user mpd and ncmpcpp config files. Ncmcpcpp shows nothing in any pane. If there are any logs I can provide to get any help, I'd be happy to post them.

Another problem is using the --now-playing option with ncmpcpp. I see everyone using this is put into their bar, but It tells me it's an unrecognized option when I use either ncmpcpp or ncmpcpp-git.

My ncmpcpp version is 0.6.1-2.

jasonwryan · 2014-11-16 06:40:55

--now-playing was dropped with the upgrade to 0.6. You can use mpc to print the current track.

In terms of your setup, you'll need to post your configs.

sgtlaggy · 2014-11-16 20:06:05

My mpd.conf and ncmpcpp config.

Note I still don't have music in ncmpcpp when my user mpd directory is ~/.mpd.

I start MPD with systemd (systemctl enable mpd).

jasonwryan · 2014-11-16 20:39:22

What does systemctl status say about the service?

I'd recommend using Rasi's script if you can't get it going yourself.

sgtlaggy · 2014-11-17 01:04:58

jasonwryan wrote:

What does systemctl status say about the service?

Says it's active and running. Socket bind failed on 0:0:0:0:6600 because it was already in use, but [::]:6600 succeeded. Maybe ncmpcpp could just be checking 0:0:0:0:6600 and not any others?

EDIT: It also said it's running with the --no-daemon option.

Last edited by sgtlaggy (2014-11-17 01:10:42)

cris9288 · 2014-11-17 01:16:54

So are you starting mpd with systemctl start instead of systemctl --user start? If so, have you followed the instructions in the wiki regarding permissions on the music directory? Can you confirm which user mpd is running as?

sgtlaggy · 2014-11-17 01:46:16

cris9288 wrote:

So are you starting mpd with systemctl start instead of systemctl --user start? If so, have you followed the instructions in the wiki regarding permissions on the music directory? Can you confirm which user mpd is running as?

I just gave up trying to figure it out and used Rasi's script. Now I'm just trying to learn to use ncmpcpp and figure out why it's showing some albums' years as (YEAR-1-1) and others as just (YEAR).

Rasi · 2014-11-18 03:44:19

sgtlaggy wrote:

I just gave up trying to figure it out and used Rasi's script. Now I'm just trying to learn to use ncmpcpp and figure out why it's showing some albums' years as (YEAR-1-1) and others as just (YEAR).

first off: yeah I was useful!

second: because your tags are that way. I have this in my picard options: (Advanced > Scripting)
$if(%date%, $set(date,$left(%date%,4)))

this will truncate every date to YEAR, when retagging music

sgtlaggy · 2014-11-18 03:52:26

Rasi wrote:

sgtlaggy wrote:
I just gave up trying to figure it out and used Rasi's script. Now I'm just trying to learn to use ncmpcpp and figure out why it's showing some albums' years as (YEAR-1-1) and others as just (YEAR).
first off: yeah I was useful!
second: because your tags are that way. I have this in my picard options: (Advanced > Scripting)
$if(%date%, $set(date,$left(%date%,4)))
this will truncate every date to YEAR, when retagging music

I just find it odd that, when using the same program (EasyTag) to tag all my music, some of it is tagged that way and some isn't.

Last edited by sgtlaggy (2014-11-18 03:54:09)

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NCMPCPP - Nested folders and --now-playing

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