Trying to set mocp global shortcuts

Inxsible · 2009-12-25 19:20:40

These are the keybindings that I set in .xbindkeysrc

# Music Control
"mocp -r"
    m:0x40 + c:59
    Mod4 + comma

"mocp -f"
    m:0x40 + c:60
    Mod4 + period

"mocp -G"
    m:0x0 + c:135
    Menu

"mocp -s"
    m:0x40 + c:47
    Mod4 + semicolon

But these do not work. When I try those commands manually in the terminal I get this everytime :

╔═[14:15]═[inxs @ arch]
╚═══===═══[~]>> mocp -f

FATAL_ERROR: The server is not running

So I thought maybe I should start the server. I put

urxvt -e mocp -S

in my .xinitrc, but I still get the same error. What am I doing wrong?

hatten · 2009-12-25 21:21:58

I always start it with 'mocp -p' or 'mocp -cap /path/to/file'. You tried that?

Inxsible · 2009-12-26 14:14:18

hatten wrote:

I always start it with 'mocp -p' or 'mocp -cap /path/to/file'. You tried that?

mocp -p starts playing the songs the moment it starts up. I don't want that. I just want the server to be up, so I can start the music when I want to.

Mr.Elendig · 2009-12-26 14:27:13

Just make a binding to mocp -p and use that when you want to start playing? Works for me.

Inxsible · 2009-12-26 14:33:34

Mr.Elendig wrote:

Just make a binding to mocp -p and use that when you want to start playing? Works for me.

I start my mocp client in my screenrc by mocp -C /path/to/config/file. So using mocp -p with a binding would start another instance of mocp, right?

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-12-26 14:33:59)

Mr.Elendig · 2009-12-26 14:34:36

no

Inxsible · 2009-12-26 15:04:21

Thanks Elendig, but it doesnt seem to work for me. I put a binding for mocp -p and nothing happens. So I tried it in a terminal and i get my prompt back after a few seconds. The music doesnt start. After that whenever I try mocp -f or mocp -r, I do not get any errors, but the songs dont play either.

I started the songs by going in to the client and starting one. and mocp -f doesn't play the next

And psmem shows me that I have 3 instances of mocp running, which means that it did create new instances. So I guess that's the reason the keybindings dont work.

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-12-26 15:06:00)

Mr.Elendig · 2009-12-26 15:39:41

Do you have a song in the playlist?

It doesn't create any new instances for me. (moc-svn)

Edit: if you are using htop, then you will see multiple mocp threads unless you hide user threads. Don't know how psmem handles threaded apps, but it might be the same.

Last edited by Mr.Elendig (2009-12-26 15:45:53)

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#1 2009-12-25 19:20:40

Trying to set mocp global shortcuts

#2 2009-12-25 21:21:58

Re: Trying to set mocp global shortcuts

#3 2009-12-26 14:14:18

Re: Trying to set mocp global shortcuts

#4 2009-12-26 14:27:13

Re: Trying to set mocp global shortcuts

#5 2009-12-26 14:33:34

Re: Trying to set mocp global shortcuts

#6 2009-12-26 14:34:36

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