use-mpd-mpc-ncmpcpp.md

title: use ncmpcpp updated: 2015-10-10 11:11:48 description: Installing and basic configuration of mpd and ncmpcpp. os: [macosx, linux] tags: [mpd, mpc, ncmpcpp] deps: [install-mpd-mpc-ncmpcpp] contributors: ["http://www.github.com/anschwa"]

Music Player Daemon (mpd)

Setup

Create a file called ~/.mpdconf with the following:

music_directory         "~/Music"
playlist_directory              "~/.mpd/playlists"
db_file                 "~/.mpd/database"
pid_file                        "~/.mpd/pid"
state_file              "~/.mpd/state"
sticker_file                    "~/.mpd/sticker.sql"
port                            "6600"
auto_update     "yes"
audio_output {
        type            "osx"
        name            "My Mac Device"
        mixer_type      "software"
}

And these:

mkdir ~/.mpd
mkdir ~/.mpd/playlists
touch ~/.mpd/database

mpc

Command line Music Player Client.

Usefull Commands

Add matching search results to the current playlist.

mpc clear; mpc search <query> | mpc add; mpc play

mpc.el

Emacs front end to mpd.

ncmpcpp

Powerful yet lightweight mpd client.

Basic Usage

• 1 View Playlist
• 4 View Library
• p Play / Pause
• a Add to Playlist
• c Clear Playlist
• q Quit
• l Fetch Lyrics

Playback Modes

• r repeat mode [r-----]
• z random mode [-z----]
• y single mode [--s---]
• R consume mode [---c--]
• x crossfade mode [----x-]