ncmpcpp

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ncmpcpp (NCurses Music Player Client Plus Plus) is a sys-libs/ncurses based MPD (Music Player Daemon) client similar to ncmpc, with some new and improved features.

Installation

Note
Ncmpcpp cannot play music by itself. The MPD backend is required to be installed locally (or on the remote server) which will be managed using the ncmpcpp frontend.

USE flags

USE flags for media-sound/ncmpcpp Featureful ncurses based MPD client inspired by ncmpc

`clock`	Enable clock screen
`outputs`	Enable outputs screen
`taglib`	Enable tagging support with taglib
`visualizer`	Enable visualizer screen with sound wave/frequency spectrum modes

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Emerge

root #emerge --ask media-sound/ncmpcpp

Configuration

Local

After installation the user should make a .ncmpcpp directory within their specific /home directory. This is where ncmpcpp will read the configuration file and output any error messages.

user $mkdir ~/.ncmpcpp && touch ~/.ncmpcpp/config

Below is an example of a local user's ncmpcpp configuration file:

FILE ~/.ncmpcpp/config

ncmpcpp_directory =         "~/.ncmpcpp"
mpd_host =                  "localhost"
mpd_port =                  "6600"
mpd_music_dir =	            "/var/lib/mpd/music/"