Console based MPD client

Console based MPD client

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Hi, List! Lars Bjørndal here.

I'm looking for a good MPD client. I found ncmpc, which looked
promising. The problem I have, though, is that lines longer than 80
characters, is just cut off. For instance I choose Artist, and select
one. Then I'd like to choose album. But I have sereval albums starting
with the same phrase, but I need to read the whole line to choose the
right one.

Ncmpcpp doesn't honor the hardware cursor, and so it seems to be
unusable with braille/BRLTTY.

Do any of you have another suggestions?

Lars

Re: Console based MPD client

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Tim here. Have you tried "mpc" rather than "ncmpc"?  It's much more
input/output driven and should be more accessible, though perhaps a
bit more terse.  That said, it should be amenable to setting up
aliases for your commonly-used commands.

-tim


On July 20, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi, List! Lars Bjørndal here.
> 
> I'm looking for a good MPD client. I found ncmpc, which looked
> promising. The problem I have, though, is that lines longer than 80
> characters, is just cut off. For instance I choose Artist, and
> select one. Then I'd like to choose album. But I have sereval
> albums starting with the same phrase, but I need to read the whole
> line to choose the right one.
> 
> Ncmpcpp doesn't honor the hardware cursor, and so it seems to be
> unusable with braille/BRLTTY.
> 
> Do any of you have another suggestions?
> 
> Lars
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list@redhat.com
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Re: Console based MPD client

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Hi


Do you use the browse or artist view?

Are your files properly tagged with mp3 id info?

Have you considered to use framebuffers to get wider lines?



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  Linux for blind general discussion kirjoitti
> Subject: Console based MPD client
> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 22:25:10 +0200
> From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
> 
> Hi, List! Lars Bjørndal here.
>
> I'm looking for a good MPD client. I found ncmpc, which looked
> promising. The problem I have, though, is that lines longer than 80
> characters, is just cut off. For instance I choose Artist, and select
> one. Then I'd like to choose album. But I have sereval albums starting
> with the same phrase, but I need to read the whole line to choose the
> right one.
>
> Ncmpcpp doesn't honor the hardware cursor, and so it seems to be
> unusable with braille/BRLTTY.
>
> Do any of you have another suggestions?
>
> Lars
>
> _______________________________________________
> Blinux-list mailing list
> Blinux-list@redhat.com
> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list

Re: Console based MPD client

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Lars here.

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 04:53:23PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Tim here. Have you tried "mpc" rather than "ncmpc"?  It's much more
> input/output driven and should be more accessible, though perhaps a
> bit more terse.  That said, it should be amenable to setting up
> aliases for your commonly-used commands.

Thank you. Yes, I looked at it. In ncmpc I can choose one artist, and
brows through all the albums. Is there an equivalent command in mpc to
list only the albums from one artist? And only list them one time ...?

Thanks, Lars

> On July 20, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > Hi, List! Lars Bjørndal here.
> > 
> > I'm looking for a good MPD client. I found ncmpc, which looked
> > promising. The problem I have, though, is that lines longer than 80
> > characters, is just cut off. For instance I choose Artist, and
> > select one. Then I'd like to choose album. But I have sereval
> > albums starting with the same phrase, but I need to read the whole
> > line to choose the right one.
> > 
> > Ncmpcpp doesn't honor the hardware cursor, and so it seems to be
> > unusable with braille/BRLTTY.
> > 
> > Do any of you have another suggestions?
> > 
> > Lars
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Blinux-list@redhat.com
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Re: Console based MPD client

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[mr. M01510 & guide]

> Do you use the browse or artist view?

I used the artist view.

> Are your files properly tagged with mp3 id info?

I've used abcde to rip cds, and use the flac format.

> Have you considered to use framebuffers to get wider lines?

Yes, but I think it's a high price to pay.

Thanks, Lars

>  Linux for blind general discussion kirjoitti
> > Subject: Console based MPD client
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 22:25:10 +0200
> > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
> > To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@redhat.com>
> > 
> > Hi, List! Lars Bjørndal here.
> > 
> > I'm looking for a good MPD client. I found ncmpc, which looked
> > promising. The problem I have, though, is that lines longer than 80
> > characters, is just cut off. For instance I choose Artist, and select
> > one. Then I'd like to choose album. But I have sereval albums starting
> > with the same phrase, but I need to read the whole line to choose the
> > right one.
> > 
> > Ncmpcpp doesn't honor the hardware cursor, and so it seems to be
> > unusable with braille/BRLTTY.
> > 
> > Do any of you have another suggestions?
> > 
> > Lars
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Blinux-list mailing list
> > Blinux-list@redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> 
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Re: Console based MPD client

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Tim here.

> In ncmpc I can choose one artist, and brows through all the
> albums. Is there an equivalent command in mpc to list only the
> albums from one artist? 

Sure.  The "mpc search" command spits out the filename, but you can
use the "--format"/"-f" parameter to specify the field/format you
want, so you can specify that you just want the album from each one.
It will print one for each matching MP3 file, but that output can be
sent to the "sort" command and made unique:

  mpc -f '%album%' search artist satriani | sort -u

gives me just the album-names for all my Joe Satriani music, each
only appearing once.

For better or worse, it finds the artist in the ID3 data "artist"
information, so I happen to have one track that's on a Stu Hamm album
where Joe Satriani was playing and ended up in the ID3 data, so it
does return that bootleg recording in addition to the normal studio
albums by Satriani.  But I kinda prefer it that way.

-tim

Re: Console based MPD client

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Lars here.

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 01:24:03PM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Tim here.
> 
> > In ncmpc I can choose one artist, and brows through all the
> > albums. Is there an equivalent command in mpc to list only the
> > albums from one artist? 
> 
> Sure.  The "mpc search" command spits out the filename, but you can
> use the "--format"/"-f" parameter to specify the field/format you
> want, so you can specify that you just want the album from each one.
> It will print one for each matching MP3 file, but that output can be
> sent to the "sort" command and made unique:
> 
>   mpc -f '%album%' search artist satriani | sort -u
> 
> gives me just the album-names for all my Joe Satriani music, each
> only appearing once.
> 
> For better or worse, it finds the artist in the ID3 data "artist"
> information, so I happen to have one track that's on a Stu Hamm album
> where Joe Satriani was playing and ended up in the ID3 data, so it
> does return that bootleg recording in addition to the normal studio
> albums by Satriani.  But I kinda prefer it that way.

Thanks a lot. And if I want to add the whole album to the current
playlist, what do I do then?

Lars

Re: Console based MPD client

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Tim replying.  To add an album, search for the tracks by album-name

  $ mpc search album "crystal planet"

and pipe that list of files to "mpc add" to add them to the playlist:

  $ mpc search album "crystal planet" | mpc add

Hope this helps,

-tim

On July 22, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Lars here.
> 
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 01:24:03PM -0500, Linux for blind general
> discussion wrote:
> > Tim here.
> >   
> > > In ncmpc I can choose one artist, and brows through all the
> > > albums. Is there an equivalent command in mpc to list only the
> > > albums from one artist?   
> > 
> > Sure.  The "mpc search" command spits out the filename, but you
> > can use the "--format"/"-f" parameter to specify the field/format
> > you want, so you can specify that you just want the album from
> > each one. It will print one for each matching MP3 file, but that
> > output can be sent to the "sort" command and made unique:
> > 
> >   mpc -f '%album%' search artist satriani | sort -u
> > 
> > gives me just the album-names for all my Joe Satriani music, each
> > only appearing once.
> > 
> > For better or worse, it finds the artist in the ID3 data "artist"
> > information, so I happen to have one track that's on a Stu Hamm
> > album where Joe Satriani was playing and ended up in the ID3
> > data, so it does return that bootleg recording in addition to the
> > normal studio albums by Satriani.  But I kinda prefer it that
> > way.  
> 
> Thanks a lot. And if I want to add the whole album to the current
> playlist, what do I do then?
> 
> Lars
> 
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Re: Console based MPD client

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Yes, thank you.

Lars

On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 07:59:21AM -0500, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Tim replying.  To add an album, search for the tracks by album-name
> 
>   $ mpc search album "crystal planet"
> 
> and pipe that list of files to "mpc add" to add them to the playlist:
> 
>   $ mpc search album "crystal planet" | mpc add
> 
> Hope this helps,
> 
> -tim
> 
> On July 22, 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> > Lars here.
> > 
> > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 01:24:03PM -0500, Linux for blind general
> > discussion wrote:
> > > Tim here.
> > >   
> > > > In ncmpc I can choose one artist, and brows through all the
> > > > albums. Is there an equivalent command in mpc to list only the
> > > > albums from one artist?   
> > > 
> > > Sure.  The "mpc search" command spits out the filename, but you
> > > can use the "--format"/"-f" parameter to specify the field/format
> > > you want, so you can specify that you just want the album from
> > > each one. It will print one for each matching MP3 file, but that
> > > output can be sent to the "sort" command and made unique:
> > > 
> > >   mpc -f '%album%' search artist satriani | sort -u
> > > 
> > > gives me just the album-names for all my Joe Satriani music, each
> > > only appearing once.
> > > 
> > > For better or worse, it finds the artist in the ID3 data "artist"
> > > information, so I happen to have one track that's on a Stu Hamm
> > > album where Joe Satriani was playing and ended up in the ID3
> > > data, so it does return that bootleg recording in addition to the
> > > normal studio albums by Satriani.  But I kinda prefer it that
> > > way.  
> > 
> > Thanks a lot. And if I want to add the whole album to the current
> > playlist, what do I do then?
> > 
> > Lars
> > 
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