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ncmpcpp — A music player client for the Music Player Daemon. See also: `mpd`, `mpc`, `qmmp`, `termusic`. More

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Problem

How to use the ncmpcpp command: A music player client for the Music Player Daemon. See also: mpd, mpc, qmmp, termusic. More information: <https://rybczak.net:443/ncmpcpp/>.

Solution

ncmpcpp — A music player client for the Music Player Daemon. See also: mpd, mpc, qmmp, termusic. More information: <https://rybczak.net:443/ncmpcpp/>.

Connect to a music player daemon on a given host and port:

ncmpcpp --host {{ip_address}} --port {{port}}

Display metadata of the current song to console:

ncmpcpp --current-song

Use a specified configuration file:

ncmpcpp --config {{file}}

Use a different set of key bindings from a file:

ncmpcpp --bindings {{file}}

Code Snippets

Connect to a music player daemon on a given host and port

ncmpcpp --host {{ip_address}} --port {{port}}

Display metadata of the current song to console

ncmpcpp --current-song

Use a specified configuration file

ncmpcpp --config {{file}}

Use a different set of key bindings from a file

ncmpcpp --bindings {{file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ncmpcpp

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