Dont know what i am doing wrong !pls help! about cli-visualizer

[dpayne]

Are you using mpd?

[lopy67]

i did the brew mpd if that is what you are asking

[dpayne]

Well that is part of it. But you also need to configure mpd to output to a file the visualizer can use

My mpd.conf looks something like this

music_directory         "~/Music/mpd"
playlist_directory      "~/.mpd/playlists"
db_file                 "~/.mpd/mpd.db"
log_file                "~/.mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file                "~/.mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file              "~/.mpd/mpdstate"
auto_update             "yes"
auto_update_depth       "2"
follow_outside_symlinks "yes"
follow_inside_symlinks  "yes"

audio_output {
  type                  "osx"
  name                  "CoreAudio"
  mixer_type            "software"
}

audio_output {
  type                  "fifo"
  name                  "my_fifo"
  path                  "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
  format                "44100:16:2"
}

decoder {
  plugin                "mp4ff"
  enabled               "no"
}

bind_to_address         "127.0.0.1"
port                    "6600"

user                    "dpayne"

[lopy67]

I made a mpd.conf file can it be anywhere also how do I hook it up together

On Tuesday, 26 April 2016, Darby Payne [email protected] wrote:

Well that is part of it. But you also need to configure mpd to output to a
file the visualizer can use

My mpd.conf looks something like this

music_directory "/Music/mpd"
playlist_directory "/.mpd/playlists"
db_file "/.mpd/mpd.db"
log_file "/.mpd/mpd.log"
pid_file "/.mpd/mpd.pid"
state_file "/.mpd/mpdstate"
auto_update "yes"
auto_update_depth "2"
follow_outside_symlinks "yes"
follow_inside_symlinks "yes"

audio_output {
type "osx"
name "CoreAudio"
mixer_type "software"
}

audio_output {
type "fifo"
name "my_fifo"
path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
format "44100:16:2"
}

decoder {
plugin "mp4ff"
enabled "no"
}

bind_to_address "127.0.0.1"
port "6600"

user "dpayne"

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[dpayne]

This guide takes you through the steps well https://timothy.sh/article/install-mpd-ncmpcpp-on-osx-yosemite. After following the guide mpd should be setup, however you also need to add the fifo audio_output to the config to get the visualizer working

audio_output {
 type                  "fifo"
 name                  "my_fifo"
 path                  "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
 format                "44100:16:2"
}

[lopy67]

this is my mpd.conf

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"
}
audio_output {
type "fifo"
name "my_fifo"
path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
format "44100:16:2"
}

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Darby Payne [email protected]
wrote:

This guide takes you through the steps well
https://timothy.sh/article/install-mpd-ncmpcpp-on-osx-yosemite. After
following the guide mpd should be setup, however you also need to add the
fifo audio_output to the config to get the visualizer working

audio_output {
type "fifo"
name "my_fifo"
path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
format "44100:16:2"
}

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[lopy67]

status update i have done the mpd and ncmpcpp and when i do the mpd command nothing happens but when i do the ncmpcpp it comes up with a fancy little layout which is good i think

[dpayne]

mpd runs as a background process (aka a daemon), so mpd doing nothing is actually a good thing. Put some music under the directory ~/Music then in nmpcpp update the library by press u. The mpd library will update, if you don't have many songs this should be pretty immediate. After this you can add songs to the playlist, this is a pretty useful guide of ncmpcpp's controls https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ncmpcpp#Basic_usage

[lopy67]

So if that is all working what do you say the problem is with I'm thinking
Alsa or pulse audio

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016, Darby Payne [email protected] wrote:

mpd runs as a background process (aka a daemon), so mpd doing nothing is
actually a good thing. Put some music under the directory ~/Music then in
nmpcpp update the library by press u. The mpd library will update, if you
don't have many songs this should be pretty immediate. After this you can
add songs to the playlist, this is a pretty useful guide of ncmpcpp's
controls https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ncmpcpp#Basic_usage

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[dpayne]

So alsa and pulse audio do not work on mac os x. You have to play your music through mpd to to get it to work. Mac osx does uses CoreAudio instead of alsa/pulse audio, and there is not a way to make the vis work with CoreAudio.

[lopy67]

so basically i cant do it? on mac os x

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Darby Payne [email protected]
wrote:

So alsa and pulse audio do not work on mac os x. You have to play your
music through mpd to to get it to work. Mac osx does uses CoreAudio instead
of alsa/pulse audio, and there is not a way to make the vis work with
CoreAudio.

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[dpayne]

Correct, unless used with mpd mac os x will not work.

[lopy67]

Is it easy to use it with MPd

On Wednesday, 27 April 2016, Darby Payne [email protected] wrote:

Correct, unless used with mpd mac os x will not work.

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[dpayne]

If you're not used using the terminal then mpd is not the easiest music player to use. There are some mpd clients like https://github.com/TheStalwart/Theremin that are a little easier to use, you might want to try that. As long as your mpd configuration file has the fifo audio_output vis should work with any client you choose.

I am closing this ticket, since there are not specific issues related to the visualizer here.