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katsu

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Registered: 2013-07-06

Posts: 2

MPD/ndmpcpp sound problem

So I searched the net for a while and couldn't find a solution, so I have to post here.

My ncmpcpp shows there's "problems setting volume" and it shows volume n/a. Figured this would have something to do with the audio output plugin, but I can't think of a solution.

Cmus uses pulse, that's what it says in the settings, and it works. In ncmpcpp it says the pulse plugin, "My Pulse Output" is enabled, but no sound shows up.  Neither does it work to disable pulse and enable alsa instead.

What could be the problem?

#
audio_output {
	type		"alsa"
	name		"My ALSA Device"
#	device		"hw:0,0"	# optional
#	format		"44100:16:2"	# optional
	mixer_type      "software"	# optional
#	mixer_device	"default"	# optional
	mixer_control	"PCM"		# optional
##	mixer_index	"0"		# optional
}
#

audio_output {
	type		"pulse"
	name		"MPD"
# server		"remote_server"		# optional
# sink		"remote_server_sink"	# optional
}

I also tried putting "My Pulse Device"/"My Pulse Output" with no changes. I also tried just commenting out alsa/pulse.

Last edited by katsu (2013-07-06 08:40:19)

GekkoP

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From: Vicenza (Italy)

Registered: 2013-06-17

Posts: 297

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Re: MPD/ndmpcpp sound problem

Don't know if it can help, but I got only this in my mpd conf for audio settings and it works:

audio_output {  
     type  "pulse"  
     name  "pulse"  
 }

Last edited by GekkoP (2013-07-06 08:55:02)

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katsu

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Registered: 2013-07-06

Posts: 2

Re: MPD/ndmpcpp sound problem

Sorry, I'm an idiot. I just had to restart mpd instead of just ncmpcpp.