2 Overview
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4 ncmpc is a curses client for the Music Player Daemon (MPD). ncmpc connects to
5 a MPD running on a machine on the local network, and controls this with an
6 interface inspired by cplay.
8 Music Player Daemon (MPD) allows remote access for playing music (MP3,
9 Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, and wave files) and managing playlists. MPD is
10 designed for integrating a computer into a stereo system that provides
11 control for music playback over a local network. Read more at musicpd.org
15 How to compile and install ncmpc
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18 See the INSTALL file.
21 Usage
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23 ncmpc connects to a MPD running on a machine on the local network.
24 By default, ncmpc connects to localhost:6600. This can be
25 changed either at compile-time, or by exporting the MPD_HOST and
26 MPD_PORT environment variables, or by the command line options --host
27 and --port.
29 $ ncmpc --host=musicserver --port=44000
31 For more information please view ncmpc's manual page.
36 Web Page, Forums and Bug Reports
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39 Home page and download:
40 http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Client:ncmpc
42 MPD's home page:
43 http://www.musicpd.org/
45 Bug tracker:
46 http://www.musicpd.org/mantis/
48 Forum:
49 http://www.musicpd.org/forum