Hi I'm recently working around with ncmpcpp and I've configured it pretty nicely to what I want. Unfortunately on playlist view, after 3-4 seconds it will stop highlighting the currently played song, and as a result I lose track of where I am in my playlist (even though the song is played in the header).
Is there a way to have the currently played song constantly highlighted? I've looked through the numerous ncmpcpp config options and I couldn't find something to this.
Here's a gif of what is happening: https://i.sstatic.net/wTI6l.gif
Here is the config file for ncmpcpp: http://pastebin.com/XTdQa2qb
Here is the config file for mpd:
music_directory "~/Music/albums"
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"
audio_output {
type "osx"
name "aMat Mac Device"
mixer_type "software"
}
audio_output {
type "fifo"
name "my_fifo"
path "/tmp/mpd.fifo"
format "44100:16:2"
}
bind_to_address "localhost"
Well lesson learned, always read the man page!
There's a ncmpcpp config option playlist_disable_highlight_delay = 0 which solves the issue of the highlighting fading away. When you set it to 0 it will stay highlighted forever.
Although what would be ideal would be if I could highlight other parts of my playlist and still have some indicator on what is currently playing. But c'est la vie, this is a solution.