Trouble with NCMPCPP

[Lennox]

Hey.
So this if my first post on this forum and I'm really looking forward to learning a lot on here.
My question concerns NCMPCPP ( the frontend music player ).
First off, I'm relatively new to Linux, so please answer as noobish as possible lol. I installed, configured NCMPCPP a while ago and it worked like a charm.

But yesterday some colours just changed back to the default for some reason.
From :

http: (double slash) img37 (dot) imageshack (dot) us/img37/1865/firstss.jpg

To :

http: (double slash) i45 (dot) tinypic (dot) com/24nij34.jpg

Going into the preferences of the terminal :

http: ( double slash )i46 (dot) tinypic (dot) com/2j26q9z.jpg

As you can see, it is using the default colour yellow. I created another profile already, changing those two colours to black and grey, but I don't think this is a good solution.

I checked the error.log file :

TagLib: ID3v2.4 no longer supports the frame type TDAT.  It will be discarded from the tag.

I'm guessing it has something to do with that. I looked this error up on google and on this forum but couldn't find anything that relates to my problem.
As you can imagine I am lost at this point. I don't know what to do and I hope I provided enough information. Sorry for the dot thing, but I don't think I could explain this without the pictures.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers,
Lennox.

[reed9]

I don't believe the TDAT frame is the problem. According to the id3vs specs

TDAT
    The 'Date' frame is a numeric string in the DDMM format containing the date for the recording. This field is always four characters long.

Colors for ncmpcpp are usually set in the config file at ~/.ncmpcpp/config.

This arch linux thread has screenshots and various config files you can use for ideas.

[Lennox]

Weird. I configured my ncmpcpp when I installed it.

####################################################
## this is example configuration file, copy it to ##
## ~/.ncmpcpp/config and set up your preferences ##
####################################################
#
##### connection settings #####
#
## set it in order to make tag editor and renaming files work properly
#
mpd_host = "localhost"
#
mpd_port = "6600"

mpd_music_dir = "/home/Lennox/Music"

mpd_connection_timeout = "5"

mpd_crossfade_time = "5"

##### delays #####
#
## delay after playlist highlighting will be disabled (0 = don't disable)
#
playlist_disable_highlight_delay = "0"
#
## defines how long various messages are supposed to be visible
#
#message_delay_time = "4"
#
##### song format #####
##
## for song format you can use:
##
## %l - length
## %f - short filename
## %F - full filename
## %a - artist
## %t - title
## %b - album
## %y - year
## %n - track number
## %g - genre
## %c - composer
## %p - performer
## %d - disc
## %C - comment
## %r - begin right align
##
## you can also put them in { } and then it will be displayed
## only if all requested values are available and/or define alternate
## value with { }|{ } eg. {%a - %t}|{%f}
##
## text can also have different color than the main window has,
## eg. if you want length to be green, write $3%l$9
##
## available values:
##
## - 0 - default window color
## - 1 - black
## - 2 - red
## - 3 - green
## - 4 - yellow
## - 5 - blue
## - 6 - magenta
## - 7 - cyan
## - 8 - white
## - 9 - end of current color
##
## Note: colors can be nested.
##

song_list_format 			= "{$5(%l)$9 }{$1%a$9 - }{$1%t$9}|{$1%f$9}"

song_library_format 			= "{%n - }{%t}|{%f}"

media_library_album_format 		= "{(%y) }%b"

tag_editor_album_format 		= "{(%y) }%b"

browser_playlist_prefix 		= "$1playlist$9 "

selected_item_prefix 			= "$5"

selected_item_suffix 			= "$9"

alternative_header_first_line_format 	= "{$1%t$9}"

alternative_header_second_line_format 	= "$1{%a} - {%b} {(%y$9)}"


#
## colors are not supported for below veriables
#
#song_status_format 			= "{(%l) }{%a - }{%t}|{%f}"
#
#song_window_title_format 		= "{%a - }{%t}|{%f}"
#
##### columns settings #####
##
## syntax of song columns list format is "column column etc."
##
## - syntax for each column is:
##
## (width of column in %)[column's color]{displayed tag}
##
## - color is optional (if you want the default one, type [])
##
#




song_columns_list_format 		= "(35)[black]{t} (20)[black]{a} (6)[black]{l} (30)[black]{b} "



##### various settings #####
#

playlist_display_mode 			= "columns"

#

browser_display_mode 			= "columns"

#
#search_engine_display_mode = "classic" (classic/columns)
#
incremental_seeking = "yes"
#
#seek_time = "1"
#
autocenter_mode = "yes"
#
#repeat_one_mode = "no"
#
#default_place_to_search_in = "database" (database/playlist)
#
#media_library_left_column = "a" (possible values: a,y,g,c,p, legend above)
#
#default_find_mode = "wrapped" (wrapped/normal)
#
default_space_mode = "add" (add/select)
#
#default_tag_editor_left_col = "albums" (albums/dirs)
#
#default_tag_editor_pattern = "%n - %t"
#
header_visibility = "yes"
#
statusbar_visibility = "yes"
#
fancy_scrolling = "yes"
#
follow_now_playing_lyrics = "yes"
#
#ncmpc_like_songs_adding = "no" (enabled - add/remove, disabled - always add)
#
display_screens_numbers_on_start = "yes"
#
clock_display_seconds = "yes"

user_interface                   = "alternative"


##
## Note: If below is enabled, ncmpcpp will ignore leading
## "The" word while sorting items in browser, tags in
## media library, etc.
##
ignore_leading_the = "yes"
#
#enable_window_title = "yes"
#
##### lyrics support #####
##
## supported lyrics databases:
##
## - 1 - lyricwiki.org
## - 2 - lyricsplugin.com
##
#
lyrics_database = "2"
#
##### colors definitions #####
#
colors_enabled = "yes"
#
empty_tag_color = "red"
#
header_window_color = "black"
#
volume_color = "blue"
#
state_line_color = "blue"
#
state_flags_color = "blue"
#
main_window_color = "black
#
color1 = "black"
#
color2 = "black"
#
main_window_highlight_color = "black"
#
progressbar_color = "blue"
#
statusbar_color = "black"
#
active_column_color = "blue"
#
window_border_color = "black"
#
active_window_border = "green"
#
alternative_ui_separator_color = "blue"

I have nothing set to yellow, meaning it defaulted back to yellow on it's own ??!! And I don't think I uncommented/commented out anything.

[reed9]

Hmm. I'm not seeing anything obvious that would cause that. But I haven't really looked the config file since I set mine up, so it's been awhile.

I would try it in a different terminal and see if the result is the same. If the colors are correct in other terminal programs, then it seems likely it's the setting for - what are you using? gnome-terminal?

[Lennox]

Hmm. I'm not seeing anything obvious that would cause that. But I haven't really looked the config file since I set mine up, so it's been awhile.

I would try it in a different terminal and see if the result is the same. If the colors are correct in other terminal programs, then it seems likely it's the setting for - what are you using? gnome-terminal?

Yup, using gnome-terminal. tcsh I think, not sure though.
And I found my mistake. I accidentally removed the " behind the black of main_window_color, so it defaults back to yellow.

volume_color = "blue"
#
state_line_color = "blue"
#
state_flags_color = "blue"
#
main_window_color = "black
#
color1 = "black"
#
color2 = "black"
#
main_window_highlight_color = "black"
#
progressbar_color = "blue"
#
statusbar_color = "black"

Finally
And thanks for your help.

[reed9]

Ah, there you go. Sharp eyes.