From 4c5db1e25e429bf8e4836b7b87109b813604ed75 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stein Magnus Jodal Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 19:35:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: How to turn off 'idle' use ncmpcpp --- docs/clients/mpd.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/clients/mpd.rst b/docs/clients/mpd.rst index e27aa446..f5066210 100644 --- a/docs/clients/mpd.rst +++ b/docs/clients/mpd.rst @@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ ncmpcpp A console client that generally works well with Mopidy, and is regularly used by Mopidy developers. +Search +^^^^^^ + Search only works for ncmpcpp versions 0.5.1 and higher, and in two of the three search modes: @@ -42,6 +45,19 @@ three search modes: If you run Ubuntu 10.04 or older, you can fetch an updated version of ncmpcpp from `Launchpad `_. +Communication mode +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +In newer versions of ncmpcpp, like 0.5.5 shipped with Ubuntu 11.04, ncmcpp +defaults to "notifications" mode for MPD communications, which Mopidy currently +does not support. To workaround this limitation in Mopidy, edit the ncmpcpp +configuration file at ``~/.ncmpcpp/config`` and add the following setting:: + + mpd_communication_mode = "polling" + +You can track the development of "notifications" mode support in Mopidy in +:issue:`32`. + Graphical clients =================