[arch-general] [mpd+ncmpcpp] mpd hangs when manually moving forward on track, or to nex track

[Javier Vasquez]

>> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 8:22 PM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> If someone is familiar with mpd (user, non root) + ncmpcpp on Arch,
>> perhaps can help me out...
>>
>> Whenever I move forward/backward on the same playing track (f/b), mpd
>> just hangs, usually so hard, that mpd needs to be restarted to do
>> anything.  A workaround is to pause the track, and then move
>> forward/backward, and then play again, most of the time that works...
>>
>> When playing a track, and then moving to next/prior track (>/<), then
>> mpd hangs.  To get it back alive, it's enough to stop mpd (s), and
>> start any track (enter).  The pause work around for moving
>> forward/backward on the same track doesn't work, mpd keeps hanging,
>> but stopping mpd (s), and starting any track (enter) works.  Stopping
>> mpd (s), to move to the next track as a work around doesn't work,
>> given there's no current track playing, therefore mpd can find the
>> next...
>>
>> So it's sort of weird that moving around where to play mpd, kinds of
>> makes it hang...
>>
>> BTW, I have 2 mpd outputs, the pulse output but also a visual fifo,
>> however by keeping only the pulse audio doesn't help, so It's not
>> related to the visual fifo...
>> ...
>
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 9:05 PM, Javier Vasquez <j.e.vasquez.v at gmail.com> wrote:
> OK, for those who replied, it basically works like that in all my
> boxes, most are mintbox 2 with 2 core i5 as processors, intel hda
> audio and SATA SSD.  One laptop is an HP EliteBook 840 G3 with 2 core
> i7 processors, intel hda audio (or plantronics USB audio headset) and
> PCIe SSD.  One laptop is aToshiba nb505 with Atom 64 processor, intel
> hda and SATA SSD.
>
> All of them use up to date x86_64 Arch, and have the same behavior.
> The related packets:
>
> mpd 0.20.6-1
> libmpdclient 2.11-1
> libmpd 11.8.17-2
> ncmpcpp 0.7.7-4
> pulseaudio 10.0-2
> linux 4.10.5-1
>
> Notice I recompiled the ncmpcpp package getting the exact same
> behavior on the EliteBook.
>
> Regarding what I'm playing, any ogg vorbis file I have experience the
> same.  I don't have  mp3 files.  It doesn't matter if the files are in
> local SSD, or network mounted drive.  In any case is the same.
>
> I didn't file a bug at 1st, hopping it was a known issue perhaps, and
> people would know about a workaround.  See the behavior can be
> reproduced on any machine I try, all Arch x86_64.  I haven't tried
> ncmpc (I like ncmpcpp better), but moc doesn't have any issues, though
> I prefer mpd...
>
> I'll try ncmpc next, to see if I only get the behavior with ncmpcpp...
> ...

I installed ncmpc:

ncmpc 0.27-1

And I experience exactly the same.  sounds more like a mpd thing then?

-- 
Javier