I'm using Ubuntu 16.04. I just installed mpd and ncmpcpp. Whenever I play any audio file, ncmpcpp detects the file and says it is playing, but no actual audio is playing. I followed this tutorial on installing and configuring both mpc and ncmpcpp. This is my mpd configuration:
music_directory "~/Music" playlist_directory "~/Playlists" db_file "~/.local/share/mpd/mpd.db" log_file "~/.local/share/mpd/mpd.log" pid_file "~/.local/share/mpd/mpd.pid" state_file "~/.local/share/mpd/mpd.state" sticker_file "~/.local/share/mpd/sticker.sql" bind_to_address "127.0.0.1" log_level "default" restore_paused "yes" metadata_to_use "artist,album,title,track,name,genre,date" auto_update "yes" input { plugin "curl" } audio_output { type "pulse" name "pulse audio" } audio_output { type "fifo" name "mpd_fifo" path "/tmp/mpd.fifo" format "44100:16:2" } EDIT: I would like to also clarify that I tried to install the latest version as it says in this answer, but I get this message for one of the packages:
E: Package 'libsystemd-daemon-dev' has no installation candidate So, I download the .deb file and tried to install it from there. When I run "sudo dpkg -i" and the path to the file, I get this error:
dpkg: error processing package libsystemd-daemon-dev (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libsystemd-daemon-dev 1 Answer
I found the answer to my own problem. I had to install the PulseAudio (What I'm using) GUI:
sudo apt-get install pavucontrol Run it, and fix the problem. I suppose for those using alsa it would the mixer, and so on for other sound server programs.
