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QUIMUP
Frequently Asked Questions
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q. Quimup?
a. [Q]t [U]ser [I]nterface for the [Mu]sic [P]layer Daemon (0.16.0 or above).
A very Linuxian name indeed, and one you can Google for.
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q. MPD?
a. MPD is a daemon that runs in the background, plays your music and maintains
a database of your music files. MPD does a great job, but can only be used
with a client: it is as useless without the client as the client is without
MPD. More information about mpd can be found at www.musicpd.org
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q. Will this QT program work with GNOME or XFCE?
a. Yes. Quimup does not depend on KDE in any way. It only needs some Qt libs.
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q. Where does the album art come from?
a. From the directory where the audio file is located. It is recommended to
put a 200x200 pixel bitmap named albumart.jpg in the album directory.
The program looks for a filename that matches *albumart* *folder* *front*
*cover* or * (in that order), plus extension 'jpg' 'png' 'gif' or 'bmp'.
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q. Quimup can't find album art.
a. Make sure /home/USER/.mpd/mpd.conf is set up correctly and that Quimup has
access rights to mpd's music directory and its contents. To avoid mistakes
set the MPDCONF parameter in /etc/default/mpd to /home/USER/.mpd/mpd.conf.
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q. Many features are disabled. What is the problem?
a. Possibly Quimup is not connected to MPD.
a. MPD does not allow the features to be used. The best solution is to run MPD
as a user, not as a system proces. This can be done by setting START_MPD to
false in /etc/default/mpd - next let Quimup start MPD (server tab in the
settings window).
a. Quimup does not have access to mpd's music directory and its contents.
Possibly MPD and Quimup are not using the same mpd-configuration.
To avoid mistakes set the MPDCONF parameter in /etc/default/mpd to
/home/USER/.mpd/mpd.conf.
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q. How does 'Purge' work?
a. Purge removes all played items from the playlist. Note that the property
is monitored by Quimup, not by MPD. If you restart Quimup all the 'played'
marks are lost.
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q. Why does connecting to MPD take so long?
a. Possibly MPD and Quimup are not using the same mpd-configuration. To avoid
mistakes set the MPDCONF parameter in /etc/default/mpd - and make sure MPD
and Quimup are both using the same connection (i.e the 'bind_to_address' in
MPD's config and the 'host'in Quimup's login profile.)
a If MPD is started with quimup it may be busy updating the database before a
connection is established. In MPD's configuration set auto_update to "no".
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q. Why can't I open music files directly from the file manager?
a. Quimup will accept external files only if it is connected to MPD through a
"socket": both 'bind_to_address' in MPD's configuration file and 'host' in
Quimup's login profile must point to /home/USER/.mpd/socket. Files can
be dropped on the player or the playlist, or added using 'open with' in
your file manager (%U and %F are both accepted).
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q. Can I make a feauture request?
a. Of course you can. You can contact me at [email protected]. But do keep
in mind that Quimup is a no-bells-or-whistles music player: not a tag
editor, ipod manager or sound converter.
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