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# Moc

Music On Console is a lightweight music player which consists of 2 parts, a server (Moc) and a player/interface (Mocp). This is similar to mpd, but unlike mpd, Moc comes with an interface. Its server does not support remote access.

## Installation

Install the moc package. The latest development version is available as moc-svnAUR.

## Configuration

The package includes a sample configuration file at `/usr/share/doc/moc/config.example`. To configure moc, copy this file to `~/.moc/config` and edit it.

For instructions about customizing the keybindings, read `/usr/share/doc/moc/keymap.example`.

If you want to use Moc with OSS v4.1, see OSS#MOC.

## Usage

Start moc:

    $ mocp

This will start the server and interface. Some useful shortcuts (case sensitive):

Start playing a track | `Enter`
Pause track | `Space` or `p`
Play next track | `n`
Play previous track | `b`
Switch from playlist browsing to filesystem browsing (and vice versa) | `Tab`
Add one track to the playlist | `a`
Remove track from playlist | `d`
Add a folder recursively to playlist | `Shift+a`
Clear playlist | `Shift+c`
Increase volume 5% | `.` (dot)
Decrease volume 5% | `,` (comma)
Increase volume 1% | `>`
Decrease volume 1% | `<`
Change volume to 10% | `meta+1`
Change volume to 20% | `meta+2`
Quit player | `q`

Note: To shut down the server, use `Shift+q` or:

    $ mocp -x

## Last.fm scrobbling

### mocp-scrobbler

mocp-scrobblerAUR is a Last.fm/Libre.fm scrobbler for MOC with support for now-playing notifications, daemonization and cache. It only depends on Python 3.

Copy the example file to your user config directory:

    mkdir ~/.mocpscrob/
    cp /usr/share/doc/mocp-scrobbler/config.example  ~/.mocpscrob/config

Edit `~/.mocpscrob/config` to add your login and password. The password variable will be replaced with `password_md5` on the first run. Its value will be the original value hashed using MD5 algorithm. If you want to change password, just add again password with you new password, and `password_md5` will be replaced.

To scrobble tracks, start mocp-scrobbler as daemon before mocp. You can also use an alias:

    alias mocp='/usr/bin/mocp-scrobbler.py -d; mocp'

In January of 2016 last.fm updated their password requirements, with all new and updated passwords requiring the inclusion of one of the following characters !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_`{|}~, or a space". This is known to cause an authentication error with mocpscrob configurations which specify passwords not conforming to these new specifications. Changing one's password and updating the ~/.mocpscrob/config password accordingly resolves this issue.

## Front-ends

- dmenu_mocp — Dmenu frontend to MOC

  https://github.com/mutantturkey/mocicon || dmenu_mocpAUR[broken link: archived in aur-mirror]

- mocicon — GTK panel applet to control MOC

  http://mocicon.sourceforge.net/ || mociconAUR

- moc-tray — Quick and easy access to mocp basic functions

  https://code.google.com/p/moc-tray/ || moc-tray

- eXo — Qt frontend to MOC, supports scrobbling

  https://bitbucket.org/blaze/exo/ || not packaged? search in AUR

## systemd service file

    /etc/systemd/system/moc@.service

    [Unit]
    Description=MOC server
    ConditionPathExists=/usr/bin/mocp
    After=network.target sound.target

    [Service]
    RemainAfterExit=yes
    User=%I
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/mocp -S
    ExecStop=/usr/bin/mocp -x
    WorkingDirectory=/home/%I/

    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target

Enable this service for the respective user.

## Troubleshooting

### MOC fails to start

If MOC fails to start, it is most probably because of something wrong in `~/.moc/`. You can try to fix it, or simply delete the whole folder.

### Strange characters

If you see strange-like characters displayed in moc instead of the normal lines (vertical lines to separate space, etc.), you may have a font set incompatible to MOC. Either change the respective font, or edit `.moc/config` to use ASCII for drawing lines:

    ASCIILines = no

### FATAL_ERROR: Layout1 is malformed

If MOC crashes with this error, try adding either line to `.moc/config`:

    Layout1 = directory(0,0,50%,100%): playlist(50%,0,100%,100%)

or

    Layout1 = directory(0,0,50%,100%): playlist(50%,0,FILL,100%)

See original report and Debian bugs.

## See also

- Official documentation

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- Multimedia players

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