# ncmpcpp-0.10 (????-??-??) * Add support for fetching lyrics from musixmatch.com. * Fix intermittent failures of the Genius fetcher. * Fix crash on startup with Visualizer as the initial screen. * Fix crash on startup with Browser as the initial screen. * Show the Visualizer immediately if it's the initial screen. * Draw a separator between albums with the same name, but a different artist. * Suppress output of all external commands. * Consider mouse support when pausing and unpausing curses interface. * Reduce CPU usage of the frequency spectrum visualizer. * Enable Link Time Optimization by default. * Enable full sorting of items in the local browser if it's not. * Bind `Play` to `Backspace` by default. # ncmpcpp-0.9 (2020-12-20) * Fix various Mopidy specific bugs. * Add `run_external_console_command` action for running terminal applications. * Pass lyrics filename in single quotes to shell. * Add support for fetching lyrics from zeneszoveg.hu. * Add `Play` action for starting playback in stopped state. * Properly expand `~` in mpd_host when preceded by a password. * Add support for `message_delay_time` equal to 0. * Add support for album only view in the Media Library. * Add `random_exclude_pattern` option to a configuration file. * Add `connected_message_on_startup` option to a configuration file. * Fix compilation with GCC 10. * Remove Lyricwiki fetcher as the site closed down. * Remove Lyricsmania fetcher as it no longer works. * Fix Genius and Tekstowo fetchers. * Add dedicated `Load` action for loading playlists. * Add `media_library_hide_album_dates` option to a configuration file. * Improve look of the frequency spectrum visualizer. * Add `visualizer_spectrum_smooth_look`, `visualizer_spectrum_dft_size`, `visualizer_spectrum_gain`, `visualizer_spectrum_hz_min` and `visualizer_spectrum_hz_max` options to a configuration file for controlling the look of the new spectrum visualizer. * Add `visualizer_autoscale` option to a configuration file. * Add `visualizer_fps` option to a configuration file (60 by default). * Allow for editing multiple titles in the Tag Editor. * Support gstreamer's udpsink as a data source for visualization (Mopidy). * Deprecate `visualizer_fifo_path` in favor of `visualizer_data_source`. * Don't run volume changing actions if there is no mixer. * Do not loop after sending a database update command to Mopidy. * Deprecate `visualizer_sync_interval` configuration option. * Deprecate `noop` value of `browser_sort_mode` in favor of `none`. * Add `type` value of `browser_sort_mode` (set by default). * Prefer `$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ncmpcpp` as a folder with configuration. # ncmpcpp-0.8.2 (2018-04-11) * Help screen: fixed display of EoF keycode * Fixed possible integer overflow when resizing screen * Fixed fetching lyrics from lyricsmania.com, metrolyrics.com and sing365.com * Search engine now properly interacts with filtering * Fixed redraw of separator after interface switch while MPD was stopped * Reset position of a window when fetching lyrics * Fixed compilation with ICU >= 61. # ncmpcpp-0.8.1 (2017-10-11) * Setting `colors_enabled` to `no` no longer results in a crash. * Using `--quiet` command line argument no longer results in a crash. * If songs in media library have no track numbers, sort them by their display format. * Fixed a situation in which songs added to playlist from media library or playlist editor screens would not be immediately marked as such. * Do not start prompt with the current search constraint when applying a new one. # ncmpcpp-0.8 (2017-05-21) * Configuration variable `execute_on_player_state_change` was added. * Support for controlling whether ncmpcpp should display multiple tags as-is or make an effort to hide duplicate values (show_duplicate_tags configuration variable, enabled by default). * Support for filtering of lists was brought back from the dead. * Require C++14 compatible compiler during compilation. * Lyrics from files containing DOS line endings now load properly on Linux. * Added support for fetching lyrics from genius.com. * Added support for fetching lyrics from tekstowo.pl. * The list of lyrics fetchers can now be set via configuration file. * Lyrics can now be fetched for songs with no tags. * libcurl dependency is no longer optional. * When an attempt to write tags fails, show detailed error message. * Support for fetching lyrics for selected items in background was added. * Application will now exit if stdin is closed. * Configuration variable `visualizer_sample_multiplier` was deprecated and will be removed in 0.9. * Wide character version of ncurses is now required. * Added `statusbar_time_color` and `player_state_color` configuration variables for further customization of statusbar. * Setting foreground color only now preserves current background color. * Format information can now be attached to selected color variables in the configuration file. Because of that variable `progressbar_boldness` is now deprecated in favor of extended `progressbar_color` and `progressbar_elapsed_color` (for more information see example configuration file). * Lyrics and last_fm can now be startup screens and are lockable. * Action `update_environment` now also synchronizes status with MPD. * Fixed an issue that could cause some MPD events to be missed. * Action `jump_to_playing_song` is not runnable now if there is no playing song. * Fixed fetching artist info in language other than English. * Added test that checks if lyrics fetchers work (available via command line parameter --test-lyrics-fetchers). * Fixed fetching lyrics from justsomelyrics.com. * Added support for fetching lyrics from jah-lyrics.com and plyrics.com. * Seek immediately after invoking appropriate action once. * Added support for locating current song in playlist editor. * Disable autocenter mode while searching and filtering. * Added `--quiet` comand line argument that supresses messages shown at startup. * Multiple songs in Media library are now added to playlist in the same order they are displayed. * Added configuration option `media_library_albums_split_by_date` that determines whether albums in media library should be split by date. * Added configuration option `ignore_diacritics` that allows for ignoring diacritics while searching (boost compiled with ICU support is required). * Added support for reading multiple bindings files (the ones in ~/.ncmpcpp/bindings and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ncmpcpp/bindings are read by default). * `main_window_highlight_color` and `active_column_color` configuration options are now deprecated in favor of `current_item_prefix`/`current_item_suffix` and `current_item_inactive_column_prefix`/`current_item_inactive_column_suffix` (note that now highlight of inactive column is customizable instead of the active one in presence of multiple columns). # ncmpcpp-0.7.7 (2016-10-31) * Fixed compilation on 32bit platforms. # ncmpcpp-0.7.6 (2016-10-30) * Fixed assertion failure on trying to search backwards in an empty list. * Updated installation instructions in INSTALL file. * Make sure that stream of random numbers is not deterministic. * Opening playlist editor when there is no MPD playlists directory no longer freezes the application. * Added info about behavior of MPD_HOST and MPD_PORT environment variables to man page. * Tilde will now be expanded to home directory in visualizer_fifo_path, execute_on_song_change and external_editor configuration variables. * Fixed lyricwiki and justsomelyrics fetchers. # ncmpcpp-0.7.5 (2016-08-17) * Action chains can be now used for seeking. * Fixed fetching artist info from last.fm. * Default value of regular_expressions was changed from `basic` to `perl` to work around boost issue (#12222). * Fixed crash occuring when searching backward in an empty list. # ncmpcpp 0.7.4 (2016-04-17) * Fetching lyrics from lyricwiki.org was fixed. * Configure script now continues without errors if ICU library was not found. # ncmpcpp 0.7.3 (2016-01-20) * Home and End keys are now recognized in a few specific terminal emulators. # ncmpcpp-0.7.2 (2016-01-16) * Attempt to add non-song item to playlist from search engine doesn't trigger assertion failure anymore. * Fetching lyrics from metrolyrics.com was fixed. * Alternative UI separator color is now respected regardless of the header_visibility flag. # ncmpcpp-0.7.1 (2016-01-01) * Selected songs in media library can now be added to playlists. * Confirmation before shuffling a playlist can now be disabled. # ncmpcpp-0.7 (2015-11-22) * Playlist sorting dialog now contains `Album artist` option. * Default keybindings were corrected to allow tag edition in the right column of tag editor. * Mouse is properly kept disabled if it was disabled in the configuration file. # ncmpcpp-0.6.8 (2015-11-11) * Application is now compatible with MPD >= 0.20. * Check for readline library was fixed. # ncmpcpp-0.7_beta1 (2015-11-04) * Visualizer has now support for multiple colors (visualizer_color configuration variable takes the list of colors to be used). * Visualizer has now support for two more modes: sound wave filled and sound ellipse. * Visualizer's spectrum mode now scales better along with window's width. * It is now possible to abort the current action using Ctrl-C or Ctrl-G in prompt mode. As a result, empty value is no longer a special value that aborts most of the actions. * Directories and playlists in browser can now be sorted by modification time. * ~ is now expanded to home directory in mpd_host configuration variable. * It is now possible to define startup slave screen using -S/--slave-screen command line option or startup_slave_screen configuration variable. * List filtering has been removed due to the major part of its functionality overlapping with find forward/backward and obscure bugs. * Find backward/forward function is now incremental. * Support for 256 colors and customization of background colors has been added. * Multiple configuration files via command line arguments are now accepted. In addition, by default ncmpcpp attempts to read both $HOME/.ncmpcpp/config and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ncmpcpp/config (in this order). * Support for PDCurses has been removed due to the library being unmaintained and buggy. * Current MPD host may now be shown in playlist (playlist_show_mpd_host configuration variable, disabled by default). * Random album artists can now be added to the playlist. * Case insensitive searching is now Unicode aware as long as boost was compiled with ICU support. * Searching with regular expressions is now enabled by default. * Support for the Perl regular expression syntax was added. * BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX configure variable is now empty by default. * Shuffle function now shuffles only selected range if selection in playlist is active. * NCurses terminal sequence escaping is no longer used as it's not accurate enough. * Selecting items no longer depends on space mode and is bound by default to Insert key. * Support for Alt, Ctrl and Shift modifiers as well as Escape key was added. * Action that updates the environment can now be used in bindings configuration file. * Monolithic `press_space` action was split into `add_item_to_playlist`, `toggle_lyrics_update_on_song_change` and `toggle_visualization_type`. * Monolithic `press_enter` action was split into `enter_directory`, `play_item`, `run_action` and `toggle_output`. * Sorting actions were rebound to Ctrl-S. * Support for range selection was added (bound to Ctrl-V by default). In addition, sorting, reversing and shuffling items in playlist now works on ranges. * Support for selecting found items was added (bound to Ctrl-_ by default). * Tracks in media library are now properly sorted for track numbers greater than 99. * Value of `visualizer_sync_interval` is now restricted to be greater than 9. * Output of the visualizer now scales automatically as long as `visualizer_sample_multiplier` is set to 1. * Command line switch that prints current song to the standard output is available once again. * Defined action chains are now shown in help screen. * Action chains for selecting an item and scrolling up/down are now bound to Shift-Up and Shift-Down respectively. # ncmpcpp-0.6.7 (2015-09-12) * Fetching artist info from last.fm was fixed. # ncmpcpp-0.6.6 (2015-09-07) * A typo in the example configuration file was fixed. * Fetching lyrics from lyricwiki.com was fixed. # ncmpcpp-0.6.5 (2015-07-05) * Description of mouse wheel usage on volume is now correct. * Configure script now fails if either readline or pthread specific headers are not present. * Searching in text fields now respects regular expression configuration. * When numbering tracks in tag editor all the other track tags are discarded. * Xiph tag DESCRIPTION is now rewritten as COMMENT when updating tags. * Possible access of already freed memory when downloading artist info is fixed. * Name of an item is now displayed correctly if present. * Assertion failure when resizing terminal window with no active MPD connection is fixed. * Lyrics fetchers were updated to work with sites that changed their HTML structure. # ncmpcpp-0.6.4 (2015-05-02) * Fix title of a pop-up which shows during adding selected items to the current playlist. * Correctly deal with leading separator while parsing filenames in tag editor. * Fix initial incorrect window size that was occuring in some cases. * Unknown and invalid configuration options can now be ignored using command line option `ignore-config-errors`. # ncmpcpp-0.6.3 (2015-03-02) * Fix floating point exception when adding a specific number of random items. * Passwords are no longer added to the input history. * It is now possible to put more than one specific flag consecutively in formats. * Bash completion file was removed as it no longer works. * Description of available configuration options in man page was updated. # ncmpcpp-0.6.2 (2014-12-13) * Delete key now aditionally binds by default to action that deletes files in browser. * Fix incremental seeking so that it doesn't reset after 30 seconds. # ncmpcpp-0.6.1 (2014-11-06) * Comment tag is now properly written to mp3 files. * Only ID3v2.4 tags are now saved to mp3 files. * Mouse scrolling with newer ncurses API now works properly. * Adding songs from an album in media library now works properly with fetch delay. * Adding songs from a playlist in playlist editor now works properly with fetch delay. * Trying to fetch lyrics from an empty list doesn't crash the application anymore. # ncmpcpp-0.6 (2014-10-25) * Feature `locate song` no more has a chance to crash the program. * Following lyrics of current song now works properly with consume mode active. * Deletion of empty playlists in playlist editor now works properly. * Toggling consume mode with crossfade mode active displays proper info. * Support for regular expressions works properly now. # ncmpcpp-0.6_beta5 (2014-10-04) * Corrupted tags no longer cause assertion failures. * MPD connection attempts are now made at most once per second. * Deletion of playlists in both browser and playlist editor is now properly handled. * Various actions no longer cause the program to crash when invoked with empty playlist. # ncmpcpp-0.6_beta4 (2014-09-19) * Jumping to current song in playlist doesn't trigger assertion failures anymore. * Readline's completion feature is now properly disabled. # ncmpcpp-0.6_beta3 (2014-09-14) * Handling of server events has been improved. * Readline now ignores escape key. * Cropping a playlist now works only if its length is bigger than 1. * Browser and media library sorting now works properly with filtering. * Compilation with boost-1.56 has been fixed. * Configuration option visualizer_type now accepts "spectrum" value. * Configuration option autocenter_mode is now properly read. * Configuration option visualizer_sample_multiplier now accepts all positive numbers. * Documentation was updated to reflect the changes. * Mouse event handling in media library now works properly. * ncmpcpp now works properly with password protected server. * Data fetching delay in media library and playlist editor is now optional. # ncmpcpp-0.6_beta2 (2014-09-03) * Fixed the issue that prevented MPD flags toggling from working properly. * Song change event is now properly handled after song ends with consume flag active. * ncmpcpp now operates in raw terminal mode and ignores SIGINT. * Separators between columns in media library, playlist editor and tag editor are now reliably colored. * Build failures due to the missing include are now fixed. * Playlist cropping now works as expected if no item is selected. # ncmpcpp-0.6_beta1 (2014-09-03) * Support for polling communication mode has been removed. Additionally, MPD version >= 0.16 is required. * Keybinding system has been redesigned: "keys" file is now deprecated; "bindings" file is used instead. It has support for many features, including binding to non-ascii characters and macros. * Support for readline library was added. * Browser has support for custom sort format. * Playlist has support for MPD priorities. * Media library can be sorted by modification time. * Visualizer's frequency spectrum was adjusted to look more pleasant. * Broken compatibility of various actions with filtered lists has been corrected. * Tons of other small changes and improvements were made. # ncmpcpp-0.5.10 (2012-04-01) * fix compilation with gcc 4.7 * fix building without curl support # ncmpcpp-0.5.9 (2012-03-17) * new feature: support for fetching lyrics for currently playing song in background * new feature: support for stereo visualization * new feature: support for merging screens together * playlist editor: add support for columns display mode * settings: provide a way to use alternative location for configuration file * settings: make characters used in visualizer customizable * lyrics fetcher: add support for lololyrics.com * various bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.5.8 (2011-10-11) * lyrics fetcher: add support for justsomelyrics.com * add command line switch -s/--screen for switching screen at startup * add proper support for asx/cue/m3u/pls/xspf playlists * bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.5.7 (2011-04-21) * convert input path to utf8 before calling `add` command * extras: add program that copies Artist to AlbumArtist for mp3/ogg/flac files * lyrics fetcher: add support for lyricsvip.com * lyrics fetcher: skip lyricwiki if there's licence restriction on lyrics * tag editor: do not convert filenames back to utf8 while reading files using taglib * search engine: fix error occuring while trying to select first album in results # ncmpcpp-0.5.6 (2011-01-02) * settings: make displaying `empty tag` entry optional * bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.5.5 (2010-08-04) * new feature: select album around cursor * new feature: `replay` function * fixed feature: display separators between albums * playlist: support for adding last.fm streams * browser: support for operations on m3u playlists not created by MPD * browser: support for deleting group of selected items * media library: show songs with primary tag unspecified * lyrics: new fetching system * lyrics: support for storing lyrics in song's directory * artist info: support for preffered language * settings: support for custom visualization color * settings: support for `empty` part of progressbar in progressbar_look * settings: new config option: titles_visibility * song format: support for limiting maximal length of a tag * a lot of minor fixes # ncmpcpp-0.5.4 (2010-06-03) * new feature: toggle bitrate visibility at runtime * new feature: locate song in tag editor * new feature: separators between albums in playlist * new feature: customizable columns' names * new feature: support for multiple tag types in one column * media library: support for "All tracks" option in middlle column * playlist: shorten units' names displayed in statusbar * browser: critical bugfix in feature "remove directory physically from hdd" * a few other bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.5.3 (2010-04-04) * new feature: new movement keys: {Up,Down}{Album,Artist} * new feature: make displaying volume level in statusbar optional * new feature: jump from browser to playlist editor * bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.5.2 (2010-02-26) * bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.5.1 (2010-02-15) * new feature: customizable startup screen * new feature: locate song in media library * new feature: support for built-in mpd searching in search engine * new feature: support for adding random artists/albums to playlist * new feature: support for album artist tag * new feature: support for switching between user-defined sequence of screens * new feature: discard column colors if item is selected (optional) * new feature: support for adding tracks to playlist after highlighted item * make displaying dates of albums in media library optional * several bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.5 (2009-12-31) * bash completion support * libmpdclient2 support * "idle" command support * new screen: mpd server info * new feature: sort songs in browser by mtime * new feature: lyrics "refreshing" * new feature: toggle replay gain mode * new feature: support for centered cursor * new feature: add selected items to playlist at given position * playlist: support for range sort/reverse * tag editor: support for numerating tracks using xx/xx format * a lot of minor fixes # ncmpcpp-0.4.1 (2009-10-03) * support for writing performer, composer and disc tags into ogg and flac files * support for custom prefix/suffix of now playing song * support for system charset encoding autodetection * support for underlined text * optimizations and bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.4 (2009-09-09) * new screen: music visualizer with sound wave/frequency spectrum modes * new feature: alternative user interface * new feature: command line switch for displaying now playing song * new feature: support for fixed size and/or right aligned columns * new feature: display bitrate of current song in statusbar (optional) * new feature: display remaining time of current song instead of elapsed (optional) * new feature: jump to now playing song at start (enabled by default) * new feature: additional attributes for columns * song format: support for nested braces * support for colors in song_status_format * customizable progressbar look * mouse support for additional windows * optional user prompting before clearing main playlist * track and year tag are not limited to numbers anymore if mp3 files are edited * marker for full filename (F) has been replaced with directory (D) * a lot of other minor improvements and bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.3.5 (2009-06-24) * new feature: custom command execution on song change * new feature: allow for physical files and directories deletion * new feature: add local directories recursively * new feature: add random songs to playlist * new feature: mouse support * new screen: outputs * text scrolling in header was made optional * some bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.3.4 (2009-05-19) * new feature: search in help, lyrics and info screen * new feature: two columns view in media library * new feature: input box history * make displaying hidden files in local browser optional * bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.3.3 (2009-04-02) * new feature: cyclic scrolling * support for single mode (requires >=mpd-0.15_alpha*) * support for consume mode (requires >=mpd-0.15_alpha*) * support for pdcurses library * support for WIN32 * improvements and bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.3.2 (2009-03-17) * new feature: locate currently playing song in browser * new feature: stop playing after current song * new feature: move item(s) in playlist to actual cursor's position * new feature: reverse playlist's order * support for external console editor * support for multiple composer, performer and disc tags * support for basic and extended regular expressions * make blocking search constraints after succesful searching optional * improved searching in screens * minor improvements and bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.3.1 (2009-02-23) * support for columns in browser and search engine * support for lyricsplugin database * support for any tag in search engine * support for ignoring leading "the" word while sorting (optional) * new feature: apply filter to screen (Ctrl-F by default) * new feature: playlist sorting (Ctrl-V by default) * new feature: open lyrics in external editor * other minor improvements and bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.3 (2009-01-22) * general core rewrite * new screen - clock * support for asian wide characters * support for non-utf8 encodings * a lot of bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.2.5 (2008-12-05) * support for unix domain sockets * support for adding to playlist files outside mpd music directory (requires mpd >= 0.14_alpha*) * support for browsing local directories tree (requires mpd >= 0.14_alpha*) * support for searching in current playlist * many bugfixes # ncmpcpp-0.2.4 (2008-10-12) * fixed bug with not null terminated strings on mac os x * support for renaming files in tiny tag editor * support for editing composer, performer and disc tag in mp3 files * support for user defined base seek time * support for user defined tag type in left column of media library * support for user defined display format in album column of media library * support for basic mpc commands and command line arguments * adding items to playlist can be done like in ncmpc * fetching lyrics and artist's info doesn't lock ncmpcpp anymore * changed place of storing config files * list of recently used patterns in tag editor is now remembered # ncmpcpp-0.2.3 (2008-09-20) * new screen - complex tag editor (with albums/directories view) * brand new song info screen (old one removed) * support for renaming files and directories * support for reading tags from filename * support for editing artist and album in media library * support for playlist renaming * support for following lyrics of now playing song * support for fetching artist's info from last.fm * fixed compilation for Mac OS X and *BSD * fixed compilation for older gcc versions * extended configuration (e.g. all colors can be user-defined) * `repeat one song` mode works with random mode now * incremental seeking (old behaviour is still available through config) * a bunch of fixes and improvements # ncmpcpp-0.2.2 (2008-09-05) * new screen - playlist editor * new playlist view - columns * playlist view switcher added (key 'p' by default) * find function modes added (wrapped/normal, switch is 'w' by default) * albums in media library sorted by year (and it's also displayed) * multiple items selection support and related functions added * playlists management support * new function - "go to dir containing selected song" (key 'G' by default) * moving items improved * lots of minor fixes # ncmpcpp-0.2.1 (2008-08-27) * support for composer, performer and disc tag * customizable keybindings * "add" option added * example config files are installed automatically now * "repeat one song" mode added (works only if ncmpcpp is running) * minor fixes, improvements etc. # ncmpcpp-0.2 (2008-08-20) * libmpd dependency dropped * pkgconfig is not needed anymore * ncmpcpp now shows more info if it cannot connect to mpd * proper handling for mpd password added * if ncmpcpp lose connection to mpd it'll try to reconnect * playlist status added * new screen - lyrics * switching between playlist and browser with tab key added * alternate movement keys added (j and k keys) * auto center mode added * new option - crossfade can be set to any value now (X key) * new option - going to parent directory in browser using backspace key * issue with backspace key fixed * sorting items in browser is case insensitive now * many fixes and improvements # ncmpcpp-0.1.2 (2008-08-12) * parts of interface are hideable now * new screen - media library * new option - crop (it removes all songs from playlist except the playing one) * many fixes and optimizations # ncmpcpp-0.1.1 (2008-08-07) * add example configuration file * configure.in now works as expected * taglib dependency is optional now * more customizable options