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I am trying to install and use cmus properly, but I am running into some trouble. All of the guides that I have found have me enter the following command to add music to cmus.

:add /home/username/path/to/music

when I do this and go into the browser tab, the folders that I added are there but none of the songs in those folders are visible. Note I have both mp3 files and m4a files.

Am I missing anything obvious? I couldn't find anything online regarding the issue that I am having. What can I do to get cmus to play the mp3 files that I have?

bs7280
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Install missing optional dependency for mp3:

pacman -S --asdeps libmad

Figure out optional dependencies using:

Radagast
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  • Close cmus,

  • Go to ~/.config/cmus and remove lib.pl file, if there is one.

  • Then open cmus

  • click "5" to go to browser
  • locate root folder of your music (for me it is ~/Music
  • click "a"
  • then click "1" to go to your library

you should see all your music being imported.

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George Apriashvili
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  • I ended up solving this problem by installing the dependancies for mp3 files, which I assumed were built in. – bs7280 Dec 27 '15 at 19:46
  • @bs7280 would you like to share what the dependencies you installed? – gglasses Jun 29 '16 at 04:35
  • I'll try but I may have to wait a few days because I'm away from the computer I was using for this situation... I'll see what I can do once I get home from work – bs7280 Jun 29 '16 at 04:37
  • This did the trick for me, removed the lib.pl and everything was running smooth again. – Jacta Jun 05 '19 at 09:39
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for future reference

  1. uninstall cmus
  2. delete the cmus folder located at .config/cmus
  3. then reinstall cmus
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