# No song Title from mpc current

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-song-title-from-mpc-current/1510>\
**Category:** Pi MusicBox (archive)\
**Created:** [February 18, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-song-title-from-mpc-current/1510 "2017-02-18T12:13:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![alexbergsland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/alexbergsland/32/544_2.png) [@alexbergsland](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/alexbergsland)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-song-title-from-mpc-current/1510/1 "2017-02-18T12:13:50Z")

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Hi, I’m quite new to using Musicbox and Mopidy.  
However, I have a rpi2 with a Adafruit 16x2 LCD and have a modified version of [Usual Panics Radio](http://usualpanic.com/2013/05/raspberry-pi-plate-internet-radio/)

Before trying out Musicbox I had it all working, mpc current would show the title and song info from the streamed radio station. Like "Motorhead - Burner"  
I would use that to print it nicely on the display. This was on Raspbian Jessie.

I wanted to try Musicbox for the extra functions like Soundcloud and Google Music (which I can’t get to work on Musicbox 😛 ) so I reinstalled with pimusicbox-0.6.0.  
If I play the same station from Musicbox it will only display the station name, like “Classic Hard Rock” from Audioaddicts Rockradio.

And if I run my script it also just shows the station name.

How can I make it so it uses the stream info and not that static station names?

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**Author:** ![9and3r](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/9and3r/32/1513_2.png) [@9and3r](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/9and3r)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-song-title-from-mpc-current/1510/2 "2017-02-18T13:47:39Z")

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Musicbox uses an old version of mopidy (I do not remember the version but it was older than v1.0.0).  
In mopidy v1.0.0 stream\_title\_changed() event was added that allows to get the title of the song playing. This is why you are not able to see the song name on musicbox.

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**Author:** ![alexbergsland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/alexbergsland/32/544_2.png) [@alexbergsland](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/alexbergsland)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-song-title-from-mpc-current/1510/3 "2017-02-18T14:10:19Z")

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Can I update mopidy without breaking Musicbox?

Edit:  
I will also look into dropping Musicbox and going with Mopsidy alone.

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-song-title-from-mpc-current/1510/4 "2017-02-18T18:26:19Z")

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Yes, if you like to live dangerously. See [http://docs.pimusicbox.com/en/develop/upgrading/](http://docs.pimusicbox.com/en/develop/upgrading/)

However, both gmusic and soundcloud are simple enough to install yourself. I would go with regular mopidy and enjoy the very latest versions.

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**Author:** ![alexbergsland](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/alexbergsland/32/544_2.png) [@alexbergsland](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/alexbergsland)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2017, 6:29pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-song-title-from-mpc-current/1510/5 "2017-02-18T18:29:11Z")

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Haha, yes I read that page 😃  
I will do that, use my backup to get back to regular Raspbian and then install Mopidy.

Thank you both.

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**Author:** ![jodal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/jodal/32/2564_2.png) [@jodal](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jodal)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/no-song-title-from-mpc-current/1510/6 "2026-02-19T11:47:22Z")

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