# Tips and Tricks

# Skip song from notification popup

Right mouse click on the popup, it will show you playback control.

# Start GMPC hidden

Start GMPC with: gmpc --start-hidden

# Always start GMPC hidden

Edit the GMPC config file: `~/.config/gmpc/gmpc.cfg` And set:

[Default] start-hidden="1"

Next time you start GMPC it be hidden

# Change the MPD polling frequency

By default GMPC polls MPD for updates every 500 ms (twice a second). If you are on a slow or high latency connection you might want to reduce this. Edit the GMPC config file: `~/.config/gmpc/gmpc.cfg` And set:

[connection] mpd-update-speed="1000"

to poll every second