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+# mpdas
+
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+
+mpdas is a MPD AudioScrobbler client
+supporting the 2.0 protocol specs.
+
+It is written in C++ and uses libmpdclient
+to retrieve the song data from MPD and
+libcurl to post it to Last.fm
+
+## Features
+
+- Sets now-playing status
+- Scrobbling (obviously)
+- Caching
+- Config files
+- User switching
+- "Love" tracks on Last.fm
+    (e.g. with `mpc sendmessage mpdas love` and
+     `mpc sendmessage mpdas unlove` to revert)
+
+## Configuration
+
+*NOTE*: There is a manpage available as well:
+man mpdas
+
+To configure mpdas, simply create a file called
+.mpdasrc in your home directory or in
+`$PREFIX/mpdasrc`. To change `$PREFIX`, modify the
+Makefile.
+
+Syntax is easy. Example:
+
+```
+username = lastfmuser
+password = password
+```
+
+*NOTE*: In the past the password had to be an MD5
+hash. As of v0.4.3 this has changed due to
+Last.fm deprecating the previous authentication
+method. Please supply the password in plain-text
+from now on.
+
+### Configuration options
+
+- username: Last.FM username
+- password: Last.FM password (plain-text)
+- host: MPD Host
+- mpdpassword: MPD Password
+- port: MPD Port
+- runas: Change the user mpdas runs as
+- debug: Print debug information
+- service: Will scrobble to Libre.fm if set to "librefm"