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+# RSPlayer is a daemon driven CLI music player with scrobbling written in rust
+
+## Installation
+```
+git clone https://codeberg.org/salmonik/RSPlayer.git
+cd RSPlayer
+./install.sh
+```
+
+install.sh will:
+compile RSP (make sure you have rust properly installed!)
+install shell autocompletions (zsh, bash and fish supported)
+install user systemd service and activate it
+
+## Usage
+
+configuration is generated at startup in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rsplayer/config.toml
+most important values there are:
+listenbrainz_token (last.fm scrobbling not yet tested)
+display_format (supports $ARTIST $ALBUM and $TRACK)
+music_paths (for DB usage, still WIP)
+scan_interval (same as above)
+
+all other values can be changed in runtime using commands
+
+as for commands:
+RSP will be installed as rsp, in this fragment, rsp will be ommited
+
+these commands should only be used in testing or by systemd service:
+`start-daemon`  Start the daemon
+`stop-daemon`   Stop the daemon
+`restart`       Restart the daemon (kill existing and start new)
+
+these are normal commands:
+`play`          Play a track, album, or artist
+`pause`         Pause playback
+`resume`        Resume playback
+`toggle`        Toggle play/pause
+`stop`          Stop playback
+`next`          Skip to next track
+`previous`      Skip to previous track
+`volume`        Set volume (0-100)
+`shuffle`       Shuffle mode
+`queue`         Queue management
+`status`        Show player status
+`scan`          Scan music paths to populate database
+`settings`      Settings management
+`help`          Print this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
+
+
+## Technical stuff
+The main culprit of this player is lack of integration with programs such as playerctl
+this is due to the daemon not being asynchronous