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+
+mpdas is a MPD AudioCcrobbler client
+supporting the 1.2.1 protocol specs.
+
+It is written in C++ and uses libmpd
+to retrieve the song data from MPD and
+libcurl to post it to Last.fm
+
+=======================================
+
+Features:
+- Sets now-playing status
+- Scrobbling (obviously)
+- Caching
+
+=======================================
+
+How to use it:
+So far there is no configurgation
+system or install rule. To set the 
+account data, modify the config.h 
+accordingly.
+
+=======================================
+
+Also checkout LICENSE
+
+=======================================
+
+Contact:
+IRC: hrkfrd / irc.rizon.net
+Jabber: hrkfrd@googlemail.com
+WWW: http://www.50hz.ws
+
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