From 1033c1d224d0041bf2a333ff2b15a07169915de5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Persson Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 12:50:00 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Improve README. --- README.md | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 348cd5b8..aba6da76 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ # Spotifyd -An open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon. Spotifyd is more -lightweight than the official client, and is available on more platforms. +An open source Spotify client running as a UNIX daemon. Spotifyd streams music +just like the official client, but is more lightweight, and supports more +platforms. Spotifyd also supports the Spotify Connect protocol, which makes it +show up as a device that can be controlled from the official clients. Spotifyd requires a Spotify Premium account. @@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ Spotifyd communicates over the Spotify Connect protocol, meaning that it can be controlled from the official Spotify client on Android/iOS/Desktop. For a more lightweight, and scriptable alternative, there is -[spotifyd-http](https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd-http), which is a work in -progress but already supports basic tasks. +the [Spotify Connect +API](https://developer.spotify.com/web-api/web-api-connect-endpoint-reference/). ## D-Bus MPRIS Spotifyd implements [D-Bus @@ -97,8 +99,8 @@ A systemd.service unit file is provided to help run spotifyd as a service on systemd-based systems. The file `contrib/spotifyd.service` should be copied to either: - cd /etc/systemd/user/ - cd ~/.config/systemd/user/ + /etc/systemd/user/ + ~/.config/systemd/user/ Packagers of systemd-based distributions are encouraged to include the file in the former location. End-user should prefer the latter.