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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions docs/src/SUMMARY.md
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- [Installing on Ubuntu (from source)](./installation/Ubuntu.md)
- [Cross Compiling on Ubuntu](./installation/Cross-Compiling-on-Ubuntu.md)
- [Installing with Homebrew on macOS](./installation/MacOS.md)
- [Feature Flags](./Feature-flags.md)
- [Installing on FreeBSD](./installation/FreeBSD.md)
- [Configuration](./config/README.md)
- [CLI options](./config/Cli.md)
- [Configuration file](./config/File.md)
- [Running as a Service]()
- [Running as systemd service](./config/services/Sytemd.md)
- [Running as a Service](./config/services/README.md)
- [Running as systemd service](./config/services/Systemd.md)
- [Running as launchd service (MacOS)](./config/services/MacOS.md)

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# Running as a Service

You can run Spotifyd as a service that automatically starts in the background.
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sudo pkg install spotifyd
```

## Config file


Input the following data. Change the **username**, **password**, **device_name**, and the **bitrate**.

```toml
[global]
username = "USER"
password = "PASS"
backend = "portaudio"
device = "/dev/dsp"
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#onevent = command_run_on_playback_event
device_name = "name_in_spotify_connect"
bitrate = 96|160|320
cache_path = "cache_directory"
volume-normalisation = true
normalisation-pregain = -10
```
## Configuring spotifyd

Spotifyd comes pre-configured with defaults that should be working in most cases, but if you want to tweak it further to your needs, have a look at the [configuration section](../config/) of this book.

## Start the service

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```sh
sudo sysrc spotifyd_enable=YES
```
```
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## Systemd daemon file

Create a systemd service file and copy the config from https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd/blob/master/contrib/spotifyd.service into it. Change **ExecStart** to where you unzipped the `spotifyd` binary.
Create a systemd service file and copy the [default configuration](https://github.com/Spotifyd/spotifyd/blob/master/contrib/spotifyd.service) into it. Change **ExecStart** to where you unzipped the `spotifyd` binary.

```bash
sudo nano /etc/systemd/user/spotifyd.service
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systemctl --user daemon-reload
```

## Config file
## Configuring spotifyd

Create your config:

```bash
mkdir ~/.config/spotifyd/
nano ~/.config/spotifyd/spotifyd.conf
```

Input the following data. Change the **username**, **password**, **device_name**, and the **bitrate**.

```toml
[global]
username = "USER"
password = "PASS"
backend = "alsa"
device = alsa_audio_device # Given by `aplay -L`
mixer = "PCM"
volume-controller = "alsa" # or alsa_linear, or softvol
#onevent = command_run_on_playback_event
device_name = "name_in_spotify_connect"
bitrate = 96|160|320
cache_path = "cache_directory"
volume-normalisation = true
normalisation-pregain = -10
```
Spotifyd comes pre-configured with defaults that should be working in most cases, but if you want to tweak it further to your needs, have a look at the [configuration section](../config/) of this book.

## Start the service

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