This is the official M$-Windows executable installer (Fauxdacious_install.exe), 
created by the Inno Setup Wizard installer application 
(https://jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php).  The file "Fauxdacious.iss" is the Inno 
script used to "compile" this binary.

This is the easiest way to install the latest Fauxdacious version on M$-Windows 
systems, such as Windows-7 and higher.  For more information about Fauxdacious, 
see:  https://wildstar84.wordpress.com/fauxdacious/, or for the source-code, 
see:  https://github.com/wildstar84/fauxdacious and 
https://github.com/wildstar84/fauxdacious-plugins 

To install Fauxdacious and all it's official plugins, simply:

1)  Download the executable installer binary "Fauxdacious_install.exe" to 
somewhere on your Windows machine, your desktop perhaps.

2)  Click on it to run the installer.  You will be asked to accept the (open 
source) license agreement, where to install (the default should work fine), 
and whether to create a desktop shortcut icon.  If successful, you will be 
shown the "README" and asked if you want to launch Fauxdacious.

3)  Start & enjoy Fauxdacious Media Player for Windows!

4)  Optional:  go to Settings.Advanced, and at the bottom, enter the following 
"helper" program names (if not already there) in the 3 "helper program" fields 
at the bottom:  FauxdaciousUrlHelper.exe FauxdaciousCoverArtHelper.exe, and 
FauxdaciousLyricsHelper.exe respectively.  This enables several powerful 
extra Fauxdacious features (see https://wildstar84.github.io/fauxdacious/FAQ.htm) 
for more details.  This is all optional and unnecessary to run Fauxdacious.  
NOTE:  The source code for the three helper programs is in the same directory 
where you installed the program under \bin and are named ".pl" (Perl) instead 
of ".exe".

For the brave, and open-source purists out there who wish to compile from 
source instead, see:  https://github.com/wildstar84/fauxdacious/blob/master/contrib/win32/fauxdacious_buildnotes.htm 
for how this was built.  You will also need to download and unzip the file: 
"faud.zip" in C:\, and the file "patches.zip" somewhere and apply all the 
patches (one-time) as instructed in the link above to create the proper build 
environment.  NOTE:  The source-code from GitHub (above links) supercedes the 
Fauxdacious source links in the buildnotes link above.

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Fauxdacious Media Player

    https://wildstar84.wordpress.com/fauxdacious
    https://audacious-media-player.org

Fauxdacious / Audacious are free and open source software.  
By installing Fauxdacious, you agree to be bound by various licenses governing 
its use and redistribution.

LICENSE

Copyright © 2001-2023 Jim Turner, Audacious developers and others.

(A list of the copyright holders is provided in the AUTHORS file.)

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
       this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer.

    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
       this list of conditions, and the following disclaimer in the
       documentation provided with the distribution.

    This software is provided “as is” and without any warranty, express or
    implied.  In no event shall the authors be liable for any damages arising
    from the use of this software.

EXCEPTIONS

The Fauxdacious logo was designed by (c 2015) Jim Turner.  All Fauxdacious 
changes and patches, including plugin changes are copyright (c 2015-2023) by 
Jim Turner, with all rights reserved.  You are free to use Fauxdacious subject 
to the same license and terms as Audacious itself.  

Other than the Fauxdacious and Audacious logos themselves, the images included 
with Fauxdacious are based on the Tango Icon Library and are in the public 
domain.

Please note that many of the plugins distributed with Fauxdacious / Audacious 
are under different licenses.

THIRD-PARTY LICENSES

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    3. Neither the name of the authors nor the names of its contributors may be
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    This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors "as is",
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