diff --git a/fish/config.fish b/fish/config.fish
index d2246c9..6511ccf 100644
--- a/fish/config.fish
+++ b/fish/config.fish
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ end
 
 set fish_greeting
 alias l "ls -hAGg"
+fish_add_path /home/crispypin/bin/scripts
diff --git a/fish/fish_variables b/fish/fish_variables
index a367aca..103c3c2 100644
--- a/fish/fish_variables
+++ b/fish/fish_variables
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ SETUVAR fish_pager_color_description:B3A06D\x1eyellow
 SETUVAR fish_pager_color_prefix:normal\x1e\x2d\x2dbold\x1e\x2d\x2dunderline
 SETUVAR fish_pager_color_progress:brwhite\x1e\x2d\x2dbackground\x3dcyan
 SETUVAR fish_pager_color_selected_background:\x2dr
+SETUVAR fish_user_paths:/home/crispypin/bin/scripts
diff --git a/install.conf.yaml b/install.conf.yaml
index 500c2f0..5a74d50 100644
--- a/install.conf.yaml
+++ b/install.conf.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf: kitty.conf
     ~/.config/btop/btop.conf: btop.conf
     ~/.config/mpv: mpv
+    ~/bin/scripts: scripts
 
 - create:
     - ~/downloads
diff --git a/scripts/GPU_VR.sh b/scripts/GPU_VR.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..eedd32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/GPU_VR.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo 4 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_power_profile_mode
+echo "Set GPU to VR power profile mode"
+
diff --git a/scripts/GPU_VR_off.sh b/scripts/GPU_VR_off.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..80d164e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/GPU_VR_off.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo 0 > /sys/class/drm/card0/device/pp_power_profile_mode
+echo "Set GPU to DEFAULT power profile mode"
+
diff --git a/scripts/arch_setup.sh b/scripts/arch_setup.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..143764f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/arch_setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# installs most of the stuff I need in arch, may make it more flexible in the future
+
+cd ~
+
+sudo pacman -S --needed git neovim base-devel
+
+git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git
+cd yay-bin
+makepkg -si
+cd ~
+
+yay
+
+yay -S --needed xorg-server xf86-video-amdgpu awesome picom xcape numlockx polkit-gnome \
+lxappearance dracula-gtk-theme ly \
+noto-fonts-emoji ttf-comic-mono-git wqy-zenhei \
+lshw sshfs xdg-user-dirs xdg-utils fuse \
+fish fastfetch pfetch cpupower \
+pulseaudio ncpamixer alsa-utils \
+pcmanfm vscodium-bin ffmpeg alacritty kitty meld cloc \
+maim xclip slop xdotool \
+firefox discord spotify
+
+mkdir -p .config
+git clone https://github.com/crispypin/awesomewm-config .config/awesome
+
+mkdir -p archive bin documents downloads music pictures proj temp uni videos .templates .desktop
+
+cd proj
+git clone https://github.com/crispypin/crispypin
+cp -f crispypin/config/user-dirs.dirs ~/.config/
+xdg-user-dirs-update
+rmdir Desktop/ Downloads/ Documents/ Pictures/ Music/ Videos/ Templates/ Public/
+
+
+yay -S --needed \
+steam obs-studio-git linux-headers v4l2loopback-dkms \
+blender btop godot gimp \
+mpv feh yt-dlp file-roller \
+redshift element-desktop gnome-keyring trash-cli \
+gvfs-gphoto2 gvfs-mtp jmtpfs
+
+# for building apriltags
+yay -S --needed gst-plugins-good
+sudo ln -s /usr/bin/make /usr/bin/gmake
+sudo ln -s /usr/lib/glib-2.0/include/glibconfig.h /usr/include/glib-2.0/glibconfig.h
+
+
+timedatectl set-ntp true
diff --git a/scripts/camera_mode_normal.sh b/scripts/camera_mode_normal.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2e53c11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/camera_mode_normal.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+v4l2-ctl -c exposure_auto=3
+
+v4l2-ctl -c brightness=127
+
+v4l2-ctl -c contrast=5
+
+#does this make a difference?
+v4l2-ctl -c sharpness=25
+
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/camera_mode_track.sh b/scripts/camera_mode_track.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e22305f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/camera_mode_track.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+v4l2-ctl -c auto_exposure=1
+
+v4l2-ctl -c exposure_time_absolute=39
+
+v4l2-ctl -c brightness=255
+
+v4l2-ctl -c contrast=10
+
+#does this make a difference?
+#v4l2-ctl -c sharpness=50
+
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/ffgif.sh b/scripts/ffgif.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2fa5a6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ffgif.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+echo making gif from $1
+echo
+ffmpeg -i $1 -filter_complex "[0:v] palettegen" $1.palette.png
+ffmpeg -i $1 -i $1.palette.png -filter_complex "[0:v][1:v] paletteuse" $1.gif
+rm $1.palette.png
diff --git a/scripts/vrc-compressor.py b/scripts/vrc-compressor.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1b48e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/vrc-compressor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/env python3
+import time
+import datetime
+import os
+from subprocess import call
+
+
+ROOT_DIR = "/home/crispypin/pictures/VRChat/"
+MAX_SIZE = 8 * 1024 * 1024
+
+PROCESSED = []
+
+def delay(seconds=30):
+	# delay that can be keyboard interrupted
+	for _ in range(10*seconds):
+		time.sleep(0.1)
+
+def scan():
+	print("scanning")
+	date = datetime.datetime.now()
+	month = f"{date.year}-{date.month:02d}/"
+	path = ROOT_DIR + month
+	print(f"checking {path}")
+	items = os.listdir(path)
+	# print(items)
+	for f in items:
+		if os.path.isfile(path + f):
+			if os.path.getsize(path + f) > MAX_SIZE and f not in PROCESSED:
+				# input(f)
+				call(f"convert {f} temp.{f}", cwd=path, shell=True)
+				call(f"mv temp.{f} {f}", cwd=path, shell=True)
+			PROCESSED.append(f)
+
+while True:
+	scan()
+	delay(60)
+
diff --git a/vscodium.json b/vscodium.json
index 137eb0a..b505e92 100644
--- a/vscodium.json
+++ b/vscodium.json
@@ -39,5 +39,6 @@
     "C_Cpp.renameRequiresIdentifier": false,
     "window.zoomLevel": 1,
     "editor.renderWhitespace": "all",
-    "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "monospace"
+    "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "monospace",
+    "markdown.preview.fontFamily": "sans"
 }
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