Dark theme, scan auto-ingest, packaging prep, and README refresh

README.md

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 ![AI Generated](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dotnetdave/ai-usage-badges/refs/heads/main/badges/png/1x/ai-generated.png)
 
-Native Linux GUI (PySide6) for preserving PSP UMD **games** and **videos** as
-`.iso` files. It scans your discs, verifies them against the full Redump catalog
-(Redump DATs), reports what's missing, and retags/renames discs to a canonical
-scheme. It also fetches cover art and metadata, syncs discs and save-data with a
-real PSP, can pull missing discs from your own Redump 7z archive collection, and
-converts PlayStation 1 ISO/CUE/BIN rips into PSP `EBOOT.PBP` homebrew.
+A cross-platform (Linux + Windows) desktop GUI — PySide6 — for preserving PSP
+UMD **games** and **videos** as `.iso` files. It scans your discs, verifies them
+against the Redump/No-Intro catalogs, reports what's missing, and retags/renames
+discs to a canonical scheme. It fetches cover art and metadata, syncs discs and
+save-data with a real PSP, can pull missing discs from a Redump 7z archive
+collection, downloads PSN content from NoPayStation, and converts PlayStation 1
+ISO/CUE/BIN rips into PSP `EBOOT.PBP` homebrew.
 
 ![PSP Preservation Tool](img/qt-gui.png)
-* Use default app theme for Qt.
+* Dark theme with a blue accent — the Library tab in cover view. *
 
 ## Features
 
@@ -35,9 +36,9 @@ converts PlayStation 1 ISO/CUE/BIN rips into PSP `EBOOT.PBP` homebrew.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- Linux + Python 3
-- `PySide6` + `pycryptodome` (`pip install -r requirements.txt`)
-- `7z` (p7zip) — used to peek/extract disc images from store archives
+- Python 3.10+ on Linux or Windows
+- `PySide6`, `curl_cffi`, `pycryptodome` (`pip install -r requirements.txt`)
+- `7z` (p7zip / 7-Zip) — used to peek/extract disc images from store archives
 - PPSSPP (optional) — to launch discs from the details panel
 
 NoPayStation `.pkg` files are decrypted by the bundled **pure-Python
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      Redump lacks — keeps serial-based matching working).
    - videos: No-Intro `Sony - PlayStation Portable (UMD Video)` (Redump has
      no UMD Video DAT).
-2. Ingest them into the local SQLite library:
+2. Start the app — any DATs missing from the library are ingested automatically
+   at startup (no manual step). You can also re-ingest on demand:
 
    ```bash
    python3 -m app.ingest
    ```
 
-3. Open the GUI and point **Settings → General → Games/Videos directory** at
-   your disc folders (or set `PSP_GAMES_ROOTS` / `PSP_VIDEO_ROOTS`).
+3. Point **Settings → General → Games/Videos directory** at your disc folders
+   (or set `PSP_GAMES_ROOTS` / `PSP_VIDEO_ROOTS`).
 4. (Optional) PS1 conversion — copy any PSN PS1 classic `EBOOT.PBP` to
    `data/base.PBP` (it supplies Sony's encrypted loader). Then set the **PS1
    directory**, **PS1 output directory** and **PS1 base.pbp** in
@@ -105,19 +107,22 @@ Discs are matched by hash first (most precise), then serial, then filename.
 - `data/ps1_templates/` — optional PS1 Classics art templates
   (`ICON0.PNG` case frame, `PIC1.PNG` launch background); the app falls back
   to drawn art when they're absent.
-- `data/nps/` — NoPayStation TSV lists (cached here on first store scan; drop
-  `PSP_GAMES.tsv` / `PSX_GAMES.tsv` manually to work offline).
+- `data/nps/` — NoPayStation TSV lists (cached here on first store scan in dev;
+  a packaged build stores them under the state dir instead).
 - `data/bin/pkg2zip.exe` — bundled `pkg2zip` binary (MIT, by mmozeiko) kept
   only as an optional fallback decryptor; the app normally uses its own
   pure-Python decryptor (`app/pkg.py`) and never needs Wine.
   See `data/bin/ATTRIBUTION.md`.
-- State dir (`~/.local/state/psp-preserve/` by default, or `$XDG_STATE_HOME/psp-preserve`):
+- State dir (`~/.local/state/psp-preserve/` on Linux, `%LOCALAPPDATA%\PSPPreserve`
+  on Windows, or `$PSP_STATE_DIR`):
   - `library.sqlite` — the catalog + library database.
   - `covers/` — downloaded cover cache.
+  - `data/` — user-writable data in packaged builds (credentials, manual
+    covers, PS1 templates, NPS TSV cache).
 
 SQLite is kept on a local disk because SQLite locking is unreliable over
-network filesystems; the DATs, manual covers and credentials stay in `data/`
-(which may be a network share).
+network filesystems. Read-only resources (DATs, the POPS loader, icons) are
+bundled with the app; user-writable data lives in the state dir.
 
 ## Configuration
 
@@ -146,7 +151,8 @@ QSettings under `PSPPreserve`) taking precedence where noted.
 | `PSP_NPS_TSV_BASE` | `https://nopaystation.com/tsv/` | NoPayStation TSV base URL |
 | `PSP_PKG2ZIP_PATH` | *(empty)* | pkg2zip binary path (else auto-detected) |
 | `PSP_API_TOKEN` | *(empty)* | server API bearer token (unset = open) |
-| `PSP_CREDENTIALS` | `$PSP_DATA_DIR/credentials.json` | credentials file |
+| `PSP_USER_DATA_DIR` | `<state>/data` (packaged) / `./data` (dev) | user-writable data (credentials, manual covers, PS1 templates, NPS cache) |
+| `PSP_CREDENTIALS` | `$PSP_USER_DATA_DIR/credentials.json` | credentials file |
 | `PSP_LIBRETRO_COVERS_URL` | *(empty)* | direct URL for `libretro-covers.zip` (else derived from store server) |
 | `PSP_OVGDB_COVERS_URL` | *(empty)* | direct URL for `openvgdb-covers.zip` (else derived from store server) |
 
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@ Configure the folders in **Settings → General** (or `PSP_PS1_ROOTS` /
 `PSP_PS1_OUTPUT_DIR`). Current limits: single-disc games only (no multi-disc
 PBP); disc data is DEFLATE-compressed (level 1 by default, `--complevel 0-9`).
 
-## Store — archive.org and local folder
+## Store — four sources
 
 The **Store** tab downloads missing discs from a Redump 7z archive collection
 (`Name (Region) (tags).7z`, containing the `.iso`/`.cso` inside). It has three