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easy way to manage audio metadata / file organization? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by laserjet@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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With Lidarr being not very functional due to the Unable to communicate with LidarrAPI - Lidarr API "Internal Server Error" 500 | Invalid response received from LidarrAPI | HTTP Request Timeout · Issue #5498 · Lidarr/Lidarr I have been thinking about getting rid of it altogether. I have only started using it recently and don't like it.

What I use Lidarr for:

Find metadata for music
- organize files in a consistent way base on metadata
- obtain album art
- create .nfo or other files
Identify desired music and instruct download utility to get it (this is optional for me--- I can handle myself if needed)
Do the above via a web interface which can be browsed nicely

I don't like about Lidarr:

The not-really-open-source nature of it, e.g. this current problem, where you are reliant on their external server to run your own home server. I feel this might be a more pervasive issue in the Arrs but not sure of all the implications
How unsupported it is to include work that the lidarr servers don't know about. There will never be a metadata database which includes all music. There is just too much music in the world!
no audiobook/podcast support

I also have Jellyfin going for the actual serving/streaming of the music. Am not sure if it is able to fully manage the metadata and files?

Lots of options in the awesome-selfhosted list.

I could use a linux desktop app if it was better than a selfhosted server.

Thoughts?

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[–] 51dusty@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I use beets. highly configurable, good documentation. cli, though. I think someone was working on a browser plug-in...🤔

[–] laserjet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I tried beets but it takes so long to do any task. Even if I just ask it to look up 1 album. beet import /path/to/album I got frustrated trying to learn it.

Was surprised about being unable to find any --verbose argument so I could at least see what was going on. Does it just take forever to do anything?

[–] NebulaNymph@programming.dev 3 points 20 hours ago

I'd recommend going through the documentation for beets, they have great guides on using the auto tagger and importing music!

(If it is 'taking forever' to look up 1 album there is likely an issue with your config or beets install, following the docs can help with this!)

Beets Docs