Kinda newbie in need of guidance (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I've been lurking here for a while, trying to learn and set up my own stuff. I'm starting off with music. I have a few thousand files in different formats and plenty of duplicates.

I already have an Emby server set up and it works very well.

However, is there a music manager that will help me find and eliminate duplicates?

I'm using Linux Mint and I'm still figuring out how to set up the various users and groups so that the software can access where my music is stored.

I'm thinking Lidarr but - as mentioned - something about setting up users and a media group and doing the permissions is not clicking.

For Emby to work, I've made the music directory a shared location and opened guest access.

Any pointers to step by step guides on any of this would be very helpful as well.

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[-] retro@infosec.pub 6 points 6 months ago

Sorting a music library is a very manual process. Your best bet is MusicBrainz Picard to clean up your metadata then use something like Lidarr and Lidarr Extended to maintain and continue to add to your library.

[-] Mountain_Mike_420@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

I want to 2nd this. Lots of manual work because software (and you) can tag albums, folders, files incorrectly and have a mess on your hands.

I like software like “tagscanner” and even iTunes. Once the files have proper metadata then I use that data to rename the file/folder names.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Ah, okay. Someone else mentioned Picard so I'll look into that. I've heard a little about it, do I'm excited for a new rabbit hole.

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