I use Radarr and Sonarr for my movies/shows, and Spotify for music, but I do know there’s another *arr app for that. The question is, is it worth setting up and how easy is it to discover new/similar music as opposed to Spotify, given that Spotify isn’t expensive at all. And how do you fellow crewmen go about it?
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Lidarr is not a Spotify replacement. There is no way to play music, just like you can’t play movies in Radarr.
There is no way to discover new artists, it only knows the artists you tell it about.
Why are AIs engines still so piss poor at identifying music I like? I was really looking forward to that being a major perk of good AI.
Because people can like the same song for different reasons. Some might like it for the lyrics, some for the melody and some for the beat.
I’ve tried it before but found it to be too cumbersome. I went back to just doing it all manually. Music isn’t pirated and organized in the same way TV and movies are.
I ran into issues with availability on Lidarr. Maybe I just didn’t have the right trackers but it almost never pulled complete discography.
Lidarr works best with usenet. There are good dedicated private torrent trackers for music though.
That would be why then! Any recommendations for music trackers to look at?
You can interview for either Redacted or Orpheus. You will need to study for either of them, it’s not something you can just wing.
I’ll definitely give them a look once I’ve finished moving! I’d given Orpheus a look a couple months ago, but was hesitant to jump through all the hoops without knowing if there was actually any content on the other end.
There is more content at Redacted but Orpheus is easier to get into.
Worth noting that for new releases far from everything gets released online, and overall the arr focus is on lossless which is the gap in the market. So if you’re a (digital) Audiophile with high-end DACs and Headphones then yeah sure, but if you’re not and just want to listen to music then no, it’s not worth it in my opinion. It’s harder to share a banger with a friend, you’ll be late to the party when someone new is discovered and you’ll need to curate your own playlists all the time. Not to mention filling up your drive with album tracks you’re going to listen to once at most.
This here. I download high end versions of albums that are going to last forever, but day to day music I use Qobuz, better artist profit share and more high quality music. Better music selection too imo.
