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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6528233

I'm working on building a personal alternative to Spotify and YouTube Music and I've hit two roadblocks.

  1. Genre labeling in my library is inconsistent and manually updating 2500+ MP3s isn't feasible. I've tried using beets with the LastFM plugin in quiet mode but no luck. Any ideas?

  2. Where can I bulk download diverse music catalogs? I've snagged some 'top 90s/80s/hiphop/etc' collections, but 2500 songs don't go far.

What I miss about Spotify and YouTube Music is their ability to auto-play similar tunes based on my current selection. Any advice would be appreciated.

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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

Beets will work, but you have to put in the effort to get all your music imported correctly (you have a backup, right!), then lastfm plugin will work fine (and metadata, and album art, and lyrics, and ....). Once you get started, it's pretty easy to add new stuff in. It does tend to work better with albums, I've mostly moved to getting an album when I've wanted a single song, because space is cheap, and I've found some interesting stuff that way.