Services:

• Lidarr - used for structure, file names and metadata.
• LidaTube - used for retrieving albums.
• Lidify - used for discovering new artists.
• Syncify - used for retrieving singles from playlists.

Media Server and companion apps

• Plex and Plexamp
• Jellyfin and Finamp

Folder Structure

/data/media/music/managed -> Used for Lidarr root folder.
/data/media/music/singles -> Used for Syncify to store singles from playlists.

Lidarr Setup

In Settings -> Media Management -> Track Naming -> Standard Track Format ->

{Album Title} ({Release Year})/{Artist Name} - {Album Title} - {track:00} - {Track Title}

In Settings -> Media Management -> Track Naming -> Artist Folder Naming ->

{Artist Name}

In this section Rename Tracks is ticked and Replace Illegal Characters is ticked.

LidaTube

The downloads folder can be mapped directly to the Lidarr root folder:
/data/media/music/managed:/lidatube/downloads

Lidatube will attempt to create the correct folder structure (e.g., /artist/album) and will download albums into their respective folders.

Note:

Lidarr does not automatically rename files after import, and matching may not be perfect.
Some tracks/albums will not be imported automatically as there are differences in track length, metadata etc.

If you want an easy way to improve import matching, you have the option to disable fingerprinting. However, this approach may potentially lead to incorrect imports.

• Lidarr Settings -> Media Management -> Allow Fingerprinting -> Never
  (with advanced options shown)

It’s recommended to review for unmapped files and use manual import where necessary.
After importing, you can rename tracks using Lidarr’s file renaming function, if needed.

Lidify

Default Settings.

Syncify

Syncify is a tool for synchronising and fetching content from a Spotify playlist via yt-dlp.

The downloads folder can be mapped to a location that is not managed by Lidarr:
/data/media/music/singles:/syncify/downloads

Each playlist added will have its own folder containing the individual songs. As this runs on a schedule, whenever you add a track to your Spotify playlist, it is retrieved by Syncify.

Media Servers

Add /data/media/music/managed as a standard music library.
Add /data/media/music/singles as a separate music library but set it to prefer local metadata.

Both singles and albums are kept separate but they remain easily accessible.

Conclusion

This approach allows you to download singles without needing to download entire albums and helps keep the album collection organized. As a result, you have a well-maintained library for full albums and a separate library for individual singles.

This setup demonstrates an effective way to manage both albums and singles within your music stack.

Example YAML Configuration

services:
  lidarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/lidarr:latest
    container_name: lidarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/config
      - /data/media/music/managed:/data/media/music/managed
    ports:
      - xxxx:8787
    restart: unless-stopped

  lidatube:
    image: thewicklowwolf/lidatube:latest
    container_name: lidatube
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/lidatube/config
      - /data/media/music/managed:/lidatube/downloads
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    ports:
      - xxxx:5000
    restart: unless-stopped

  lidify:
    image: thewicklowwolf/lidify:latest
    container_name: lidify
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/lidify/config
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    ports:
      - xxxx:5000
    restart: unless-stopped
  
  syncify:
    image: thewicklowwolf/syncify:latest
    container_name: syncify
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/syncify/config
      - /data/media/music/singles:/syncify/downloads
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    ports:
      - xxxx:5000
    restart: unless-stopped

Bonus #1 - PlaylistDir

Automatically Generate Playlists from Subdirectories

This service generates playlists for each subdirectory containing MP3 files within a specified directory. This allows you to transform your files downloaded with Syncify into playlists within Jellyfin and/or Plex.

services:
  playlistdir:
    image: thewicklowwolf/playlistdir:latest
    container_name: playlistdir
    environment:
      - media_server_addresses=Plex:http://192.168.1.2:32400, Jellyfin:http://192.168.1.2:8096
      - media_server_tokens=Plex:x-token, Jellyfin:api-token
      - plex_library_section_id=0
      - path_to_parent=/data/media/music/singles
      - path_to_playlists=/data/media/music/singles/playlists
    ports:
      - xxxx:5000
    volumes:
      - /data/media/music/singles:/playlistdir/parent:ro
      - /data/media/music/singles/playlists:/playlistdir/playlists
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    restart: unless-stopped

Bonus #2 - SpotTube

Download Tracks from Spotify Playlists or Albums

This service allows you to download specific albums or playlists from Spotify using yt-dlp. It creates a folder named after the playlist or album and saves the files there.
You can also use this in conjunction with PlaylistDir to create playlists in Jellyfin and/or Plex.

services:
  spottube:
    image: thewicklowwolf/spottube:latest
    container_name: spottube
    environment:
      - spotify_client_id=abc
      - spotify_client_secret=123
      - thread_limit=1
    volumes:
      - /path/to/config:/spottube/config
      - /data/media/music/singles:/spottube/downloads
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
    ports:
      - xxxx:5000
    restart: unless-stopped