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.
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?
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.
I use mpd-sima for autoplay functionality. It would in turn require using mpd or mopidy.
It queries last.fm for recommended artists and tries to find a match in your playlist. It works, but honestly it's not great. I don't think it's any fault of the software. Last.FM doesn't know your library and seems to return limited results, so it's like a game of battleship actually getting a hit. (Not quite that bad, but the analogy holds water, overall)