Moving streaming playlists into a self-hosted music server
A music setup using Navidrome, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, and Aurral is already running and usable. Day-to-day use feels convenient, but music recommendations and discovery still need more testing. The hard part is moving playlists from YouTube Music or Spotify into the library in an efficient way.
There are about 30 playlists, ranging from around 10 songs to as many as 2,500 songs. tunesynctool appears to connect playlists with songs that already exist on the server, while Tubifarry appears able to download songs. The confusing part is that Lidarr works around artists and albums, not single tracks, so playlist does not map cleanly onto how the library is managed.
The open choices are whether to download every artist separately, whether to take all albums or only selected albums, and whether Aurral can help review artists, choose albums, and add them to Lidarr.
Key points
- The music stack includes Navidrome, Lidarr, slskd, Tubifarry, and Aurral.
- The playlist library has about 30 playlists, from roughly 10 songs to 2,500 songs each.
- tunesynctool seems focused on matching playlists to songs that are already on the server.
- Tubifarry may handle song , but Lidarr manages music by artist and album rather than by single track.
- The main decision is whether to import all artists and albums, selected albums only, or use Aurral to help choose what enters Lidarr.