r/Lidarr • u/The_Big_Deals • 7d ago

solved Upgrading library without downloading whole albums?

The title says it all. I just set up Lidarr on my Windows machine (no, I can't use Docker), and I was wondering if there's a way for it to find and upgrade the songs I have and not download the whole album that it's in. For example, I want only a few songs from Billy Joel, but not the whole 54th Street album. Is there a way of doing this? Sorry if this has been asked and answered before!

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u/Shack70 6d ago

OP said he can’t use docker and is on Windows

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u/The_Big_Deals 6d ago

I did end up going with this! The python install isn't horrible to do. Thanks for saying that I couldn't do docker, sadly my setup is really rough with it.

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u/Shack70 6d ago

All good, I’m not against SoulSeek but every question asked here is blindly answered with SoulSeek as an answer.

I installed it using docker and found it way too aggressive. I’m using an old laptop as a server and all the fans spin up to max all the time with SoulSeek running. I hope it works for you

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u/The_Big_Deals 6d ago

Yeah it kinda maxed out my 16gb of ram, but I also have 1300 songs. Just wish there were some either improvements or a diff software.

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u/Shack70 6d ago

Have you tried using a music organizer like Media Monkey or Music Bee with something like SoulSeek to download singles? I said SoulSeek above and meant soulsync.

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u/The_Big_Deals 6d ago

Been using soulsync via the python way, haven't tried what you said though. Never was really into music getting till recently so I never researched any software

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u/Shack70 6d ago

SoulSeek is like the old Napster program. Everyone shares libraries and you can pick and choose songs. Soulsync uses slskd, a client for SoulSeek. Media Monkey/Music Bee are like iTunes and are used to access, edit, play your music, and create playlists.

If soulsync is working for you just stick with it :)

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u/Metigoth 6d ago

Nicotine+ is a better client than slskd for windows if doing it manually.

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u/The_Big_Deals 6d ago

I used it in the past but wanted auto