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What is it?

Lidarr is basically Sonarr for music. It functions as a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds from Bittorrent trackers and Usenet Indexers, looking for new tracks from your favorite artists and will grab, sort and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available.

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URL

  • To access Lidarr, visit https://lidarr._yourdomain.com_

Settings

Click on "Settings" in the sidebar. Click "Show Advanced" at the top of the Settings pane.

Make changes in the following sections:

Settings

These settings control management of media files.

  • "Rename Tracks": Yes

  • "Replace Illegal Characters": Yes

  • Set your preferred naming format; here are some examples.

Plex's Naming Preference

Example:

01 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V).m4a

Standard Track Format:

{track:00} - {Track Title}

Artist Folder Format:

{Artist Name}

Album Folder Format:

{Artist Name} - {Album Title}

Reference: https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/media-preparation/naming-and-organizing-music-media/

  • "Create empty artist folders": No

  • "Delete empty folders": No

  • "Skip Free Space Check": No

  • "Minimum Free Space": 100 (can be your preference so long as you use a reasonable value)

  • "Use Hardlinks instead of Copy": Yes

  • "Import Extra Files": Yes (can be your preference)

  • "Extra File Extensions": srt (can be your preference)

  • "Ignore Deleted Tracks": No (can be your preference)

  • "Propers and Repacks": Prefer and Upgrade (can be your preference)

  • "Watch Root Folders for file changes": 'Yes'

  • "Rescan Artist Folder after Refresh": Never

  • "Allow Fingerprinting": For new imports only

  • "Change File Date": Album Release Date (can be your preference)

  • "Recycle Bin": blank (Rclone deletes are sent to Gdrive trash folder, anyway)

  • "Recycling Bin Cleanup": '0'

  • Set Permissions: No
  • Click "Save".

These settings control indexers and related behavior.

  1. Click Add Indexer (+).

  2. Select "Newznab".

  3. Add the following:

    Name: NZBHydra2

    Enable RSS Sync: Your Preference

    Enable Automatic Search: Your Preference

    Enable Interactive Search: Your Preference

    URL: http://nzbhydra2:5076

    API Key: Your NZBHydra2 API Key

    Early Download Limit: Your Preference

    Additional Parameters: Leave Blank

  4. Your settings will look like this:

    Lidarr NZBHydra2

  5. Click "Save" to add NZBHydra2.

Note: The "Test" will keep failing until you add an indexer in NZBHydra2.

Note: Each Indexer you have defined in Jackett will need to be added separately.

  1. Click Add Indexer (+)

  2. Select "Torznab".

  3. Add the following:

    Name: Indexer Name

    Enable RSS Sync: Your Preference

    Enable Automatic Search: Your Preference

    Enable Interactive Search: Your Preference

    URL: Indexer's Torznab Feed

    API Key: Your Jackett API Key

    Early Download Limit: Your Preference

    Additional Parameters: Leave Blank

  4. Your settings will look like this:

    Lidarr Jackett

  5. Click "Save" to add the indexer.

These settings control downloading behavior and clients.

  • "Enable": Yes

  • "Remove": Yes (can be your preference)

  • "Redownload": Yes

  • "Remove": Yes

  1. Click Add (+)

  2. Add a new "NZBGet" download client.

  3. Add the following:

    Name: NZBGet

    Enable: Yes

    Host: nzbget

    Port: 6789

    Username: Your NZBGet Username

    Password: Your NZBGet Password

    Category: lidarr

    Use SSL: No

    Add Paused: No

  4. Your settings will look like this:

    Lidarr NZBGet Downloader

  5. Click "Save" to add NZBGet.

  1. Click Add (+)

  2. Add a new "rTorrent" download client.

  3. Add the following:

    Name: ruTorrent

    Enable: Yes

    Host: rutorrent

    Port: 80

    URL Path: RPC2

    Use SSL: No

    Username: Your ruTorrent Username

    Password: Your ruTorrent Password

    Category: lidarr

    Directory: Leave Blank

  4. Your settings will now look like this:

    Radarr ruTorrent Downloader

  5. Click "Save" to add ruTorrent.

  1. Click Add ('+')

  2. Add a new "qBittorrent" download client.

  3. Add the following:

    Name: qBittorrent

    Enable: 'Yes'

    Host: 'qBittorrent'

    Port: '8080'

    Username: Your qBittorrent Username

    Password: Your qBittorrent Password

    Category: 'lidarr'

  4. Your settings will now look like this:

    Lidarr qBittorent Downloader

  5. Click "Save" to add qBittorrent qb

These settings control connections to other applications or systems.

Torrent Cleanup Script is a custom script that will clean up torrents from ruTorrent that were auto-extracted, but still being seeded. So if the script detects that .rar files are in the folder that Radarr just imported from, it will delete the imported audio file(s), leaving just the .rar files for seeding.

  1. Click "Settings" -> "Connect".

  2. Add a new "Custom Script".

  3. Add the following:

    Name: Torrent Cleanup

    On Grab: No

    On Release Import: Yes

    On Upgrade: Yes

    On Rename:No

    Path: /scripts/torrents/TorrentCleanup.py

  4. The settings will look like this:

    Lidarr Torrent Cleanup Script CloudBox

  5. Click "Save" to add the Torrent Cleanup script.

  1. Click "Settings" -> "Connect".

  2. Add a new "Webhook".

  3. Add the following:

    Name: Autoscan

    On Grab: No

    On Release Import: Yes

    On Upgrade: Yes

    On Rename: Yes

    On Track Retag: No

    On Health Issue: No

    Tags: Leave Blank

    URL: http://autoscan:3030/triggers/lidarr

    Method:POST

    Username: AS SET IN AUTOSCAN CONFIG [defaults to Saltbox Username]

    Password: AS SET IN AUTOSCAN CONFIG [defaults to Saltbox Password]

  4. The settings will look like this:

    lidarr Autoscan

  5. Click "Save" to add Autoscan.

These settings control general aspects of Radarr.

  • "Bind Address: *

  • "Port Number": 8686

  • "URL Base": blank

  • "Enable SSL": No (SSL is handled by Traefik)

  • "Open browser on start": No

  • "Use Proxy": No
  • "Log Level": Debug
  • "Send Anonymous Usage Data": No (your preference)
  • "Branch": develop

  • "Automatic": Off

  • Click "Save".

Music Path

  1. When you are ready to add your first artist to Lidarr, click the "Path" drop-down and select "Add a different path".

  2. Click the blue "Browse" button, navigate to /mnt/unionfs/Media/Music, scroll to the bottom, and select "OK".

  3. Click the green "check" button to add the path.

  4. All artists added now will have that path set.

API Key

This is used during the setup of Organizr.

  • Go to "Settings" -> "General" -> "Security" -> "API Key".

Next

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