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BruisedMoose@piefed.social 3 days ago
Not quite server related, but in the middle of a workday this week, I decided I was done with Windows on my home PC. Installed Zorin OS and things have been going really well. Any issues I’ve had have been really minor and mostly revolve around me being picky about theming.
I haven’t found a native mp3 tagger that makes sense to me yet, so I just installed Mp3tag. I’m open to suggestions on that front.
On the server side, it’s mostly just keeping on. A friend has me considering Home Assistant, I just don’t know if the value is there for me. I need to do some housekeeping today and update and clean up unused containers.
HeartyOfGlass@piefed.social 3 days ago
I have opinions about music tagging! I’m picky; I don’t trust any amount of automation to find the exact right release with the right album art I want, so I use GUIs instead of a CLI -
MusicBrainz has Picard, and that’s pretty slick. Also includes a handy renaming tool for keeping files organized. Quod Libet is also worth a look. I’m not as familiar with its feature set, but it’ll run on a toaster.
One day I might try to tackle Beets. Heard lots of good about that as an auto-tagging solution, so maybe check that out, too.
BruisedMoose@piefed.social 3 days ago
Yeah, same. Earlier this year I thought “Hey, people seem to love auto tagging with MB, Picard, Beets. I should try it.”
But that was short lived. I don’t want release information outside of artists, titles, albums, year. I just have no need for it. I know how to get what I want from mp3tag.
I am looking at using Beets to keep things clean, maybe find missing artwork, and fetch lyrics. But the vital information I’ll keep reviewing.
I haven’t ever gotten comfortable with how Picard works, but I’ll check out QL. Thanks!