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.

Details
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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

Media ManagementIndexersDownload ClientsConnectGeneral

These settings control management of media files.

Movie NamingFoldersImportingFile ManagementPermissionsSave

• "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.

NZBHydra2Jackett

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:

   

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:

   

5. Click "Save" to add the indexer.

These settings control downloading behavior and clients.

Completed Download HandlingFailed Download HandlingNZBGetruTorrentqBittorrent

• "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:

   

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:

   

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:

   

5. Click "Save" to add qBittorrent qb

These settings control connections to other applications or systems.

Torrent CleanupAutoscan

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:

   

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 Username]

4. The settings will look like this:

   

5. Click "Save" to add Autoscan.

These settings control general aspects of Radarr.

Start-UpProxy SettingsLoggingAnalyticsUpdatesSave

• "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

Are you setting Saltbox up for the first time? Continue to Tautulli.