While I love the *arrs for video, I found Lidarr pretty damn awful, perhaps it's OK with usenet but not torrent without specialised private trackers. Anywho, I found the Soulseek network, spiritual successor to Napster, which has most of everything, usually at high bitrate, and take pleasure hand curating a personal library. I like the Nicotine client. There's so much more music than video that it makes sense to be choosy, I'm my own personal DJ...
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Is there a way to automate downloads? As mentioned in my original post I'm hoping to essentially mirror a few Spotify playlists and have my server automatically download either all of the songs on the playlist or all of the songs by the artists appearing on the playlists.
Nah, I'm suggesting you actually use some human agency. I've found it pleasing, a couple of hours can often net thousands of hours of listening time. You've got a list to start from, why not give it a go ?
I feel you but I've already got curated playlists of over 3,000 songs me and friends have spent a few years putting together. I actually don't mind the idea of pulling each artists whole disco as lidarr does. My current roadblock is the lack of good resources/tools that automate the process.
I was in the same boat as you. I searched for months but there is nothing out there that works consistently.
I ended up paying for a service that let me download my entire Spotify library and then cancelled the subscription. I then cancelled Spotify and now get so my music through Lidarr and play it through Plexamp. I'm really happy with this setup for the most part, however....
Be aware that Lidarr only downloads full albums, not individual songs, so that's a drawback.
Also, it's best to have private trackers (usenet AND torrent) to get the best experience out of Lidarr. I had to spend about a month getting invites to several exclusive Torrent and Usenet sites but once I did Lidarr finds most things. I have to get some obscure things by hand still, though, as they aren't in Lidarr.