music-workflow

Workflow used to import, organize and match music. MusicBrainz+Beets+Plex

Overview

This documentation aims to guide anyone through the complete process of importing their music into Plex:

• It will show you how to add missing releases and artists so that Plex displays them properly/matches.
• Also shown, is how to setup and use beets to clean, organize and sort your music files for flawless Plex scanning.
• Lastly, I will walk you through data issues in Plex, using the metadata available to you for things like smart playlists.

Contents

Part 1 - MusicBrainz

• Ensuring good data
• Adding releases
• Adding artists
• Fixing data

Part 2 - Beets

• Installing
• Configuring
• Running
• Importing
• Useful commands

Part 3 - Plex

• Configuring
• Ensuring good data
• Smart playlists
• Plexamp
• Common issues and their symptoms