Basic Configuration

Be sure to toggle advanced settings on; toggle back and forth to set both. Unmentioned options are defaults.

Media Management

Track Naming

Settings › Media Management › Track Naming

Rename Tracks

Replace Illegal Characters

Standard Track Format

{Album Title}/{track:00} - {Track Title}

Multi Disc Track Format

{Album Title}/{Medium Format} {medium:00}/{track:00} - {Track Title}

Artist Folder Format

{Artist NameThe}

Updated: None

Folders

Settings › Media Management › Folders

Create empty artist folders

Delete empty folders

Updated: None

Importing

Settings › Media Management › Importing

Skip Free Space Check

Minimum Free Space

100MB

Use Hardlinks Instead of Copy

Import Extra Files

Updated: None

File Management

Settings › Media Management › File Management

Propers and Repacks

Prefer and Upgrade

Watch Root Folders for file changes

Rescan Artist Folder after Refresh

Always

Allow Fingerprinting

For new imports only

Change File Date

None

Recycling Bin

/data/downloads/media-trashed

Recycle Bin Cleanup

7

Updated: None

Permissions

Settings › Media Management › Permissions

Set Permissions

Folder chmod mask

775

chown Group

media

Updated: None

Profiles

Profiles (Any, upgrade: lossless)

Settings › Profiles › Any

Name

Any, upgrade: lossless

Upgrades Allowed

Upgrade Until

Lossless

☑ WAV

☑ APE

☑ WavPack

☑ Lossless

FLAC 24bit, FLAC, ALAC

☑ High Quality Lossy

OGG Vorbis Q10, AAC-320, OGG Vorbis Q9, MP3-320, AAC-VBR, MP3-VBR-V0

☑ Mid Quality Lossy

AAC-256, OGG Vorbis Q8, MP3-256, MP3-VBR-V2, OGG Vorbis Q7

☑ Low Quality Lossy

MP3-224, WMA, AAC-192, OGG Vorbis Q6, MP3-192

☑ Poor Quality Lossy

MP3-160, OGG Vorbis Q5, MP3-128, MP3-112, MP3-96

☑ Trash Quality Lossy

MP3-80, MP3-64, MP3-56, MP3-48, MP3-40, MP3-32, MP3-24, MP3-16, MP3-8

☑ Unknown

Updated: None

Metadata Profiles (All)

Settings › Profiles › Metadata Profiles › Standard

Name

All

Primary Types

☑ Album

☑ Broadcast

☑ EP

☑ Other

☑ Single

Secondary Types

☑ Studio

☑ Spokenword

☑ Soundtrack

☑ Remix

☑ Mixtape/Street

☑ Live

☑ Interview

☑ DJ-mix

☑ Compilation

Release Statuses

☑ Pseudo-Release

☑ Promotion

☑ Official

☑ Bootleg

Updated: None

Delay Profiles

Settings › Profiles › Delay Profiles › +

Protocol

Usenet

Usenet Delay

60 minutes

Torrent Delay

No Delay

Tags

NONE

Updated: None

Quality

Quality

Title

Kbps Min

Kbps Max

ALL

ALL

0

1500

Indexers

Indexers

Settings › Indexers › +

Name

{INDEXER NAME}

Enable RSS

Enable Automatic Search

Enable Interactive Search

URL

{INDEXER API URI}

API Path

/api

API Key

KEY

Categories

☑ (All)

Early Download Limit

NONE

Additional Parameters

NONE

Indexer Priority

25

Updated: None

Options

Settings › Indexers › Options

Minimum Age

0

Minimum Size

0

Retention

0

RSS Sync Interval

0

Updated: None

Download Clients

Download Clients

Settings › Download Clients › +

Name

{INDEXER NAME}

Enable

Host

IP

Port

6789

Use SSL

URL Base

NONE

Username

USER

Password

PASS

Category

music

Recent Priority

Normal

Older Priority

Normal

Add Paused

Client Priority

1

Remove Completed

Remove Failed

Updated: None

Completed Download Handling

Settings › Download Clients › Completed Download Handling

Enable

Updated: None

Failed Download Handing

Settings › Download Clients › Failed Download Handling

Redownload

Updated: None

Metadata

Metadata Provider Source

Settings › General › Metadata Provider Source

Metadata Source

NONE

Updated: None

Write Metadata to Audio Files

Settings › General › Write Metadata to Audio Files

Tag Audio Files with Metadata

For new downloads only

Scrub Existing Tags

Updated: None

General

Host

Settings › General › Host

Bind Address

Port Number

8686

URL Base

Instance Name

Lidarr

Enable SSL

Updated: None

Security

Settings › General › Security

Authentication

NONE

API Key

KEY

Certificate Validation

Disabled

Updated: None

Proxy

Settings › General › Proxy

Use Proxy

Updated: None

Logging

Settings › General › Logging

Log Level

INFO

Updated: None

Analytics

Settings › General › Analytics

Send Anonymous Usage Data

Updated: None

Updates

Settings › General › Updates

Branch

master

Automatic

Mechanism

Built-in

Updated: None

Backups

Settings › General › Backups

Folder

Backups

Interval

7

Retention

28

Updated: None

UI

Calendar

Settings › UI › Calendar

First Day of Week

Sunday

Week Column Header

Tue 3/25

Updated: None

Dates

Settings › UI › Dates

Short Date Format

YYYY-MM-DD

Long Date Format

Tuesday March 25 2014

Time Format

17:00/17:30

Show Relative Dates

Updated: None

Style

Settings › UI › Style

Enable Color-Impaired mode

Expand Items by Default

☐ (All)

Updated: None

Language

Settings › UI › Language

UI Language

English

Updated: None