Table of Contents
- Why isn't Lidarr accessible remotely on Windows?
- Why does Lidarr only show studio albums, How do I find singles or EPs?
- Lidarr grabbed a release, why can’t it import it?
- Why can't I add a various artists album?
- Can I add just an album?
- Can I download single tracks?
- Why doesn't artist X show up in search?
- Lidarr matched an album with too many tracks. How can I change the Album to the correct Release?
- I'm having trouble importing my artists, what could it be?
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Why isn't Lidarr accessible remotely on Windows?
Binding to an externally accessible interface on Windows requires running as admin. If you have Lidarr running as a Service, stop the service. Open AppData-Directory and run Lidarr.exe as admin. You can then shutdown Lidarr and start the service.
Why does Lidarr only show studio albums, How do I find singles or EPs?
Lidarr defaults to only bringing in studio albums for each artist. However, you can expand the album types per an artist, or for your entire library by utilizing Metadata Profiles.
Lidarr grabbed a release, why can’t it import it?
Why can't I add a various artists album?
Various Artists and other meta artists on Musicbrainz are due to the number of entries they provide.
Can I add just an album?
Not at the moment.
Can I download single tracks?
Lidarr works by searching for and downloading full releases, therefore individual tracks cannot be downloaded unless they were released as a single by the artist.
Why doesn't artist X show up in search?
Search is still a work in progress. Artists that don't show up in search may be added by searching for lidarr:mbid where mbid is the Musicbrainz ID of the artist.
Lidarr matched an album with too many tracks. How can I change the Album to the correct Release?
Open the Album details page and select the Edit Icon in the top nav. There you can find a dropdown of all releases tied to that Album.
I'm having trouble importing my artists, what could it be?
The artist import process just imports the Artist names and path locations, which are then stored in the database so that a) metadata can be retrieved and b) downloaded content can be put in the same location in future. To this end, the user account that Lidarr runs under needs both read and write to your data directory.