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Beets tips & config
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hmmm tips, not sure. You have beets already, that's the main tip :)
I have it reformatting filenames, storing it in the proper paths, retrieve albumart, and that's about it I reckon. In case I forgot anyting, I'll update this message when home.
As for unrecognized albums... That's tough, I have a bunch of them too. I weighed storing them in the regular folders versus in a separate unrecognized/ folder. Went with the latter approach. I rescan that folder every month, sometimes new matches appear. That unrecognized folder is also shared to navidrome, so except for some missing album art and perhaps improper file/song names, not really an issue.