Config and wrapper for beets to help manage my music library.

Most importantly you need to install beets. In the simplest case, you can just run:

pip install beets

Of course, if you don't have Python or pip installed, you will need to follow the installation guide mentioned above.

You will also need Ruby 2.x.

Firstly, make sure you are in the root of the repo and install the required gems:

bundle install

Then install the script and beets config:

sh install.sh

This will symlink beetsme to /usr/local/bin/beetsme (it is assumed this is in your PATH) and beets.config.yml to ~/.config/beets/config.yml (which is where beets expects the config file).

Before you can use beetsme you'll need to configure a few variables.

In order to use beetsme, you'll need to first tell it where your library and backup library are located.

1. Create a config file in the root of the repo named config.rb.

2. Add the following 3 lines, changing the example paths to your actual library paths:

   DOWNLOADED="#{Dir.home}/Music/Downloads/"
   LIBRARY="#{Dir.home}/Music/Library/"
   BACKUP='/Volumes/Backup/Music/Library/'

This tells beetsme where to import your music from (DOWNLOADED), where to move it to (LIBRARY) and where to sync the backup library to (BACKUP).

Note: The BACKUP variable is optional if you don't want to create a backup library. This means you can't use the beetsme diff or beetsme sync commands. 3. If you want to modify the actual beets config, simply edit beets.config.yml because it as already been symlinked.

To get started, simply type beetsme and it will print a list of available commands.

The usual flow will be

beetsme import
beetsme sync

to import new music from your downloads folder and then sync it with the backup library.

Before using beetsme to import my music, I first tag it all with Yate, which is highly recommended. I use the 'Discogs Wizard' feature heavily, which allows my library to stay consistent with the biggest music database on the net.