# SoulSync Feature Ideas

## Approved Feature Ideas

### 🤖 **Automation Features**

#### **Scheduled Syncs**
- **Description**: Automatically sync Spotify playlists at regular intervals without user intervention
- **Implementation**: Background service that runs sync operations on schedule (daily/weekly/custom)
- **Benefits**: Set-and-forget functionality, always up-to-date playlists
- **Priority**: High

#### **Background Quality Upgrades**
- **Description**: Continuously search Soulseek for higher quality versions of existing tracks in your library
- **Implementation**: Background worker that periodically scans library and searches for FLAC/320kbps versions of lower quality files
- **Benefits**: Library quality improves over time automatically
- **Priority**: High

#### **Smart Downloads**
- **Description**: Automatically download new releases from artists already in your Plex library
- **Implementation**: Monitor Spotify for new releases from library artists, auto-queue downloads
- **Benefits**: Discover and get new music from favorite artists automatically
- **Priority**: Medium

### 🔧 **Library Management Features**

#### **Duplicate Detection**
- **Description**: Find and identify duplicate tracks across your Plex library (same song, different files)
- **Implementation**: Audio fingerprinting or metadata comparison to find duplicates, UI to review and merge/delete
- **Benefits**: Clean up library, save storage space, eliminate confusion
- **Priority**: High

#### **Batch Metadata Editor**
- **Description**: Bulk edit tags, artwork, and file organization across multiple tracks/albums
- **Implementation**: Multi-select interface with batch operations for common metadata tasks
- **Benefits**: Efficiently organize and clean up large libraries
- **Priority**: Medium

## Implementation Notes

### Technical Considerations
- **Scheduling**: Use system cron/task scheduler or internal timer-based system
- **Background Processing**: Implement as low-priority background threads to not interfere with user operations
- **Duplicate Detection**: Consider using audio fingerprinting libraries (like chromaprint) for accurate detection
- **Quality Comparison**: Implement bitrate/format ranking system (FLAC > 320 MP3 > lower quality)

### User Interface Requirements
- **Settings**: Add scheduling options to settings page
- **Progress Monitoring**: Dashboard widgets to show background operation status
- **User Control**: Ability to pause/resume background operations
- **Notifications**: Toast notifications for completed background operations

## Future Considerations
- **Storage Management**: Warning system when disk space gets low
- **Bandwidth Control**: Throttling options for background downloads
- **Conflict Resolution**: User preference settings for handling duplicates and quality upgrades