soulsync/ideas.md

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