Owning your music (collection) without losing your mind, part 2

hello@nietaki.com (nietaki) — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Now that we have a way to get our music and our player(s) picked out, let’s come up with an easy to use workflow and an organisatonial structure that works for us. It’s going to be a lengthy one, so let’s just get started.

Here’s the gist of the workflow:

flowchart TD


cd((CDs))
cd-- dBPoweramp CD Ripper -->flac

bandcamp@{ shape: cloud }
bandcamp-->flac

subgraph TrueNas
 direction TD
 flac@{ shape: documents, label: "/flac_music" }
 opus@{ shape: documents, label: "/opus_music" }
 mp3@{ shape: documents, label: "/mp3_music" }
 plex@{ shape: "lin-rect", label: "PLEX server" }
 flac-. lossifier-opus .->opus
 flac-. lossifier-mp3 .->mp3
 flac===plex
end

rb@{ shape: card, label: "rockbox DAP"}
android@{ shape: card, label: "Android DAP"}
snow@{ shape: card, label: "snowsky DAP"}
laptop@{ shape: card, label: "laptop"}

opus-- rclone -->rb
mp3-- rclone -->snow
opus-. autosync .->android
plex-->laptop
plex-->android

flowchart TD

subgraph legend [Legend]
 direction TD
 style legend fill:none
 smb@{ shape: documents, label: "SMB share" }
 docker@{ shape: "lin-rect", label: "docker service" }
 dap@{ shape: card, label: "player hardware"}
 Com@{ shape: braces, label: "dotted arrows run\n on a schedule" }
end

As you can see the centerpiece of the system is a TrueNas NAS.

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Owning your music (collection) without losing your mind, part 2