{"id":57581,"date":"2025-01-17T09:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/windows-lidarr-music-download\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T16:32:17","slug":"windows-lidarr-music-download","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/en\/windows-lidarr-music-download\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Lidarr Music Download"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this Windows Lidarr music download tutorial, for downloading music with Lidarr, we will show you how to configure Lidarr to automatically download the music albums you want.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create Shared Folder for Lidarr Windows<\/h2>\n\n<p>A shared music folder in Windows allows you to easily share files and folders with other users within the same network. Follow the steps below to create and set up a shared folder: <\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Create a new folder or select an existing folder<\/h3>\n\n<p>Go to the location where you want to create the shared folder (for example, <em>C:\\Users\\YourName\\music<\/em>). <strong>Right-click<\/strong> an empty space, select <strong>New<\/strong>, and click Folder. Give the <strong>folder<\/strong> a descriptive name, for example, <em>SharedMusicFiles<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Share the Lidarr music folder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Right-click<\/strong> on the folder and choose <strong>Properties<\/strong>. Go to the<strong> Sharing<\/strong> tab and click on the <strong>Share&#8230; <\/strong>button.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Select users and rights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>In the <strong>Network Access<\/strong> field, choose the users or groups you want to share the folder with. You can also choose <strong>Everyone<\/strong> if you want to make the folder accessible to all network users. <\/p>\n\n<p>Click <strong>Add <\/strong>and set the access level:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Read:<\/strong> Users can view files, but not edit them.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Read\/Write:<\/strong> Users can view, add, and modify files.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Click <strong>Share <\/strong>and then click <strong>Done<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Windows Lidarr music download add folder for albums<\/h2>\n\n<p>Open nu Lidarr in je browser.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-26-1024x229.png\" alt=\"Windows Lidarr music download create root folder\" class=\"wp-image-57440\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-26-1024x229.png 1024w, https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-26-250x56.png 250w, https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-26.png 1155w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Now in <strong>Lidarr <\/strong>go to Library and then click on <strong>Add Root Folder<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-32.png\" alt=\"Create Windows root folders lidarr\" class=\"wp-image-57454\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-32.png 752w, https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-32-250x172.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>Click on the <strong>Plus Icon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-33-1024x748.png\" alt=\"root lidarr music folders setup\" class=\"wp-image-57456\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-33-1024x748.png 1024w, https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-33-250x183.png 250w, https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-33.png 1064w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p>In <strong>Name<\/strong>, enter a name that will be visible in Lidarr.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Path: <\/strong>Specify the location you just created in Windows.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Monitor New Albums:<\/strong> Leave this option set to <em>All Albums<\/em>, so you can configure monitoring on a per-album basis.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then click <strong>Save.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-34-1024x592.png\" alt=\"albums lidarr add artist\" class=\"wp-image-57458\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-34-1024x592.png 1024w, https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-34-250x145.png 250w, https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/image-34.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><strong>Root Folder: <\/strong>Leave this setting unchanged.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Monitor: <\/strong>Here you determine which albums of the artist should be followed. It is not possible to specify a specific album name, as Lidarr does not support this. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Monitor New Albums: <\/strong>Set whether to download all new albums or only existing albums.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Quality: <\/strong>Choose the quality profile you created earlier, or select <em>Any<\/em>. The latter is not recommended if you cannot play certain formats, such as FLAC. <\/p>\n\n<p>Press <strong>ADD [naam van de artiest]<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Lidarr will now start downloading the selected albums from this artist. Please note that this process may take some time depending on your Newznab or torrent providers. So be patient.  <\/p>\n\n<p>This was the tutorial on how to download music with Lidarr on Windows.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Lidarr tutorial Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/en\/lidarr-tutorial\/\">Lidarr tutorial<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/en\/windows-install-lidarr-to-automatically-download-music\/\">Install Lidarr Windows<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/en\/windows-lidarr-configure-with-sabnzbd\/\">Configure Lidarr Windows with SABnzbd.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nzbusenet.com\/en\/windows-lidarr-music-download\/\">Windows Lidarr Music Download<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>In this Windows Lidarr music download tutorial, for downloading music with Lidarr, we will show you how to configure Lidarr to automatically download the music albums you want. 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