STELLODY

• Stellody is a play on words; Stellar and Melody
• Discover new music from your local music library and create playlists organised by genre.
• Will avoid copycat bands, tribute artists and duplicates where possible.
• On completion of a run, please check your Spotify web UI.
• Note that your Spotify app may take a short while to synchronise with the web UI.
• Deezer playlist generation is in draft currently since Deezer is currently not allowing new applications.
• Currently supported on Windows/Linux.
• Please note that the demo license will create a bunch of genre oriented playlists that will not necessarily be related to your interests since you only have a small set of data as a source.

Before you start:

• Option 1) Rip CDs to FLAC/mp3/other format and store them all in one super directory, with subdirectories labelled by artist name; you can also have ‘Various Artists’ or ‘Compilations’ as directories in this super directory for example.
• Option 2) Buy your music digitally and do the same.
• Create a Spotify account and go to the Spotify developer API portal and login. Then create an app. In settings, specify the Redirect URIs as http://127.0.0.1:8888/callback and tick the Web API and Web Playback SDK options. This step is necessary to associate client and secret keys with your Spotify account.
• Make a note of these keys as you’ll need them in the Settings | Options menu in the app.
• Create a MusicBrainz account.
• The musicbrainz email from your musicbrainz account is associated with your Stellody user email license – it must be the same email; enter it when asked.
• NOTE: If you have a large library then the script will take a while to run. Please be patient.

Supported audio formats

Usage

• Hit the Step 1 button, fill in credentials then wait for both progress bars to complete.
• Hit the step 2 button, then wait for all progress bars to complete.
• Once DONE, check your Spotify playlists in the Web UI.

Notes

• The reason the app doesn’t run at a million miles an hour is due to rate limiting from the third party services I use; go too fast and you get blocked for 24h or longer.
• If you want to subsequently use another streaming service instead, then I can recommend installing TuneMyMusic to transfer your Spotify playlists to your desired streaming service.
• If you need to delete your playlists as a bulk update, then consider Soundiiz – you can create a free account and handle that there.