Migrating from Explo

If a folder of downloads already exists, tapedeck can take it over without touching it.

1. Back up the playlists Explo made on Plex: td remote backup --to plex writes one m3u8 plus a JSON sidecar per playlist under playlists/backup/plex/.
2. Dry run the import: td import /path/to/explo. Every file is identified by its MusicBrainz id when tagged, otherwise by a search on artist, title and length; copies of the same recording are grouped, the one closest to the recording’s length is kept, and a recording more than 20 s off is a miss rather than a wrong cut.
3. Apply: td import /path/to/explo --apply copies the kept files into the library and leaves the source alone (--move moves instead; --delete-duplicates only with --move). Backups are rewritten to point at the library copies.
4. Relink what still points into the old folder: td remote relink --from /path/to/explo.
5. Fix the odd match with td retag ID --recording MBID, found in the TUI with i.
6. Delete the old folder yourself, then td remote rm "Weekly-Jams-*" --yes for Explo’s playlists on Plex (backed up first).

td refile re-resolves every track against MusicBrainz, retags and moves files whose path changed; --dry-run shows the moves, including artist folders that MusicBrainz renamed (td artist NAME --folder F pins a name you’d rather keep).