Apple's iTunes /search returns 403 from server/datacenter IPs, which had broken global
search, charts, album/artist/single downloads and the metadata-editor autofill in
production. Everything now sources metadata from Deezer (free, no key, more requests,
returns explicit versions + real artist images + durations). Web + Android share one
source, so an artist resolves to one consistent name everywhere. Deezer results are
mapped to the legacy "ItunesItem" shape, so the UI + download flow are unchanged.
Backend:
- New backend/lib/deezer.js: lookupTrackMeta, fetchAlbumTracks, searchAlbumTracks,
fetchArtistAlbums (+ pure pickTrackMatch/mapAlbumTrack for tests).
- metadata.js drops the iTunes lookups; novasonic-server download paths (track, album,
artist, playlist enrich, spotify artwork) + autofill now use Deezer.
- Artist download uses Deezer discography (real albums only), not the iTunes album search.
- Editor autofill endpoint /api/itunes/lookup -> /api/meta/lookup; removed the dead
iTunes /search proxy and the Apple charts RSS proxy.
- backend/test/deezer.test.js: unit tests for numbering, mixed-artist album-artist
stability, explicit flags, the Japanese-title match guard (npm test; RUN_LIVE=1 for live).
Web:
- api.js search/lookups already on Deezer; charts now use Deezer /chart. Artist cards
show the real Deezer photo. Visible "iTunes"/"Apple Music" labels -> "Deezer"
(search badge, charts badge, preview bar, editor button, artist heading). SW ns-v51.
Android:
- New DeezerModels.kt with Dz* models + mappers to ItunesItem/ItunesRssEntry.
- ItunesClient is Deezer-backed (search = tracks+albums+artists in parallel; album/artist
lookups; /chart charts), same method signatures. Visible strings -> Deezer.
Docs: README, CLAUDE.md and CHANGELOG (1.3) updated; Platform Parity Matrix reflects the
shared Deezer source + Android non-local artist page.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Deletes left the removed item visible because the list loaders are cached (getPlaylists
~3 min): deletePlaylist navigated to a still-cached list, and deleteSong only reloaded
playlists. Add refreshCurrentView() — drops the API cache and re-runs the active nav
entry's loader (playlists, playlist/album/artist detail, starred, home, …). deleteSong
calls it after the delete+rescan delay; deletePlaylist invalidates getPlaylists before
navigating. Bump SW cache to ns-v46.
Also record the post-1.2 work in the 1.2 changelog (importer Enter, search single-song
+ radio, NowPlaying order, official-audio artist-metadata match, JP-katakana album
artist fix, year back-fill, delete refresh).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Apple Music / MusicBrainz render multi-artist credits as "A, B, C & D" — the last
artist is joined with " & " instead of the list separator, so it stayed glued to the
previous one (e.g. "REI AMI & KPop Demon Hunters Cast" became a single artist that
Navidrome's ";" split could not break apart).
_fmtArtists now also rewrites " & " to the list separator, but only when the string
is already a list (contains ; , • ·), so real band names like "Simon & Garfunkel"
stay intact. The iTunes and MusicBrainz autofill results are now run through
_fmtArtists too (previously set raw), so the artist field comes out ";"-separated
and matches the Navidrome Tags.artist.Split config.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Japanese tracks stored with original names in folder/filename/tags; romaji only in sort tags
- findExistingTrack: case-insensitive, searches all album folders under artist, strips release suffix
- --max-filesize 30M + 2x duration cap on all yt-dlp calls
- iTunes collectionArtistName captured as album_artist; fixes compilation album splitting
- album_artist tag uses mainArtist (not rawArtist) so all tracks in one album are consistent
- No-duration cascade: steps 5-8 (title-only/no-filter) removed — fail cleanly like with-duration
- Autofill iTunes: fills title, artist, albumArtist, discNum (was album/genre/year/track/total only)
- Autofill MusicBrainz: fills albumArtist, discNum (was missing both)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
After saving sort tags via the metadata editor, invalidate _artistSortMap
and the apiCached getArtists entry so the updated Navidrome sortName values
are picked up on the next page visit without a hard refresh.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
HoneyandClaude Opus 4.8