Navidrome

Navidrome is optional, but it is the cleanest way to play generated flows and imported playlists. Aurral can create a separate aurral-weekly-flow library and write generated M3U playlists for your flows and static playlists.

Setup

1. Follow Shared storage so Navidrome can scan the same DOWNLOAD_FOLDER tree Aurral writes.
2. Connect Navidrome in Settings → Integrations → Subsonic / Navidrome.
3. Let Aurral create or update its generated library and playlist files under aurral-weekly-flow.

Mixed Windows and Docker Navidrome

Aurral writes M3U playlists under aurral-weekly-flow with one track path per line. Navidrome must be able to open those paths on its filesystem.

Navidrome deployment	Playlist path mode	Setting
Docker, same mounts as Aurral (for example /data or /music)	local (default)	Leave Use host paths in playlist files off
Native Windows while Aurral is in Docker	remote	Enable the Navidrome setting or set M3U_PATH_MODE=remote

What remote mode does

With path mappings, Aurral translates Lidarr’s Windows paths into container paths so it can read files—for example N:\ServerFolders\Music\Music\Artist\track.mp3 becomes /music/Music/Artist/track.mp3 inside Docker.

By default, generated M3U files use those container paths. Native Windows Navidrome cannot resolve /music/..., so playlists may appear but tracks fail to play.

Use host paths in playlist files (or M3U_PATH_MODE=remote) reverses paths only when writing M3U files:

• Reused Lidarr tracks: Aurral writes the original Lidarr path it received
• Downloaded tracks under /music/Aurral/...: Aurral inverts PATH_MAPPINGS (for example /music/... → N:\ServerFolders\Music\...)

Aurral still uses container paths internally for file checks, reuse, and repairs. Only the .m3u output changes.

Example compose (Aurral in Docker, Navidrome on Windows)

services:
  aurral:
    environment:
      - DOWNLOAD_FOLDER=/music/Aurral
      - PATH_MAPPINGS=N:/ServerFolders/Music|/music
      - M3U_PATH_MODE=remote
    volumes:
      - N:/ServerFolders/Music:/music
      - ./config/aurral:/config

After enabling remote mode, refresh affected playlists (re-run a flow, edit a shared playlist, or use Ensure playlists from the Playlists page) so M3U files are rewritten.

See also Shared storage — Windows and mixed Docker setups for mounts and path mappings.

Recommended Navidrome setting

ND_SCANNER_PURGEMISSING=always

Purging missing tracks helps Navidrome clean up old flow entries after a flow rotates.

For Plex and Plexamp instead, see Plex.