`core/media_server/` package with the Protocol contract that
every media server client (Plex, Jellyfin, Navidrome, SoulSync
standalone) satisfies, plus the registry that holds them.
Required methods conservatively limited to the four every server
truly implements today: is_connected, ensure_connection,
get_all_artists, get_all_album_ids. Other generic methods
(search_tracks, trigger_library_scan, get_recently_added_albums,
etc.) are listed as OPTIONAL — present on most servers but not
all (SoulSync has no library-scan API since it walks the filesystem
directly; Jellyfin uses a different search shape). Phase B's
engine adapters route around the gaps with per-server fallback
instead of forcing every client to declare a no-op stub.
Same registry shape as the download plugin registry — single
source of truth for which servers exist + name resolution. Adding
a 5th server (Subsonic, Emby, etc.) becomes one register call
plus the new client class.
5 conformance tests pin every server class implements every
required method. Plan doc at docs/media-server-engine-refactor-plan.md.
Pure additive — no consumer routes through the contract or
registry yet. Suite still green (1921 passed).
Audit caught two missing providers from the foundation pr. Both
return album-shaped data via their clients (search + download
flows). Tidal uses tidalapi objects rather than dicts so the
converter is from_tidal_object, not _dict.
Enrichment-only providers (lastfm/genius/acoustid/listenbrainz/
audiodb) intentionally have no album converter — they enrich
existing rows, never return album shapes.
Tests: +8 cases. 40 total now.
New core/metadata/types.py with canonical dataclasses + classmethod
converters for spotify/itunes/deezer/discogs/musicbrainz/hydrabase.
Each converter is the single place that knows that provider's wire
shape — addresses the duck-typing pattern Cin flagged.
Pure additive: no consumer code changed. Follow-up PRs migrate
consumers one at a time. Migration plan at
docs/metadata-types-migration.md.
Tests: 32 cases pin per-provider semantics + cross-provider
invariants. Also stabilized a flaky discogs test that depended on
local config state.
Add a new docs/api-response-shapes.md describing expected Spotify/iTunes dataclass and raw-dict response shapes and client behavior. Also update core/wishlist_service.py to include 'track_number' (default 1) and 'disc_number' (default 1) in each formatted track dict so consumers receive track ordering metadata.
Broque Thomas
Broque Thomas