Read vorbis tags from Opus files (OGG container)

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As mentioned here: http://forums.plex.tv/discussion/258362/pms-wont-read-vorbis-tags-from-opus-files
Plex Server as of v1.3.4.3285 don’t manage to read tags from Opus-files. Its kinda strange, as it’s using the same container and tagging (OGG) as FLAC and Vorbis. So it should not be too hard to implement.

Opus is THE lossy codec of the future. Proper implementation of it in the Plex universe is quite important IMO :slight_smile:


These files are tagged with TagScanner. Same server and setup read tags from OGG vorbis and FLAC files perfectly fine.

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This is still a bug with latest Plex Media Server (v1.7.3).
The media server is not able to read correct tags, for instance it sets my newly bought album from Gorillaz to artist “2017”.

Even Windows 10 manages to read the tags correctly.

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Plex still doesn’t read meta tags from OPUS files.
The 2017 comes from your folder name, because Plex reverts to folder and file names when it cannot use meta tags.
The folder name of an album is expected to be
AlbumArtist - AlbumTitle (year)
At the place of AlbumArtist you have the year and that is then what is used as the Artist name.

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Thanks, thats usefull information. But it’s not a good naming scheme imo. Should be AlbumArtist\Year - AlbumTitle, or else your albums won’t get sorted by release date, which is normal. And a AlbumArtist might have several albums/ releases. A folder at music dir root for each release is very messy.

FLAC, Vorbis and Opus use the same tags and container (more or less). So It’s very strange that PMS can’t be patched up to read tags from Opus files. Opus is by far the most efficient lossy codec, it’s open source, and more people are using it. Heck, Plex even transcodes other codecs to Opus with the web player (I believe). Plex need proper Opus support asap.

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@olavrb said:
A folder at music dir root for each release is very messy.

An additional Artist folder above the Albums is recommended.

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@OttoKerner said:

@olavrb said:
A folder at music dir root for each release is very messy.
An additional Artist folder above the Albums is recommended.>

So AlbumArtist\AlbumTitle (Year) ?
Edit: Nope, AlbumArtist\AlbumArtist - AlbumTitle (Year) apperently. Silly workaround, but have to do until reading Opus tags is fixed/ added.