Add a ‘Music Videos’ folder under my ‘Music’ Library

[tim878]

Server Version#:1.27.0.5897
Player Version#:
Setup;

Synology NAS DS-1520+

Running PLEX version → 1.27.0.5897

I am not streaming outside the home, everything is on CAT6 inside the home.

I am trying to add a ‘Music Videos’ folder under my ‘Music’ Library.

I followed this article (and scanned related articles, but haven’t found a solution);

Adding Local Artist and Music Videos | Plex Support

I am following the section under (because I want a separate folder for all music videos) ‘Global Music Videos Folder’.

I set the folder under ‘Settings’ → ‘Extras’ and set the ‘Global music videos path’ to this;

/Music Videos

Initially I had it set to the full Windows UNC path name, but that didn’t work either;

\MovieTheater\HomeTheater\Music\Music Videos

(notice the forward and backslashes, neither one worked when changed, not sure what is correct).

Then under a Windows Explorer session, I have this as examples (folders show up 1st in the list, than individual videos);

Folder list example;

BLONDIE

    Blondie - Heart of Glass-video.mkv

    Blondie - The Tide is High-video.mkv

JOHNNY CASH

    Johnny Cash - Glastonbury (1994)-live.mp4

    Johnny Cash - Live in Denmark (1971)-live.mp4

QUEEN

    Queen - Wembley Stadium-concert.mp4

Then random individual music videos (examples);

Van Halen - Panama-video.mpg

We Banjo 3 - Happiness-video.mp4

Zac Brown Band - Toes-video.mp4

ZZ Top - Gimme All Your Lovin-video.mp4

ZZ Top - Sharp Dressed Man-video.mp4

Now when I go back to my Home Page under the PINNED ‘Music’ section, I have my viewing set to ‘Folders’, I than navigate to my ‘Music Videos’ folder, then I go under ‘BLONDIE’ folder (note: all other folders and individual files also don’t show up, same message), Plex says;

‘Empty Folder’

There are no items in this folder

When I go to my TV and navigate to that same folder, it says the same thing.

I also have an ‘MP3’ folder, under this PINNED ‘Music’ folder, I can see and play all my Mp3’s on the TV, Plex seems to see these and categorizes them correctly.

What am I doing incorrectly, I believe I have followed the instructions to the letter, but I can’t seem to get this working.

[CraigWally]

Change the view to artists
BTW, this only works if you have music/albums by the same artist

[beckfield]

There’s no way to get the result you’re looking for. The Folder view will only show music files, but not videos, in a Music library.

The Global Folder process outlined in that Help page will only cause the videos to appear on the Artist Detail page, like this:

The Inline Videos process will cause them to appear like this:

You can create a Library of the “Other Videos” type to have music videos in their own library (and Folder View will show them), but that will be its own library, separate from your Music library.

[tim878]

Interesting, and very helpful explanation, I did not get that assumption from that Help page document. You explained it well, I was assuming and visualizing the Music Library would work just like the other libraries for Movies, or TV Shows, but being that Music, is an audio file with its own various extensions (MP3, AAC, PCM, etc), that ‘Parent’ library of ‘Music’ is not configured to also understand how to organize, shuffle, and play video files.

Next week when I’ll have more time, I’ll maybe try adding that new Library folder, call it ‘Music Videos’ and set it to ‘Other Videos’ and see how that’ll play out.

Thank you!