Adding music // meta data

[Brendianer]

Dear all
I am trying to add my MP3 files to the server to play them via SONONS.
I have two quesitons:

• how can I force PLEX to take the metadata from the MP3 files?
• how can I configure SONOS only to show the PLEX MP3 files and not all the rest.

Thanks.
Brendianer

[OttoKerner]

I can only help you with the first question:

Go to
Settings - Server - Agents - Albums - last.fm
make sure that the line ‘Local Media Assets’ is at the topmost position
Repeat the same under
Settings - Server - Agents - Albums - Plex Music
+
Delete and then re-create your music library,
go to the ‘Advanced’ tab
enable ‘Use embedded metatags’

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[Brendianer]

Thanks that helped.
How can I let show the music in SONOS?

And delete unwanted PLEX sources?

[OttoKerner]

I can’t tell you, I am not using Sonos.
But from the looks of it, you are not in your library at all. You appear to be looking at the Podcasts category.

If you are not into Podcasts at all, you can disable them in general in your Plex user account. https://ninjas.plex.tv/desktop/master/index.html#!/settings/online-media-sources