# Better Metadata loading for music files

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/better-metadata-loading-for-music-files/886038
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Tags:** server-windows
**Created:** [August 23, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/better-metadata-loading-for-music-files/886038 "2024-08-23T17:07:53Z")
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#### Post date: [August 23, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/better-metadata-loading-for-music-files/886038/2 "2024-08-23T17:17:49Z")

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You’ll get best results if you stick to the suggested naming and organization for your media files.  
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/naming-and-organizing-music-media/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/categories/your-media/naming-and-organizing-music-media/)

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As for the 2nd and 3rd part of your suggestion:  
There’s already an existing suggestions discussing those features. Please comment/vote in those threads to help us avoid distracting or cannibalizing votes.

- Support for different versions/editions of albums → [Better support for multiple versions of Music Albums](https://forums.plex.tv/t/better-support-for-multiple-versions-of-music-albums/126609)
- Manually set/override the type/format from within Plex → [Music Release Type (Category) - Manual Edit](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-release-type-category-manual-edit/762258)

As a side note: Plex can read the release type from specific tags in your file.

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