Cannot add a folder with MP4 files to my plex "music" library

Plex Media Server
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Server Version#:4.125.1
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When I add a folder called “Jersey Boys” with 8 .mp4 music videos, to my “Music” library it does nothing - “Music Library” is empty. But when I add the same folder to my “Movies” library all 8 .mp4 videos appear.

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Make sure to only add library folders to the library, not individual album or artist folders.

https://support.plex.tv/articles/200265296-adding-music-media-from-folders/
https://support.plex.tv/articles/215916117-adding-local-lyrics/

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I have 4 folders on my computer that I want saved to Plex Library.

  1. My folder named “Law & Order” with 247 files, episodes- successfully added to Plex " TV Shows" library

  2. My folder named “Movies” with 1 file, a movie (.mp4) - successfully added to Plex “Movies” library

  3. My folder named “Family” with (4) .mp4 files - successfully added to Plex “Other Videos” library

  4. My folder named “Music” with (5) .mp4 music videos - tried to add Plex “Music” library but unsuccessful. But I am able to add this folder to Plex “Movie” library.

Is it because this folder does not actually contain music tracks, it has music videos???

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That might be the issue.
Plex treats music videos as extras of existing albums (matching an existing track name) or artists. They’re not standing on their own in a music library.
If you plan a pure music video library, you might be better off adding them to an other-video library, either manually editing their metadata or embedding metadata into the file and have Plex prefer those tags. You could group music videos of the same artist / event in collections to maintain some level of organization.

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