Hello there,
Been using Plex on my movies and TV for the last 3 months. Delighted with it so far, around 300 movies and 100 TV shows successfully added (lots of work mind you)
I bought my lifepass yesterday and I am trying to figure the best way to transfer my whole FLAC Musicbee library to a Premium Music Library.
The library is very well organised in Musicbee. Every file has the correct name, album artwork and other details.
I am not an IT expert by any means and to be honest I am not entirely sure what embedded metadata is. I have seen there is an option to import from iTunes. I stopped using Apple products about 6 years ago. Is there any easy way to transfer my MusicBee library? Obviously all the songs have ratings and playcounts in MusicBee
I am assuming the worst case scenario - copying each Artist folder over and adding them a folder at a time and working from scratch.
Unfortunately I am working overseas at the moment and unable to check the exact file structure of my MusicBee library.
Thanks James
So nobody has ever transferred a MusicBee FLAC library to Plex Premium Music?
Surely somebody has some views on it… 
AFAIK musicbee writes all its data into the files - aka ‘embedded metadata’.
If there are no big mistakes in them, it should work right away.
Make sure that your files are organised in an Artist / Album / Tracks folder hierarchy.
If you have only big folders full of single tracks (with no Album information in them) you’d better not create a ‘Premium Music’ library.
If you are certain your embedded metadata are correct, you should instruct Plex to give them priority:
(Do this before creating a music library in Plex)
Settings - Server - Agents - Albums - last.fm
grab the line ‘Local Media Assets’ and drag it into the topmost position
repeat the same under
Settings - Server - Agents - Albums - Premium Music
While creating the library, make sure to visit the ‘Advanced’ tab and tick the checkbox ‘Use embedded metadata’.
Here are some more tips regarding music
multi-disc albums
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1050849/#Comment_1050849
handling singles and EP’s
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1093611/#Comment_1093611
possible ‘side car’ files for music
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1319703/#Comment_1319703
soundtracks and ‘various artists’
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1472799/#Comment_1472799
Many thanks OttoKerner.
My music is almost certainly in the correct basic format.
I will reply back at the end of January once I have started this task…I am a little more hopeful now that it will not take the 100s of hours I was expecting.
Cheers
Sadly, Plex still treats music libraries as second class citizens. If you’re getting a Plex pass primarily for the “premium music” features - don’t. I recommend Roon if you’re serious about your music. It’s second to none.
Well, this operation has been completed in under 3 hours. I am amazed. 5000 FLAC songs and zero errors.
Despite some negative thoughts about Plex Music, this has been easier than iTunes to Musicbee transition.
Guess my organised file structure and Ottokerner’s comment about using embedded data is the reason for success.
Certainly looks a lot better than MusicBee on the screen, although MusicBee is 1st class.
