# Corrupt Sonic analysis?

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/corrupt-sonic-analysis/935439>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [January 14, 2026, 2:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/corrupt-sonic-analysis/935439 "2026-01-14T14:34:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/corrupt-sonic-analysis/935439/3 "2026-01-14T15:52:06Z")

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The tidying up was for mixtapes , artists , live albums etc that dont appear on musicbrainz the main concern was losing ratings .

The [plex dance](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-plex-dance/197064) was in refrence to removing either the entire library or sections to try and identify what files were causing the strange sonic issue .

Media Server [debug logging](https://support.plex.tv/articles/201643703-reporting-issues-with-plex-media-server/#toc-1) is enabled not verbose .

When the server shows the 11 albums being scanned there is nothing i can see that shows what if any albums are being sonic analysed.

But when i transfer 1 album over i can see it being analysed in logs the number of albums analysiing is now 12 , the new album get analysed and then just sits at 11.

Is it possible a non standard charachter in some file names would maybe cause an issue ?

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