Server Version#: 1.32.5.7349
Player Version#:n/a
Plex runs unnecessary loudness analysis on albums that already had their loudness analyzed whenever I set Analyze audio tracks for loudness to as a scheduled task and when media is added. After I add new media, very old media is also forcefully analyzed for loudness.
It seems to me that the --force flag is just unnecessary on this operation, because it doesn’t consider that loudness analysis has already been completed. Inspecting tracks also shows that loudness analysis has been completed.
A workaround is by doing a manual loudness analysis after adding new tracks, like so (with Docker):
docker exec plex bash -c '${PLEX_MEDIA_SERVER_HOME}/Plex\ Media\ Scanner -c 4 --analyze-loudness'
# OR if the above doesn't work
docker exec -it plex bash -c '/usr/lib/plexmediaserver/Plex\ Media\ Scanner -c 4 --analyze-loudness'
Or setting the Analyze audio tracks for loudness to as a scheduled task.
Both of which finish very quickly (minutes on my machine), unlike the other option which seems to run infinity, or at least for hours on end without any results.
