Server Version#: 1.18.0.1913 1.18.0.1913
Player Version#:4.8.4
I have a large amount of obscure music albums for which I dont want plex to handle metadata management. Furtunately the REST API make this really simple to do. Marking up the artists/albums/tracks couldnt be easier with a few simple scripts and a seperate database which I maintain.
The challenge is getting plex to stick to the data structure implied by the file layout. I make strict use of ARTIST / ALBUM / TRACK structure and I would want plex to group everything that way upon initial import, i.e. mark them as unknown artist X, unknown album Y, etc. with the parent/child relationships maintained.
What Im finding is that sometimes plex will break the hierarchy and group tracks under a particular album node with an album from a different part of the tree. Im assuming Im not using the proper setting such that the agents will stand down and not try to do more than I want.
Here are the setting I use in the library advanced panel.
Include in dashboard: checked
Prefer local metadata: checked
Store track progress: unchecked
Include relasted content: unchecked
Artist bios: unchecked
Album reviews: unchecked
Popular tracks: unchecked
Concerts: Unchecked
Genres: None (I provide this manually)
Album art: local only
Scanner: plex music scanner
Agent: personal media artists
The agent configuration doesnât play a role when using a converted library.
You are doing everything right.
But Iâd need to see your folder structure and the embedded meta tags of the albums which were involved in the mix-up.
Side question: why are you using your script to apply the Genre, instead of writing them into the meta tags?
I searched for converted library, and I think you use that term to refer to a music library thatâs now running under the new PlexMusic system in 1.18. So youâre referring to how the library got converted to use the PlexMusic agent, but this user is running the Personal Media Artists agent. Would you clarify what happens?
I asked the user in a roundabout way to determine if Local Media Artists was checked, because the website article says itâs required to pick up the tags when the agent is Personal Media Artists.
Personal Media Artists/Albums : The Personal Media Artists/Albums agent is designed to recognize albums that have not been released commercially and so wonât appear in online music databases. Metadata embedded in most music file formats will be read and used if Local Media Assets is enabled.
All the configuration of the new âagentâ is done in the properties of the library now.
The only thing one needs to do with the old agents is to:
enable the Local Media Assets agent (as youâve correctly mentioned it is needed for unmatched items and local assets like songtexts, cover art etc)
pull the LMA into the top position
Most of the issues we currently see with the new music are previously âunmatchedâ items which somehow didnât get converted correctly to use the new code. So there is currently some weird behaviour around these.
The instant cure is the Plex Dance, but it is of course not an ideal solution because it will reset manually changed metadata and remove those tracks from dumb playlists etc. pp.
So this needs to get investigated and fixed eventually.
