It does that because the disc number option on your mp3 id3tag says that it is 2 cds. example
CD 1
Album: Album title
ArtistSort: The name of the artist who publish the album.
DiscNumber: 1/2
CD 2
Album: Album title
ArtistSort: The name of the artist who publish the album.
DiscNumber: 2/2
These information on each mp3 files for the album tells the plex scanner that it is the same identical album but it has 2 discs. I don't see anything wrong with that. I guess you can edit the mp3s id3 tags and remove the discnumber field and leave it blank or change all 1/2 - 2/2 to 1/1. That may solve your problem but i would advice you not to.
I'm experiencing this issue too. I've tried merging the albums, but this doesn't work properly since Plex doesn't recognize the Disc nr. field. So your tracks will be sorted like this:
Plex doesn't have anything do with folder structures when it comes to music. All it cares about is the id3 tags. If in the id3 tags for that album it says something like
discnumber 1/1 that means it's one album.
discnumber 2/2 that means it's the same album but 2 discs.
Plex doesn't control the id3 tags in your mp3 files. If you don't want plex to see it as multiple different CDs but just one, open all the album files in an metadate editor and change the discnumber field to 1/1 and plex would see it as one album. The only problem with that is plex is looking at a database to match the info it found from your mp3 file tags to make sure it labels them properly but i am not sure what would happen if your mp3 tags say its one album one disc but the database says it 1 album 2 discs since that how it was published.
I'm experiencing this issue too. I've tried merging the albums, but this doesn't work properly since Plex doesn't recognize the Disc nr. field. So your tracks will be sorted like this:
1. Track 1 of CD 1
2. Track 1 of CD 2
3. Track 2 of CD 1
4. Track 2 of CD 2
5. Track 3 of CD 1
6. Track 3 of CD 2
etc.
It should be:
1. Track 1 of CD 1
2. Track 2 of CD 1
3. Track 3 of CD 1
etc.
4. Track 1 of CD 2
5. Track 1 of CD 2
6. Track 1 of CD 2
etc.
Sorry to say but i don't have that issue. You can try continuing the number. I see some albums comes like this
Disc 1
01. disc # 1/1
Disc 2
01. disc # 1/1
Plex would look at it as two different discs and would not merge them.
Another way is
Disc 1/2 and in this case the number would continue
01. disc 1/2
12. disc 1/2
13. disc 2/2
Lastly i have some that are just like you describe as far as the disc number but plex detect them properly as separate discs and treat them as such.
I'm really sorry breezytm but I can't really follow what you are saying, so excuse me if I misunderstood your answer. I'm not talking about folders at all. ID3 has got a field for disc numbers that Plex doesn't recognize.
Also I don't really think that continuing the song number is a real solution.
The only problem with that is plex is looking at a database to match the info it found from your mp3 file tags to make sure it labels them properly but i am not sure what would happen if your mp3 tags say its one album one disc but the database says it 1 album 2 discs since that how it was published.
Plex knows if an album consists of multiple discs. I know this because Plex shows the discs seperatly (even though they have the same artist/album name). The problem is that Plex doesn't put those two disc toghether in one album. Also I don't think it's possible to set the disc or song number manually within PMS.
Not manually in the PMS. Use an mp3 id3 tag editor. Plex doesn't know anything. I keep repeating that. Plex is looking at whatever database agent you set it up to for the information. If you using the default music agent then you are using last.fm. Last.fm keeps the record of the album. If Last.fm says that the album is one album but it has 2 discs then plex will label the album in the pms as
And that's accurate. Yes its one album but the album is publish in 2 separate discs.
My ID3 tags aren't the problem, they are all filled in correctly (Disc 1/2, Disc 2/2). I don't think you understand my point.
In your example you say that the way Plex handles it is correct, but I don't agree. Yes, Plex identifies two discs in one album. But it shows them as two seperate albums. Instead Plex should display 1 album with 2 discs inside. After all: It's called album view right? Not disc view.
I think i do now. As i am walking to the car it hits me. I figured what it is you guys are asking for. The issue is not with plex. It's pulling what the database if feeding it. The database says it's two separate discs so it label them as two separate discs even though it's the same album. What you guys can ask for is an enhancement not a fix because the thing isn't broken.
What you really want i am assuming is the following:
Artist - Amy Whinehouse
Album - Back to Back Deluxe (just one poster art) (one album)
Inside of the alubm you want to see disc 1 & disc 2. Got it.
I think what you guys need to do is to create a new post and label it properly.
PMS Album Dual Disc Enhancement and in there kindly ask them to label an album with two discs as one album and inside of that album they can label each discs separately.
My bad man. Plex is not the only software that does that. I have many other softwares i use for music pointing to musicbrainz for example as their database and they all do that. iTunes doesn't do it because iTunes is not looking at a database for information. It's using whatever the mp3 files tags or the user tells it.
I am not sure how much work it would require but they already using the concept with movies.
Yes, that is it! You're right, it's not really a bug but a feature request. But I didn't want to create a new topic to avoid duplicate threads.
I understand that some other music players also don't handle this properly, but I really think this is how it should work. I want to play a complete album, and not just one disc of that album (There is no reason to bring this old media hassle of switching discs to Plex right?).
Now that i understand what you are asking for i totally agree with you. The title throws things off and i don't think they would make the change if a huge amount of users aren't asking for it. I had pms enhancement request. I posted the topic in the wrong section of the forum and no one commented on it so they never did anything about it. Finally i recreated a different post and everyone is saying i want that too and dev says they would look into it. Dev told me if not too many people is asking for something they would most likely not put the time on it right away unless it's something minimal.
I guess you're right and I will post a clearer topic requesting this feature!
It's a shame that there are so little developers available. I see so many small things that will make a big difference in user experience when fixed (like custom ordering section, set background images on home screen etc.)
I understand though, Plex is a huge project with too little developers. I can see they're doing the best they can. If only I had the knowledge/skill to fix these things myself :(
Yeah that’s why I donate a lot to keep them going. As far as the library section ordering request I’ve already asked for it. That’s the topic I was talking about that I put in the wrong section. Here’s the link. Please voice your mind so we can get this going.
If you merge the discs it still does not show track numbers correctly.
It is a problem with the way PLEX reads the tag info and displays it.
As said earlier it shows
Track 1 Disc 1
Track 1 Disc 2
Track 2 Disc 1
Track 2 Disc 2
when it should show
Track 1 Disc 1
Track 2 Disc 1
Track 1 Disc 2
Track 2 Disc 2
The only way I have found around this so far is to renumber the tracks on the second disc as a continuation rather that start from 1 again on the second disc.
If I understand the thread correctly I think that I found the solution. If your disks are properly marked as disc 1 and disc 2 in the metatags you can then select all of the tracks on the two discs, then enter a group name and set them as part of compilation. When plex refreshes you will only see one disk. When you open that album it will have all of the tracs in the proper order (1,2,3,4,5...,15,1,2,3,4,5...,18,1,2,3,4,5...20) I have a lot of classical music and was searching for a solution since I don't like to label the disks separately.
This really could use a fix, especially for audiobooks. Plex should not treat Album = Disc.
Example: House of Nicolo book 07, Caprice and Rondo by Dorothy Dunnette has 24 CDs, each with ~17 tracks = 404 tracks. When properly tagged, Plex displays 24 separate but identically titled albums since it does not seem to read, use or display the disc field at all.
Workaround 1: Rename all 404 tracks in order. PITA to verify you've done it correctly, but it will display as one Album
Workaround 2: Rename the Album name of each CD with CDXX. A hack since they are not different Albums and it will still show as 24 separate albums to scroll through, but much easier to verify.
If audiobooks came with chapters matching tracks it would be easier...but often they don't.
