I have the exact same problem, I also have a large local music collection with thousands of Various Artist songs that I just can’t separate into individual album folders…
See Post Various Artists cover with Plex Scanner
I do understand that you set up such guidelines. But please also consider users such as us.
It would be nice if some sort of solution was developed. Probably the most easy solution would be a “Various Artists” (or whatever name) parent folder, and everything after that is by user choice (no matter if subdirs are created inside that or all files are dumped in that folder). And plex honoring the “Various Artists” in cover.
Or - independant of such a folder idea: Plex still honors “Prefer local media data” and/or album art “Local files only" also in “Plex Scanner”. Otherwise thise options are pointless to begin with…
Thanks again (for considering).
