# Multiple genre recognition

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-genre-recognition/438476>\
**Category:** Metadata & Adding Files\
**Created:** [July 27, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-genre-recognition/438476 "2019-07-27T22:39:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![digitalpurchase999\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@digitalpurchase999\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/digitalpurchase999_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-genre-recognition/438476/1 "2019-07-27T22:39:41Z")

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I seem to be caught between two systems and do not have the requisite knowledge to understand what I am being told.

We are talking only about mp3 metadata.

PLEX can show metadata with multiple genres. Third party programs can create multiple genres.

If a third part program supports multiple genres will PLEX also honor them?

Are there any special considerations or issues?

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-genre-recognition/438476/2 "2019-07-27T22:46:20Z")

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You should be fine by entering multiple genre tags in the mp3 metadata `genre` field – just make sure you use a separator that works with the app you use to edit the metadata (e.g. commas or slashes – this might vary based on the app you use)

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**Author:** ![beckfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/beckfield/32/7227_2.png) [@beckfield](https://forums.plex.tv/u/beckfield)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-genre-recognition/438476/3 "2019-07-28T01:39:53Z")

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The standard for separating multiple entries in MP3 tags is the forward slash ‘/’. Plex will honor that (Plex also honors semicolons), but Plex only takes the first two genres that it finds in the tag. There’s a [feature request](https://forums.plex.tv/t/allow-more-than-two-tags-per-metadata-item/422064/1) to change that.

EDIT: Actually, Plex seems to take more than two tags, but it only shows two when viewing the album details page.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/multiple-genre-recognition/438476/5 "2019-11-26T19:18:36Z")

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