I’m searching for a reference to which ID-tags in music files are read by the Plex Media Server. Currently I still enter data manually, while I prefer to write these in the tags of the music files itself. For instance the release date (complete date, not just year), the label, genre & style or com…

Music - Is there a reference to what tags will be read and used by Plex Media Server?

beckfield May 7, 2023, 10:29pm 4

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