Server Version#: 1.24.5.5173 (on ubuntu)
Player Version#: 1.37.0.2706-5b2cfe50 (for windows)
Plex seemingly decides that songs aren’t part of the album they are on. I use beet to tag my music, so everything is uniform, and has been with other streaming server software applications.
From my inspection there is no discernible difference, however unless I do a manual merge, plex will separate them.
I will give an example with all id3 tags.
Song that’s not with the rest of the album:
...01 - I Want My 80's Box!/12 - Kool & the Gang - Celebration.mp3[ 6.79 MB ]
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Time: 04:59 MPEG1, Layer III [ ~188 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Joint stereo ]
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ID3 v2.4:
title: Celebration
artist: Kool & the Gang
album: I Want My 80's Box!
album artist: Various Artists
original release date: 2001-07-17
recording date: 2001-07-17
track: 12/14 genre: New Wave (id 66)
disc: 1/3
BPM: 0
Publisher/label: Hip‐O Records
Unique File ID: [b'http://musicbrainz.org'] : 7d9d4262-656c-4e93-ad42-0e0ccfbf0635
Lyrics: [Description: ] [Lang: XXX]
UserTextFrame: [Description: Script]
Latn
UserTextFrame: [Description: ASIN]
B00005LZVD
UserTextFrame: [Description: R128_ALBUM_GAIN]
0
UserTextFrame: [Description: CATALOGNUMBER]
556758
UserTextFrame: [Description: Artist Credit]
Kool & the Gang
UserTextFrame: [Description: ALBUMARTISTSORT]
Various Artists
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Status]
Official
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Type]
compilation
UserTextFrame: [Description: Album Artist Credit]
Various Artists
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Release Country]
US
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Work Id]
0c490ff2-0032-47e1-8fec-f13c3881c3ed
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Id]
f16f977d-b1ff-43f7-a75b-c7094f9c0c37
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Artist Id]
2469950a-f0ca-425a-bfbc-baf55ea3afde
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Artist Id]
89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Release Group Id]
bc22b8e7-ead4-35d3-b9ef-3831d69e8d0a
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Release Track Id]
96239e32-c6f6-3eea-bd57-d3a23758a3fc
FRONT_COVER Image: [Size: 70168 bytes] [Type: image/jpeg]
Description:
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An example song from that is listed normally with the album:
...2001 - I Want My 80's Box!/14 - Steve Winwood - Higher Love.mp3[ 8.36 MB ]
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Time: 05:40 MPEG1, Layer III [ ~204 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Joint stereo ]
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ID3 v2.4:
title: Higher Love
artist: Steve Winwood
album: I Want My 80's Box!
album artist: Various Artists
original release date: 2001-07-17
recording date: 2001-07-17
track: 14/14 genre: New Wave (id 66)
disc: 3/3
BPM: 0
Publisher/label: Hip‐O Records
Unique File ID: [b'http://musicbrainz.org'] : ccead19c-d8d2-4eab-b89a-0fbc02fe11d6
Lyrics: [Description: ] [Lang: XXX]
UserTextFrame: [Description: Script]
Latn
UserTextFrame: [Description: ASIN]
B00005LZVD
UserTextFrame: [Description: R128_ALBUM_GAIN]
0
UserTextFrame: [Description: CATALOGNUMBER]
556758
UserTextFrame: [Description: Artist Credit]
Steve Winwood
UserTextFrame: [Description: ALBUMARTISTSORT]
Various Artists
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Status]
Official
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Type]
compilation
UserTextFrame: [Description: Album Artist Credit]
Various Artists
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Release Country]
US
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Work Id]
34abf0f9-fa96-4d34-9d5c-fdbaa6b41315
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Id]
f16f977d-b1ff-43f7-a75b-c7094f9c0c37
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Artist Id]
885f90ef-6bd9-409a-b2df-e165e553c68e
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Album Artist Id]
89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Release Group Id]
bc22b8e7-ead4-35d3-b9ef-3831d69e8d0a
UserTextFrame: [Description: MusicBrainz Release Track Id]
b12d57f2-2f9c-3a7e-86ea-082d12eb4bb0
FRONT_COVER Image: [Size: 70168 bytes] [Type: image/jpeg]
Description:
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diff:
1c1
< ...01 - I Want My 80's Box!/12 - Kool & the Gang - Celebration.mp3[ 6.79 MB ]
---
> ...2001 - I Want My 80's Box!/14 - Steve Winwood - Higher Love.mp3[ 8.36 MB ]
3c3
< Time: 04:59 MPEG1, Layer III [ ~188 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Joint stereo ]
---
> Time: 05:40 MPEG1, Layer III [ ~204 kb/s @ 44100 Hz - Joint stereo ]
6,7c6,7
< title: Celebration
< artist: Kool & the Gang
---
> title: Higher Love
> artist: Steve Winwood
12,13c12,13
< track: 12/14 genre: New Wave (id 66)
< disc: 1/3
---
> track: 14/14 genre: New Wave (id 66)
> disc: 3/3
16c16
< Unique File ID: [b'http://musicbrainz.org'] : 7d9d4262-656c-4e93-ad42-0e0ccfbf0635
---
> Unique File ID: [b'http://musicbrainz.org'] : ccead19c-d8d2-4eab-b89a-0fbc02fe11d6
28c28
< Kool & the Gang
---
> Steve Winwood
40c40
< 0c490ff2-0032-47e1-8fec-f13c3881c3ed
---
> 34abf0f9-fa96-4d34-9d5c-fdbaa6b41315
44c44
< 2469950a-f0ca-425a-bfbc-baf55ea3afde
---
> 885f90ef-6bd9-409a-b2df-e165e553c68e
50c50
< 96239e32-c6f6-3eea-bd57-d3a23758a3fc
---
> b12d57f2-2f9c-3a7e-86ea-082d12eb4bb0
