Music Media Metadata is not recognized by folder

[spreadingwholefear]

Server Version#: 1.23.2.4625
Player Version#:4.58.1

Hi,

I located folders and audio file as in an article “Adding Music Media From Folders”,
( Adding Music Media From Folders | Plex Support )
but folder-metadata like artist, album would not be reflected to Plex.

(example)

cd /media_volume/audio   # change folder to media volume (Plex Music Library folder)
mkdir Santana   # make artist folder
mkdir Santana/Abraxas   # make album folder
rec -c 1 -r 16k Santana/Abraxas/'03 - Oye Como Va.wav' trim 0 5   # make audio track file
lame -h Santana/Abraxas/'03 - Oye Como Va.wav'   # change track format into mp3 as plex can handle it

(result)

• Plex Music Library added above track (it’s OK)
• Plex Information of above item is
  • Artist: Various Artists (NOT Santana)
  • Album: [Unknown Album] (NOT Abraxas)
  • Title: Nothing to Displayed (NOT Oye Como Va)
  • Track: Nothing to Displayed (NOT 3)

Why does Plex recognize metadata (artist, album, track - title) from folders?
My Music Sction settings are:

• Scanner: Plex Music
• Agent: Plex Music
• Prefer local metadata: not checked

Thanks,

[OttoKerner]

If you want full audio quality, use flac. It supports embedded meta data as well and so has full support in Plex.

[spreadingwholefear]

Thanks, OttoKerner

Embedding metadata reflects “Album”, “Track#”, “TrackTitle”, but NOT “Artist”.
That’s the why I tried to refrect by folder.

(Embedding metadata example)

cd /media_volume/audio   # change folder to media volume (Plex Music Library folder)
rec -c 1 -r 16k sample.wav trim 0 5 # make audio track file
flac -o sample.flac --best --tag=TRACKNUMBER=2 --tag=ARTIST=ABBA --tag=ALBUM=Arrival --tag=TITLE='Dancing Queen' --tag=ALBUMARTIST=
ABBA sample.wav

(result)

• Plex Music Library added above track (it’s OK)
• Plex Information of above item is
  • (Album) Artist: Various Artists (NOT ABBA)
  • (Track) Artist: Nothing to Displayed (NOT ABBA)
  • Album: Arrival (it’s OK)
  • Title: Dancing Queen (it’s OK)
  • Track: 2 (it’s OK)

[OttoKerner]

@spreadingwholefear

(Album) Artist: Various Artists (NOT ABBA)

Where are the files stored, which constitute this album?
The folder structure is also of great importance in Plex.
Are all files in the folder properly tagged?
Are all files in this folder belonging to the same album, by the same artist?

[spreadingwholefear]

Thanks OttoKerner,
Your advice worked it fine. Thanks!

Are all files in this folder belonging to the same album, by the same artist?

That’s the point.
The audio track file I created was properly tagged, and Artist/Album folder was properly made, but garbage file ‘sample.wav’ as in previous example was in the same album folder and it caused the problem. I just put only an flac file in Artist/Album folder, Plex recognized as wll.

Thanks, for your kind !!