MUSIC - MP3 file info strangeness

Server Version#: 4.22.2
Player Version#: .10.0.1208-daa6b641

Any ideas where it is pulling the DISPLAY TITLE from? I have an extensive library of music - and all have been processed with MP3TAG to make sure they are as complete as possible.

Thanks,
bh

Annoying - Ain’t it?

An Ongoing Annoyance-1

It is
 Have not tried my FLAC files yet. :crazy_face:

bh

One could ask what version of the tag plex is using.

Agreed. I think my files are all IDv2 Tags.

I was very diligent when I ripped over 400 CDs to my library to make sure that everything was accurate.

bh

Try copying a few to v1.2 so you’re tagged with both and see which plex picks up on.

Brian,

I will give that a try.

Just imported some .FLAC files. They do the same thing.

bh

Not familiar with flac

MediaInfo from one the .FLAC files:

Version:1.0 StartHTML:000000220 EndHTML:000003809 StartFragment:000000331 EndFragment:000003777 StartSelection:000000331 EndSelection:000003777 SourceURL:file:///C:/Users/curti/AppData/Local/Temp/MI_13A.tmp.html

General

Complete name : D:\OLD_MUSIC_FOLDER\Styx\Greatest Hits\01 Lady '95.flac
Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
File size : 19.1 MiB
Duration : 3 min 5 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 862 kb/s
Album : Greatest Hits
Album/Performer : Styx
Track name : Lady '95
Track name/Position : 1
Track name/Total : 16
Performer : Styx
Composer : Dennis DeYoung; Gerald Veasley; Raphael Saadiq
Genre : Rock
Recorded date : 1995
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpeg
Comment : Cleaned up track names
PUBLISHER : A&M
WM/UNIQUEFILEIDENTIFIER : AMGa_id=R 219200;AMGp_id=P 5550;AMGt_id=T 982563
WM/WMCOLLECTIONGROUPID : {5C11E7EA-F0C7-4F65-8BC9-1E9E64921027}
WM/WMCOLLECTIONID : {5C11E7EA-F0C7-4F65-8BC9-1E9E64921027}
WM/WMCONTENTID : {DBC68990-B07E-41ED-9B05-D1CC08A82D96}

Audio

Format : FLAC
Format/Info : Free Lossless Audio Codec
Duration : 3 min 5 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 860 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Compression mode : Lossless
Stream size : 19.0 MiB (100%)
Writing library : libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)

Here is the MediaInfo from the .MP3 I posted earlier:

Version:1.0 StartHTML:000000220 EndHTML:000005242 StartFragment:000000331 EndFragment:000005210 StartSelection:000000331 EndSelection:000005210 SourceURL:file:///C:/Users/curti/AppData/Local/Temp/MI_13A.tmp.html

General

Complete name : E:\MUSIC\Various Artists\Absolute Chillout Summer\01 - Walking on Sunshine.mp3
Format : MPEG Audio
File size : 6.33 MiB
Duration : 5 min 7 s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 171 kb/s
Album : Absolute Chillout Summer
Album/Performer : Various Artists
Album/Performer/Sort : Various Artists
Part/Position : 1
Part/Total : 1
Track name : Walking on Sunshine
Track name/Position : 1
Compilation : Yes
Performer : DEA
Performer/Sorted by : DEA
Publisher : EVA Records
Genre : Easy Listening
Original/Released date : 2007
Recorded date : 2007-06-13
Writing library : LAME3.97
Cover : Yes
Cover type : Cover (front)
Cover MIME : image/jpeg
Media Type : CD
SCRIPT : Latn
originalyear : 2007
MusicBrainz Album Type : album/compilation
MusicBrainz Album Artist Id : 89ad4ac3-39f7-470e-963a-56509c546377
MusicBrainz Artist Id : bf5fd1b3-aa24-4d1b-b8f4-6e2bcb778620
BARCODE : 094639369126
CATALOGNUMBER : EVACD 5107
Artists : DEA
MusicBrainz Release Track Id : 2773bee0-2666-35d7-9f0d-ff9977e6f65c
MusicBrainz Release Group Id : 5e7c90d5-2a4a-355f-aa79-9be7937b6375
MusicBrainz Album Id : 9b7b5612-5659-4fee-8f12-30cf18d871fb
MusicBrainz Album Status : official
MusicBrainz Album Release Country : SE

Audio

Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Format settings : Joint stereo
Duration : 5 min 7 s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 171 kb/s
Minimum bit rate : 32.0 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 kHz
Frame rate : 38.281 FPS (1152 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Replay gain : -8.1 dB
Replay gain peak : -1.000000
Stream size : 6.28 MiB (99%)
Writing library : LAME3.97
Encoding settings : -m j -V 2 -q 3 -lowpass 18.6 --vbr-new -b 32

Does any one know HOW to find out which ID3TAG that field is looking for?

Would be nice if there was a chart for PLEX - as to which fields get populated in the METADATA reads from the various files.

I am one of those people that hates - INCOMPLETE data. :slight_smile:

bh

The “Display Title” is currently composed of the “language” tag on the stream and its codec.
Since a language tag on pure audio files is pretty much unknown, it will always display ‘Unknown’ for your music.
This “display title” is mainly intended for audio streams inside of video files, where it is good practice to tag the language of the stream.

Ignore it in music files.

OttoKerner,

TAG ??? Is that something that I can set someplace?

Like the LIBRARY EDIT (for the file - where you can change GENRE, etc.)?

I will look in MP3TAG and see if that field is there.

bh

p.s. With all this COVID-19 (work from home) - I have tons of things that I can now do on my Media Server. :smiley:

You cannot tag the language in many audio file containers. And even if you could, it is questionable if Plex will bother to read it, since it is mainly useless with music.

OK - Thanks for the SOLUTION.

I should not be so an*l-retentive about such things.

bh

When what might be 85% of your life is over and you’ve not been able ‘get used to’ some things within Plex - join the club.

The correct response from Plex would be to simply not look at MUSIC files so it can’t show ‘Unknown’, but apparently that news will NEVER reach those who could fix it.

USERS are the ONLY group that seem to care about this - and Plex clearly does not care about this.

PLEX should ignore it in music files, you have it the wrong way around.

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Bingo - another user with the correct response.
(there’s ‘more than’ a million of us - and ALL of us know how to correct ‘the problem’ - Will Plex ever get it? Stay Tuned)

Plex has drilled into us the virtue of setting language tags (some of us didn’t need drilling on the matter as ‘Unknown’ 'causes violent allergic reactions) - and now Plex is displaying ‘Unknown’ in a place we can’t fix - and the ‘Solution’ is to ‘not worry about it’?

Horse Nuggets to that, I say.
Fresh, Steaming Horse Nuggets.

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