I have used MP3Tag to correct and generalize my music files. For some reason in about 1/4 of the files aren’t going where they should. For some reason Plex ignores or doesn’t read the tags and puts them in “Unknown” or “Various” even though they have been fixed. If it were just a few it would be ok, but my 1/4 of my mp3 files is honestly just shy of 11,000 files. Anyone know why the program is picking and choosing here?
If you haven’t already, verify your settings match that of the KB article.
See -
Identifying Music Media using Embedded Metadata
It shows the requirements to use your data.
It also links to the Agents KB article, which shows how to adjust the agent source priority about midway down the article.
Plex uses the ‘Album Artist’ metatag much more than other software.
Whenever you have a folder full of unclassified music
or if you have an album with guest musicians
(i.e. every time when there are different ‘[Track]Artists’ set)
you must set the ‘Album Artist’ meta tag to an identical value for all tracks which make up an album.
After correcting metatags, the Plex Dance “light” is required.
(“light” means, step 4 can be omitted)
Here are some tips regarding music
multi-disc albums
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1050849/#Comment_1050849
handling singles and EP’s
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1093611/#Comment_1093611
possible ‘side car’ files for music
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1319703/#Comment_1319703
soundtracks and ‘various artists’
https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/comment/1472799/#Comment_1472799
