These are simple file/folder players. Plex is not like that. It tries to build a database structure, to provide you with the ability to generate automated play lists and explore your music collection in various ways.
These are the basics of music in Plex which cannot be circumvented:
All audio tracks in Plex are a member of a “release” (read: “album”, “single”, “EP” etc.)
Each release/album in Plex is assigned to one “Album Artist”.
(individual tracks of an album can each have their own “Artist”)
Samplers/“Best Of” compilations etc. are just like regular albums. The only difference is that a compilation album usually has “Various Artists” as its “Album Artist”.
If you want your albums not to be split into part-albums, you better assign track numbers to each track.
Plex doesn’t have support for the “folder full of unsorted tracks”.
Plex doesn’t read m3u playlist files.
Plex doesn’t need a playlist file in order to import an album. An album in Plex is defined by the folder structure, and by the embedded meta tags “Album Artist” and “Album Title”.
