MusicBrainz is difficult to use. In addition, there are rare syncing issues where Plex does not reflect the Release Type on MusicBrainz. I propose a Feature Suggestion, a single dropdown field that would allow for a manual Release Type edit. The new feature would probably require 20 or fewer lines…

Hey, mate! I’m having quite a challenging time sorting my library out too, especially with this option on. How were you able to apply said tag? Any directions you could give me to get started? Thanks in advance.

Yeah, the manual process to perform an edit can be troublesome for sure. The appropriate Tag to modify is “Release Type”: [release_type_tag] As you can see from the image above, the Release Type Tag accepts multiple values. Plex will use programmed logic to determine which value to focus on. The…

So I gave Picard a try and it did absolutely nothing. I have a fan-compilation EP (4 tracks) of Alice In Chains that Plex just sets as an Album… even though it’s an EP. So I followed your steps and downloaded Picard. Because I had to do this manually (I’m not adding a fan comp to Musicbrainz), I add…

Honestly, everyone’s effort should pause until Plex allows a SIMPLE override and allows us to FIX and APPLY our very own. It’s no freakin different when loads of my bootlegs and white labels come up as UNMATCHED. I rather have them scanned as UNMATCHED than have to manually edit a Picard entry ORRRR…

Yeah, I agree with you all. It’s about time Plex allowed us to just edit our OWN library the way we desire to do so.

You all make strong points. Thank you @jimmyRRpage_gmail_com for highlighting the steep learning curve involved with the manual edit process. There are many reasons why Plex would not accept a Release Type edit. It would take a while to go over the possibilities of what went wrong and how to correc…

I can’t even think about actually using the “group by” feature until I can just edit it manually. I’ve disabled it and chances are it’s gonna stay that way, given how old this issue is. It should just be a local field for the Album. It can still pull from Musicbrainz to set the default, but not bei…

This feature is needed and would be very welcome since the MusicBrainz functionality is unable to be used by Plex. The Release type in MB seams to be completely disregarded or applied randomly to the Plex database. I for one would welcome this feature. Thank you.

Just adding my voice to saying this needs to be implemented. Just one of many examples: https://musicbrainz.org/release/3c5b65b4-1837-4016-a479-7778f6047421 That is listed as a single in musicbrainz but still lists as an album in plex and there is no way to change it. I think pulling by default fr…

You can change it yourself, since somewhere mid last year Plex will read the RELEASETYPE (TXXX:MusicBrainz Album Type in id3v2) tag and it will override whatever’s in Musicbrainz. If you tag your release with, “single”, Plex will pick that up with a Refresh Metadata action.

Music Release Type (Category) - Manual Edit - #57 by tom80H - Feature Suggestions

Topic		Replies	Views	Activity
New Feature: Albums / Single & EPs / Live Albums Plex Players plex-web , plexamp , library-management	131	4867	April 21, 2022
Plex Media Server 1.27.2.5929 - support for release type embedded tags Metadata & Adding Files server-windows	105	6752	May 14, 2023
Improvements for Plex Music (How to make Plex Music great again) Feature Suggestions	44	2634	October 11, 2022
[How-To] Album Types and Editing MusicBrainz Tips, Tricks & How-Tos tipstricks	14	3286	December 15, 2021
Set Music TYPE by myself General Discussions server-docker	2	82	August 25, 2023

New Feature: Albums / Single & EPs / Live Albums

Plex Players

plex-web , plexamp , library-management

131

4867

April 21, 2022

Plex Media Server 1.27.2.5929 - support for release type embedded tags

Metadata & Adding Files

server-windows

105

6752

May 14, 2023

Improvements for Plex Music (How to make Plex Music great again)

Feature Suggestions

44

2634

October 11, 2022

[How-To] Album Types and Editing MusicBrainz

Tips, Tricks & How-Tos

tipstricks

14

3286

December 15, 2021

Set Music TYPE by myself

General Discussions

server-docker

2

82

August 25, 2023

Music Release Type (Category) - Manual Edit

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