Hi, I just started (as a test) to use Plex as an Upnp server for music have have noticed something very upsetting. I have an CD by Frida (Anni-Frid from Abba) called “Djupa andetag”, it is by Frida, but in Plex it shows up as being by “Anni-Frid Lyngstad”. I probably have more like that, and also…

Plex gets this data from musicbrainz.org . On their repository, “Frida” is listed as an alias of “Anni-Frid Lyngstad” Frida - Aliases - MusicBrainz The release/album you’ve mentioned has listed “Frida” as its artist – though Plex will be using the artist’s main name. Release “Djupa andet…

Thank you for the explanation. I can see that Plex will not be my upnp server, if it can’t keep to the IDv2/3 tags then it’s not really much use for people who collect music (or takes tagging seriously). I’ll just continue to use minimserver, not a big issue, I had just hoped that I could cut down…

Thanks that was what I was looking for - just could not find it. Cheers.

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beckfield October 25, 2021, 4:46pm 4

If your embedded tags are in good shape, you can configure Plex to prefer them. I don’t think this will affect the album type issue, since I don’t think there’s an ID3 tag for that.

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