Music tags for Playlists

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files
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Hi all

Apologies if this has been discussed before, I can’t find any reference to it, or at least, I can’t find any solutions.

I want to be able to create smart playlists based on content in almost any field (other than ‘genre’). The fields available are very limited; the only ones I can see that would be appropriate are ‘Mood’ between trying this Plex doesn’t pick it up.

Ideally, I could create a playlist based on if a field contains ‘xyz’ string. What workarounds exist for this? I’ve tried adding special characters to the end of the ‘title’ but I really don’t like this approach.

Cheers

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What exactly are you trying to filter?
There’s tons of options when it comes to filtering your library and creating a (smart) playlist based on that filter.

As I’m just sitting next to my Plexamp, waiting…

Artist

  • :pencil: Name
  • :label: Genre
  • :label: Style
  • :label: Collection
  • :globe_with_meridians: Country
  • :star: Rating
  • :date: Added
  • :date: Last Played
  • :1234: Plays

Album

  • :pencil: Name
  • :label: Genre
  • :label: Style
  • :label: Mood
  • :label: Format
  • :label: Type
  • :date: Date Released
  • :date: Year Released
  • :date: Decade Released
  • :date: Last Played
  • :1234: Plays
  • :label: Record Label
  • :star: Critic Rating
  • :label: Collection
  • :date: Added

Track

  • :pencil: Name
  • :date: Last Played
  • :date: Last Skipped
  • :1234: Plays
  • :1234: Skips
  • :star: Rating
  • :date: Rated
  • :date: Added
  • :label: Genre
  • :label: Mood
  • :label: Collection
  • :watch: Duration
  • :musical_note: Bitrate
  • :musical_note: Codec
  • :1234: Popularity

Many of those are technical information you cannot edit. You can edit most :label:, :pencil: and :star: attributes.
Anything missing?

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Sorry, I meant edit with an external tagger. I want to add text to a tag so that it can be filtered for a playlist.

4

Are any of the ‘track’ filters editable in an editor tag editor? Except Track Name and Genre?

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I haven’t tested this in some time (years)… I suppose Plex should be able to pick the mood from embedded metadata.

…
Scanning for some other threads, it seems I’m mistaken an Plex might not read mood/style information from embedded metadata.