Option to refresh music album metadata

[b_bradbury_unsw_edu_au]

I gather that Plex media server does not refresh music metadata when the tags in the source file are changed. Eg as discussed here;

Plex Windows Server does not refresh music album metadata

Server Version#: Version 1.13.9.5456 Check for Updates Up to date Player Version#: not applicable The server does not refresh metadata. The circles in the middle of posters are rotating, but the metadata is not refreshed. This applies to both - the whole library, or individual albums. All my tags are done in Mp3tag . Most metadata is respected and shown correctly, but when something needs to be changed, it does not work. Very frustrating. I also have an interesting case where incorre…

Can this option be enabled? Currently, I’m having to delete my whole music library and recopy it to the server regularly (as I fix the metadata).

[OttoKerner]

@b_bradbury_unsw_edu_au

I’m having to delete my whole music library and recopy it to the server regularly

That’s the nuclear option.
Use the The Plex Dance ™ instead.

Also, this is a duplicate request.

[Feature Request]: Auto Plex Dance Metadata Refresh

I would like to see a Plex Dance feature added to some future version of PMS. “Think how you would explain this feature to someone who has never thought of it. Keeping in mind that the majority of people using Plex are not advanced users, is this a feature that only you and a small number of other advanced users would use or is it something that will be used by a majority of the userbase? Can your mother, father, wife, husband, sister, brother, grandmother, or grandfather use this feature wit…