# Opus metadata? **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** scanner-agent-dev\ **Created:** [December 9, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/opus-metadata/170462 "2016-12-09T16:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Parsnippu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@Parsnippu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Parsnippu)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/opus-metadata/170462/1 "2016-12-09T16:37:00Z")
Does Plex not support opus metadata out of the box (or at all)? Anything opus I throw in my server just comes up as [unknown artist] [unknown album]. This seems baffling considering you apparently transcode to opus, surely you are not throwing metadata away in the transcoding process? You already support Vorbis comments in ogg files, can you not do the same with opus? If I’m misinformed, please point me to the right direction, but as it is right now, plex is pretty useless to me without opus metadata. ---
**Author:** ![ZeroQI](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/zeroqi/32/6522_2.png) [@ZeroQI](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ZeroQI)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/opus-metadata/170462/2 "2016-12-12T06:51:35Z")
> **[.opus scanner?](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/162846/opus-scanner)** > > Does anyone know of a scanner that works for .opus files? I have quite a few that I want to add to my Library, but plex has been fighting me at every turn. I know you can add a new audio\_ext to AudioFiles.py, but this soon gets overwritten. When it... > **[Opus Audio Codec](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/70734/opus-audio-codec)** > > Hello Plex Team,   The Opus Codec could be very interesting for you. The codec comparison between AAC and Opus looks very good.   Source: opus-codec.org Overview Opus is a totally open, royalty-free, highly versatile audio codec. Opus... The first link has all that’s needed to write a music scanner, if somebody is motivated ---
**Author:** ![Parsnippu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ebca7d/32.png) [@Parsnippu](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Parsnippu)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/opus-metadata/170462/3 "2016-12-13T00:24:49Z")
Pretty new to Plex, so sorry if this is a dumb question. Are scanners specifically for metadata? Unfortunately I’m pretty useless when it comes to coding anything. Looking at the Plex installed files, there’s already a oggopus.py in the mutagen folder that seems like it should get the metadata out of the files. Maybe it’s bugged? ---
**Author:** ![ZeroQI](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/zeroqi/32/6522_2.png) [@ZeroQI](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ZeroQI)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/opus-metadata/170462/4 "2016-12-20T12:06:53Z")
The fact the file is there doesn’t mean it is actively used, but it sure makes adding the support easier… Scanners are for adding media to plex, could include short meta: artist, album, title, album\_artist, song index, disc For tv series for example, the scanner give the serie name, year, season, episode and ep title (although default scanner leave it empty) and the agent recover the pictures, fanart, ep summary, serie summary, etc… ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/opus-metadata/170462/5 "2020-01-08T20:00:46Z")