I copied a CD I just bought, but failed to notice that during the stage where the media player grabs the information that it got it wrong for some tracks.
So when I copied the music to my drive for Plex, Plex picked up that data which was incorrect.
I then went and updated the tags/file names etc and told Plex to update its library but it fails to update.
How can I force Plex to use the latest tags/file names (what/where does Plex use to determine the song names etc).
Only by performing the Plex Dance
(with music, you can omit step 4 of the Dance, though)
That is a most crap method of updating details.
I actually have a fairly large collection (of which I’m updating the metadata as and when I see its wrong), having to do that for each one I edit is going to be super annoying and very slow.
Wonder why updating library doesn’t actually look for changes and update accordingly.
You can try to Refresh the particular album first, but this doesn’t work for all tags. (especially those which, when changed, would cause the library ‘structure’ to change [i.e. tracks ‘jumping’ Albums or Artists])
yeah I had tried a refresh. It would be great to have a force refresh or similar on a particular album where it wiped what it had and got a fresh copy.
I’ve updated so many metadata tags with a tag scanner that I’m thinking that a reinstall is going to be the easiest option to update everything.
@delp said:
That is a most crap method of updating details.
I actually have a fairly large collection (of which I’m updating the metadata as and when I see its wrong), having to do that for each one I edit is going to be super annoying and very slow.
Yes, the “Plex Dance” is a workaround for a long-standing problem that Plex doesn’t seem to think is a problem. The ‘Refresh’ command should do what you need (the Help even says it will), but it doesn’t.
Ever seen a Jack Russell Terrier with a Rat?
A Jack Russell will let go of the Rat when you ask it (after some initial training exercises). Plex refuses to let go of that bundle so just short of euthanasia, and out of dire necessity, The Plex Dance® was invented.
