Blockquote So, the actual issue is that sometimes Plex is not using embedded metadata and not that it’s outright refusing to use them?
Correct. Plex will about once in 100, ignore certain metadata tags. Sometimes it’s the artist tag, sometimes it’s the album tag, sometimes something else. Re-analyzing or refreshing meta data doesn’t help. I have to do the plex dance to get the file recognized properly.
Blockquote Do you have Plex set to do a library scan on changes, every so often or manually? Not sure how your scripts function, but maybe when it’s copying files it’s kicking off a library scan and maybe that’s happening too soon? Maybe try changing it to manual just to see if that helps?
This should not have been the issue but I’ve gone ahead and disabled every auto-scan option I could find. I now only scan the library when I’m sure no downloads or tagging are in progress. Again though, refreshing metadata SHOULD fix the issue if somehow plex were reading the tag before the tag had been completely written.
