Plex in Music Libraries in 2023... updates?

[OttoKerner]

@B-Bye

Is there not an upper level Artist view - that one can drill down on to show artist albums?

Of course there is. Just switch the library view to Artists.

@B-Bye

Is there on-line help that describes EXACTLY what PLEX does in scanning libraries? Otherwise, there will be so many cases or exceptions that it will be overwhelming to sort out.

It is best to stick to

1. the folder structure shown here: https://support.plex.tv/articles/200265296-adding-music-media-from-folders/
2. put complete metadata in your files. Of particular importance are the AlbumArtist tags.

I’ve written the same stuff so many times that I’ll only put some links in here:

Loads of compilation albums matching as "Joy Division"

Your folder organization needs changing. Always stick to /Music <-- Plex music library points here /Albumartist /Albumtitle 01 - trackartist - tracktitle.ext 02 - trackartist - tracktitle.ext 03 - trackartist - tracktitle.ext I see you have an arbitrary folder level by “date” in there, which might confuse Plex. The above folder structure is also needed for compilations. The only difference is that Albumartist = “Various Artists”. ALL tracks within the fold…

Plex, Musicbrainz and multiple releases of the same album

There is no alternative to this option if you want several releases of the same album and want to see the literal album and track titles from your embedded metatags. Yes, it has some potential to mess things up, if your files are missing “album artist” meta tags your files are not stored in the recommended folder structure you have albums with different (or no) “album artist” stored inside the same artist folder

Manual Album Artist Changes Unmatches Music

All music in Plex should be stored in a folder structure /Music /Album Artist /Album Title 01 - title.mp3 02 - title.mp3 03 - title.mp3 Even in the light of this release note Plex Media Server - #439 by drzoidberg33 (Music) If a single directory appears to have multiple albums, match them all. I’d still keep the albums by different album artists separated into different “artist folders”. Particularly if you enable Prefer local metadata.

Music compilations, file metatdata, what Plex needs to discover and show them

Plex currently requires you to store all albums in a folder structure like this: /music /album artist /album title 01. track artist - track title.ext 02. track artist - track title.ext 03. track artist - track title.ext ... This applies to sampler albums as well, because Plex currently has no concept of “sampler”/“compilation” albums. Which requires the use of “Album Artist” together with “Album Title” as the unifying properties of a sampler album. …