On the release notes for Plex Media Server 1.27.2.5929 I see that Musicbrainz release type tags (album, compilation, single, etc) will be supported. How will Plex determine the release type if there are multiple tags? I usually use MusicBrainz Picard to populate metadata directly from MB, and ofte…

Can you post the XML for that track so I can see what PMS read?

How can you override both primary and secondary release types if only one tag is read?

Sorry, I misunderstood the change. We read a Release Type and a sub type. We only use 1 sub type from what I can tell.

As an experiment, before upgrading to this server version, I enabled the Album type option, and refreshed the metadata for an Artist with both albums and compilation albums… The albums were properly divided into compilations and albums. I’m assuming the release type was scraped from MusicBrainz in…

Has anyone managed to get this to work? I’ve manually added the MUSICBRAINZ_ALBUMTYPE tag (set to Single) for a few singles I have that aren’t in Musicbrainz, with the understanding that Plex will now read my own tag (it’s set to prefer local metadata). But I’ve refreshed metadata, and done the Plex…

I don’t think it works neither. Must be a secret tag none of can find.

Doesn’t work here either: mp3 + id3v2.4. ffmpeg output (ffmpeg -i file.mp3) gives: MusicBrainz Album Type: album/compilation so the tag is definitely there, but PMS 1.27.2.5929 doesn’t pick it up when I do Refresh Metadata.

The Release type is the main type and the subtype is a more specific type. Plex follows what MBZ uses, Release Group / Type - MusicBrainz . You need to use a semicolon to separate them. The release type is required, the sub type is optional. release type;sub-type You need to check the XML for th…

Hey there. I have a library that I curate all metadata for albums and tracks myself. I don’t use any of the online scanner or agent services to help categorize anything, and was very excited to hear I could use MusicBrainz tags for extra metadata like release type. I have updated my Plex Media Serve…

Plex Media Server 1.27.2.5929 - support for release type embedded tags

Plex Media Server Metadata & Adding Files

Weirdomusic July 4, 2022, 9:33pm 9

Nope, I can’t get it to work either. Refreshing metadata, Plex dance, setting up a new test library, nothing works.

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Plex Media Server 1.27.2.5929 - support for release type embedded tags

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