# Plex music codec question

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-codec-question/746621>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [September 28, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-codec-question/746621 "2021-09-28T13:52:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![jspurgeon09](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/jspurgeon09/32/322233_2.png) [@jspurgeon09](https://forums.plex.tv/u/jspurgeon09)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-codec-question/746621/1 "2021-09-28T13:52:12Z")

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Quick music codec question

Why does ALAC files show song and artist like this.

 ![Screenshot_20210928-094533_Plexamp](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/a/5/a51564141c43ce33e349908ea797e3ac24506d31.jpeg)

But FLAC doesn’t it just shows song title like 2nd pic. Just curious is there something to turn on off or what.

 ![Screenshot_20210928-094541_Plexamp](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/7/c/7c11a7ae53fec62ca6144dc12e29c8c907e0adc1.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![FlaTechNole21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FlaTechNole21](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FlaTechNole21)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-codec-question/746621/2 "2021-09-28T16:31:02Z")

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The m4a ALAC files have additional metadata in them with an additional track artist field that’s being used by Plex. FLAC doesn’t have that metadata.

There should be an option in the library settings to not use file metadata. I can’t remember exactly

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-codec-question/746621/3 "2021-09-28T19:41:22Z")

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> [@FlaTechNole21](#):
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> FLAC doesn’t have that metadata.

Of course it does. That doesn’t mean it is always populated in every file, though.

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**Author:** ![FlaTechNole21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@FlaTechNole21](https://forums.plex.tv/u/FlaTechNole21)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-codec-question/746621/4 "2021-09-28T20:23:08Z")

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I was referring to the OPs FLAC files.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-music-codec-question/746621/5 "2021-12-27T20:23:27Z")

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