# Plex splits music albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Plex Media Server\ **Tags:** server-windows\ **Created:** [October 22, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-splits-music-albums/892996 "2024-10-22T06:11:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yari\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a3d4f5/32.png) [@yari\_z](https://forums.plex.tv/u/yari_z)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-splits-music-albums/892996/1 "2024-10-22T06:11:08Z")
Server Version#:1.28 Player Version#: I have a collection of classical music CDs. They were ripped and manage on my computer with MusicBee software. I use the MusicBee as a player on my computer. For hearing music on my Home Theatre System I want to use Plex through my TV set that is connected to my home theatre system. However, Plex splits most of my albums. I do not know why they split. The tag info on all tracks is identical (except track name) In the Plex advanced settings I check “prefer local metadata” Please help ![Plex](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/a/4/9/a49b12b11ce41f5fbb7ed9276517bc9593e5d4f9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-splits-music-albums/892996/2 "2024-10-22T08:22:54Z")
When it comes to identifying an album as a single entity, Plex is using a combination of album title and album artist. If you’ve set the same album title but no album artist and possibly different track artists, those will be identified as different albums. ---
**Author:** ![yari\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a3d4f5/32.png) [@yari\_z](https://forums.plex.tv/u/yari_z)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-splits-music-albums/892996/3 "2024-10-22T11:20:30Z")
Thanks Tom but this is not the case. All tracks have the exact same album artist name and album title: Here is an example: ![Plex1](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/1/c/a/1ca40e135fbe9ffc4c09b27a47651392ea2995c3.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-splits-music-albums/892996/4 "2024-10-22T12:36:55Z")
What does Plex list as `grandparentTitle` and `parentTitle` if you open the media details for those tracks (`⋮` \> `Get Info` → `View XML`)? ---
**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:** [October 22, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-splits-music-albums/892996/5 "2024-10-22T13:11:58Z")
1. Seeing that this is a multi-disc album: is the disc number tagged properly in _all_ files of that album? 2. Don’t use the `xx/yy` notation for track number/total tracks. There is a separate metatag for the total track count of the disc. (the same applies to disc number, btw.) ---
**Author:** ![yari\_z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a3d4f5/32.png) [@yari\_z](https://forums.plex.tv/u/yari_z)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-splits-music-albums/892996/6 "2024-10-22T14:02:52Z")
Tom All the tracks in all the splits have exactly the same `grandparentTitle` and `parentTitle` prameters. Here is a paste from 3 different tracks in 3 different splits of the same album: Split 1 = grandparentTitle=“Bartok” parentTitle=“Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches,Two Pictures” Split 2 = grandparentTitle=“Bartok” parentTitle=“Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches,Two Pictures” Split 3 = grandparentTitle=“Bartok” parentTitle=“Divertimento, Dance Suite, Hungarian Sketches,Two Pictures” As you can see all 3 are the same. Otto The sample I gave is from one album on one CD as for the xx/yy notation for tracks: it is the same for all albums and some of the albums are split and some are not. All the tags are made by the MusicBee software. The display on the Musicbee desktop is perfect with no splits. So there must be some other reason for Plex to split the albums Thanks Yari ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-splits-music-albums/892996/7 "2025-01-20T14:03:12Z")
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