# Scanner or Metadata Agent? **URL:** \ **Category:** Dev/API Corner\ **Tags:** scanner-agent-dev\ **Created:** [February 25, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-or-metadata-agent/227001 "2018-02-25T22:43:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Travillion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/travillion/32/89698_2.png) [@Travillion](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Travillion)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2018, 10:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-or-metadata-agent/227001/1 "2018-02-25T22:43:37Z")
I would like Plex to read my music track ratings embedded in a metadata tag upon import and write the corresponding track rating to Plex’s music database. Would this be a custom scanner or Metadata Agent? ---
**Author:** ![ZeroQI](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/zeroqi/32/6522_2.png) [@ZeroQI](https://forums.plex.tv/u/ZeroQI)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-or-metadata-agent/227001/2 "2018-02-26T14:01:16Z")
Duplicate of [https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/310059/scanner-or-metadata-agent#latest](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/310059/scanner-or-metadata-agent#latest) ---
**Author:** ![Travillion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/travillion/32/89698_2.png) [@Travillion](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Travillion)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2018, 11:28pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-or-metadata-agent/227001/3 "2018-02-26T23:28:29Z")
> @ZeroQI said: > Duplicate of [https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/310059/scanner-or-metadata-agent#latest](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/310059/scanner-or-metadata-agent#latest) Yes, I apologize. I was posting from my phone and it got stuck and then double-posted. I could edit but could not delete the post from my phone. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/scanner-or-metadata-agent/227001/4 "2020-01-08T20:07:12Z")