[Note this is an updated edit of the original post]
This issue has been an ongoing issue with Plex and ‘music’ files since i started using Plex many many many years ago
i have thousands of music files and audio files. These are recordings i make - they are not popular music that is available on the internet in another streaming service so the data can be downloaded via any other music services.
i have been doing this for over 10 years and i know how to tag and organize files into folders according to plex guidelines.
this is not the issue. I have libraries that are set up and have not had changes to them and they are fine.
the issue is that i am constantly adding to many of my libraries. WEEKLY i will be adding files to many existing libraries.
the files are either added to existing libraries under ALBUMS (folders on my storage devices under a top level folder corresponding to the library name.)
Often i will need to create a new album/folder and files added under it in an existing library.
So the files are tagged and moved to the correct folder/library on my storage devices and then either the scheduled scan should read them and add them or if there is no scan running i will manually scan the library.
the problem is that the Library Scan does not update consistently or correctly according to the data in the file - using either the ID3 tags and/or the filename.
I am constantly having to go and sort thru to see what didnt work. Then redo the info on the file in Plex - which really defeats the purpose of having ID3 tags and folder organization.
I have a lot of video files organized in one library and there is rarely an issue with that library … RARELY. however they come in via Sonaar.
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I am really at my wits end with this aspect of PLEX… I dont understand why issues regarding files OTHER then video files are IGNORED by Plex developers.
there have been issues in the past regarding changes and affects on music files that are not 'standard ‘cd album type files’ the Loudness analysis feature was a HUGE issue for me. it took MONTHS and MONTHS for anyone to respond to my posts (i did several over that time) only when a few other users verified the same issue did Plex start to look at it. and eventually fixed it. (the loudness analysis ran on every file with no way to turn it off… i have thousands of music/audio files - my computer was DOA due to the high CPU hit).
so i am used to having issues with music/audio files ignored but this is getting old.
weekly i have to spend several hours checking thru my libraries after i have moved the new files into their libraries - hours looking to see how the files have been categorized (not according to what they should) and then re editing the data.
99% of the time the data in the filename/id3 tag is correct but Plex often ignores it - i can not see any pattern as to why this happens EXCEPT that they are NEWLY ADDED. these are all mp3 files with some wav occasionally.
all the new features are interesting but honestly the plexamp app does me NO GOOD if i cant find files and my newer files.
this is an ongoing issue but it seems there is not much priority for users who have music/audio files that are not ‘standard’ or popular music you can find on spotify or other music services (where the data is brought in via Plex).
