# Set Music TYPE by myself

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-music-type-by-myself/842561
**Category:** General Discussions
**Tags:** server-docker
**Created:** [May 27, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-music-type-by-myself/842561 "2023-05-27T20:12:36Z")
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### Author: ![bookmarker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@bookmarker](https://forums.plex.tv/u/bookmarker)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-music-type-by-myself/842561/1 "2023-05-27T20:12:36Z")

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Something about my music collection not aviable in MusicBrains  
Could I have a tag can let me set it like “Album” “Single/EP” “OST” etc.  
When I set it. I have a most good display in music collection~

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### 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: [May 27, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-music-type-by-myself/842561/2 "2023-05-27T22:15:14Z")

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Plex also supports reading the release type from embedded metadata if you cannot (or don’t want to) modify those entries at their source.

> [@Music Release Type (Category) - Manual Edit](https://forums.plex.tv/t/music-release-type-category-manual-edit/762258/42):
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> Yeah, the manual process to perform an edit can be troublesome for sure. The appropriate Tag to modify is “Release Type”: As you can see from the image above, the Release Type Tag accepts multiple values. Plex will use programmed logic to determine which value to focus on. The pictured example will be classified as a Soundtrack. In order to modify the Release Type Tag, a specialized tag editor program is required. Most influential tags will not appear within an Operating …

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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: [August 25, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/set-music-type-by-myself/842561/3 "2023-08-25T22:15:43Z")

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