I have a specific release which I’ve linked to the relevant entry from MusicBrainz, and all the tracks have also been tagged with the correct MB metadata. This release is a single, and this reflects on both MB and the all the files’ local metadata.
However, it keeps being grouped under the albums section instead of the singles.
I found another thread which recommended removing the single, clearing the library cache, doing the Plex dance, etc, etc. Even after all of that, re-adding it does not nothing to remedy the situation. It’s still showing under the albums section.
This is not a new single (it’s from 1991) and it’s been on MB since 2018, so it has nothing to do with the data needing to sync across or anything like that.
Is this just something I need to live with, or is there something else I can/should do to try and fix it?
Seems similar to my issue, but I’ve confirmed that the files for that release only contain a single RELEASETYPE of Single, and the related records on MusicBrainz have exactly the same values since I’ve tagged the data from there.
If I run into others that exhibit this behaviour while retagging all the files in my library, I’ll at least know it’s not an isolated incident.
I too am having trouble with the release type. I’ve checked a track, its a single and the metadata is embedded in the track, you can see from the screenshot below.
I don’t see this called out in plex as a single. Checking the xml I also don’t see the release type information. XML attached below … 42071.zip (1.1 KB)
Running server Version 1.27.2.5929 and have Prefer local metadata enabled.
That is the XML for the track. You need to check the album level. Call up the XML again, in the URL find the ratingKey value near the front of the URL, replace the value with the parentKey from the XML.
To double check Plex is using the embedded tag instead of online metadata, I changed the “Release Type” to other and it no longer showed up as a single.
Gold star @SwiftPanda16 , that was it. I was to focused on the library settings and didn’t recheck my global server settings which has the group by disabled.