# The library - videomusic

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [February 13, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637 "2023-02-13T18:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![winne52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@winne52](https://forums.plex.tv/u/winne52)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637/1 "2023-02-13T18:46:51Z")

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Hello friends. I do not understand how to organize a separate folder for a music video in the library?  
The library is not just music, but video-music.  
I use “Other Video” as my home video library.  
Thank you

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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:** [February 13, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637/2 "2023-02-13T23:45:16Z")

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There’s different ways on how to organize music videos.

If you want to use music videos to enrich an existing music library and your music videos are mainly (all) from artists for which you already have music in that music library… you can organize them as local extras for that music library.

[https://support.plex.tv/articles/205568377-adding-local-artist-and-music-videos/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/205568377-adding-local-artist-and-music-videos/)

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If your music videos are independent from another music library (and you want to keep it that way), you could instead organize them in a movie or other-video type library.  
The other-video type library has the benefit that it won’t try to collect online metadata for your videos… instead you could directly point the library to use embedded metadata (assuming the files are properly tagged).

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**Author:** ![winne52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@winne52](https://forums.plex.tv/u/winne52)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637/4 "2023-02-16T19:29:14Z")

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Thanks for the tip. But it doesn’t work.  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/6/f/9/6f9c9ce707fb148bb5ae6eda06a8085d30ab7b4c.png)  
Plex can’t see this clip.  
But he sees an mp3 file that lies along this path:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/e/e/5eee486d1841e26d2fa991b86c0b85b7113629c1.png)  
I don’t understand what is wrong.  
Thank you

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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:** [February 16, 2023, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637/5 "2023-02-16T20:24:09Z")

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Did you refresh the artist/album metadata?  
Extras are detected by the agent and therefore triggered by refreshing the metadata.

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**Author:** ![winne52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@winne52](https://forums.plex.tv/u/winne52)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637/6 "2023-02-17T16:48:36Z")

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Hello.  
For example, Adele is displayed like this:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/4/c/a/4caa88595913310fb0d95a79060780e6d37b51f5.jpeg)  
MP3 tracks are visible and playable, but they are not recognized. This is weird.  
Here is an example of Karo, she was recognized:  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/4/b/7/4b780bc707eea05cd895c8fda4e6b93387420319.png)  
And here is an example video clip, M Jackson. It is not recognized and the system does not see at all that it is in the music folder  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/5/7/1/571c4adef5cc1275aef6fc3abf8ab02229bb5be4.jpeg)  
If not recognized, I understand.  
Why does not see the mp4 clip, I do not understand.  
Thank you

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**Author:** ![winne52](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@winne52](https://forums.plex.tv/u/winne52)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637/7 "2023-02-17T16:57:49Z")

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Found a problem  
I was inattentive

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/4X/c/e/2/ce296ebb4749d85df881048371214c283bfe47cd.png)  
Here’s what I didn’t take into account  
but the video never appeared, although the mp3 folder appeared and was recognized  
Thank you

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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:** [May 18, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/the-library-videomusic/830637/8 "2023-05-18T16:58:13Z")

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