Two albums created from one

[TheLooks]

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Everytime I use Win media player to rip a CD Pllex makes 2 albums but one only has the first song in it. 2 thru whatever are in another…

[OttoKerner]

Are you ripping directly into a folder which is being “watched” by Plex?
Don’t. Always rip all tracks, rename them, check metadata in a separate folder, outside of a Plex library. Only after, that move the complete album folder into a Plex library.

In order for Plex to recognise a bunch of tracks as belonging to the same album, you need to:

• put all tracks into the same folder
• give all tracks identical content in the ‘AlbumArtist’ and ‘AlbumTitle’ metatags. If ‘track number’ and ‘Disc number’ meta tags are present, they should be present in all files of the album.
• even if you use correct meta tags, do also use file names and a folder structure according to this guide: https://support.plex.tv/articles/200265296-adding-music-media-from-folders/

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Here are some more tips regarding music

multi-disc albums

Organizing Music - Soundtracks and Various Artists (Hit collections)

I am going to do a bit of copy/paste of posts I did in the Plex Pass only forums: ===== 1.“Various Artists” is the usual choice for ‘Sampler’ style albums. There may be exceptions for ‘collaboration’ albums which are credited to all participating artists on the album cover. 2. use the title of the single as it appears on the cover. You can augment that information with (CDM) or (single) or (Maxi) or (EP) as it fits. If it is a genuine release, Gracenote should have no problem identifying it. …

handling singles and EP’s
https://forums.plex.tv/t/best-way-to-add-album-singles-ep-to-a-premium-music-library/128108/8

possible ‘side car’ files for music

Music Album artwork

Little tip: If you have lots of bootlegs etc. you want to bring your embedded metatags into order first. Then you need to have the Local Media Assets agent in top position. I wouldn’t trust last.fm to fetch correct info about bootlegs and special editions of albums, like those recent expanded re-releases of Zappa albums. Put as much info into the meta tags as possible. Put a cover art inside the album folder and you should be good. Makes sure to set at least ‘AlbumArtist’ and ‘AlbumTitle’ to…

soundtracks and ‘various artists’

Plex Folder View - folder.jpg not recognized?

@naddel81 said: album view does not work properly, because if you have various artists on an album (most cases) then it shows them as “various artists” instead of the album name. folder view would be the best option and I guess it has been asked before. is it too hard to implement? You can put what you like into the AlbumArtist meta tag, if you don’t like it to appear under VA. You could use the game title or the game developer or the game ‘universe’ (if you have several albums which fit in…

[TheLooks]

I am ripping into Win media player and Plex imports them. This started after a Plex update. …Do I make a change in Media player or plex?

[OttoKerner]

@TheLooks

I am ripping into Win media player

You let WMP rip into a folder, on your hard drive.
If you have pointed Plex to that very same folder, then weird things can happen, as you have seen.

If you don’t want to separate the folders of WMP and Plex, then do at least disable the automatic library update of Plex. To prevent Plex from scanning a half-ripped album.
(Settings - Server - Library)

[TheLooks]

Thank you, that I can do. This did not happen previously as I ripped over 100 cd’s over a year ago. Just happening.