Hi - looking for some clarity on if this is possible or not. I read some of the old post around this topic but not really sure I understand what is possible today, some posts mentions it’s solved but I am probably doing something wrong as it’s not working for me Basically, how do I need to tag mult…

I think there is a bug in ffmpeg, which is used in Plex, which prevents it from reading more than the first parameter in a tag in an MP3 file. I have seen others report exactly this FLAC/MP3 discrepancy before and that was the explanation at that time. It’s been like this for a long time and I woul…

Here’s a thread about the ffmpeg bug. It looks like someone from Plex submitted a fix to ffmpeg, but it doesn’t appear to have been implemented: [image] Only one embedded genre tag being read Metadata & Adding Files Server Version#: Version 1.27.0.5849 Player Version#: V…

Thanks for the background. That genre thread is an interesting read.

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beckfield December 5, 2022, 4:59pm 3

Here’s a thread about the ffmpeg bug. It looks like someone from Plex submitted a fix to ffmpeg, but it doesn’t appear to have been implemented:

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