Hi, I just put a new artist in my music library, and there seems to be no way for it to appear in my library. The folder structure and naming convention is correct and follows the Plex rules. The album mp3 tags are all correct The album is also available on last.fm ( http://www.last.fm/music/She+…

If the album name is the same as the artist name, you need to be “■■■■” about the naming rules . Make sure that the embedded AlbumArtist tag is also set. You might want to instruct Plex to give your embedded metatags preference over the informations from last.fm by Settings - Server - Agents - Alb…

Thanks for the detailed reply Otto. So, first of all I have a Premium Music Library and I use this naming convention: Music / Artist/ Album/ xx - Title.mp3 I picked this naming convention following the official documentation (bottom of the page) This naming convention works with every artist …

@AlexKalopsia said: Any idea what else I could try and do? Do like I proposed above, the second variant with the ‘Artist’ subfolder.

Zero luck, still not recognized :S

Which meta tags did you set in your files? May I see a snapshot of the folder with the file and folder names? Did you perform the Plex Dance after the renaming?

Here you go. I also performed the Plex Dance with no result :frowning: [image] [image]

The page on naming conventions prescribes a dash following the track number. You appear to have used periods. Maybe try that?

@beckfield said: The page on naming conventions prescribes a dash following the track number. You appear to have used periods. I can assure you that it is working with periods. It is even less ambiguous than with dash, if you think about it. @AlexKalopsia your file names and metadata are imma…

@beckfield said: The page on naming conventions prescribes a dash following the track number. You appear to have used periods. Maybe try that? My original naming convention was (as stated in the previous post) with the dash. I only changed it following Otto’s instructions @OttoKerner said: …

@AlexKalopsia said: Do you have an email address I can send the files to? Zip them up, then upload them to Google Drive or similar and PM me the download link, please.

What to do if an artist doesn't show up?

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AlexKalopsia October 24, 2016, 6:05pm 7

Here you go. I also performed the Plex Dance with no result

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