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chooKcha
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I'm having a problem where emby has create two artists out of one:

Most of the albums are under "<Artist>", but two of the albums are under "The <Artist>"

My folder structure is <Arist> -> <Album (Date)>

All of the albums for this artist are in the same folder.

Why is Emby creating two artists out of one and what are my options to resolve the issue so that Emby shows a single artist?

Thanks!

Happy2Play
Posted

Can you show a specific example?

chooKcha
Posted

Sure:
My music folder has a directory for:
Red Hot Chili Peppers

Emby shows two artists:

Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Posted

HI there, have you taken a look at how your audio files are tagged? They are probably tagged in this manner (inconsistently).

Lessaj
Posted

You'll have to check how some of the media was tagged. I noticed for my RHCP collection that a couple albums had The in the name and I manually changed it.

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chooKcha
Posted
27 minutes ago, Luke said:

HI there, have you taken a look at how your audio files are tagged? They are probably tagged in this manner (inconsistently).

I have not. Excuse my ignorance here.

How do I check the tags and into what files are the tags stored?

user24
Posted
1 hour ago, chooKcha said:

How do I check the tags and into what files are the tags stored?

Hi there, Emby will create Artists from the embedded metadata in your individual music (song) files.

You can find out more basic information here: https://emby.media/support/articles/Music-Naming.html

I'd recommend using Mp3tag (or similar) to check both Artist and Album Artist fields/tags, at a minimum.

If you change the info just within Emby and then rescan you music library later on, then Emby may revert to the original embedded metadata in your files and import this back into your Emby database.

Beyond just the Artist and Album Artist tags, you may want to research MusicBrainz IDs and how these are used by Emby...

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