Emby don't take customized metadata

[Guest]

To recreate this issue on my end and I think @Eleumas31 as well..

I have a file or album... and it has wrong album art.. the metadata is wrong.. and the filename reflects the metadata.

Say..

Artist featuring The Other Artist - Title.mp3

ID3 TAG'S 

 

ACTIONS

• Fix Artist and Title 

          -Refresh Metadata

          -Search for Missing Metadata

• Fix filename = Artist - Title (feat. The Other Artist).mp3

          -File monitoring already addresses this issue but you may manually 'Refresh'

•  Embed Album Artwork ( From having the wrong Art. )

          -Refresh Metadata - Replace Images

          -Search for Missing Metadata - Replace Images

 

RESULT

EMBY does not see the updated images and reverts to using the old image, also does not register the new metadata. File monitor triggering seems to work in some cases but can leave you with albums that do not come together when the album was changed for the whole album.. but only sees the changes when triggering the file monitor. Image Extraction does not take place like it should. The file(s) do not respond to any more metadata updates.

Artist issues that come into play.. Multiple scans of the entire Library, followed by Refreshing metadata without replacing images and with. Also attempted to find missing metadata, with same options... Some improvement experienced, but still commonly known artist images, backdrops, and logos are missing.. Some will work manually..some refuse to change. Color background is missing and image is clear ( same color as empty backdrop )

I did not attempt editing the file metadata in EMBY like @Eleumas31 has.. But I did try this with a few album artist and trying to identify them. That did not work.

Edited April 29, 2021 by Guest

[Carlo 4330]

Try moving the file/album out of the library, scan, then move it back in.

[Guest]

I think they attempted this as well a couple of times.

For me I would need to delete the entire library and start over.. I have done this with a complete server re-initialization/install with success.

Edited April 29, 2021 by Guest

[Eleumas31 17]

Hi @Hxemby001 very very thanks for have try! 

You have "touched with your hands" my problems.

I have tried to remove Music library and after create a new one but the issue persist.

Now i'm removing Anthology 2015 and i'm trying to follow @cayars advice...

I believe than i will remove Emby from my server and i will install 4.6 beta.

UPDATE:

@cayars nothing is changed  the problem is always the same.

Edited April 29, 2021 by Eleumas31

[Eleumas31 17]

@cayars @Hxemby001 I removed Emby 4.5 and installed 4.6.0.40 beta.

Now the problem is solved. There are only track numbers than don't work. Any idea for solve the issue with track numbers?

PS (personal feedback): these images are terrible. Why don't use a solid background like the theme selected?

Edited April 29, 2021 by Eleumas31

[Carlo 4330]

Check the files that show up without that info and see if they are tagged correctly.  If not fix the tagging and you should be good after a rescan.

[Eleumas31 17]

@cayars My files haven't track number. I have checked with picard and i have scaned the library, but the situation is worsened.  Were been displayed a lot of tracks with the number in Emby. The first time was only 2.

[Luke 37094]

11 minutes ago, Eleumas31 said:

@cayars @Hxemby001 I removed Emby 4.5 and installed 4.6.0.40 beta.

Now the problem is solved. There are only track numbers than don't work. Any idea for solve the issue with track numbers?

PS (personal feedback): these images are terrible. Why don't use a solid background like the theme selected?

Why do you think they're not working? I see track numbers there.

[Carlo 4330]

Looks like the top two are missing the track number.

[Eleumas31 17]

5 minutes ago, Luke said:

Why do you think they're not working? I see track numbers there.

@Luke @cayars Because my tracks no have a track number.  Why there is a track number on Emby?

[Luke 37094]

Just now, Eleumas31 said:

@Luke @cayars Because my tracks no have a track number.  Why there is a track number on Emby?

They must have a track number embedded into the file.

[Eleumas31 17]

@Luke @cayars at the start my files hadn't a track number. After scanned in Emby a track number was been assigned. So i removed a tracks numbers...so, watch the video for understand.

Nothing is changed.

Edited April 29, 2021 by Eleumas31

[Guest]

Did you refresh the page after you were done with the refresh/scan?

[Carlo 4330]

So you are trying to remove them?

Why?

[Eleumas31 17]

@Hxemby001yes, sure! 

@cayarsbecause i don't want a track number and because the tracks with number aren't in alphabetic order.

[Carlo 4330]

So you don't really want an album view but a song view?
Have you tried looking at them that way?

[Eleumas31 17]

Sorry i'm not sure to have understand  this issue is inside album view.

I believe this is a bug in Emby.

[pwhodges 1532]

It is usual to list (and listen to) albums in the track order determined by the artist(s), not alphabetical order.  If you want a different order, you can find that by using folder view.

Paul

[Eleumas31 17]

@pwhodgesyes it's true!  here the problem is other but maybe i have finally solved!

I have open all tracks with MusicBrainz Picard and edited the metatag. After i scanned the library and now all work perfectly.

With some software, it seem than metatag are not delete or edited correctly. 

@Luke @cayars Could be very important inform users if Emby is particular compatible with a specific software.

Edited April 29, 2021 by Eleumas31

[Luke 37094]

Thanks for the feedback.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Eleumas31 said:

@pwhodgesyes it's true!  here the problem is other but maybe i have finally solved!

I have open all tracks with MusicBrainz Picard and edited the metatag. After i scanned the library and now all work perfectly.

With some software, it seem than metatag are not delete or edited correctly. 

@Luke @cayars Could be very important inform users if Emby is particular compatible with a specific software.

I would bet that the files had multiple ID3 or Metadata types embedded.. The original editing software was either setup to only edit one type of tag.. or only compatible with one type of tagging system.. The issue would actually be that the files have multiple tag systems.. and the most recent is the preferred or default.. conflicting or additional information coming from multiple tag types.. This would not necessarily be EMBY's fault.. in that case.. the variable would be seen across multiple programs..

[Happy2Play 8296]

But still seem odd all I did was add the provided album (Anthology 2015) to 4.5.4.0 and 4.6.0.41 without changing anything and it display properly (Windows 10).  As mentioned all track artists appeared and only two tracks had embedded track numbers.

All other tracks have no track numbers.

[Eleumas31 17]

@Hxemby001 yes i know there are more tag type (ID3v1.1, ID3v2.4 etc) i delete all always and update all tag for each song. Is a big work every times!

@Happy2Play my tracks shouldn't have a track number. After scanned by Emby there is track number, comment and genre. so, for now with Picard i edited and seems all is ok. i will have way to try next days...

Edited April 30, 2021 by Eleumas31