Emby Music: A few metadata errors I can't figure out.

[Bigmack3000 84]

So I was able to load about 99% of my music without any issue.  It's all perfectly sorted into Artist and Album folders.  However, a few aren't importing correctly, but I can't find an error in the metadata. 

1) First is "Sigur Ros - ()".  This one I'm almost certain is due to the album title.  Is there a way add this as an acceptable title?

I've also attached two songs from the album in case anyone has an idea what the issue might be.

 

2) Next up is "Gene Simmons - The Vault".  This is an 11 disc collection, however only disc 4 shows up as it's own complete album.  

And it's the only one that shows up under his name.  Even though songs from all the other albums are listed randomly on his page:

Here's all the songs separated into their own folders.  And I have the metadata for all of them as Artist: Gene Simmons, Album Artist: Gene Simmons.  So I can't figure out what's causing this one:

I've attached a Song from Disc 4 and a song from Disc 1.

 

3) Lastly,  it appears that if an artist name has a "w/" in it, it cuts everything off after the slash.  Is this a known thing?  Can it be added as an acceptable way to name artists or should it be avoided?

An example of "Tom Waits w/ Keith Richards":

and "Iggy Pop w/ A Hawk and a Hacksaw":

And here are both of those songs under the album page:

You can see Emby converted "w/" to W as the last name.

 

Thanks!

01 Untitled 1 (Vaka).m4a 02 Untitled 2 (Fyrsta).m4a 1-01 Are You Ready (2011).mp3 4-01 Plaster Caster.mp3

[Carlo 4330]

I would change your SImmons so the Album name is "The Value" and drop the disk part.  Then in the Discnuber field change it to a number such as 1 or 4.

For the () album I would suggest looking this up on MusicBrainz and using the ID number and embedding this in the tracks. 

That should fix those issue.

Let us know how you make out.

[Bigmack3000 84]

6 hours ago, cayars said:

For the () album I would suggest looking this up on MusicBrainz and using the ID number and embedding this in the tracks. 

It attached the correct musicbrainz ids during scanning:

For Simmons, I use the same [Disc] suffix for many albums and have no issues with it:

 

[Luke 37063]

For Simmons, it's exactly what cayars said. If you want it to be one single album in Emby, then all tracks need to be tagged with the same Album name and AlbumArtist name.

For the () album, yes that could be an issue that we might need to look into.

[Bigmack3000 84]

23 minutes ago, Luke said:

For Simmons, it's exactly what cayars said. If you want it to be one single album in Emby, then all tracks need to be tagged with the same Album name and AlbumArtist name.

For the () album, yes that could be an issue that we might need to look into.

I don't want it to be 1 album.  I want all 11 albums separately.  But for some reason only disc 4 is popping up, not the others.

[Bigmack3000 84]

26 minutes ago, Luke said:

For Simmons, it's exactly what cayars said. If you want it to be one single album in Emby, then all tracks need to be tagged with the same Album name and AlbumArtist name.

For the () album, yes that could be an issue that we might need to look into.

Also what about the artist name format?  Can "w/" be added as acceptable, or should I just switch those to "with"?

[Luke 37063]

Got it. So if you want separate albums, then they need to have unique album names in their embedded tags.

And then on top of that, the embedded musicbrainz album id's for the tracks need to either be unique per album, or empty. They just can't all be tagged with the same values.

[Bigmack3000 84]

Each album does currently have a unique name "The Vault [Disc x]".  musicbrainz lists all 15 cds under 1 heading:

https://musicbrainz.org/release/deb61d6f-421c-47d5-b78e-dd772932158e

Also, I tried clearing all the musicbrainz ids with picard, but once I scanned them back in, they were just re added. 

[Carlo 4330]

12 minutes ago, Bigmack3000 said:

Each album does currently have a unique name "The Vault [Disc x]".  musicbrainz lists all 15 cds under 1 heading:

https://musicbrainz.org/release/deb61d6f-421c-47d5-b78e-dd772932158e

Also, I tried clearing all the musicbrainz ids with picard, but once I scanned them back in, they were just re added. 

This is showing 1 album "The Vault" with 15 discs which is why I suggested doing it the way I mentioned so it matches the meta-data provider.

[Bigmack3000 84]

Gotcha.  So musicbrainz ids will overide album tags or folders?

[Luke 37063]

I wouldn't necessarily think of it as an override. The albumartist, album name and musicbrainz album id are all used to determine album uniqueness.

[Bigmack3000 84]

On 7/3/2021 at 2:43 PM, Luke said:

For Simmons, it's exactly what cayars said. If you want it to be one single album in Emby, then all tracks need to be tagged with the same Album name and AlbumArtist name.

For the () album, yes that could be an issue that we might need to look into.

Hey, was the problem with the "()" title able to fixed for a future update yet?

 

Thanks.

[Happy2Play 8281]

22 minutes ago, Bigmack3000 said:

Hey, was the problem with the "()" title able to fixed for a future update yet?

 

Thanks.

The issue I see is Emby pulls both tracks as different mbzalbumids so they appear as two different albums do to different ids.  Tested tracks as is.

Tagging with same id corrects the issue.

 

[Bigmack3000 84]

Every single track lists the same thing in the metadata:

 

 

[Happy2Play 8281]

9 minutes ago, Bigmack3000 said:

Every single track lists the same thing in the metadata:

 

 

Not sure then as I applied the metadata to the tracks and there were all grouped into one album.  Or should I say I allowed mp3tag to identify the album and selected one (since there are 12 versions).

But yes it is a different id then yours.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Happy2Play

[Bigmack3000 84]

do you have a link to that version?  It's a different album id than mine, but maybe that's the problem.  I'll change all the tracks to that one.

[Bigmack3000 84]

It's weird. That album doesn't even have a nfo file pop up:

Even though all the others do:

[Happy2Play 8281]

40 minutes ago, Bigmack3000 said:

do you have a link to that version?  It's a different album id than mine, but maybe that's the problem.  I'll change all the tracks to that one.

This is the version I used.

Release “( )” by Sigur Rós - MusicBrainz

But you have 12 to choose from.

Release group “( )” by Sigur Rós - MusicBrainz

but will test here shortly your id but wouldn't expect different results. @Bigmack3000still grouped using "4b374b09-2e39-47a3-9819-8a0eae21db66".

37 minutes ago, Bigmack3000 said:

It's weird. That album doesn't even have a nfo file pop up:

Even though all the others do:

Yes I have seen issues like this and believe it has been report, but this special character folder is a special case also as it writes to metadata instead of folder.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Happy2Play

[Happy2Play 8281]

@Lukeis it the characters that cause the error.  All I did was select edit metadata on album and hit save. (Same in 4.7)

2021-10-04 19:59:28.042 Error ProviderManager: Error in metadata saver
	*** Error Report ***
	Version: 4.6.4.0
	Command line: C:\Users\Media\Desktop\Stable\system\EmbyServer.dll
	Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10.0.22468
	Framework: .NET Core 3.1.13
	OS/Process: x64/x64
	Runtime: C:/Users/Media/Desktop/Stable/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll
	Processor count: 8
	Data path: C:\Users\Media\Desktop\Stable\programdata
	Application path: C:\Users\Media\Desktop\Stable\system
	System.IndexOutOfRangeException: System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
	   at Emby.Naming.Audio.AlbumParser.ParseMultiPart(String path)
	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.IsMultiDiscAlbumFolderInternal(String path)
	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.IsMultiDiscAlbumFolder(String path)
	   at MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.MusicAlbum.GetAlbumFolderFromMediaPath(String mediaPath)
	   at MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.MusicAlbum.GetMediaContainingFolderPath(LibraryOptions libraryOptions)
	   at NfoMetadata.Savers.AlbumNfoSaver.GetSavePath(BaseItem item, LibraryOptions libraryOptions)
	   at NfoMetadata.Savers.BaseNfoSaver.Save(BaseItem item, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
	   at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.ProviderManager.SaveMetadata(BaseItem item, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, ItemUpdateType updateType, IMetadataSaver[] savers, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
	Source: Emby.Naming
	TargetSite: Emby.Naming.Audio.MultiPartResult ParseMultiPart(System.String)

And I get this for the Artist image.

2021-10-04 19:59:28.105 Error App: Error validating images for Sigur Rós
	*** Error Report ***
	Version: 4.6.4.0
	Command line: C:\Users\Media\Desktop\Stable\system\EmbyServer.dll
	Operating system: Microsoft Windows 10.0.22468
	Framework: .NET Core 3.1.13
	OS/Process: x64/x64
	Runtime: C:/Users/Media/Desktop/Stable/system/System.Private.CoreLib.dll
	Processor count: 8
	Data path: C:\Users\Media\Desktop\Stable\programdata
	Application path: C:\Users\Media\Desktop\Stable\system
	System.IndexOutOfRangeException: System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array.
	   at Emby.Naming.Audio.AlbumParser.ParseMultiPart(String path)
	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.IsMultiDiscAlbumFolderInternal(String path)
	   at Emby.Server.Implementations.Library.LibraryManager.IsMultiDiscAlbumFolder(String path)
	   at MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.MusicAlbum.GetAlbumFolderFromMediaPath(String mediaPath)
	   at MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.Audio.MusicArtist.GetMediaContainingFolderPath(LibraryOptions libraryOptions)
	   at MediaBrowser.LocalMetadata.Images.LocalImageProvider.GetFiles(BaseItem item, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, Boolean includeDirectories, IDirectoryService directoryService)
	   at MediaBrowser.LocalMetadata.Images.LocalImageProvider.GetImages(BaseItem item, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, IDirectoryService directoryService)
	   at System.Linq.Enumerable.SelectManySingleSelectorIterator`2.ToList()
	   at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.ItemImageProvider.ValidateImages(BaseItem item, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, IEnumerable`1 providers, IDirectoryService directoryService)
	   at MediaBrowser.Providers.Manager.MetadataService`2.RefreshMetadata(BaseItem item, MetadataRefreshOptions refreshOptions, LibraryOptions libraryOptions, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
	Source: Emby.Naming
	TargetSite: Emby.Naming.Audio.MultiPartResult ParseMultiPart(System.String)

 

Edited October 5, 2021 by Happy2Play

[Luke 37063]

Resolved for next release. Thanks.

[Bigmack3000 84]

2 hours ago, Luke said:

Resolved for next release. Thanks.

Thanks!  

I know there's a thread for this one, but I can't find it.  One artist I have is "Akron/Family & Angels of Light".  Emby keeps separating them into "Akron" and "Family & Angels of Light".  Even if I manually change it, it stays the same.  There's a list somewhere to exempt certain band names with punctuation, right?

*Nevermind. Found it.

Edited October 5, 2021 by Bigmack3000

[Bigmack3000 84]

On 10/5/2021 at 11:39 AM, Luke said:

Resolved for next release. Thanks.

I updated to 4.6.7, but i'm still getting this problem.  If I'm reading the update notes correctly, it's because you fixed it for "()" but the album name is "( )".  There is a space in the middle.

[Happy2Play 8281]

9 minutes ago, Bigmack3000 said:

I updated to 4.6.7, but i'm still getting this problem.  If I'm reading the update notes correctly, it's because you fixed it for "()" but the album name is "( )".  There is a space in the middle.

Not sure what issue you may be having but have no issue with that album.

May have to test on a clean install.

[Bigmack3000 84]

yea, I do not get it at all.  I removed the album from my library. scanned the whole music folder. then readded the album. scanned again. Every single song has the exact same musicbrainz info:

 

And yet it still does this:

 

But that's why I mentioned in the update notes Luke fixed it for "()" not "( )".  I can't fathom what else it would be.  It's so bizarre.  No other album does this.

[Happy2Play 8281]

Something else does not look right as your image shows Album and Year, no Artist.  Where is that image from?

The two test tracks I got from above I have this on each track.   

But can say Album shows the same as you posted.

I may have to test other variables.