Edit metadata for several items at the same time

[samulopezperez@outlook.com 1]

Hi,

I have the 4.7.5.0 version installed. I just want to know if there is a way to select multiple items just with one click and then edit their metadata. For example I would like to create a tag for some music artists or change the genere for some albums.

Thanks in advance!

[Abobader 3464]

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[GrimReaper 4739]

1 minute ago, samulopezperez@outlook.com said:

Hi,

I have the 4.7.5.0 version installed. I just want to know if there is a way to select multiple items just with one click and then edit their metadata. For example I would like to create a tag for some music artists or change the genere for some albums.

Thanks in advance!

Nope, Emby core does not offer such functionality, but you can use @VicMoore's awesome tool built for exactly that purpose:

 

[samulopezperez@outlook.com 1]

Hi, thanks for your reply. I tried the  @VicMoore tool, it was great but I miss some fields for the music library. As far as I saw it is more oriented to video, I can't see info related audio codes, music generes...

 

[GrimReaper 4739]

I'm quite positive if you post your request in tool topic, Vic would surely accommodate it if feasible. 

In the meantime, you can lend your support here:

 

[keithsrobertson 10]

I use TagScanner (https://www.xdlab.ru/en/) for editing the metadata of music files, renaming them to the preferred name format for emby and for generating m3u playlists.

[samulopezperez@outlook.com 1]

Thank you Keithsrobertson, I am going to try it

 

[Happy2Play 9780]

Music can be problematic as it is embedded tag driven so editing within Emby is somewhat useless as Emby will not write to media metadata.  All music editing should be done in music tagging software.

[Davey's 37]

whats the best option for musikvideo content?

I have a top 2000 music video collection, at the moment it is almost impossible to sort it properly in Emby,

this probably has to do with the file name:

0378 Artist - songtitle (Year).extension

 

I'd  like to sort on 

- number in rank  (the first 4 digits 0378)

-artist

-songtitle

So what's the best way to bulk edit all those files? And where do I enter the 'rank in number' so Emby can filter/sort by it?

[Luke 42077]

Hi. Maybe you’re best off with basic file name sorting?

[Davey's 37]

Hmm not really that sorted the 4 digit but i still need to edit artist

Can i directly edit NFO files? 

Whats the best way to bulk NFO Files in Windows or Linux?

[Luke 42077]

@Happy2Playwhat do you use for bulk edit?

[Davey's 37]

What do you use yourself Luke if I may ask?

[Luke 42077]

4 hours ago, Davey's said:

What do you use yourself Luke if I may ask?

I’m more of an automation and set it and forget it type. 

[Davey's 37]

But if things get scraped imperfectly ?

[Davey's 37]

On 9/23/2025 at 12:07 AM, Luke said:

@Happy2Playwhat do you use for bulk edit?

@Happy2Playcan you PM me?

[Happy2Play 9780]

On 9/19/2025 at 2:33 AM, Davey's said:

whats the best option for musikvideo content?

I have a top 2000 music video collection, at the moment it is almost impossible to sort it properly in Emby,

this probably has to do with the file name:

0378 Artist - songtitle (Year).extension

 

I'd  like to sort on 

- number in rank  (the first 4 digits 0378)

-artist

-songtitle

So what's the best way to bulk edit all those files? And where do I enter the 'rank in number' so Emby can filter/sort by it?

49 minutes ago, Davey's said:

@Happy2Playcan you PM me?

Not entirely sure what you want to accomplish but would use something like Bulk Rename Utility to change or remove the prefixed numbers in something like this. 

But sorting may be problematic as you may need to sure all files have embedded metadata so Emby gets them correct, then modify filename to get the desired sort order.

Or Filebot, looks like there is a good topic here.

[Davey's 37]

It seems Emby is having trouble scraping it properly because of those four digits in the filename.

Now I want to be able to easily edit the nfo. Ideally, I'd be able to do this in bulk and verify the filename against the content scraped by Emby.

[Happy2Play 9780]

14 minutes ago, Davey's said:

It seems Emby is having trouble scraping it properly because of those four digits in the filename.

Now I want to be able to easily edit the nfo. Ideally, I'd be able to do this in bulk and verify the filename against the content scraped by Emby.

Ideally embedded metadata should resolve all identifying issues as it will be used over filename.

But editing nfo files I usually use notepad ++ and do a find in files and do changes across all files.

 

Edited September 30, 2025 by Happy2Play

[Davey's 37]

thanks for the tip

[Luke 42077]

On 9/29/2025 at 8:18 AM, Davey's said:

But if things get scraped imperfectly ?

Then I use the Identify feature. 

But with good file naming this is extremely rare.