Editing Metadata for Audiobooks

[Talkworks 5]

So, firstly what do you use to edit the metadata for Audio books? Hmm, it sounds like Emby looks at the Metadata in an Audiobook (e.g. MP3) and that overrides the file structure? Does it expect certain ID3 tags for Audio Books - Like the reader of the audiobook (Narrator? Reader? Actor?) or the Series (if it is a book in a series)? I have read, https://emby.media/support/articles/Audio-Book-Naming.html

I have something called Tag Editor 2 (and Audiobook Builder) but I haven't tried it with Emby yet. Emby has done a fine job with most of the Audiobooks I've loaded but is having trouble with Stephen King's, The Dark Tower VII.  This particular collection of stories (The Dark Tower VII) is divided into Parts (1-8), each with a name, and each part has 1 or more chapters, also with a name. I have set up the file structure within a Library called Audiobooks as follows; Author\Book Name\Part # - Part Name\Chapter # - Chapter Name.mp3.

I see as I'm writing this that some of the Part Names have dashes in them and this might be messing up Emby, e.g., Part 1 - The Little Red King - Dan-tete\ Chapter 1 - Callahan and the Vampires.mp3

\Chapter 2 - Lifted on the Wave.mp3

\Chapter 3 - Eddie Makes a Call.mp3 

Hmm, maybe this is problematic, with the dashes and a '  (e.g.,   Part 3 - In This Haze of Green and Gold - Ves’-Ka Gan)?

Dan

PS I have an older QNAP NAS and I'm thinking of replacing it because it can't do transcoding - where might I post a question about recommendations related to an Emby friendly media server?

[Luke 42077]

@Talkworksthe file names do not matter, only the embedded metadata within the file.

What problem are you having these files?