Metadata issues and Tracks Missing from Music Library (Newly Added Files only)

[mev 5]

Version: 4.9.3.0
Server: Windows (Win 11 Pro)

 

Hi folks,

I’m running into a strange issue with my Emby music library that I haven’t seen before. Up until now, adding albums (FLAC format) has been completely straightforward. I just copy the files to my NAS, run a library rescan, and the albums appear in Emby without any problems.

Yesterday I added three new albums, but I noticed that some tracks are missing from all three albums inside Emby. In addition, the metadata appears to be incorrect or mixed up for some of the tracks.

Things I have tried

Removed the three albums from the NAS and ran a library rescan to clear them from Emby
Verified that all the FLAC files are intact and playable (they are fine)
Re-added the files individually to the NAS and rescanned the library (same issue)
Tried manually adding the MusicBrainz ID for each album (no change)

Has anyone encountered something similar or have any suggestions on what might be causing this? It's only happening with Music albums, everything else working as expected.

In case its relevant, I nest music as  FLAC > Artist > Album Name - Year > files

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

Sample - Tracks Missing

 

Corresponding Directory on NAS

Metadata Problems 

[user24 329]

Hi, from your screenshots, it appears that the individual songs are being scanned into Emby (e.g. 05. Paramore - When It Rains.flac) and appearing, but not being combined into the required Album. Is this what is happening?

According to Emby documentation, for Songs to be combined into Albums, they must have the same Album name and the same Album Artist name in the embedded metadata of the individual files:

https://emby.media/support/articles/Music-Naming.html

What does the Emby metadata editor show for an individual problem song?

Have you used a music tagging program (e.g. Mp3tag) to check your embedded metadata? If not, this is a good way to check and correct any anomalies. If you are just making the changes in Emby (to your database) and not your embedded metadata (in the files themselves) then Emby will just re-import the incorrect correct values and any problems will persist.

Another tip: if using Mp3tag: Also check the Extended Tags setting, not just the default LHS tag panel.

Let us know if this helps or not? Cheers!

[mev 5]

Thanks for the response @user24it's been a huge help in pinpointing the cause.

I attempted to re-tag the albums and noticed it fails to write tags to some tracks, and these are the exact same tracks that have problems in Emby.. So it seems some of the tracks are corrupt. 

I did a fresh rip today and everything is working as expected.

Thanks again