Song tracks not being added

[EODCrafter 181]

When I first saw the advertisement for Emby, it promised to make Media Library easier and "effortless" to set up. With all the info that is included in the library, why can it not figure out the Track names of my songs when I refresh the Metadata? Seems like it should be able to figure this out inside the database with all the Music Info Links provided.

 

[Luke 42083]

Hi there, are the track names tagged in the embedded metadata of your audio files? i would check on that .Thanks.

[EODCrafter 181]

Hi there, are the track names tagged in the embedded metadata of your audio files? i would check on that .Thanks.

 

I'm Sorry, I have no idea what you are referring to. It's just a mp3 file located in a folder that is labeled as the Album name. Emby will not correlate the Album with the tracks it contains by some logical algorithm like Media Player for Windows does?

Edited September 3, 2018 by EODCrafter

[Luke 42083]

I would take a look at this:

 

https://www.justmastering.com/article-embeddingmetadata.php

 

We extract the titles from embedded metadata within the audio file itself. Where did your audio file come from?

[EODCrafter 181]

I would take a look at this:

 

https://www.justmastering.com/article-embeddingmetadata.php

 

We extract the titles from embedded metadata within the audio file itself. Where did your audio file come from?

 

They came off my Audio CD. They were previously .wma files that wouldn't play on Shield TV so I converted them to mp3's.

[Luke 42083]

Ok, you'll need to review the information that is embedded into the files. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

[Happy2Play 9783]

Use a program like mp3tag to view the embedded metadata.

 

[EODCrafter 181]

Ok, you'll need to review the information that is embedded into the files. Please let us know if this helps. Thanks.

 

I have over a 1000 cd's/folders like this...this is just bad news. I can't edit each one of them. I wouldn't need Emby if I had the time to do that. Why does Emby not look at the Album title and extrapolate the songs it contains from Music Brainz or whatever?

 

I will try that program above....

Edited September 4, 2018 by EODCrafter

[Luke 42083]

Because nothing is more reliable than just grabbing them from inside the tracks. 

 

The program mp3tag can help you do it all at once automatically.

[EODCrafter 181]

Because nothing is more reliable than just grabbing them from inside the tracks. 

 

The program mp3tag can help you do it all at once automatically.

 

Theres no info in the files, it got stripped when I had to convert them to MP3's cause Emby Android TV wouldn't play them. Can we please add a subroutine like Media Player has....My whole collection is ruined if not.

 

 

Edited September 4, 2018 by EODCrafter

[EODCrafter 181]

Ok, so this connects to Music Brainz...Whew thanks, I got it!

 

Very Nice!

 

Edited September 4, 2018 by EODCrafter

[ryandavidg 30]

It's not ideal having a music collection with no tags, not sure how you converted them but you must have chosen not to copy over tags. It'll cause problems every time you try new software or a different player etc in the future, I would look at running them through something like MusicBrainz Picard to retag them. If you ever decide to re-rip the cds as FLAC for best quality you should also end up with properly tagged collection.

[EODCrafter 181]

It's not ideal having a music collection with no tags, not sure how you converted them but you must have chosen not to copy over tags. It'll cause problems every time you try new software or a different player etc in the future, I would look at running them through something like MusicBrainz Picard to retag them. If you ever decide to re-rip the cds as FLAC for best quality you should also end up with properly tagged collection.

 

Thanks, Maybe 1 at a time over the years. It's a very large and very old collection accumulated from years of buying CD's and adding them to computers, transferring, then finally ending up on Google Drive. Like anything old, some things are lost and some forgotten ECT. I appreciate the advice!

 

I wonder about the Legalities since I own the rights to the CD's already...It might just be easier to grab fresh copies off Pirate Bay and be done.

Edited September 4, 2018 by EODCrafter

[ryandavidg 30]

I know what you mean, I also had a collection going back many years. Back in the early days when people started ripping cds to mp3 I thought I'd rip at 192 instead of the more common 128 so I wouldn't feel the need to rip them in better quality in the future... yeah.

 

Then I ripped them to FLAC over the years, but discovered some issues and learned more about the process and decided to finally rip them all in EAC once and for all. Gradually did them in the background while I was doing other stuff on the pc, but it took a long time. Made me give the discs a good clean while I was doing this though, although a couple of the very oldest cds were too far gone to use.

 

What I can say though, is that I learned to pay more attention to tags. Spending a couple of minutes getting them right when first ripping them, or before adding to the library, saves so much trouble in the long run. Whatever ripping software you use is also only as good (when it comes to tags) as the database you're connecting to, so I spend a minute comparing it to a site like Discogs, which lists common errors in track titles on packaging  - and which find their way into online dbs.

 

Anyway, good luck! Final thought: not sure what quality your wmas were in, but converting a lossy rip to another lossy format like mp3 means you've lost more quality in the conversion, I'd seriously consider gradually ripping to FLAC, even if you just focus on your favourites to start with.

Edited September 4, 2018 by ryandavidg

[Luke 42083]

Thanks for the feedback.