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I've just managed to solve this. Using Metatogger I changed the Artist, Album Artist and Album Name to something different - got Emby to scan the library, then changed them all back, re-scanned, and voila! the album was no longer split in two!

pwhodges
Posted

Presumably, then, the previous tags were not the same - did you check what the differences were?

Paul

  • 4 weeks later...
Posted
On 5/11/2021 at 8:00 AM, pwhodges said:

I only discovered yesterday that my carefully tagged album (using Mp3tag) which had an album being split up unexpectedly had a difference which Mp3Tag wasn't showing me:  The tracks had both "Album Artist" and "AlbumArtist" tags, and only one (the first) is shown in the normal editing pane - and once I discovered where it shows the other can only be edited track by track...    So I had happily made "Album Artist" the same, but Emby was also seeing that "AlbumArtist" was varying.

I don't know what field might be causing you trouble, but I do know that changing to using TagScanner made it much easier to see and fix my problem (I know lots of people swear by Picard, but for some reason I find it completely incomprehensible!).

If none of this applies to you, sorry - it's the best I can think of.

Paul

This is a very good tip for anyone using Mp3Tag. I had the exact same hidden "AlbumArtist" issue when I started using Emby a while back.  Wish I had seen this post then - it would of saved me a lot of time figuring out the problem on my own! 99% of the duplicate Artist issues (and split Albums) with my library were solved by making the embedded AlbumArtist tag the same as Album Artist. (The other 1% was other obscure hidden tags causing problems.) The only info to possibly add is that under the Mp3tag View Menu there is an Extended Tags section that opens up a window that shows ALL the tags of either an individual track or the whole album, if all tracks are selected. I found I was able to edit all tracks at once to change the AlbumArtist to match Album Artist (or vice versa, if required).

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  • 10 months later...
Posted (edited)

Moin,

I am new to emby. Today I tried to import my music library and got the same problem.

My ffprobe output for two examples shows the same result. The only difference is that the artist is not the same. After seeing that emby set a 'compilation' tag for the one different piece, I specifically set it to '0' for all of them.

image.png.c79bc34ef31805fdab4f0291ed0b07e4.png

Here is the ffprobe output:

PS C:\Users\dirkg> ffprobe -i "E:\# Eigene Dateien\Musik\wumpscut\Born Again\1-12 - Embryodead (Cockroach Modified).mp3"

ffprobe version N-116546-g792a9979eb-20240807 Copyright (c) 2007-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 14.1.0 (crosstool-NG 1.26.0.93_a87bf7f) ...
[mp3 @ 0000025a2e437880] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from 'E:\# Eigene Dateien\Musik\wumpscut\Born Again\1-12 - Embryodead (Cockroach Modified).mp3':
  Metadata:
    album           : Born Again
    artist          : :wumpscut:
    album_artist    : :wumpscut:
    iTunNORM        :  000005DF 00000000 00001DC8 00000000 0001ADF5 00000000 00007680 00000000 0002BF37 00000000
    composer        : Rudi Ratzinger
    disc            : 1
    genre           : Industrial
    compilation     : 0
    TLEN            : 272927
    MusicBrainz Album Artist Id: e4e79264-c1ec-490c-b823-b2918204cd4f
    title           : Embryodead (Cockroach Modified)
    track           : 12
    MusicBrainz Album Id: 67d8e1e2-501b-4fcb-8ddb-17068cb009f2
    artist-sort     : wumpscut
    MusicBrainz Non-Album: 0
    MusicBrainz Album Status: official
    MusicBrainz Album Type: album
    TAGGINGTIME     : 2007-01-26T01:37:19
    MusicBrainz Artist Id: e4e79264-c1ec-490c-b823-b2918204cd4f
    ALBUM ARTIST    : :wumpscut:
    MusicBrainz Album Artist: :wumpscut:
    MusicBrainz Album Artist Sortname: wumpscut
    MusicBrainz Album Release Country: DE
    date            : 1997
  Duration: 00:04:32.94, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (mp3float), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
  Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 250x248 [SAR 1:1 DAR 125:124], 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)
      Metadata:
        comment         : Cover (front)


PS C:\Users\dirkg> ffprobe -i "E:\# Eigene Dateien\Musik\wumpscut\Born Again\1-13 - Vaporize (Wumpscut Remix).mp3"
ffprobe version N-116546-g792a9979eb-20240807 Copyright (c) 2007-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 14.1.0 (crosstool-NG 1.26.0.93_a87bf7f) ...
[mp3 @ 00000262fd8a8480] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from 'E:\# Eigene Dateien\Musik\wumpscut\Born Again\1-13 - Vaporize (Wumpscut Remix).mp3':
  Metadata:
    album           : Born Again
    artist          : :wumpscut:
    album_artist    : :wumpscut:
    composer        : Rudi Ratzinger
    disc            : 1
    genre           : Industrial
    compilation     : 0
    TLEN            : 310055
    title           : Vaporize (:Wumpscut: Remix)
    track           : 13
    iTunNORM        :  000007CD 00000000 00003362 00000000 000138C5 00000000 00008000 00000000 0002BF37 00000000
    MusicBrainz Artist Id: e645aa86-3458-4de8-a07a-f5602070d2e1
    ALBUM ARTIST    : :wumpscut:
    MusicBrainz Album Artist: :wumpscut:
    MusicBrainz Album Artist Sortname: wumpscut
    MusicBrainz Album Release Country: DE
    MusicBrainz Album Artist Id: e4e79264-c1ec-490c-b823-b2918204cd4f
    MusicBrainz Album Id: 67d8e1e2-501b-4fcb-8ddb-17068cb009f2
    artist-sort     : Aghast View
    MusicIP PUID    :
    MusicBrainz Album Type: album
    MusicBrainz Album Status: official
    MusicBrainz Non-Album: 0
    TDTG            : 2007-01-26T01:37:26
    date            : 1997
  Duration: 00:05:10.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (mp3float), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
  Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 250x248 [SAR 1:1 DAR 125:124], 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)
      Metadata:
        comment         : Cover (front)
  Stream #0:2: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 200x194 [SAR 300:300 DAR 100:97], 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)
      Metadata:
        comment         : Other

Maybe it would be a really good idea to create a way to link two album entries (like in the plex server). In any case, I can't find any reason for the behavior based on the tags..

Greetings

mad3all

Edited by mad3all
Happy2Play
Posted (edited)
4 hours ago, mad3all said:

Moin,

I am new to emby. Today I tried to import my music library and got the same problem.

My ffprobe output for two examples shows the same result. The only difference is that the artist is not the same. After seeing that emby set a 'compilation' tag for the one different piece, I specifically set it to '0' for all of them.

image.png.c79bc34ef31805fdab4f0291ed0b07e4.png

Here is the ffprobe output:

PS C:\Users\dirkg> ffprobe -i "E:\# Eigene Dateien\Musik\wumpscut\Born Again\1-12 - Embryodead (Cockroach Modified).mp3"

ffprobe version N-116546-g792a9979eb-20240807 Copyright (c) 2007-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 14.1.0 (crosstool-NG 1.26.0.93_a87bf7f) ...
[mp3 @ 0000025a2e437880] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from 'E:\# Eigene Dateien\Musik\wumpscut\Born Again\1-12 - Embryodead (Cockroach Modified).mp3':
  Metadata:
    album           : Born Again
    artist          : :wumpscut:
    album_artist    : :wumpscut:
    iTunNORM        :  000005DF 00000000 00001DC8 00000000 0001ADF5 00000000 00007680 00000000 0002BF37 00000000
    composer        : Rudi Ratzinger
    disc            : 1
    genre           : Industrial
    compilation     : 0
    TLEN            : 272927
    MusicBrainz Album Artist Id: e4e79264-c1ec-490c-b823-b2918204cd4f
    title           : Embryodead (Cockroach Modified)
    track           : 12
    MusicBrainz Album Id: 67d8e1e2-501b-4fcb-8ddb-17068cb009f2
    artist-sort     : wumpscut
    MusicBrainz Non-Album: 0
    MusicBrainz Album Status: official
    MusicBrainz Album Type: album
    TAGGINGTIME     : 2007-01-26T01:37:19
    MusicBrainz Artist Id: e4e79264-c1ec-490c-b823-b2918204cd4f
    ALBUM ARTIST    : :wumpscut:
    MusicBrainz Album Artist: :wumpscut:
    MusicBrainz Album Artist Sortname: wumpscut
    MusicBrainz Album Release Country: DE
    date            : 1997
  Duration: 00:04:32.94, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (mp3float), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
  Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 250x248 [SAR 1:1 DAR 125:124], 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)
      Metadata:
        comment         : Cover (front)


PS C:\Users\dirkg> ffprobe -i "E:\# Eigene Dateien\Musik\wumpscut\Born Again\1-13 - Vaporize (Wumpscut Remix).mp3"
ffprobe version N-116546-g792a9979eb-20240807 Copyright (c) 2007-2024 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 14.1.0 (crosstool-NG 1.26.0.93_a87bf7f) ...
[mp3 @ 00000262fd8a8480] Estimating duration from bitrate, this may be inaccurate
Input #0, mp3, from 'E:\# Eigene Dateien\Musik\wumpscut\Born Again\1-13 - Vaporize (Wumpscut Remix).mp3':
  Metadata:
    album           : Born Again
    artist          : :wumpscut:
    album_artist    : :wumpscut:
    composer        : Rudi Ratzinger
    disc            : 1
    genre           : Industrial
    compilation     : 0
    TLEN            : 310055
    title           : Vaporize (:Wumpscut: Remix)
    track           : 13
    iTunNORM        :  000007CD 00000000 00003362 00000000 000138C5 00000000 00008000 00000000 0002BF37 00000000
    MusicBrainz Artist Id: e645aa86-3458-4de8-a07a-f5602070d2e1
    ALBUM ARTIST    : :wumpscut:
    MusicBrainz Album Artist: :wumpscut:
    MusicBrainz Album Artist Sortname: wumpscut
    MusicBrainz Album Release Country: DE
    MusicBrainz Album Artist Id: e4e79264-c1ec-490c-b823-b2918204cd4f
    MusicBrainz Album Id: 67d8e1e2-501b-4fcb-8ddb-17068cb009f2
    artist-sort     : Aghast View
    MusicIP PUID    :
    MusicBrainz Album Type: album
    MusicBrainz Album Status: official
    MusicBrainz Non-Album: 0
    TDTG            : 2007-01-26T01:37:26
    date            : 1997
  Duration: 00:05:10.06, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 128 kb/s
  Stream #0:0: Audio: mp3 (mp3float), 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp, 128 kb/s
  Stream #0:1: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 250x248 [SAR 1:1 DAR 125:124], 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)
      Metadata:
        comment         : Cover (front)
  Stream #0:2: Video: mjpeg (Baseline), yuvj420p(pc, bt470bg/unknown/unknown), 200x194 [SAR 300:300 DAR 100:97], 90k tbr, 90k tbn (attached pic)
      Metadata:
        comment         : Other

Maybe it would be a really good idea to create a way to link two album entries (like in the plex server). In any case, I can't find any reason for the behavior based on the tags..

Greetings

mad3all

Nothing stands out that I can see.  Emby does not set any tags only reads existing tags.  But always comes back to embedded tags.  Did not test on this album but tested on Schlossgheist as I thought maybe something with the artist's name but had no issues.

image.png.2ebf5f6d4d69576cc8e4f358e12764d5.png

Edited by Happy2Play
Posted

Hey guys,

thanks for your replies. I found the problem with help auf emby's metatag editor. There I detected a wrong musicbrains artist id.

image.png.438b4d98181dcb1d21f35e553d4f9cb4.png

A doubled entry but only viewable inside emby's metatag editor. Now the album is fine ;)

 

Thanks!

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Neminem
Posted

It should also be present in mp3tag

Mp3tag - Download

Meaning emby uses tags, so you need to use something like mp3tag to edit your tags.

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