I have flac and/or mp3 albums of the same title. I need to change the metadata in just the album metadata to append (mp3) to the album name, not for each track metadata album name.
Easy to do for each track, but that does not help when I see two identical album names side by side in Jellyfin. I can do it manually but I have hundreds to do.
Try Convert>Tag-Tag for ALBUM
Format string: %_extension%
If you only want to get the MP3 files, apply a filter first:
%_extension IS MP3
Just a hint: tags appear only in each file and only those can be treated by MP3tag. Any kind of higher-level grouping in the player is beyond MP3tag's control.
No, some albums have only one or the other. I want to choose which one, not eliminate ones that have only one or the other.
I add (flac) and (mp3) manually, very painful for mass edits.
This is a missing feature if it can’t be done. There appears to be no way to search for just albums without getting tracks instead.
So the album only exists in Jellyfin , not a separate file. Same with other music management systems. So I need to file a feature request with them.
MP3tag does not compare data between 2 files.
MP3tag does not know anything about albums.
The problem I see with data that is only present if a certain context is present, then it is never clear if some information is missing because it has not been set or because the condition for the distinction is not (yet) true and you would have to check your collection each time you get new files.
There is no such thing as an Album metadata. The metadata information is attached to each file individually including the Album field. Players create the concept of an "Album" using this field and often also the Albumartist field together.
I just asked how to do this in Jellyfin forum since the ‘Album’ is a construct in their system. It does have metadata which can be manually edited, just not sure on how to mass edit.
I think this is not quite the case according to their online guide.
Perhaps from those details you could look at editing the folder name that represents the album name?
Otherwise if they are using some kind of local database for the album tag it strays from virtually all other media managers in this regard. Hope you find what you need either way.
I can manually edit the metadata for the Jellyfin ‘album’ and modify the name.
I’m looking for a way to do it in bulk. Manually editing several hundred folder names would be painful.
All media managers I’ve tried have an ‘Album’ with a name and graphic when you list by albums. They all probably use a database for album and artist metadata.
I think it would be easiest if you added the extra information to a couple of files in the ALBUM field and then see what your player makes of it.
If it relies on the folder name, then MP3tag could apply a similar modification to the folder name.
The way you describe it, it is a player feature where data is only stored in the player's database - which cannot be modified by MP3tag.
It’s not a player. Jellyfin is a media manager like Plex, installed in a container on my NAS.
After you make this manual edit in Jellyfin, does the change appear in the file's metadata when opening it in mp3tag? That would indicate what tag field to use. If there is no change to the file then it must be localized data that mp3tag can't help you fix.
I use Plex and have never had to make a change to the data there. I always use mp3tag for all music and movie tags.
I was referring more to the mechanism that your program stores data in its own database. Unfortunately, your answer does not shed any light on this.
Tagging/modifying track and movie metadata does not affect the album name shown. Any media management or player creates and stores the album name in its own internal database.
Manually editing the internal metadata works (and does not affect any track metadata.) It’s the bulk editing that I need. Which mp3tag can’t access since it’s not an external file.
I wonder how the media management system gets its initial idea about the album name.
Most likely online database.
It would still mean that the manager has an idea what an imported file might be.
As long as it does not compare some kind of fingerprint with its database but takes the found tag data, it should be possible to supply bulk editted data in a way that the manager picks it up.
Check the link in post #7. According to the Jellyfin support page the embedded metadata takes priority when initially scanning in the library. For ID3 tags they recommend using ID3v2.4. This will be important for your mp3 files. There is also a recommendation for the folder format you should review. Perhaps clearing the music from the Jellyfin library and then recreating the link will grab your refreshed changes.
If you have followed these directions and still are not seeing the results you expect, I think the next steps for support would be on that end.
I don’t want to append mp3 or flac to all my tracks. That will not automatically add mp3 or flac to my album metadata title which is what I need.
I have posted on various Jellyfin forums with no response.
If I can do it manually (which I can), there should be a way to do it in bulk.
Jellyfin goes into endless buffering when playing some flac albums to my Samsung tv (connected to my Yamaha-RX-A2A), so I need to choose my higher quality mp3 until I find a solution.
That, of course, stays your decision.
It is still a pity that you did not try the suggestions from this community - which is apparently more interested to find a solution than
I did try them. I ended up with tagged tracks and no album metadata change, so I see two albums with no way of identifying without looking at the metadata or drilling down to the track list..
I see no documentation that even suggests that the internal album metadata title or any visual tag can be done automatically from track metadata.
