High light all the songs of an album, right click>edit track information>edit tags You will be able to see what kind of metadata is missing The Music brainz complete tag automatically utility may solve some of the issues What operating system are you using?
On Tuesday, June 28, 2022 at 4:28:57 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > »»Clementine expects Artist>album>file to be the structure of your library > > I, too, have been having trouble with my library take-on. Most of my files > have turned up in "Unknown". I took one of my artists, Glenn Miller, and > created sub-directories, BLUEBIRD, DECCA, and so on, and moved the misic > files accordingly, but they still turn up as Unknown, but they are listed > under Title => filename, Album=>BLUEBIRD, and the Artist field is still > blank. > > I attach a screenshot showing my situation, and would appreciate any > advice.[image: Screenshot from 2022-06-28 12-17-31.png] > > On Sunday, 23 January 2022 at 17:01:24 UTC Garthhh wrote: > >> Most likely the files are there, but are hiding in the library >> Clementine expects Artist>album>file to be the structure of your library >> Click on the wrench next to the search box & change the way the library >> displays >> Check the various artists folder, anything with confused meta data can >> end up there >> Click the files tab on the left & see if the missing files are in the >> library >> Confirm your music library folder is set correctly >> >> On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 6:07:04 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Maybe try to see if the issue happens with other players or versions? I >>> have a far larger collection (~100,000 tracks) and I do not have any issues >>> with Clementine detecting all the MP3s. >>> >>> What could be, but may be strange, is that *maybe* there could be some >>> issues with the names of folders? Maybe their are missing the extension? >>> Sometimes Clementine does not add files based on its extension, even if >>> they are valid audio file. >>> >>> Also, maybe you can try Clementine in windows and see if the issue >>> continues? (I use it on windows and had not issues with it) >>> >>> On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 10:10:09 AM UTC-5 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I have run the rescan library several times but it makes no difference, >>>> is there a database file I need to delete to force it to scan the >>>> entire >>>> collection (approx 25,000 mp3 files). >>>> >>>> Clmentine is V 1.4 RC1 that comes with Mint Una, QT is 5.12.8 and I am >>>> using the XFCE desktop >>>> >>>> Can you please advise >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Tim >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clementine Music Player" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/clementine-player/de89c0fc-0c8d-4d0f-aefb-abafaf6982dfn%40googlegroups.com.
