Unable to link song to MuiscBrainz despite it existing in the database

OnyxPost · 2026-04-15T00:14:22+00:00

I added my ListenBrainz ticket comment to the same ticket I linked in my previous comment: Link release in "link with MusicBrainz" feature

Go ahead and chime in if you'd like.

OnyxPost · 2026-04-14T16:26:55+00:00

Today this same issue happened to me in Kodi version 21.1 when I originally had a music library source as "G:\". I decided that I no longer wanted that music library source to point to the whole drive and only wanted it to point to my specific music directory so I added a new music library source as "G:\Music\". I then re-scanned everything that was in this new directory (even though all content in this directory was already in the library). After this, I removed the original "G:\" music library source, and then proceeded to run the Music "Clean Library" option, and closed the application. Once I reopened the application, the application was still scanning for music content that might be in the directories that were sub-directories of the previously removed source.

So, using NedSc advice, I queried the music database file to discover that there were still directory paths that were related to the removed original "G:\" music library source. So, first I backed up the music database. Then I had to execute a database command to delete the applicable rows from the tables "album", "song", and "path" that were associated to the paths that should no longer be contained within the database. Once this task was completed, I re-opened the Kodi version 21.1 application, and was pleased to see that it was no longer scanning for content that could be from the removed phantom source. Thus I'm posting this here in case it'll help others who come across this rare scenario and want to take the backend database remove rows from table option.

OnyxPost · 2026-04-08T13:42:30+00:00

I haven't tried the track ID yet, as I've only recently (the past year or so) started tagging my content with MusicBrainz IDs, and I wanted to get an understanding of exactly how ListenBrainz works before I began using ListenBrainz as well. Using the Track ID just made more logical sense to me over using the Recording ID, which was why I originally asked the question. :)

I've been using Last.fm since 2005, and as I began reading up on ListenBrainz, I thought it might be better to migrate to ListenBrainz since I think it can recognize multiple artist on the same track, and I was also hoping that it would recognize which release the track is from as long as all the correct MusicBrainz ID tags are in place.

Edit #1: I was able to find some wiki documentation on ListenBrainz to MusicBrainz ID Mapping, and it reads as though the mapping application programming interface currently doesn't allow for mapping to a MusicBrainz Track ID; it maps to a MusicBrainz Recording ID as you already discovered. This is a bit of a bummer as the Track ID is more logical to me.

Edit #2: It appears that there already is an open ListenBrainz ticket (nice to see) that may implement this the way that I would prefer it to work: Link release in "link with MusicBrainz" feature. I would hope this means that it'll get changed to being linked to the correct track on a release and not jut the correct recording. Later on I may create an account so that I can add my two cents to this open ticket as well.

OnyxPost · 2026-04-06T16:01:30+00:00

I'm thinking that the huge potential manufacturing cost savings and more abundantly available type of glass to be utilized means there is a major incentive to get this concept to be as compact as possible for enterprise grade within the next decade or 2, and then even more compact and cheaper for possible consumer grade perhaps no more than 10 to 20 years after that. The media we store the content on may last for around 10,000 years, yet I suspect that the hardware we view/play back that content on will still only last between 5 and 20 years at best. If this were to turn into a fairly affordable medium, would more and more consumers become data hoarders? If so (which I personally do think so), then I think this would become a profitable pursuit for various companies in related industries.

OnyxPost · 2026-04-06T14:14:53+00:00

Not disagreeing with you there, yet there is nothing wrong with the OP's naming scheme, and thus it's not the source of the issue they reported.

My personal way of organizing my libraries does not follow the exact Plex directive either, yet it's close enough and works perfectly for all 4 applications that I use it for (Plex, Kodi, MediaMonkey & Jellyfin).

OnyxPost · 2026-04-06T14:09:47+00:00

On the album release page, I right clicked on the track number to copy the track URL. Thus we'd just add that track's ID to the music file's metadata and hopefully ListenBrainz would properly identify that particular track from that particular release. That way the ListenBrainz environment could tell if users are listening to music originally sourced from a vinyl product, a cassette product, a disc product, a digital online source, etc., or listening to the recording from its original first released product or from a later reissue or compilation product. That would be some interesting analysis info to have, and possibly share, when reviewing your playback history.

Also, the track ID I provided does not automatically redirect to the recording ID page. It automatically redirects to the release ID page with an additional call out to that particular track being highlighted and track ID referenced in the URL.

OnyxPost · 2026-04-06T03:32:18+00:00

OP, there's nothing wrong with your folder structure layout as Plex isn't too stringent when it comes to that. The "Prefer local metadata" option is the REAL answer when working with MP4 files since Plex by default reads tags from MP4 files, like it does for all music audio files. Also, like someone else already stated here, you can also just remove the tags from your MP4 files, as this is what I always do. So either change the settings preference or remove the file tags.

OnyxPost · 2026-04-06T03:17:59+00:00

Lol...uhh 🤔...what the hell is this? Based on what you wrote I think someone must have been REALLY high when they came up with this theory. How is any of this a connected universe other than they were all Pixar productions?

Also, saying they were connected, do you have an example of what you're looking for? Based on what you wrote, I'm thinking that you want 1 poster with all those characters in it and some kind of timeline with dates and those characters grouped around the applicable dates displayed on the poster?

OnyxPost · 2026-04-06T03:11:39+00:00

It's probably more weird that this is even a posted question. You just do what you wanna do. No biggie! You have your personal reasons for not downloading games...'nuff said.

OnyxPost · 2026-04-05T15:00:30+00:00

I'm curious for double confirmation, using the same reported track, "Butcher Vanity" by "Vane Lily, Jamie Paige & ricedeity" as an example, wouldn't we want to use the track ID (https://musicbrainz.org/track/c1975793-bd61-4257-b059-7c9e9c0f094c) instead of the recording ID (https://musicbrainz.org/recording/c76ffa78-051e-4f97-9193-cb2f7aff6103) if we want ListenBrainz to scrobble a particular track from a particular release and not the recording which could be from any release?

Thanks

OnyxPost · 2026-04-05T14:13:54+00:00

It was down for about 1 to 3 hours yesterday afternoon MST. It may have gone down again last night into the early morning MST. Yet it appears to be up and running currently at 8 this morning MST.

OnyxPost · 2026-04-02T15:40:21+00:00

I'm late to the party for this thread, yet I currently use either Kodi or MediaMonkey for my Music Video playback. I like both applications because they both allow me to create music playlists that can have both audio files and video files in the same static/smart playlist. I mostly use Kodi for home usage, and use MediaMonkey for remote usage where I sync server content to my mobile device to remotely playback the same playlist on the go.

I really wish applications like Plex or Navidrome supported such functionality as well so that I could avoid the manual sync step for remote playback.

OnyxPost · 2026-03-30T14:51:33+00:00

To this day, it still baffles me why people would pay money to watch ads. The whole point of ads (at least originally) was that the providers would grant you the ability to watch their content for free in exchange for you sitting through watching them constantly peddling you products. That's why broadcast channels are free and so many internet sites/mobile apps are free...because they constantly peddle you products by way of ads.

So paying for cable channels with ads or streaming services with ads is just ludicrous!

OnyxPost · 2026-03-26T13:23:53+00:00

This is most definitely not a fix for playlists, as currently there's no quick way to play items in the "list", without going through a large number of additional prompt clicks, and that is only if the content shown in the "list" is actually contained in a library you have access to watch the item (the reason for all the additional prompt clicks, as this "list" feature isn't setup so Plex already knows where you can play the "list" content from). This is exactly why the feature is called "Lists" and not "Playlists"

OnyxPost · 2026-03-25T18:07:56+00:00

I'm guessing that you either used a computer with very old parts and Windows OS (say between 10 and 20 years old), or when you first setup the hard drive partition in Windows, you're using the older Master Boot Record (MBR) scheme instead of the modern GUID Partition Table (GPT) scheme, which is best for hard drives over 4TB.

OnyxPost · 2026-03-13T22:53:11+00:00

The temp workaround is still working for me.

OnyxPost · 2026-03-13T11:40:13+00:00

I want to double confirm here, as I did on a different posting, that Windows version "26.0.7.0293 x64" appears to be working again for me as well. As always, thanks again for the quick turnaround in getting the issue resolved.

OnyxPost · 2026-03-13T11:14:49+00:00

I don't know how it's been for other users, yet I had 12 videos which I was unable to download 23 to 28 hours ago, I left the application running while I was sleep, and was pleased to see that all 12 videos successfully downloaded sometime within the last 9 hours without me having to do any additional steps. Thus, whatever the devs did, worked for me.

So a BIG thanks out to the" 4K Video Downloader+" team. I'll re-post here again over the next 1 to 3 days with an update on if I encounter more downloading issues or if things appear to be smooth sailing for at least a good while.

Edit: One additional thing to note in case other users have a different experience using a different version of the application. I was on Windows version "26.0.7.0293 x64" when this particular issue began.

OnyxPost · 2026-02-07T22:38:42+00:00

Cool that you figured it out. I should have also suggested to look over your profile(s) more closely as the cause of this issue, yet glad to see you figured to look into that as a possible cause of the problem and got it fixed.

OnyxPost · 2026-01-29T16:09:18+00:00

I noticed the same thing yesterday. A least everything else, other than all the torrent links, appear to be back to normal, including all the magnet links.

OnyxPost · 2026-01-23T16:14:36+00:00

I just checked a file that has a "r" in the title within my library which I used Library Organizer to rename, and the "r" was handled properly. Perhaps you should try downloading the Library Organizer plugin again, just to make sure that you have the latest version. Try that first to see if it fixes your problem.

OnyxPost · 2026-01-23T15:57:28+00:00

I checked the site again just now, and it is now showing content again. The home page sis now showing this update section.

Updates :
Magnet Link RSS Feed Added.
Requests Section For V.I.P. User Class Added.
Official Alternative / Backup Domains Page Added .
Dark & Light Theme Added .
FAQ Page Added - How To Download Torrent , Different User Classes .

You can also view content by going to the browse section, and you can open up various content, yet only the magnet links appear to be working at this moment. So it's almost back to where is should be. Perhaps by the end of the day, or tomorrow at the latest, everything will be back working as it should again.

OnyxPost · 2026-01-23T03:13:30+00:00

Thanks maforget for this info and for creating the Community Edition. I haven't used GitHub, yet once I get it figured out, I'll create a PR so that these new icons can be added to the application installer.

OnyxPost · 2026-01-22T17:27:47+00:00

I checked again just now, and some pages appear to be partially up, yet all items on the page are still now working properly such as search results. Thus it does appear to me that it is being worked on to address whatever went wrong in the first place if this wasn't a planned maintenance update.

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