[Enhancement]: Option to "Lock" Individual Metadata Fields #599

New issue

Open

opened 2026-02-20 10:01:12 -05:00 by deekerman · 4 comments

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 10:01:12 -05:00

Owner

Originally created by @chyron8472 on GitHub (Aug 22, 2022).

Describe the feature/enhancement

I would like the option to specify, for a given library entry, which fields are not reset when I "Re-scan" it.

When I "Re-scan" an audiobook in the library, it overrides tags edited in ABS. All of my audiobooks have ID3 tagged Genres of "Audiobook." This means that any genres I previously tagged it with from within ABS are deleted, Given my feeling that genres are arbitrary depending on library size and organizational preferences, I would rather not be required to edit the genre ID3 tags directly.

Originally created by @chyron8472 on GitHub (Aug 22, 2022). ### Describe the feature/enhancement I would like the option to specify, for a given library entry, which fields are not reset when I "Re-scan" it. When I "Re-scan" an audiobook in the library, it overrides tags edited in ABS. All of my audiobooks have ID3 tagged Genres of "Audiobook." This means that any genres I previously tagged it with from within ABS are deleted, Given my feeling that genres are arbitrary depending on library size and organizational preferences, I would rather not be required to edit the genre ID3 tags directly.

deekerman added the

enhancement

label

2026-02-20 10:01:12 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 10:01:13 -05:00

Author

Owner

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Aug 22, 2022):

Do you have the setting enabled to prefer audio metadata?

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Aug 22, 2022): Do you have the setting enabled to prefer audio metadata?

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 10:01:13 -05:00

Author

Owner

@chyron8472 commented on GitHub (Aug 22, 2022):

I do. When new media populates, I don't want it to use the folder name as the book title.

@chyron8472 commented on GitHub (Aug 22, 2022): I do. When new media populates, I don't want it to use the folder name as the book title.

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 10:01:13 -05:00

Author

Owner

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2022):

Yeah it makes sense. When you are doing a re-scan are you hoping to pick up on missing audio files or what is the goal of the re-scan?

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Aug 23, 2022): Yeah it makes sense. When you are doing a re-scan are you hoping to pick up on missing audio files or what is the goal of the re-scan?

deekerman commented

2026-02-20 10:01:14 -05:00

Author

Owner

@chyron8472 commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2022):

When you are doing a re-scan are you hoping to pick up on missing audio files

Yes, or perhaps to update ABS after editing some of the embedded tags.

@chyron8472 commented on GitHub (Oct 3, 2022): > When you are doing a re-scan are you hoping to pick up on missing audio files Yes, or perhaps to update ABS after editing some of the embedded tags.

deekerman referenced this issue

2026-02-20 10:10:09 -05:00

[Enhancement]: Advanced search #1449

deekerman referenced this issue

2026-02-20 10:11:06 -05:00

[Enhancement]: Collapse Collections #1574