Kodi file tagging/naming

I’m using Kodi via a T95Z settop box to play music from a LAN server through an AV receiver.

The problem: Kodi uses name tags that make zero sense for my approach to storing and retrieving music. And bizarrely, mp3tag can’t see these tags, so I can’t change them.

I’m not at all interested in handing management of my music over to a library manager. Most of the music is classical & opera. File server folders are organised by genre, composer, then alphabetically by work title. I use Kodi to browse for files. Kodi’s insistence on labelling these files with something other than their filenames is a huge PITA.

Perhaps Kodi’s default behaviours fit other kinds of music collections, or other user preferences. They sure as hell don’t fit mine.

I’ve found no system settings that defeat this annoying file-tagging behaviour. How do I defeat these Kodi “features”, or do I need to find other software?