only some audio files found - OnePlus 3 Questions & Answers

I have a weird problem: On my OP3t, LOS 15.1, music apps do not find all my music files. E.g. I have a folder (within the folder "music") for an artist. Within that folder there are three subfolders, each for one album, each filled with .m4a audio files. Only one album of this artist is shown (no matter if I use the files app (audio), the music app, nor e.g. double twist. The files are tagged, the folders contain only the audios and one jpg (cover). The only difference is, that the not shown files have a higher bitrate. I have no google apps, no google services etc.
Is the bitrate for audio files under LOS limited?
Any other hints?
Thanks in advance!

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