diff --git a/backend/app.js b/backend/app.js
index 0cdd414..148e94c 100644
--- a/backend/app.js
+++ b/backend/app.js
@@ -216,6 +216,16 @@ async function checkMigrations() {
         else { logger.error('Migration failed: 3.5->3.6+'); }
     }
 
+    // 4.1->4.2 migration
+    
+    const add_description_migration_complete = false; // db.get('add_description_migration_complete').value();
+    if (!add_description_migration_complete) {
+        logger.info('Beginning migration: 4.1->4.2+')
+        const success = await addMetadataPropertyToDB('description');
+        if (success) { logger.info('4.1->4.2+ migration complete!'); }
+        else { logger.error('Migration failed: 4.1->4.2+'); }
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
 
@@ -251,6 +261,28 @@ async function runFilesToDBMigration() {
     }
 }
 
+async function addMetadataPropertyToDB(property_key) {
+    try {
+        const dirs_to_check = db_api.getFileDirectoriesAndDBs();
+        for (const dir_to_check of dirs_to_check) {
+            // recursively get all files in dir's path
+            const files = await utils.getDownloadedFilesByType(dir_to_check.basePath, dir_to_check.type, true);
+            for (const file of files) {
+                if (file[property_key]) {
+                    dir_to_check.dbPath.find({id: file.id}).assign({[property_key]: file[property_key]}).write();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // sets migration to complete
+        db.set('add_description_migration_complete', true).write();
+        return true;
+    } catch(err) {
+        logger.error(err);
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
 async function startServer() {
     if (process.env.USING_HEROKU && process.env.PORT) {
         // default to heroku port if using heroku
diff --git a/backend/db.js b/backend/db.js
index a2ddb7a..9436715 100644
--- a/backend/db.js
+++ b/backend/db.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function getAppendedBasePathSub(sub, base_path) {
     return path.join(base_path, (sub.isPlaylist ? 'playlists/' : 'channels/'), sub.name);
 }
 
-async function importUnregisteredFiles() {
+function getFileDirectoriesAndDBs() {
     let dirs_to_check = [];
     let subscriptions_to_check = [];
     const subscriptions_base_path = config_api.getConfigItem('ytdl_subscriptions_base_path'); // only for single-user mode
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ async function importUnregisteredFiles() {
         });
     }
 
+    return dirs_to_check;
+}
+
+async function importUnregisteredFiles() {
+    const dirs_to_check = getFileDirectoriesAndDBs();
+
     // run through check list and check each file to see if it's missing from the db
     for (const dir_to_check of dirs_to_check) {
         // recursively get all files in dir's path
@@ -203,5 +209,6 @@ module.exports = {
     initialize: initialize,
     registerFileDB: registerFileDB,
     updatePlaylist: updatePlaylist,
+    getFileDirectoriesAndDBs: getFileDirectoriesAndDBs,
     importUnregisteredFiles: importUnregisteredFiles
 }
diff --git a/backend/utils.js b/backend/utils.js
index ed3b584..33b877a 100644
--- a/backend/utils.js
+++ b/backend/utils.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function getTrueFileName(unfixed_path, type) {
     return fixed_path;
 }
 
-async function getDownloadedFilesByType(basePath, type) {
+async function getDownloadedFilesByType(basePath, type, full_metadata = false) {
     // return empty array if the path doesn't exist
     if (!(await fs.pathExists(basePath))) return [];
 
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ async function getDownloadedFilesByType(basePath, type) {
         var id = file_path.substring(0, file_path.length-4);
         var jsonobj = await getJSONByType(type, id, basePath);
         if (!jsonobj) continue;
+        if (full_metadata) {
+            jsonobj['id'] = id;
+            files.push(jsonobj);
+            continue;
+        }
         var title = jsonobj.title;
         var url = jsonobj.webpage_url;
         var uploader = jsonobj.uploader;
diff --git a/src/app/player/player.component.html b/src/app/player/player.component.html
index 6774ace..73ea9eb 100644
--- a/src/app/player/player.component.html
+++ b/src/app/player/player.component.html
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
                             </video>
                         </vg-player>
                     </div>
+                    <div *ngIf="file_obj" style="height: fit-content; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px;">
+                        <div class="container">
+                            <div class="row">
+                                <div class="col">
+                                    <ng-container *ngIf="file_obj">{{file_obj['local_play_count'] ? file_obj['local_play_count'] : 0}}&nbsp;<ng-container i18n="View count label">views</ng-container></ng-container>
+                                </div>
+                                <div class="col">
+                                    
+                                </div>
+                            </div>
+                        </div>
+                    </div>
                     <div style="height: fit-content; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px;">
                         <mat-button-toggle-group cdkDropList [cdkDropListSortingDisabled]="!id" (cdkDropListDropped)="drop($event)" style="width: 80%; left: 9%" vertical name="videoSelect" aria-label="Video Select" #group="matButtonToggleGroup">
                             <mat-button-toggle cdkDrag *ngFor="let playlist_item of playlist; let i = index" [checked]="currentItem.title === playlist_item.title" (click)="onClickPlaylistItem(playlist_item, i)" class="toggle-button" [value]="playlist_item.title">{{playlist_item.label}}</mat-button-toggle>