# Bug Reports

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/bug-reports/21.md?page=36

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## [\[F\] Album Art Drag and Drop Broken?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-album-art-drag-and-drop-broken/7680)

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**Author:** [@DazBYorks](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DazBYorks)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2009, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-album-art-drag-and-drop-broken/7680 "2009-04-19T12:46:51Z")

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Hi, First of all thanks for providing both an excellent program and support to match. With 2.42b album art drag and drop seems to be broken (Vista Home Premium) - with 2.42 it works as expected. Daz

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## [\[F\] Changes page display issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-changes-page-display-issue/8163)

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**Author:** [@Sabio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sabio)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-changes-page-display-issue/8163 "2009-03-31T18:35:24Z")

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On the Changes page text is displayed with fixed font without any wrapping. And it makes reading it absolutely inconvenient (letters are less visible on "orange-ish" background, horizontal scrolling has be used) I bel…

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## [\[F\] Problem displaying .m4a files encoded with Apple Lossless](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-problem-displaying-m4a-files-encoded-with-apple-lossless/8154)

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**Author:** [@gsouders](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gsouders)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-problem-displaying-m4a-files-encoded-with-apple-lossless/8154 "2009-03-30T01:58:58Z")

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Hi Florian, Thanks for developing an excellent program in Mp3tag. I am running the latest version v2.42. I have discovered a problem displaying .m4a’s that were encoded in Apple Lossless format. The files were origin…

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## [\[F\] Crash upon running when Tag Panel is separate window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-crash-upon-running-when-tag-panel-is-separate-window/8148)

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**Author:** [@soulkarver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/soulkarver)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-crash-upon-running-when-tag-panel-is-separate-window/8148 "2009-03-28T08:23:03Z")

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Here’s what happens: I drag the Tag Panel outside of the main window. I leave the Tag Panel as a separate window, detached from the main mp3tag window. I close the program and run the program again. The program …

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## [\[F\] Ctrl-A inside a tag/text field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-ctrl-a-inside-a-tag-text-field/8139)

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**Author:** [@loveMusique](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/loveMusique)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2009, 8:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-ctrl-a-inside-a-tag-text-field/8139 "2009-03-28T08:20:10Z")

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Hello, when I edit a tag in the tag panel, then (again) Ctrl-C/V/X act as one is used to in the Windows world. But Ctrl-A does not mark the contents of the tag field, but all the songs in the list. Bug or Feature??? C…

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## [\[X\] Replace with Regular Expression](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-replace-with-regular-expression/8140)

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**Author:** [@loveMusique](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/loveMusique)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-replace-with-regular-expression/8140 "2009-03-27T22:33:39Z")

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Hi Florian, an example in German: Alt-5 Feld: NETRADIOSTATION Regulärer Ausdruck: ^.\*$ Treffer ersetzen durch: Jamendo Execution examples: Field is empty — Result: Field is still empty. Field is not empty — Re…

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## [\[F\] Proxy Auth broken since 2.40](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-proxy-auth-broken-since-2-40/6537)

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**Author:** [@valider](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/valider)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-proxy-auth-broken-since-2-40/6537 "2009-03-27T11:33:34Z")

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Since version 2.40 request over the internet over an proxy requiring authentication, doesn’t work anymore. The proxy-server doesn’t get authentication credentials from mp3tag. Proxy-Auth is broken since version 2.40/2.4…

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## [\[X\] Möglicher Bug in 2.42h mit APEv2](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-moglicher-bug-in-2-42h-mit-apev2/8142)

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**Author:** [@LuckyBob](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LuckyBob)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-moglicher-bug-in-2-42h-mit-apev2/8142 "2009-03-24T21:42:18Z")

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Hi, lese immer noch sehr oft mit, aber wie das so im Leben ist, wenn man keine Probleme mit einer Software hat dann postet man auch nicht oder nicht so oft. Habe heute die letzte aktuelle Version (2.42h) installiert un…

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## [\[F\] Clipboard-shortcuts in tag panel dont't work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-clipboard-shortcuts-in-tag-panel-dontt-work/8117)

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**Author:** [@citlaltepetl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/citlaltepetl)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 23, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-clipboard-shortcuts-in-tag-panel-dontt-work/8117 "2009-03-23T05:48:03Z")

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Ctrl-C/Ctrl-X/Ctrl-V shortcuts for clipoard in fields of the tag panel don’t work with 2.42h. Copy/Cut/Paste only possible with right mouse click context menu. Worked before in 2.42f Christoph Sternberg

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## [\[F\] v2.36: Resize of Tag Panel highlights tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-v2-36-resize-of-tag-panel-highlights-tag-fields/3379)

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**Author:** [@speaker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/speaker)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 20, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-v2-36-resize-of-tag-panel-highlights-tag-fields/3379 "2009-03-20T19:52:48Z")

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When I resize the sidebar Tag Panel the editable tag fields become highlighted (white font, navy background). Sometimes the Track field is not affected. Oddly, the Genre field is not affected. I have to click somewhere…

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## [\[X\] Tag apper](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-apper/8071)

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**Author:** [@Clinton73](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Clinton73)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2009, 8:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-apper/8071 "2009-03-11T08:52:28Z")

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As soon as I change mp3 informations with Mp3tag, they appear in Chinese characters (or Japanese) in the drive MediaPlayer Classic? :astonished: See attached files. What is the problem ?

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## [\[X\] GENRES: NOT A capella BUT A cappella!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-genres-not-a-capella-but-a-cappella/6399)

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**Author:** [@dayslipper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dayslipper)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2009, 10:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-genres-not-a-capella-but-a-cappella/6399 "2009-03-09T10:46:59Z")

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NOT A capella BUT A cappella in Genres. You can register redirection from A capella to A cappella on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A\_capella Please, correct it.

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## [\[X\] Tag Removing Is Not Fully Working](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043)

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**Author:** [@Dux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dux)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-removing-is-not-fully-working/8043 "2009-03-08T18:17:26Z")

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This is a thing that has been happening to me for quite some time now, when I select 20+ or so files for tag removal, not all of them are removed. I have to sometimes repeat the process several times before all tags disa…

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## [\[X\] Lyric bug](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-lyric-bug/8038)

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**Author:** [@chin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chin)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-lyric-bug/8038 "2009-03-04T14:46:00Z")

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Cannot shown English correctly download to test http://libsyn.com/media/eslpod/ESLPod455.mp3

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## [\[X\] Action type Replace](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-action-type-replace/8035)

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**Author:** [@Dixie-Al](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dixie-Al)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-action-type-replace/8035 "2009-03-03T15:39:31Z")

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When redoing the artist tags, I am not permitted to use an ( / or ) as a “regular expression”. It seems that I could before but not now. Can not understand why these three chracters are taboo. :frowning:

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## [\[F\] 2.42e: Bug when choosing Favorite Directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-2-42e-bug-when-choosing-favorite-directory/7997)

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**Author:** [@cookiej](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cookiej)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-2-42e-bug-when-choosing-favorite-directory/7997 "2009-02-28T13:15:39Z")

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Bug Found: When attempting to select a "Favorite Directory" .. an error occurs.. This occurs on every attempt thus it is not possible to just "Close", and "Restart" the Application. Step-by-Step for Reproduction: Too…

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## [\[X\] Unusally behavior for Length tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-unusally-behavior-for-length-tag/8007)

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**Author:** [@zturk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zturk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-unusally-behavior-for-length-tag/8007 "2009-02-27T17:00:14Z")

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I load a single song in mp3tag v2.42e (same behavior in v2.42). The display panel shows a song length of 07:09 (this is correct!). I change the genre tag and save tags (any tag field change will do). The display pane…

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## [\[X\] MP4-AAC Tag - Tempo defaulted to BPM?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp4-aac-tag-tempo-defaulted-to-bpm/7999)

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**Author:** [@tnyc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tnyc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp4-aac-tag-tempo-defaulted-to-bpm/7999 "2009-02-26T06:09:57Z")

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I am hoping you can help me out with a minor problem regarding the Mp3 Tagger software. My company is using the software for a database project and everything seems to be working great. Although there is one dilemma- W…

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## [\[F\] Multiple values in tags: duplicate values appear -- and reappear . .](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-multiple-values-in-tags-duplicate-values-appear-and-reappear/7830)

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**Author:** [@TechUser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TechUser)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2009, 10:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-multiple-values-in-tags-duplicate-values-appear-and-reappear/7830 "2009-02-22T10:13:32Z")

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I posted this on another forum, but it seems more appropriate here because it looks like an actual bug. It is related to some issues people have been having with multiple values in tags. Perhaps they should be disallow…

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## [\[F\] 2.42d build - issues reading tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-2-42d-build-issues-reading-tags/7971)

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**Author:** [@mrinferno](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrinferno)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2009, 9:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-2-42d-build-issues-reading-tags/7971 "2009-02-22T09:11:51Z")

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hopefully this is the right place to post this question. I tried 2.42d, upgrade install from 2.42c. my 2.42c build was working fine. upon trying to read any mp3 file tags, it is significantly slower. a folder of 20-3…

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## [\[X\] Mp3tag fails to read tags of files with a '?' (question mark) in the filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-fails-to-read-tags-of-files-with-a-question-mark-in-the-filename/7945)

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**Author:** [@garmur](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/garmur)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mp3tag-fails-to-read-tags-of-files-with-a-question-mark-in-the-filename/7945 "2009-02-18T23:00:48Z")

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I’m using Mp3tag v2.42c, but the bug is also present in 2.42. Basically, the program will not read any tag information from a file which contains a ‘?’ (question mark) in the filename. I have tested this with both FLAC a…

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## [\[X\] Mpeg 4 Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mpeg-4-tags/7886)

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**Author:** [@andrewc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/andrewc)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mpeg-4-tags/7886 "2009-02-04T14:27:30Z")

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Not sure if this counts as a bug or something for future development. MP3Tag will edit Mpeg 4 tags if the files have .mp4 extensions but not if they have .m4v extensions. I have been renaming, editing and renaming agai…

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## [\[X\] Only 1st. character of tags being read by Sony player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-only-1st-character-of-tags-being-read-by-sony-player/7878)

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**Author:** [@davemab87rosebay](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/davemab87rosebay)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-only-1st-character-of-tags-being-read-by-sony-player/7878 "2009-02-03T23:10:09Z")

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I have been using Mp3Tag for some time now but recently I have noticed that only the first character of the artist and track title are being displayed on my Sony player. I have had no trouble in the past with this proble…

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## [\[X\] 2.42c Tag Panel Default Options](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-2-42c-tag-panel-default-options/7825)

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**Author:** [@The\_Original\_Invisib](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Original_Invisib)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-2-42c-tag-panel-default-options/7825 "2009-01-22T12:17:47Z")

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In version 2.42c it says:- But I don't see that I can add the Composer and Discnumber manually to the panel, but the "Album Artist" is not an available field? Regards Lee

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## [\[X\] PERFORMERSORTORDER should map to WM/ArtistSortOrder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-performersortorder-should-map-to-wm-artistsortorder/7804)

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**Author:** [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-performersortorder-should-map-to-wm-artistsortorder/7804 "2009-01-20T12:32:36Z")

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As far as I know “PERFORMERSORTORDER” (the Artist Sort Name) should map to “WM/ArtistSortOrder”. I know at least MusicBrainz’ Picard maps it so. Could I ask for including this in Mp3tag’s mapping?

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## [\[X\] WMA: Should "COMMENT" map to "Description" or "WM/Comments"?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wma-should-comment-map-to-description-or-wm-comments/7805)

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**Author:** [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 20, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wma-should-comment-map-to-description-or-wm-comments/7805 "2009-01-20T12:30:51Z")

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As I have no WMA specification at hand, I’m a little unsure if “COMMENT” should really map to “Description” (what kind of field is that?) or to “WM/Comments” because I’ve seen both. (Picard uses “WM/Comments”, for insta…

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## [\[X\] tag pasting from m4a to mp3 adds line breaks to lyrics](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-pasting-from-m4a-to-mp3-adds-line-breaks-to-lyrics/7765)

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**Author:** [@ptha](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ptha)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-pasting-from-m4a-to-mp3-adds-line-breaks-to-lyrics/7765 "2009-01-14T13:43:03Z")

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Mp3tag has been invaluable in allowing me to copy my old m4a tags to newly ripped mp3s. The problem I am seeing is that the lyrics pasted into the new mp3s seems to have extra line breaks when viewing the lyrics in iTun…

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## [\[X\] WMA -\> FLAC AlbumArtist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wma-flac-albumartist/7216)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-wma-flac-albumartist/7216 "2009-01-04T01:23:18Z")

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In WMAs, Mp3tag %band% shows my WM/AlbumArtist - fine. By when I convert WMA -\> FLAC, faithfully transferring WMA/AlbumArtist to vorbis comment ALBUMARTIST=, Mp3tag %band% fails to show the value. Even though Mp3tag’s …

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## [\[X\] Drag and Drop (Folders) doesn't work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-drag-and-drop-folders-doesnt-work/7411)

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**Author:** [@PhenX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PhenX)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-drag-and-drop-folders-doesnt-work/7411 "2009-01-02T22:50:21Z")

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Until 2.41 I could just use the Windows Explorer (or Directory Opus or another file manager) and Drag the folders I wanted to Tag in the Mp3Tag application. As of 2.42 this dowsn’t work any more. Dragging files FROM Mp3…

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## [\[F\] Standard genre apprently non iTunes-compatible in m4a files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-standard-genre-apprently-non-itunes-compatible-in-m4a-files/7611)

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**Author:** [@davorl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/davorl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 2, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-standard-genre-apprently-non-itunes-compatible-in-m4a-files/7611 "2009-01-02T20:12:13Z")

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This one troubled me for a little while, now I finally managed to reproduce it in a small file, so you can analyze it. A song was converted from mp3 to m4a using dbpoweramp (with nero encoder). If I open it with WinAmp…

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