# Development **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/development/22.md?page=1 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 2 --- ## [\[WS\] iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-itunes/13478)
**Author:** [@pone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pone)\ **Replies:** 349\ **Last updated:** [July 15, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-itunes/13478 "2026-07-15T23:07:11Z")
This is a web sources script for the music catalog of Apple's iTunes. It writes the following tag fields: COVER; ALBUMARTIST; ALBUM; YEAR; PUBLISHER; GENRE; ARTIST; TITLE; TRACK script installation & usage: downloa… --- ## [Speed improvement is unbelieveable](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/speed-improvement-is-unbelieveable/71581)
**Author:** [@yorickausyps](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yorickausyps)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/speed-improvement-is-unbelieveable/71581 "2026-07-07T19:00:21Z")
My first impression is that the running time of tag source scripts is now up to 10 times faster than before! Thank you @Florian. --- ## [HowTo fix "Various Artists" to "Various" for Discogs search "ARTIST and ALBUM"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-fix-various-artists-to-various-for-discogs-search-artist-and-album/66601)
**Author:** [@make-nz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/make-nz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-fix-various-artists-to-various-for-discogs-search-artist-and-album/66601 "2026-06-05T15:13:22Z")
For me it has allways been and will be "Various Artists" for the tag Albumartist, not just "Various". Now, for Discogs search "ARTIST and ALBUM" you are out of luck with "Various Artists" and you get: To fix this, … --- ## [\[WS\] VGMdb (extended)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-vgmdb-extended/59822)
**Author:** [@GiFuJo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GiFuJo)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-vgmdb-extended/59822 "2026-06-04T17:29:08Z")
Hi guys, I have written a Web Source Script for VGMdb. VGMdb focuses on video game music, but in my experience is also the best source for anime related music. The script started as a fork of Romano's great script foun… --- ## [A little trouble with .txt export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-little-trouble-with-txt-export/71379)
**Author:** [@JoaoBC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JoaoBC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-little-trouble-with-txt-export/71379 "2026-06-01T17:36:03Z")
Good morning! When I use the feature to export tags to a .txt file, the program creates 2 control bytes BEFORE the first line of text in the exported file. You only notice this when you open the .txt file with a hexadec… --- ## [Falsche Zuordnung der Artists bei spezieller Discogs-Seitenabfrage](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/falsche-zuordnung-der-artists-bei-spezieller-discogs-seitenabfrage/55098)
**Author:** [@yorickausyps](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yorickausyps)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/falsche-zuordnung-der-artists-bei-spezieller-discogs-seitenabfrage/55098 "2026-05-29T09:17:15Z")
Der Track 7 ist ein Medley, das bei Discogs als Liste von 3 Teilen geführt wird (https://www.discogs.com/de/release/2028939-The-Allman-Brothers-Band-Dreams) Bei den Ergebnissen der Abfrage in Mp3tag wird der Artist des T… --- ## [Help: Automatic routing of debug files for MacOS/Linux](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-automatic-routing-of-debug-files-for-macos-linux/71346)
**Author:** [@arb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/arb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-automatic-routing-of-debug-files-for-macos-linux/71346 "2026-05-24T21:23:03Z")
I figured for source authors, it's easiest saving a debug file in the same folder as whatever .src/.inc you'd be testing without having to manually change paths so there's less folders open at once. I've made a way to r… --- ## [Dramatically changed Icons in newest v3.34-beta.6 - What do you think?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dramatically-changed-icons-in-newest-v3-34-beta-6-what-do-you-think/70900)
**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2026, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dramatically-changed-icons-in-newest-v3-34-beta-6-what-do-you-think/70900 "2026-05-19T13:02:57Z")
Since the version Mp3tag v3.34-beta6 the Toolbar icons seems to be dramatically changed: Unselected Track Selected Track ---\> These are the same icons in Mp3tag v3.34-beta4: Unselected Track Selected Track … --- ## [\[WS\] Hitparade ch](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-hitparade-ch/9158)
**Author:** [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-hitparade-ch/9158 "2026-05-08T21:52:00Z")
Hitparade Script for Year + Cover How do I install the script? / Wie installiere ich das Script? \\o/ 2021-01-11: Updated 2021-01-15: Updated 2021-05-06: Updated 2026-04-28: Updated Hitparade09.rar (1.3 KB) --- ## [OverrideBaseCountry for Audible API possible?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overridebasecountry-for-audible-api-possible/71174)
**Author:** [@gomi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gomi)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overridebasecountry-for-audible-api-possible/71174 "2026-05-06T16:29:25Z")
I’m running into an issue where using the “Audible.com - search by Title and Author”, returns results for UK editions. Could this be due to me being based in the UK? Using “Audbile.com - Search by ASIN” works correctly. … --- ## [Audible via API to prevent use of empty fields when composing fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audible-via-api-to-prevent-use-of-empty-fields-when-composing-fields/71175)
**Author:** [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 8:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audible-via-api-to-prevent-use-of-empty-fields-when-composing-fields/71175 "2026-05-05T08:09:34Z")
Something that might be worth fixing: When an audiobook returns only the narrator but no author, the ARTIST starts with a , , trying to concatenate something that's absent. Example Audiobook The Lost Colony by Eoin Col… --- ## [Use standard capitalization for format and language Audible via API](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-standard-capitalization-for-format-and-language-audible-via-api/71173)
**Author:** [@whatxremains](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/whatxremains)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2026, 8:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-standard-capitalization-for-format-and-language-audible-via-api/71173 "2026-05-05T08:05:38Z")
This might be nitpicking a little, but for my use case, language and format show as all lowercase in the results and I prefer standard case. So I added this to both of the .inc files. Would you consider adding something … --- ## [ERROR(Settings): expected value, got ‘A‘ (65) when using Audible via API](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-settings-expected-value-got-a-65-when-using-audible-via-api/71172)
**Author:** [@zwap1233](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zwap1233)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-settings-expected-value-got-a-65-when-using-audible-via-api/71172 "2025-12-09T19:16:38Z")
I am running into an error trying to use this websource. Settings of the Tag Source “A&udible API#Audible.com - Search by Filename” contain a syntax error: ERROR(Settings): expected value, got ‘A‘ (65) See scripterro… --- ## [Chapter titles for Audiobooks via Audible](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chapter-titles-for-audiobooks-via-audible/71171)
**Author:** [@SgtH](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SgtH)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chapter-titles-for-audiobooks-via-audible/71171 "2026-01-04T11:57:57Z")
Hey Thanks for doing this. Is it possible to get the chapter titles by chance? If I have files broken by chapter, I would like to have their titles match the chapter titles. And it would be nice to not have to manually d… --- ## [No results for audible UK version of a book](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-results-for-audible-uk-version-of-a-book/71170)
**Author:** [@adammich](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/adammich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-results-for-audible-uk-version-of-a-book/71170 "2026-03-12T05:27:04Z")
I’m having an issue where I have an audible UK version of a book. I’m trying to search using the Audible.co.uk - search by Title and Author and it is not giving any results. I’m using mp3tag version 1.10 on Mac running 2… --- ## [Edit Milka Export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-milka-export/71054)
**Author:** [@nohart](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nohart)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-milka-export/71054 "2026-04-19T18:20:40Z")
I have a pretty modified export made by Milka. I was able to add an html5 audio player that I put together into the resulting html. It works great! But I don’t know enough about the export rules to add the player into th… --- ## [Escaping the vertical pipe character in script](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escaping-the-vertical-pipe-character-in-script/71078)
**Author:** [@rboss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rboss)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/escaping-the-vertical-pipe-character-in-script/71078 "2026-04-19T00:56:40Z")
Greetings to all; As the topic title implies: how to escape the vertical pipe character "|" during script processing? As anyone who has ever fiddled with a WSS knows, the pipe character is used as a separator in multip… --- ## [SoundCloud API and Mp3tag - Is it possible to use its API](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/soundcloud-api-and-mp3tag-is-it-possible-to-use-its-api/50877)
**Author:** [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/soundcloud-api-and-mp3tag-is-it-possible-to-use-its-api/50877 "2026-04-16T04:45:54Z")
Does anyone know if it's possible for Mp3tag and use SCs' API? It seems everything is done via a web browser or Ruby, Python and JavaScript. --- ## [How to use conditional statements alongside variables?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-conditional-statements-alongside-variables/70987)
**Author:** [@anton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anton)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 5:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-conditional-statements-alongside-variables/70987 "2026-04-06T05:55:31Z")
Hi all, (Edit at 2026-04-03 22:00 CST - Whole post was reworded because, as pointed out, it didn’t much sense what I was trying to ask. Being sleep deprived and taking flu meds didn’t helped at all - lesson learned) We… --- ## [Customizing Columns in v3.34-beta.8](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-columns-in-v3-34-beta-8/70971)
**Author:** [@yorickausyps](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yorickausyps)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 9:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-columns-in-v3-34-beta-8/70971 "2026-04-04T09:33:13Z")
Continuing the discussion from Mp3tag Development Build Status: This change has several disadvantages for me and I would really like to have the previous behaviour back. Also this "direct toggling of configured columns… --- ## [Export with multiple artists per track](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-with-multiple-artists-per-track/70991)
**Author:** [@P.unkt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/P.unkt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-with-multiple-artists-per-track/70991 "2026-04-04T09:04:38Z")
Could not find any solution for this in the existing threads. This is how my export file looks like: $filename(E:\\Temp\\Tracklists\\%album%.txt,ansi) $loop(%track%)'\['color=green'\]'%track%'\['/color'\]' - '\['color=#E35151'… --- ## [Mp3tag v3.34-beta.8 - Icons mixture in Alt + T?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-34-beta-8-icons-mixture-in-alt-t/70969)
**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-34-beta-8-icons-mixture-in-alt-t/70969 "2026-04-02T09:04:21Z")
Is this the expected behaviour of the icons in version 3.34-beta.8: The main toolbar has the "old" icons, but the metadata popup windows shows some kind of new icons? --- ## [\[WS\] Audiobooks.com (Audiobooks)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-audiobooks-com-audiobooks/54223)
**Author:** [@Romano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Romano)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-audiobooks-com-audiobooks/54223 "2026-03-30T20:16:34Z")
Website: Audiobooks.com For audiobooks Usage: Search by title. This is particularly useful for audiobooks that are not in audible, but not limited to this. You can try it and make suggestions, find bugs, or tell me h… --- ## [\[WS\] vgmdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-vgmdb/9731)
**Author:** [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\ **Replies:** 179\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-vgmdb/9731 "2026-03-24T10:50:56Z")
How do I install the script? / Wie installiere ich das Script? Website: vgmdb.net (videogame music) Usage: Search by album or enter complete URL in the search box tag vgm VGMdb\_05.zip (3.2 KB) Changelog\[2019-03-16\] … --- ## [DisCoverArt: Batch import album cover art based on artist and title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discoverart-batch-import-album-cover-art-based-on-artist-and-title/14521)
**Author:** [@xplorr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xplorr)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2026, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discoverart-batch-import-album-cover-art-based-on-artist-and-title/14521 "2026-03-15T14:11:20Z")
DisCoverArt 2.11.0.1 (Freeware tool used in conjunction with mp3tag) Get albumart/coverart for music based on artist and title or album You can download it here: http://bit.ly/3aT8RNM This software is distributed as f… --- ## [\[WS\] Storytel.com](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-storytel-com/70822)
**Author:** [@Jisevind](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jisevind)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-storytel-com/70822 "2026-03-05T14:17:22Z")
I needed Storytel as a source and there was no script development for a few years so I freshened up the script that @Scuttle wrote, original script here. Script writes to COMPOSER, PERFORMER, YEAR, RELEASETIME, DESCRIPT… --- ## [Debug or DebugWriteInput path for MacOs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/debug-or-debugwriteinput-path-for-macos/70700)
**Author:** [@bharting](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bharting)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/debug-or-debugwriteinput-path-for-macos/70700 "2026-02-16T17:18:09Z")
I have seen we should use absolute paths for Debug and DebugWriteInput files. In MacOs, those look like this: Debug "ON" "/Volumes/Transitorium/tmp/debug.out" Debug "ON" "/Users/bill/Documents/debug.out" It doesn’t ma… --- ## [Is it possible to select and parse multiple search results from the Index list?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-select-and-parse-multiple-search-results-from-the-index-list/70705)
**Author:** [@moebear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/moebear)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-select-and-parse-multiple-search-results-from-the-index-list/70705 "2026-02-16T16:57:17Z")
I am developing a Web Sources Script for a site . I've encountered a structural limitation in the Web Sources framework regarding how search results are handled. Currently, the \[ParserScriptIndex\] generates a list of re… --- ## [How to handle different encodings for Search URL and Server Response?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-handle-different-encodings-for-search-url-and-server-response/70707)
**Author:** [@moebear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/moebear)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2026, 8:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-handle-different-encodings-for-search-url-and-server-response/70707 "2026-02-16T08:57:20Z")
Hi, I am writing a Web Source script for a Japanese site that uses EUC-JP encoding. I am facing an "encoding mismatch" issue between the search request and the response: If I set \[Encoding\]=euc-jp: The search fails beca… --- ## [\[WS\] AudiobookCovers.com](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-audiobookcovers-com/70462)
**Author:** [@Azazel\_1125](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Azazel_1125)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2026, 10:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-audiobookcovers-com/70462 "2026-02-15T10:56:04Z")
AudiobookCovers․com Tag Source This allows download of covers from audiobookcovers.com which is “a way to search for and download new artwork quickly and easily, without worrying about different image hosts, getting the … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/development/22.md) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/development/22.md?page=2)