# Development **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/development/22.md?page=16 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 17 --- ## [Anyway to access the filename?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anyway-to-access-the-filename/10937)
**Author:** [@monty68](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/monty68)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anyway-to-access-the-filename/10937 "2015-06-01T10:53:10Z")
I want to be able to access the filename (without the file extension) within a web source script, any way to do this? The reason is I want to pre-append the filename to the title for TV shows. The %\_filename% variable… --- ## [Build an Action group using Export Configuration](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/build-an-action-group-using-export-configuration/16900)
**Author:** [@rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko31415)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/build-an-action-group-using-export-configuration/16900 "2015-05-15T12:21:26Z")
I reported earlier I switched to tiny audio files as a way of taqging podcasts at the album level (http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=19933). It occurred to me several episode-level tags were fairly consistent a… --- ## [Amazon Plug In](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amazon-plug-in/16857)
**Author:** [@JpL](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JpL)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amazon-plug-in/16857 "2015-05-12T13:19:12Z")
Hello Friends, i have searched tags on amazon and found it at: http://www.amazon.de/Vilda-v%C3%A4rdiga-Li…are+och+musiker when i enter the search string in mp3tag it does not find it! ??? i think an option to insert … --- ## [Cover Art retrieval is broken on Amazon scripts](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-retrieval-is-broken-on-amazon-scripts/16866)
**Author:** [@Alcahest](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Alcahest)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-retrieval-is-broken-on-amazon-scripts/16866 "2015-05-08T20:34:04Z")
Hey all, Trying either full ‘amazon.com’ source or ‘amazon.com cover-art only’ source, it seems cover art retrieval is broken completely, the scripts aren’t able to get covers anymore. In the preview window the cover a… --- ## [Select 3 Hrs. of Random Tracks per Album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-3-hrs-of-random-tracks-per-album/16869)
**Author:** [@rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko31415)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-3-hrs-of-random-tracks-per-album/16869 "2015-05-02T10:01:57Z")
The following export configuration selects up to 3 hours of random tracks from each album, with a minimum of 2 track per album. Each album is in a separate folder. It requires you 1st place and sort by a column with valu… --- ## [Not working...?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-working/16364)
**Author:** [@trford](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/trford)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-working/16364 "2015-04-08T23:40:12Z")
Has anyone else been having problems with this script recently? It's weird, it will work maybe 1 out of 20 times. The rest of the time it brings up the info box but there's nothing filled in except the ITUNMOVI with a va… --- ## [Web Sources: Spanish (Español)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-spanish-espanol/16800)
**Author:** [@Gary\_Gauthier](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Gary_Gauthier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-spanish-espanol/16800 "2015-04-05T13:41:17Z")
I am hoping that, like myself, there are those out there who have a need for some way of cataloging Spanish music and have sources and/or scripts to share. Most of the traditional sources seem to pick up the odd album, … --- ## [fully automated?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fully-automated/16762)
**Author:** [@doubledrat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/doubledrat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fully-automated/16762 "2015-03-29T12:02:18Z")
is it possible to do a web source script without user interaction? I’ve taken an existing lyrics web source script and modified it so it works fine. Is there a way I can do it so it works with multiple files and doesn’… --- ## [melon.com](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/melon-com/16759)
**Author:** [@Syni](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Syni)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/melon-com/16759 "2015-03-28T00:14:26Z")
Can someone help write a script for the site? I tried looking through some .src files and it’s so confusing \[:huh:\] --- ## [New Web Source in Wine under OS X](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-web-source-in-wine-under-os-x/16715)
**Author:** [@bluewolf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bluewolf)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-web-source-in-wine-under-os-x/16715 "2015-03-23T21:07:39Z")
Hi, I have tried to add a new web source in OS X (running under Wine) but I cannot succed. In Windows I normally put the new source under %APPDATA% However under Wine the sources can be found only in /Applications/Mp… --- ## [2.69 has broken Amazon source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2-69-has-broken-amazon-source/16698)
**Author:** [@Alcahest](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Alcahest)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2-69-has-broken-amazon-source/16698 "2015-03-23T20:14:58Z")
Hey all, Just installed v2.69 and it seems the update to the Amazon.com.src has broken it completely. Whatever I input, album name, artist name, catalog #, I’m always getting the error: Mp3tag v2.69 Sorry, no entries… --- ## [Problem generating an XML](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-generating-an-xml/16659)
**Author:** [@dario](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dario)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 5, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-generating-an-xml/16659 "2015-03-05T18:29:20Z")
Hi everyone, sorry for the very generic title, but it’s hard to explain my problem with few words. I need to generate an XML file, but I’m stuck with a problem: I have a publisher tag in the form “A, B” (without quote… --- ## [replace from list to export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-from-list-to-export/7607)
**Author:** [@Richard1963](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Richard1963)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-from-list-to-export/7607 "2015-03-04T08:15:05Z")
Hello, i have a own made muziek program dat makes a muziek.dat file in the order of: 4,21,2008,2,39768,0,K:\\Katy Perry\\ Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl.mp3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | … --- ## [Musicbrainz (only add musicbrainz ID)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicbrainz-only-add-musicbrainz-id/14731)
**Author:** [@grotius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grotius)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicbrainz-only-add-musicbrainz-id/14731 "2015-02-22T14:51:54Z")
I am looking to automatically add the musicbrainz ID to all my albums. In the past I tagged them all with Discogs tags but 1 program i use needs the musicbrainz ID. I do not feel to go through all my albums and individua… --- ## [Need some help with IF](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-some-help-with-if/16614)
**Author:** [@skrippi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skrippi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2015, 9:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-some-help-with-if/16614 "2015-02-21T09:58:14Z")
Hey guys, i want artist and mixartist within the artist field and seperated by comma. But how is this possible? Temporary it’s like this: outputto “ARTIST” # ARTIST sayregexp “(?\<=,“artistName”:”)\[^"\]+" ", " "\<\>" sa… --- ## [MusicBrainz](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicbrainz/16613)
**Author:** [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicbrainz/16613 "2015-02-20T17:26:29Z")
2 questions regarding Musicbrainz: (1) Does anyone know how to get tag info from Musicbrainz. Example from Music brainz 19 Stompin’ at the Savoy drums: Luis Miranda bass: Carlos Duran vibraphone: Cal Tjader … --- ## [Mp3tagSplitList](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tagsplitlist/14121)
**Author:** [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tagsplitlist/14121 "2012-11-13T16:54:34Z")
I want to announce that the name of my already introduced list file splitter application has been changed … … from “Mp3tagSplitLyricsList” … to “Mp3tagSplitList” … … in order to make the user understand, … that this t… --- ## [Weird loop behaviour](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/weird-loop-behaviour/16564)
**Author:** [@freak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/freak)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/weird-loop-behaviour/16564 "2015-02-03T19:39:03Z")
I have a problem modifying the Discogs script, maybe someone has a solution for this: if I add into the trackloop another loop for credits (extraartists), similar to the one for “Artists”, the loop for the current track… --- ## [Searching for "Albumartist Album" in MusicBrainz and discogs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-albumartist-album-in-musicbrainz-and-discogs/16533)
**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2015, 10:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-albumartist-album-in-musicbrainz-and-discogs/16533 "2015-01-22T10:33:17Z")
Looking for album and track-information mostly makes only sense if your searching parameters include albumartist and album. This becomes clearly obvious if you search for the album “Greatest Hits”. :wink: With the scr… --- ## [Generate playlist Genres ?!?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-genres/16518)
**Author:** [@pierrotori](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pierrotori)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-genres/16518 "2015-01-18T14:51:13Z")
Hi all, i have a lot of mp3 directories , i try to generate the genre playlist with the script $filename(%genre%.m3u)#EXTM3U $loop(%genre%)#EXTINF:%\_length\_seconds%,%track% - %title% %\_filename\_rel% $loopend() I ha… --- ## [Create](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create/16481)
**Author:** [@R2D2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/R2D2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create/16481 "2015-01-06T18:07:23Z")
Hello, I tried to create a Web Source for LyricsWiki. This site provide the language of a song. At example: http://lyrics.wikia.com/api.php?action=que…:F%C3%BCr\_Immer Beside the Lyrics I get a string like this: |lang… --- ## [XBox Music Script](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/xbox-music-script/15674)
**Author:** [@mjp1966](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjp1966)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/xbox-music-script/15674 "2014-12-31T13:57:58Z")
I was looking for a script that uses Xbox Music service (which I use more frequently than other services). I couldn’t find anything searching the forums and other than 1 Zune script, nothing on internet. Thanks for any h… --- ## [help regarding json](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-regarding-json/16386)
**Author:** [@qqwen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/qqwen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-regarding-json/16386 "2014-12-04T20:02:02Z")
hello all, please somebody explain to me about implementing json commands. I do not understand it's use. sorry for the noob question. is it used for parsing the json responses from servers only. if so then how? p… --- ## [sayregexp changed results since V2.62](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sayregexp-changed-results-since-v2-62/16277)
**Author:** [@newtagger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/newtagger)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sayregexp-changed-results-since-v2-62/16277 "2014-11-29T15:25:25Z")
Since V2.62 on I get different results with sayregexp in the way the output is 2 times the expected result separated by a blank. Example: sayregexp “(www)(\[^\>”\]\*)" “;” “” used on href=“http://www.xxx.com/album/cowboys… --- ## [Export and Import Immediately does not work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-import-immediately-does-not-work/16030)
**Author:** [@Nature](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nature)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-import-immediately-does-not-work/16030 "2014-11-16T17:34:27Z")
Hi there. I’m trying to automatically number (in a serial fashion) all the albums inside a folder. I’m trying to do it all with just one action. It will start by exporting a file with a line for each album, in which … --- ## [Check if field value is identical for all selected tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-if-field-value-is-identical-for-all-selected-tracks/13244)
**Author:** [@Kevin04](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kevin04)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-if-field-value-is-identical-for-all-selected-tracks/13244 "2014-10-11T20:03:22Z")
Hello, if you select a number of files and the values differ for a field, Mp3tag will display \< keep \> for that field. If the value is the same for all files, it just displays the value itself. Is it possible to perfor… --- ## [iTunes "Purchased By" field/tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-purchased-by-field-tag/16216)
**Author:** [@mU\_036\_33\_c\_inc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mU_036_33_c_inc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 7:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-purchased-by-field-tag/16216 "2014-10-08T07:25:06Z")
I see that you have added a fully functional ITUNESACCOUNT tag edit. Great to be able to edit the Apple Store ID email address in Mp3tag v2.64 (nice). I was editing some of my iTunes albums that are in .m4a format with M… --- ## [Turn D/M/YYYY into YYYY/MM/DD](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/turn-d-m-yyyy-into-yyyy-mm-dd/9074)
**Author:** [@supertagger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/supertagger)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2014, 10:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/turn-d-m-yyyy-into-yyyy-mm-dd/9074 "2014-09-26T10:03:47Z")
Hi everyone, I am trying to create a list of albums in txt mode, one line per album with the date-modified date in the front, like this: 2009-9-8 Electronica - Daft Punk - Homework My script: $filename(albums-only.tx… --- ## [Slightly Changing the Paradigm](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slightly-changing-the-paradigm/16172)
**Author:** [@jackpots](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jackpots)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slightly-changing-the-paradigm/16172 "2014-09-23T22:30:58Z")
I suggest that Mp3tag have a changed paradigm, from editing tag data of connected audio files to, editing tag data of a local repository that connects to audio files by way of an unique identifier. To the casual user th… --- ## [Count total number of albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-total-number-of-albums/12486)
**Author:** [@blake](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blake)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-total-number-of-albums/12486 "2014-09-14T13:38:12Z")
Is there a simple way to use MP3tag to count the total number of albums in my tagged music collection? I have several hundred albums, all in one big directory. I need to count the total number of albums seen by MP3tag … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/development/22.md?page=15) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/development/22.md?page=17)