# Export

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## [How to trim YEAR, convert and replace STRING in export file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-trim-year-convert-and-replace-string-in-export-file/50504)

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**Author:** [@henriquebs12](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/henriquebs12)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-trim-year-convert-and-replace-string-in-export-file/50504 "2020-10-16T20:46:05Z")

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I want to export %year% in a format that will be used in HTML later. My songs have the following format "2020-09-21T07:00:00Z" and sometimes "2020-09-21". I want to transform it into the Brazilian format: "DD de MM de Y…

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## [Help with regex and logic in export options](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-regex-and-logic-in-export-options/50502)

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**Author:** [@henriquebs12](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/henriquebs12)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-regex-and-logic-in-export-options/50502 "2020-10-16T19:21:00Z")

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I'm setting an export script to fill a specific html model that will be used later. I want to make 3 conditionals. If the %album% tag doesn't contain the string " - EP" or " - Single", add " \[Album\]" and write "%album…

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## [Export GENRE multivalue playlist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-genre-multivalue-playlist/15566)

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**Author:** [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-genre-multivalue-playlist/15566 "2020-10-06T18:23:26Z")

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Here is a Mp3tag export script, which creates a SL split list file, which in turn creates M3U8 playlist files, one for each genre, from a multi value tag-field GENRE. Tool Mp3tagSplitList http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.…

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## [Insert MD5 checksum CUE file in RTF configuration](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-md5-checksum-cue-file-in-rtf-configuration/50208)

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**Author:** [@PauloVolkova](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PauloVolkova)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2020, 4:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-md5-checksum-cue-file-in-rtf-configuration/50208 "2020-09-17T04:32:18Z")

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Hello Mp3Tag Team! I have my mp3s organized as follows (example): Folder M/ ... Michael Bolton - Soul Provider\_The Best Of Michael Bolton (CD1).mp3 Michael Bolton - Soul Provider\_The Best Of Michael Bolton (CD1).cue …

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## [export a list of albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-a-list-of-albums/19397)

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**Author:** [@parafux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/parafux)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-a-list-of-albums/19397 "2020-07-28T06:25:21Z")

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Hi there, does anybody know a way to export a list of albums, e.g. as follows. artist a - album a artist a - album b artist b - album a artist b - album b thx p.

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## [Html Export Configuration design by Sasori #2.1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-configuration-design-by-sasori-2-1/48014)

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**Author:** [@Lisbon\_Sasori](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lisbon_Sasori)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-configuration-design-by-sasori-2-1/48014 "2020-04-12T19:53:56Z")

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Hello! A long long time ago, I posted my Html export configuration on this forum. Now, I made some alterations to it and I am reposting this configuration. As I said then, I created a html export configuration based on…

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## [ITunes LP / Extra](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-lp-extra/48100)

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**Author:** [@Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crissov)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-lp-extra/48100 "2020-03-06T11:54:05Z")

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Apple hat iTunes LPs (.itlp) zwar inzwischen abgeschafft und ich weiß nicht, ob Apple Music diese Zusatzdateien überhaupt noch unterstützt, aber für Filme scheint es die Extras (.ite) immer noch zu geben und die funktion…

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## [HTML export number of albums help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-number-of-albums-help/48061)

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**Author:** [@Lisbon\_Sasori](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lisbon_Sasori)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-export-number-of-albums-help/48061 "2020-03-04T11:17:51Z")

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I need to add this feature to my export configuration and I am stuck. This is the idea: In the box where the album title is, add a line for each album that counts the number of albums and reads for example: Album 6 /…

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## [Custom Export help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-export-help/46850)

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**Author:** [@bbender1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bbender1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2019, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-export-help/46850 "2019-10-24T17:39:11Z")

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Ok I must be dumb or something. I have been working for hours on how to change the fields for custom export. Everyone makes mention of file name this or that, I need simple instructions. I click on the little icon in th…

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## [How to import?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import/5211)

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**Author:** [@richter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/richter)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import/5211 "2019-10-23T05:05:17Z")

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Am i dumb or what? I just can’t find a button to import your exports. Pls help!

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## [Custom Export - Parent Directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-export-parent-directory/46764)

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**Author:** [@gbrebner](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gbrebner)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-export-parent-directory/46764 "2019-10-16T19:20:38Z")

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I would like an export to include the "parent directory". I copy the standard MTE file, add: "%\_parent\_directory%" using the same format as the other columns (other fields to export). I keep corrupting the MTE file. S…

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## [Replace path when exporting m3u](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-path-when-exporting-m3u/43658)

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**Author:** [@Etz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Etz)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-path-when-exporting-m3u/43658 "2018-11-24T16:13:15Z")

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At the moment I'm using mp3tag to export playlists with following: $filename(%\_workingdir%.m3u,utf-8)#EXTM3U $loop(%\_directory%)$loop(%\_filename\_ext%)%\_path% $loopend()$loopend() Trick is that for fileserver I would li…

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## [Mp3tag export to Google video sitemap XML](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-export-to-google-video-sitemap-xml/42172)

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**Author:** [@founa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/founa)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-export-to-google-video-sitemap-xml/42172 "2018-07-03T18:34:44Z")

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I am using Mp3tags to add information to my home videos ( title, date, description, persons and optionally keywords). MP4 and MKV. I would like to export the files into an XML that will be used as a video sitemap to he…

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## [M3U8 Playlist export (UTF-8 encoded playlists)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u8-playlist-export-utf-8-encoded-playlists/7867)

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**Author:** [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2010, 2:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u8-playlist-export-utf-8-encoded-playlists/7867 "2010-03-01T02:51:25Z")

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Mp3tag doesn’t (yet?) have built-in support for playlists with files that have Unicode filenames. Unfortunately, the ».m3u« playlist format was an »ad-hoc« creation by Nullsoft (the former Winamp people) a long time ago…

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## [Create an HTML export configuration](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-an-html-export-configuration/41663)

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**Author:** [@francepes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/francepes)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-an-html-export-configuration/41663 "2018-05-10T21:45:18Z")

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Hi everyone! First of all I would like to thank all the developers of this great Tool, the best on the Net and very very useful for a music lover like me. This is my problem. I've a Music folder with a huge amount of …

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## [Changing date format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-date-format/19778)

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**Author:** [@DavidRoddini](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidRoddini)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-date-format/19778 "2018-02-07T08:06:46Z")

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Hello all! I am sorry if this was asked somewhere else but I searched the forums and couldn’t find it. I know how to get the file creation date, convert the / to - and export it as text. The problem is that it is formatt…

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## [calculate average bitrate](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/calculate-average-bitrate/19540)

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**Author:** [@gladglam](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gladglam)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 11:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/calculate-average-bitrate/19540 "2017-12-03T11:36:14Z")

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Hi. I recently tried to create .nfos with some homemade template heavily borrowing from existing scripts since scripting isn't my area of expertise :smiley: One thing I can't make work and I have no clue why is calcula…

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## [CSV Export with seperate cells](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/csv-export-with-seperate-cells/19029)

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**Author:** [@hillcreative](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hillcreative)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/csv-export-with-seperate-cells/19029 "2017-06-08T23:34:37Z")

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Trying to use the default CSV export but output creates a single cell for header and data output. I’d like each data item to reside in a single CSV cell instead of “;” as a separator.

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## [How to set TOTALDISCS and TOTALTRACKS?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-set-totaldiscs-and-totaltracks/12767)

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**Author:** [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-set-totaldiscs-and-totaltracks/12767 "2017-06-03T03:17:39Z")

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Sometimes there is the need to enumerate a large amount of files, which relate to different data media, e.g. album with 27 files stored on three CDs. It would be helpful to have a tag-field, automatically created into th…

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## [Create & Export CD Cover to Jpg](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-export-cd-cover-to-jpg/19007)

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**Author:** [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-export-cd-cover-to-jpg/19007 "2017-05-26T16:42:12Z")

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Is there a script to export Tracklist and create - in my case - back CD covers? A lot of digital meadia comes without back covers - i would like to smply export the album info and create back covers. If it sdpes more c…

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## [exporting for SQLite](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-for-sqlite/18835)

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**Author:** [@AFAA1620](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AFAA1620)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-for-sqlite/18835 "2017-03-27T03:58:47Z")

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Hello every one, How I export Artiest-Title-Album-Conductor-Composer-Lyricist-Lyrics etc to SQLite with no repeating for same artiest … or can we export as XML then import it … thanks for helping

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## [html links need export config](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-links-need-export-config/18768)

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**Author:** [@swarup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swarup)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-links-need-export-config/18768 "2017-03-03T18:40:21Z")

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hi am swarup i need html link export config without space link filename links will be %20 i have this file name \> my song.mp3 i need to export on html this \> my%20song.mp3 just removed space and add %20 how ?

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## [Shifting any word based on dividers. Is it possible?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shifting-any-word-based-on-dividers-is-it-possible/18702)

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**Author:** [@vvikkass](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vvikkass)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 19, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shifting-any-word-based-on-dividers-is-it-possible/18702 "2017-02-19T16:02:20Z")

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Have finally got clean mp3s after my yesterdays attempt to find solution, which the generous member here helped me get. now I have mp3s in this format mainly, 01 - Artist 1 - Title (Original Mix) (feat. Artist 2).mp3 t…

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## [ACTION\>CASE CONVERSION addition](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-case-conversion-addition/18696)

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**Author:** [@vvikkass](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vvikkass)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-case-conversion-addition/18696 "2017-02-11T15:28:18Z")

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Action \> Case Conversion (Normal) does a good job with filenaming. when case converted in for eg. this file name 01 - aRtisT - tiTle.mp3 it will result in this 01 - Artist - Title.mp3 Is it possible to let the already …

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## [How to workaround with duplicates in filename?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-workaround-with-duplicates-in-filename/18695)

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**Author:** [@vvikkass](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vvikkass)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-workaround-with-duplicates-in-filename/18695 "2017-02-11T12:41:04Z")

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Have mp3s (around 10000+ files) which have duplicates. All the files I am talking about are in this format, 01 - Artist 1 - Title (Artist 2 Remix) (Artist 2 Remix).mp3 want duplicate texts to be removed from each mp3 …

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## [Can I replace last comma (,) with 'And'](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-replace-last-comma-with-and/18527)

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**Author:** [@vvikkass](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vvikkass)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-replace-last-comma-with-and/18527 "2016-12-18T15:38:13Z")

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Have audiobook files, it contains lots of narrators, I when export to text file it shows multiple narrator all separated by commas. Can i replace the last comma with ‘And’? something like… Author 1, Author 2, Author 3 …

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## [Dont want to replace current file with exported one](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dont-want-to-replace-current-file-with-exported-one/18506)

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**Author:** [@vvikkass](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vvikkass)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2016, 8:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dont-want-to-replace-current-file-with-exported-one/18506 "2016-12-11T08:26:26Z")

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Having a file with same name as export file. MP3 tag would generally replace the file in the destination if it finds that the file in the directory is having the same name as export file. Is there any way to stop this fr…

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## [Use of Varibles in Export Scripts](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-of-varibles-in-export-scripts/18481)

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**Author:** [@pdwhite](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pdwhite)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2016, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-of-varibles-in-export-scripts/18481 "2016-12-04T19:33:13Z")

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I am attempting to create an export script that uses variables to sum up %length% values as each %track% loop occurs. I am converting the current length to seconds as a $num(x,n) succesfully, and placing it in a variable…

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## [Playlist order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-order/18467)

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**Author:** [@BillCairns](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BillCairns)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-order/18467 "2016-11-30T16:51:35Z")

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I have a number of playlists for which I need to reset the tags. I’m able to do everything but one: I can’t figure out how to get access to the sequential order of a file in the original playlist. The ordering is done …

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## [A little help please....](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-little-help-please/18434)

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**Author:** [@vvikkass](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vvikkass)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-little-help-please/18434 "2016-11-19T15:16:23Z")

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I am using this code to put the comments between the border of my nfo. $loop(%comment%,1)|$repeat( ,2)%comment% $loopend() its output is something like this, | FULL COMMENT If say comment on mp3 is A-Z, its writing …

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