# General Discussion

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=106

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## [Copying Entire Columns Into Another Column](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-entire-columns-into-another-column/7135)

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**Author:** [@truefan999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/truefan999)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-entire-columns-into-another-column/7135 "2008-08-12T07:27:37Z")

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Question what if you download an album and the Filename Column has the individual track names but the title column is blank. Any way to copy the entire coloum across?

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## [Button to restore to the default](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/button-to-restore-to-the-default/7116)

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**Author:** [@MoeFauth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MoeFauth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/button-to-restore-to-the-default/7116 "2008-08-06T12:09:01Z")

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In the Columns Customization dialog, there could be a button to restore the columns to the default.

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## [cleaning up tags / vorbis comments in flac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cleaning-up-tags-vorbis-comments-in-flac/7090)

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**Author:** [@entrecour](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/entrecour)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cleaning-up-tags-vorbis-comments-in-flac/7090 "2008-08-06T12:04:52Z")

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I have a lot of flac files that have been tagged with vorbis comments. In the tag field of mp3tag some of my files are marked FLAC (FLAC) or even FLAC (FLAC FLAC). Is this because multiple vorbis comments have been adde…

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## [Help Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-files/7113)

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**Author:** [@MoeFauth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MoeFauth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-files/7113 "2008-08-05T20:34:40Z")

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Florian, you have plans to offer translations of the help files for other languages?

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## [Issue with %band% and %albumartist%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-band-and-albumartist/7091)

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**Author:** [@abenitop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/abenitop)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-band-and-albumartist/7091 "2008-08-01T14:19:40Z")

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Hi. I use Mp3Tag in combination with Musicbrainz Picard and Foobar2000 to manage my large music collection (over 30.000 mp3 files). Sometimes I need to reorganize music files in a specific way. Like for instance I want…

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## [A new Renaming options - convert spaces to underscores](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-new-renaming-options-convert-spaces-to-underscores/7096)

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**Author:** [@HorseFace](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HorseFace)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 31, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-new-renaming-options-convert-spaces-to-underscores/7096 "2008-07-31T06:07:21Z")

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" convert spaces to underscores " would be cool, as I have to do this manually when batch tagging I know this can be half done in the ‘tag to filename’ but that is only for when renaming from scratch I am seeking to ju…

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## [drag and drop album art - how is it done](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-and-drop-album-art-how-is-it-done/7089)

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**Author:** [@HorseFace](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HorseFace)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 30, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-and-drop-album-art-how-is-it-done/7089 "2008-07-30T22:53:53Z")

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Hi, I am trying to get some info on how drag and drop album art is done in my favourite mp3Tag. I am not a programmer or software techie but have heard of the open source TagLib and wonder if mp3Tag is usiong that for t…

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## [Tag-Filename  formatting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-formatting/7003)

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**Author:** [@rakyr83](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rakyr83)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 28, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-formatting/7003 "2008-07-28T21:20:39Z")

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First of all: i don't think that my english is very good, so try to understand what i wrote (if you're interested in :stuck\_out\_tongue: ) These are my format string for Tag-Filename (i hope they can be usefull for some…

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## [2.41b - NEW: type and description of cover art can now also be set via the Tag Sources dialog.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2-41b-new-type-and-description-of-cover-art-can-now-also-be-set-via-the-tag-sources-dialog/7081)

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**Author:** [@Cookie\_Monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cookie_Monster)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2008, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2-41b-new-type-and-description-of-cover-art-can-now-also-be-set-via-the-tag-sources-dialog/7081 "2008-07-26T18:08:00Z")

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I see that Mp3tag can change the image type now. I hope this will also be made accessible for manual tagging via the extended tag windows, will it not? :frowning:

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## [Overview of extended tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overview-of-extended-tags/7080)

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**Author:** [@markp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markp)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 26, 2008, 10:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/overview-of-extended-tags/7080 "2008-07-26T10:26:21Z")

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Hi, I have an idea for better handling of extended tags: With an Option under "File - Options - Tag Panel" you could add a feature, to display all (non-visible, not explicit displayed) extended tags. (Direct editing wou…

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## [Tag encoding in AAC+ files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-encoding-in-aac-files/7067)

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**Author:** [@k\_kolev1985](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/k_kolev1985)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 25, 2008, 6:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-encoding-in-aac-files/7067 "2008-07-25T06:43:09Z")

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Hello, everyone, I have a question about tag encoding of AAC+ files. I have a Nokia N73 Music Edition and a Nokia 6131 phones. I convert my music to AAC+ (aacPlus) format, to save space on those phones memory. The prob…

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## [Help with cleaning up](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-cleaning-up/7068)

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**Author:** [@traflaz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/traflaz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 23, 2008, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-cleaning-up/7068 "2008-07-23T12:43:38Z")

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Here’s my problem: I have a bunch of old and duplicate mp3 on my computer, in my music folder. In my media player (Winamp), I’ve kept everything clean and nice. I can export a playlist of all the songs I want to keep. I …

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## [Wishlist entry](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wishlist-entry/7055)

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**Author:** [@Paceman60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paceman60)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wishlist-entry/7055 "2008-07-22T21:51:52Z")

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Hi! I often browse through my (fairly) well organized collection of MP3’s, and there’s one feature I still miss in the MP3tag. I’d simply like two buttons to navigate directly to the next and previous folder in the fold…

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## [search in actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-in-actions/7064)

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**Author:** [@jackass](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jackass)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 22, 2008, 10:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-in-actions/7064 "2008-07-22T10:41:59Z")

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HI! because I have collected a lot of actions/regular expression rules in my mp3tag tool I suggest to implement a search function for actiongroups and the rules inside these actiongroups A small search box in the actio…

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## [better handling of garbage information in id3v2 tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-handling-of-garbage-information-in-id3v2-tags/7058)

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**Author:** [@maxxis78](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/maxxis78)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 19, 2008, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-handling-of-garbage-information-in-id3v2-tags/7058 "2008-07-19T14:39:29Z")

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Hi all, today i noticed that mp3tag does not show the id3v2 information for some of my mp3s, while winamp as well as my standalone player seem to have no problem at all. After looking at those files more closely i noti…

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## [Create Folder by Album name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-folder-by-album-name/7041)

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**Author:** [@cjcpr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cjcpr)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-folder-by-album-name/7041 "2008-07-17T16:29:32Z")

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I want to organize my mp3 files. As a first step I have tagged them pretty well using MP3TAG. All my files are in ‘Music’ Folder as follows. MUSIC\>THRILLER-Track01.mp3 MUSIC\>THRILLER-Track02.mp3 MUSIC\>THRILLER-Track0…

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## [Batch Album Art Embed For Different Album Tracks?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-album-art-embed-for-different-album-tracks/7042)

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**Author:** [@tunayx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tunayx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-album-art-embed-for-different-album-tracks/7042 "2008-07-17T10:55:45Z")

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I want to embed artwork at once to different album tracks. But by default mp3tag embed first track’s artwork to all selected tracks. How can I solve this?

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## [strip part of track info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-part-of-track-info/7045)

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**Author:** [@madivad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/madivad)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 17, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-part-of-track-info/7045 "2008-07-17T06:06:32Z")

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I want to create an action to remove total track from track fields, ie, when the track field contains 5/20 I want it to be only 5. What would I use for the script? Mind you I want it to be smart enough to realise there …

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## [Curious](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/curious/7039)

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**Author:** [@egd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/curious/7039 "2008-07-15T19:15:05Z")

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Florian mp3tag is clearly the de facto audio tagger across the entire spectrum of software be it open source, freeware, shareware or paid and no doubt you’ve got lots to be proud of as it truly is a masterpiece if there…

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## [Helper Menu for Remove Fields action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/helper-menu-for-remove-fields-action/7038)

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**Author:** [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2008, 10:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/helper-menu-for-remove-fields-action/7038 "2008-07-15T10:04:01Z")

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Florian how about a helper menu for quick access to possible fields when choosing fields in Remove Fields and Remove Fields Except actions? Including PICTURE! :flushed:

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## [Remove cover action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-cover-action/7032)

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**Author:** [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 15, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-cover-action/7032 "2008-07-15T09:58:41Z")

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Is it possible to add an action to remove covers?

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## [Are we allow to use your little banner](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/are-we-allow-to-use-your-little-banner/7030)

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**Author:** [@chinesealbumart](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chinesealbumart)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 13, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/are-we-allow-to-use-your-little-banner/7030 "2008-07-13T14:14:19Z")

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Noticed u got this nice banner: :slight\_smile:

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## [Tag-\>Filename allowing for duplicates](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-allowing-for-duplicates/7026)

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**Author:** [@madivad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/madivad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 12, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-allowing-for-duplicates/7026 "2008-07-12T14:55:14Z")

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I would like a script that converts the tag information to the directory structure and filename, but I need it to allow for duplicates. At this time I still want to keep them as I have to go through and manually verify w…

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## [Beginners guide](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/beginners-guide/7020)

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**Author:** [@ddversaw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ddversaw)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2008, 3:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/beginners-guide/7020 "2008-07-11T03:35:13Z")

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I have a sansa view mp3 player. When I download from Rhapsody half the songs say unknown artist. A possible solution was to use mp3 tag to change the id tags to id3v2.3. I would like to try this for the whole playlist. C…

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## [Interface Suggestion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/interface-suggestion/6511)

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**Author:** [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/interface-suggestion/6511 "2008-07-09T21:05:51Z")

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Hi all, I have been using this application for years now…by far the best! I had a suggestion. In the main window that lists filename, Artist, Title etc it would be great if you could drag those columns and rearrange the…

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## [Suggestion: add %\_parent\_directory% to placeholder browser](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-add-parent-directory-to-placeholder-browser/7011)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-add-parent-directory-to-placeholder-browser/7011 "2008-07-06T20:32:51Z")

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## [Some suggestions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-suggestions/7006)

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**Author:** [@Subbeh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Subbeh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-suggestions/7006 "2008-07-06T12:28:13Z")

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I’ve been using this app for a while now and is by far the best one I’ve had my hands on. There are some things I miss tough (that I haven’t found in any other application as well). I’ve put down a list of things I mis…

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## [Suggestion: Customizable toolbar and context menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-customizable-toolbar-and-context-menu/7004)

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**Author:** [@nnnnnniv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nnnnnniv)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-customizable-toolbar-and-context-menu/7004 "2008-07-05T10:47:20Z")

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An idea: Customizable toolbar and context menu - aka Opera Browser: Adding buttons and context menu item with available internal or user actions, options for removing (or only hidding) a few used items from the toolbar…

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## [Removing fields completely](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-fields-completely/6991)

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**Author:** [@Joanna2k8](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Joanna2k8)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2008, 9:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-fields-completely/6991 "2008-07-05T09:54:19Z")

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Hi all, I am new here. First off thanks for this software, it’s the single best mp3 tag program on the net! I am trying to remove the data in some fields like publisher, composer, etc, but without affecting other field…

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## [Taking very long time to tag WMA Lossless files.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taking-very-long-time-to-tag-wma-lossless-files/6994)

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**Author:** [@Synthetic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Synthetic)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taking-very-long-time-to-tag-wma-lossless-files/6994 "2008-07-02T12:22:57Z")

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I’m tagging some WMA Lossless files and it’s taking at least forty five seconds to one minute to tag each song, is it supposed to be like that? I looked around the web site and the forums to see if I couldn’t find anythi…

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