# General Discussion

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=107

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## [suggestions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestions/6971)

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**Author:** [@GieltjE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GieltjE)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 28, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestions/6971 "2008-06-28T18:19:48Z")

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Is it possible to build in something so that folder names can be fixed automaticly. Secondly is it possible to give a simple command to rewrite all files to id3v2(.3) only? (using write id3.2 utf-16, and removing all bu…

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## [Not correctly saving?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-correctly-saving/6629)

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**Author:** [@JNic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JNic)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 26, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-correctly-saving/6629 "2008-06-26T19:58:47Z")

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I have created an Action set which copies the information from one field, formats it, then places it into another field. To be more specific, I am taking the artist names out of a certain field and placing them in the A…

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## [Autofill function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autofill-function/6964)

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**Author:** [@munfordb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/munfordb)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2008, 6:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autofill-function/6964 "2008-06-23T06:52:33Z")

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Hi Is there anyway to get MP3 tag to remember the entry from the previous track on an album. I am converting old LPs and cassette tapes to MP3 and to have to re-enter every tag for an album of say 20 tracks when the onl…

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## [Album, disc, track sorting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-disc-track-sorting/6963)

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**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-disc-track-sorting/6963 "2008-06-23T06:32:11Z")

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When I load multiple Flac albums in Mp3tag, some of them multidisc sets with the DISC field set, then they inevitablly sort in the following order: ALBUM, TRACK, DISC Is there a way to force them to sort using ALBUM, …

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## [Please restore functions present in version 2.39](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-restore-functions-present-in-version-2-39/6960)

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**Author:** [@Step](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Step)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-restore-functions-present-in-version-2-39/6960 "2008-06-22T13:43:10Z")

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Please restore the option to enable or disable selection dialog in the follwing function which were present in version 2.39 convert -\> Tag convert -\> file name and for Actions as well also is there away to disable th…

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## [Copy one Field to Another](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-field-to-another/6953)

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**Author:** [@MuckleEck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MuckleEck)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-one-field-to-another/6953 "2008-06-20T15:25:46Z")

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First post here so bear with me. I would like to copy the Artist filed in my FLAC files to the Perfomer field but not sure how to do this on 3000 tracks? Is there a way of writing an action to do this? Apologies if it…

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## [Move non-music files to new folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-non-music-files-to-new-folder/6666)

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**Author:** [@Sabio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sabio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 19, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-non-music-files-to-new-folder/6666 "2008-06-19T16:26:01Z")

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When renaming all files in a folder with a new folder name in a pattern like “%artist%%year% %album%\\num(%track%,2). %artist% - %title%” it would be convenient if all non-music files (e.g. cover images) are also moved to…

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## [No Suitable Entry Found for ...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-suitable-entry-found-for/6937)

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**Author:** [@paul.s](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/paul.s)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-suitable-entry-found-for/6937 "2008-06-14T07:00:30Z")

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No Suitable Entry Found for freedb ID xxxxxxxx The message after cntl-A tag sources freedb … Where did xxxxxxxx come from if I searched based on “determine from selected files” Thus xxxxxxxx is the ID that is somewher…

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## [Please ADD: Album Artist and Disc Number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-add-album-artist-and-disc-number/6787)

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**Author:** [@iamstoopid](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/iamstoopid)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-add-album-artist-and-disc-number/6787 "2008-06-13T22:45:30Z")

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Edit: Im not sure if it’s always been there, but you can insert Disc Number. If it’s not always been there, thank you for adding it. Also Album Artist is called band in this program. I think it’s wrongly named, but i…

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## [System context menu from within Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/system-context-menu-from-within-mp3tag/6922)

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**Author:** [@cdysthe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cdysthe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2008, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/system-context-menu-from-within-mp3tag/6922 "2008-06-08T12:20:46Z")

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Hi, One thing I really miss (not much to miss though!) is access to the system context menu from within Mp3tag. I initiate a lot of work on files from the context menu, so I have to leave Mp3tag and find the same files …

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## [Playlist mystery](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-mystery/6917)

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**Author:** [@olzab](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/olzab)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-mystery/6917 "2008-06-07T13:25:50Z")

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I looked forever to find an automatic playlist creator that would create and place them in the individual album directories; I learned to do it with MP3Tag 2.41, thanks to a great program and this fine forum. BUT, my Up…

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## [discogs?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs/6736)

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**Author:** [@ehead](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ehead)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs/6736 "2008-06-07T12:28:01Z")

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I’ve searched and searched and tried several different versions of the discogs.src to be found on this site. Is there a working discogs.src anywhere? Is it just me? Thanks for any help!

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## [User Agent & discogs.src](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-agent-discogs-src/6915)

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**Author:** [@meowsqueak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/meowsqueak)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-agent-discogs-src/6915 "2008-06-07T07:47:41Z")

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I’ve been using Mp3tag for a while - great program. Really useful - thank you to all involved. I’ve just started playing around with the .src scripts, namely the discogs.src one. I slightly modified it so I could unders…

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## [Name for embedded images](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/name-for-embedded-images/6173)

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**Author:** [@Cookie\_Monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cookie_Monster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/name-for-embedded-images/6173 "2008-06-06T18:10:54Z")

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embedded image support is kind of incomplete without being able to apply name. FLAC’s got some standard names for embeded images, and I’m sure other tags have them, too. If not use FLAC’s.

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## [Music management problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-management-problem/6892)

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**Author:** [@waddsy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/waddsy)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-management-problem/6892 "2008-06-05T17:50:14Z")

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hello all, I have an external harddrive with about 30gb of music. with the external harddrive is a folder called music then inside that looks something like this music \> artist \> album(s) \> song(s) everything is orga…

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## [How to import only the cover art from Amazon](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import-only-the-cover-art-from-amazon/6907)

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**Author:** [@TomGab](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TomGab)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import-only-the-cover-art-from-amazon/6907 "2008-06-05T08:24:04Z")

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I would like to import only the cover art from Amazon, not the tags. It’s probably simple, but I can’t seem to figure it out. Please advise. Thank you!

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## [Export and import of tagdata](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-import-of-tagdata/6654)

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**Author:** [@larshgf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/larshgf)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-and-import-of-tagdata/6654 "2008-06-03T15:09:05Z")

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Thanks for a great program. It’s really a time-saver. I’m especially thankfull for the unicode possibility :slight\_smile: I have a collection of mp3-files ripped with 192 kbps but I want to remake the mp3 files in a be…

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## [Question about naming folder from tag info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-about-naming-folder-from-tag-info/6897)

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**Author:** [@Bola](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bola)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/question-about-naming-folder-from-tag-info/6897 "2008-06-02T16:32:52Z")

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I’m trying to make an action that renames the directoy based on the tags and it works great except I can’t seem to get brackets to work. I want it to look like: Artist - Album \[year\] I cant seem to get the brackets to…

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## [Request: Folder Navigation Panel (explorer like)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-folder-navigation-panel-explorer-like/6901)

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**Author:** [@dotmax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dotmax)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-folder-navigation-panel-explorer-like/6901 "2008-06-02T15:20:22Z")

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Hi everyone, it would be very useful if you can optionally show a panel for navigating through the folders with a standard window folder tree . In this way you can easily select the root directory to which apply all th…

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## [Exporting from a CD](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-from-a-cd/6844)

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**Author:** [@Gen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Gen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 28, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-from-a-cd/6844 "2008-05-28T16:32:58Z")

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I would like to produce a cd cover from some cd disks. I have tried all the “export” possibilities. Am I hoping for the impossible?? Gen

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## [Recursive reg exp (maybe?)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recursive-reg-exp-maybe/6842)

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**Author:** [@audiobookworm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/audiobookworm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2008, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recursive-reg-exp-maybe/6842 "2008-05-22T18:15:06Z")

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I’d like to be able to create a title tag for my audiobooks files as follows: %album% %discnumber%%track% I know I can do this as a quick action format value if I use the numeric value for the track. But the kicker is t…

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## [MP3Gain safe mode](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3gain-safe-mode/6834)

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**Author:** [@Cookie\_Monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cookie_Monster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3gain-safe-mode/6834 "2008-05-22T16:24:19Z")

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It happens from time to time that I accidentally overwrite APEv2 tags which store the MP3Gain data with the meta data that resided in the ID3v2 tag, i.e. ARTIST/ALBUM/etc… The undo function doesn’t recreate the MP3Gain …

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## [folder browser question and feature request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-browser-question-and-feature-request/6838)

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**Author:** [@akahige](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/akahige)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-browser-question-and-feature-request/6838 "2008-05-21T18:52:53Z")

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I’ve been using mp3tag for awhile now and I’m mostly used to the way it does things. In redoing the way I organize my mp3’s, I’ve been loving mp3tag’s ability to automagically generate playlists. I’m confused by somethi…

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## [Suggestion: Help for status bar numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-help-for-status-bar-numbers/6827)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2008, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-help-for-status-bar-numbers/6827 "2008-05-20T15:25:33Z")

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It would be nice if Help explained what the status bar numbers mean. Esp. the two that sometimes appear as xxx/yyy at the left end of the right-most panel - still I’m guessing!

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## [Enhancement Request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enhancement-request/6822)

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**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2008, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enhancement-request/6822 "2008-05-20T15:10:23Z")

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I think this has been touched upon before. I’m not sure if it’s actually been requested, though. EAC, an extremely popular ripping program, for whatever reason, can easily be configured to add ID3v2 tags to files that …

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## [Action prompt & Preview needed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-prompt-preview-needed/6818)

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**Author:** [@vkostas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vkostas)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2008, 1:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-prompt-preview-needed/6818 "2008-05-19T01:10:26Z")

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Guys, Action prompt. Action should ask for a confirmation to avoid unwanted usage of action. Action preview. A preview of action result would be nice too. Just imagine you want to rename all folders and you make…

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## [General File Renaming](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/general-file-renaming/6819)

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**Author:** [@Loretta](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Loretta)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/general-file-renaming/6819 "2008-05-18T14:34:59Z")

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mp3tag is awesome, it got a very powerful renaming engine. i’ve been searching for an equivalent general file renaming tool, but didn’t find any. i think it would be great if mp3tag could do general file renaming as well…

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## [How to truncate (or ideally round) TBPM value?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-truncate-or-ideally-round-tbpm-value/4368)

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**Author:** [@Hercules](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hercules)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-truncate-or-ideally-round-tbpm-value/4368 "2008-05-16T07:54:35Z")

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Hi, I’ve tagged all my MP3 files using a free tool called MixMeister. It has written the info into the TBPM tag to 2 decimal places. This is not quite in line with the ID3 standard (which states that the TBPM tag shoul…

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## [Request: Yes To All Button to continue on skipped track during file-\>tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-yes-to-all-button-to-continue-on-skipped-track-during-file-tag/6803)

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**Author:** [@mp3me](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3me)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 15, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-yes-to-all-button-to-continue-on-skipped-track-during-file-tag/6803 "2008-05-15T04:56:23Z")

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The title says it all: Request: ‘Yes To All’ Button to continue on skipped track during file-\>tag

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## [Embedded cover art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-cover-art/6779)

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**Author:** [@aynz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aynz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-cover-art/6779 "2008-05-10T17:35:10Z")

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Hi All, Can someone help me? I noticed when I download some mp3s they have cover art attached, this shows up on Winamp etc. Now I have some podcasts that I produce that I would like to do this with, I know I can do it …

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