# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=118 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 119 --- ## [Mapping special fields the same way as MusicBrainz](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mapping-special-fields-the-same-way-as-musicbrainz/4939)
**Author:** [@mll](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mll)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2007, 6:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mapping-special-fields-the-same-way-as-musicbrainz/4939 "2007-05-28T06:23:33Z")
Hello, MusicBrainz apps (like recent -and alpha- PicardQt), which I couldn’t live without any more by now, uses special fields like musicbrainz\_albumid. Problem is, for technical reasons (as I understood it, see this Mu… --- ## [Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sources/4938)
**Author:** [@Prog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Prog)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 27, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sources/4938 "2007-05-27T21:40:21Z")
Help. I added the src files into data/source folder but they dont show up in mp3tag 2.38. ?? did i do something wrong? nevr mind. i had put them in prog files/mp3tag/data/source not in docs and settings/ app data/ etc … --- ## [Florian, how do choose tagtype among several?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/florian-how-do-choose-tagtype-among-several/4877)
**Author:** [@zencd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zencd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/florian-how-do-choose-tagtype-among-several/4877 "2007-05-26T02:03:15Z")
There could be tags of several types in a mp3 simultaneously AFAIK: ID3v1 ID3v2 APEv2 (APEv1 ?) How do you choose which of them to show to user? Is there simple tag type priority scale or maybe you compare their value… --- ## [Cover Art Size](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-size/4913)
**Author:** [@atari\_soul](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/atari_soul)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2007, 9:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-size/4913 "2007-05-24T09:19:28Z")
Hi I scan my LP’s and CD covers so that I can add them to the MP3 tag. Obviously, I don’t want to greatly increase the size of my MP3’s if the jpg is too large. I think it would be a good idea to have an option to res… --- ## [Album Art display position](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-display-position/4804)
**Author:** [@blackspawn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blackspawn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-display-position/4804 "2007-05-18T14:23:42Z")
Hello, is it possible (if not can you make it possible?) to display the album art in the tag panel to the left side of the editable fields (Title, Artist, etc)? (In my case the tag panel is positioned at the bottom of th… --- ## [Create anothers File rename (example Karaokes)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-anothers-file-rename-example-karaokes/4827)
**Author:** [@Huallacan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Huallacan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2007, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-anothers-file-rename-example-karaokes/4827 "2007-05-17T18:38:28Z")
Dears MP3Tag’s Creators. At First… Congratulations for this wonderfull program… I couldn’t dream something better. To the point. Y have a colection of karaokes (.kar o.mid fles) too, and there aren’t programs to raname… --- ## [suggestion - extended filename to filename edition](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-extended-filename-to-filename-edition/4849)
**Author:** [@zuber](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zuber)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2007, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-extended-filename-to-filename-edition/4849 "2007-05-17T18:13:01Z")
I would like to have following features: in ‘Filename to Filename’ patterns I would like also to have possibility to use tag’s fieldnames. This would give me a possibility of powerful filename edition I would sugge… --- ## [Suggestion: folder rename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-folder-rename/4812)
**Author:** [@zencd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zencd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2007, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-folder-rename/4812 "2007-05-17T18:04:09Z")
"Folder rename" feature needed. Surely I could use such patterns under Tage-\>Filename convertion: ..\\%artist% - %album%$num("%track%",2) - %title% But such way I got empty (old) folder, or what's worser I got mp3s wit… --- ## [suggestion: possibility to edit history of select-boxes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-possibility-to-edit-history-of-select-boxes/4857)
**Author:** [@guenna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/guenna)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-possibility-to-edit-history-of-select-boxes/4857 "2007-05-15T13:24:41Z")
Hello, mp3tag is a great tool, thanks for programming and maintaining it. There is only one feature I’m missing so far: The history of select-boxes for paths and formatstrings is stored, which is great, but I could not… --- ## [suggestion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion/4845)
**Author:** [@novega](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/novega)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion/4845 "2007-05-09T13:22:18Z")
Should i say the program’s just exellent? :smiley: But there is a problem: if i have several tracks with bad names, they are being sorted as in OS (numbers, a, b c…). I do have full album, but can’t manually make tracks… --- ## [Mass converting some characters via "action"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-converting-some-characters-via-action/4841)
**Author:** [@akeygon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/akeygon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2007, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-converting-some-characters-via-action/4841 "2007-05-08T07:37:56Z")
Hi all, I tried to replace special unicode characters via standard ones, in all tag fields it was OK, but even if I set in “CD-R” \_ALL or \_DIRECTORY, I could not do that via “Action” in the directory path. Namely, I tri… --- ## [Suggestion: allow multiple instances](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-allow-multiple-instances/4705)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-allow-multiple-instances/4705 "2007-05-07T14:13:16Z")
Title says it all! --- ## [Suggestion: Multiple instances](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-multiple-instances/4835)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2007, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-multiple-instances/4835 "2007-05-07T12:33:17Z")
Could mp3tag be adjusted toi allow multiple instances, please? --- ## [Please could "List of search results..."](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-could-list-of-search-results/3838)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2007, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-could-list-of-search-results/3838 "2007-05-05T21:49:42Z")
… not silently cut off the bottom of a long list? At least a warning would be good. --- ## [Select working path files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-working-path-files/2776)
**Author:** [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-working-path-files/2776 "2007-05-05T21:36:15Z")
General keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+W Select only files in path of current working directory Example: \[image\] --- ## [Suggestion: Search](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-search/4833)
**Author:** [@eusty](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eusty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-search/4833 "2007-05-05T20:04:18Z")
I’ve just noticed (as I needed it!) that there is no search function in mp3tag. Would having a text search on the tags loaded in mp3tag be a good idea? Steve --- ## [PLaylist fixes please](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-fixes-please/4832)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-fixes-please/4832 "2007-05-05T18:34:47Z")
It would be really good to have the following File | Load Playlist/Cuesheet issues fixed: If it cannot load a referenced file, it fails to notify the user, instead just leaving the line out of the file list. If it … --- ## [Is There any limit ???](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-any-limit/4826)
**Author:** [@VaSiMpoG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VaSiMpoG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-any-limit/4826 "2007-05-05T12:18:41Z")
\[:w00t:\] \[:w00t:\] How much more beautiful could this piece of art be ? Florian you’re making a great work out there !!! \[image\] \[image\] The new funcionality of the context menu option is amazing !!! What more could… --- ## [MP3Tag Capabilities](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-capabilities/4819)
**Author:** [@Skeezix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Skeezix)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2007, 9:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-capabilities/4819 "2007-05-04T09:48:48Z")
I was thinking about using MP3tag as a replacement for the built-in database functionality found in earlier versions of MMJB (like in version 7.5 which uses some ID3 fields in a “proprietary” manner). But before install… --- ## [Portable Install?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4796)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install/4796 "2007-05-01T16:32:24Z")
Hi, Just wondering where the .zip is to download the portable install of mp3tag. Thank you. --- ## [Why does mp3tag read in hidden files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-does-mp3tag-read-in-hidden-files/4097)
**Author:** [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-does-mp3tag-read-in-hidden-files/4097 "2007-04-29T15:02:36Z")
I had a need to perform an operation today on about half of the directories in a CD sized folder. I set the hidden attribute on the ones that didn’t need help, but they were read in anyway. Then I looked for an option … --- ## [Renaming files differently depending on if album is VA or not](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-files-differently-depending-on-if-album-is-va-or-not/4787)
**Author:** [@zencd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zencd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-files-differently-depending-on-if-album-is-va-or-not/4787 "2007-04-28T19:34:38Z")
When renaming files from tags I should set up the pattern manually each time. All because I prefer to use different patterns for different kinds of albums: $num(%track%,2). %artist% - %title% for Various Artists … --- ## [total lengh of album?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-lengh-of-album/4730)
**Author:** [@borodar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/borodar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-lengh-of-album/4730 "2007-04-28T17:51:28Z")
I like my mp3's to look a certain way (01 - TrackName.mp3) and show certain info when played in Windows Media Player 11: track - titleName \[length\] = TITLE ARTIST year - albumName \[total tracks\] = ALBUM) , so i cr… --- ## [Suggestion: disable processing of out-of-view columns](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-disable-processing-of-out-of-view-columns/4706)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2007, 4:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-disable-processing-of-out-of-view-columns/4706 "2007-04-26T04:03:20Z")
I’d really like mp3tag not to evaluate the scripts of out-of-view columns. The processing of in-view columns delays many operations inc. even menu drop-down, and I have columns that (inexplicably) take around 3sec for ju… --- ## [TAK support?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tak-support/4741)
**Author:** [@JEdwardP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JEdwardP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tak-support/4741 "2007-04-15T21:29:56Z")
Will mp3tag support the new TAK format at some point? The foobar plug-in (beta) for TAK supports tagging (APE tags), but I’d like to be able to look forward to using mp3tag for that purpose. --- ## [It worked (Id3v2 -\> ape -\> id3v2)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/it-worked-id3v2-ape-id3v2/4628)
**Author:** [@saras](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/saras)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/it-worked-id3v2-ape-id3v2/4628 "2007-04-10T02:05:52Z")
FINALLY getting my head around MP3tag… cleaning up tags worked for me (mostly) as follows… I had replaygain tags I didn’t want but DIDN’T use mp3gain to alter files’ data I had ape tags and id3v2 tags on some files t… --- ## [Where to begin?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-to-begin/4709)
**Author:** [@markd623](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markd623)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2007, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-to-begin/4709 "2007-04-06T15:23:19Z")
Hi All - I recently got my first Ipod. I have been using an Iriver and Musicmatch for years. Much of my (all mp3) collection will not add to the Itunes library, apparently because of tag corruption - if I remove the tag,… --- ## [Mp3tag vs. Anytag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-vs-anytag/4714)
**Author:** [@Cookie\_Monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cookie_Monster)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2007, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-vs-anytag/4714 "2007-04-06T14:21:05Z")
Hi Florian I wonder what your plans with “Anytag” currently are… do you still think about renaming Mp3tag to that? --- ## [Suggestion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion/4686)
**Author:** [@eusty](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eusty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion/4686 "2007-04-04T04:47:32Z")
I’m not sure if anyone else needs this, but it would be handy if you could select multiple export files, perhaps in a script. I export some HTML webpages and having a ‘one click’ option would mean I wouldn’t have to cli… --- ## [Writing track numbers like 01 instead of 1?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/writing-track-numbers-like-01-instead-of-1/4617)
**Author:** [@Nel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nel)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/writing-track-numbers-like-01-instead-of-1/4617 "2007-04-02T05:01:07Z")
Hi all, Firstly let me say that this is by far the best software I have ever used. Fast, useful and not bloated! My only question is if it’s possible to make track numbers like 01 instead of 1, when getting track names… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=117) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=119)