# General Discussion

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## [Moving files up and down for auto-numbering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-files-up-and-down-for-auto-numbering/3998)

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**Author:** [@vdorta](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vdorta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 3, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-files-up-and-down-for-auto-numbering/3998 "2006-11-03T16:32:33Z")

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Hi, new member. For some reason several of my flac rips end up in the wrong sequence. This is particularly true of double albums. Is there a way to move files up and down and then re-number them with the wizard? Thanks f…

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## [Thanks!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/thanks/3404)

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**Author:** [@flyguy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/flyguy)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/thanks/3404 "2006-11-01T15:37:11Z")

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I’ve been usng this software for a year or two and being a bit obsessive about making sure my music is tagged correctly, MP3 tag has been unbelievable in helping me do this. I startted recently tagging all my files with…

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## [How to better handle multiple file types](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-better-handle-multiple-file-types/3963)

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**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2006, 1:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-better-handle-multiple-file-types/3963 "2006-10-31T13:39:27Z")

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I’m not sure how many other people have multiple file types in their music libraries. I have both Flac and mp3 files and increasingly, ogg vorbis as well. I’m finding the task of creating actions to tag the various fil…

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## [Request: Foosic Support](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-foosic-support/3371)

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**Author:** [@Eli](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Eli)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2006, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-foosic-support/3371 "2006-10-31T09:20:24Z")

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It would be nice to have Foosic support. Its a service similiar to MusicBrainz (which would also be nice)

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## [juno.co.uk](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/juno-co-uk/3950)

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**Author:** [@blueperil](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blueperil)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/juno-co-uk/3950 "2006-10-26T09:42:08Z")

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Hi, Would it be possible for mp3tag to search juno.co.uk for tags and artwork? Juno has the most comprehensive database of new electronic dance music… Cheers.

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## [Another File - Tagname question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-file-tagname-question/3945)

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**Author:** [@Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marcabove)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2006, 9:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-file-tagname-question/3945 "2006-10-23T09:36:26Z")

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The file is “track - artist - title - year” I want to get it so the the tag is “track - artist - title ~ year” year being a suffix of the title. track = track artist = artist title = title ~ year I hope that helps. M…

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## [Mp3tag v2.36h](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-36h/3940)

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**Author:** [@ComputerSnack](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ComputerSnack)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2006, 1:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-36h/3940 "2006-10-22T01:57:46Z")

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I downloaded v2.36h and it is excellent. I especially enjoy the feature of being able to rename .cdg files at the same time as you rename the .mp3 file. This is very useful. However, the user is not notified that the cdg…

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## [Get Cover Art from iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-cover-art-from-itunes/3918)

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**Author:** [@noroom](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/noroom)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 18, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-cover-art-from-itunes/3918 "2006-10-18T20:24:40Z")

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The iTunes Music Store offers many CD covers in 600x600 high quality jpgs. It would be awesome if Mp3tag could download them. I found a couple of websites that can do it, so I thought it would be possible for Florian to…

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## [Export tool request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-tool-request/3883)

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**Author:** [@Vic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Vic)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2006, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-tool-request/3883 "2006-10-16T18:00:14Z")

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This is my first message on this forum so I hope that I posted it in the right place. \[:unsure:\] I would like to make a suggestion for the Export Configuration Feature. I often post on forums the tracklist of my albums…

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## [Album Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-tag/3895)

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**Author:** [@hotmusik](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hotmusik)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 14, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-tag/3895 "2006-10-14T17:29:48Z")

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hi friends how can i set the tag ALBUM from the current directory? i mean, album A \<- dir \_\_music1.mp3 \_\_music2.mp3 \_\_music3.mp3 tag ALBUM: album A, tag TITLE: music1 tag ALBUM: album A, tag TITLE: music2 tag AL…

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## [Beats Per Minute Tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/beats-per-minute-tag/3892)

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**Author:** [@rodaniel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rodaniel)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 13, 2006, 11:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/beats-per-minute-tag/3892 "2006-10-13T11:16:22Z")

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I’ll just bet that this is a simple oversight on my part, but I’m having a tough time figuring out how to enable or add a column for the BPM (Beats Per Minute) field. Can someone clue me in? (I’m using Mp3tag v2.36a.) …

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## [Album Artist tag support for .M4A/iTunes?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-tag-support-for-m4a-itunes/3760)

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**Author:** [@sonicbox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sonicbox)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 12, 2006, 1:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-tag-support-for-m4a-itunes/3760 "2006-10-12T01:20:42Z")

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With the release of iTunes 7, Album Artist is now a supported field. It uses the m4a atom “aART” which was, until this release, unused by Apple. Mp3tag 2.36 does not display or allow you to edit this field currently. …

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## [Clipboard -\> tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clipboard-tag/3869)

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**Author:** [@mrsdbooth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrsdbooth)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 8, 2006, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clipboard-tag/3869 "2006-10-08T17:45:23Z")

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First of all, I love this program - one of the most useful and frequently used tools I own :slight\_smile: Second, a feature which would be helpful and I imagine simple to implement: Clipboard -\> Tag. Basically exactly…

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## [Please add the ability to rename an action group](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-add-the-ability-to-rename-an-action-group/3636)

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**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 7, 2006, 10:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-add-the-ability-to-rename-an-action-group/3636 "2006-10-07T10:31:03Z")

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It drives me crazy that I can’t simply rename an action group. I have to go through the process of copying it, then naming the new copy to the name I desire, then delete the old action group. And just try changing the …

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## [Generate multiple .m3u lists?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-multiple-m3u-lists/3858)

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**Author:** [@Thomas\_G](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Thomas_G)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 6, 2006, 12:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-multiple-m3u-lists/3858 "2006-10-06T00:21:32Z")

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MP3tag is the greatest tag manager, bar none! I have 2,306 albums, each in their own folder. Is there a way to generate an .m3u list for each album in one step? Thank you! Tom

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## [Symbol "ç ñ ì" in ID3v2.3 ISO-8859-1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/symbol-c-n-i-in-id3v2-3-iso-8859-1/3857)

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**Author:** [@mosqu1to](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mosqu1to)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 5, 2006, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/symbol-c-n-i-in-id3v2-3-iso-8859-1/3857 "2006-10-05T13:58:54Z")

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Hello all. I have a big problem why i can’t save symbol “ç ñ ì” in ID3v2.3 ISO-8859-1. In UTF-8 and UTF-16 all perfect but in iso-8859-1 mp3tag save ç as Russian з and etc. I have Russian windows XP. But iTunes 7 save p…

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## [Lang option for Traditional Chinese is not work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lang-option-for-traditional-chinese-is-not-work/3850)

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**Author:** [@trustno1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/trustno1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lang-option-for-traditional-chinese-is-not-work/3850 "2006-10-04T23:21:46Z")

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As the title… When I installing by lang option for Traditional Chinese does not work. Just Simplified Chinese Lang is included only. So I made one. It is edited from Simplified Chinese Lang file, but I replaced some …

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## [freedb search to include number of tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-search-to-include-number-of-tracks/3837)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-search-to-include-number-of-tracks/3837 "2006-10-04T20:56:07Z")

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It would be really useful iof the freedb web search could include number of tracks. I.e. have a fifth field term which was track qty, with value automatically taken from the selection. Failing which, couse the “list of …

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## [Future of freeDB.org assured](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/future-of-freedb-org-assured/3855)

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**Author:** [@jepe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jepe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 4, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/future-of-freedb-org-assured/3855 "2006-10-04T19:04:18Z")

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Hello, freeDB.org announces tonight: " MAGIX acquires www.freedb.org Continuation of the free database guaranteed " Jean-Paul

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## [Suggestions for improvement](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestions-for-improvement/3849)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestions-for-improvement/3849 "2006-10-03T11:51:40Z")

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It would be good if File | Playlist warned of file overwrite, rather than silently overwrite as currently. It would be good if File | Load Playlist/Cuesheet warned when failing to load a referenced file, as opposed …

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## [Convert | Text file - Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-text-file-tag/3836)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-text-file-tag/3836 "2006-10-03T00:50:17Z")

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It is great that this warns if the tag file is too short, but it would be really good for it also to warn if it was too long.

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## [Choosing next directory with ease](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/choosing-next-directory-with-ease/3846)

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**Author:** [@zencd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zencd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/choosing-next-directory-with-ease/3846 "2006-10-03T00:47:32Z")

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Good day, let’s imagine I finished to work on a directory (C:\\Music\\01), and now wanna choose next sibling dir (C:\\Music\\02). Currently I go back to a file manager and select Mp3Tag in context menu on the next dir, but …

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## [No write access to file --\> losing changes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-write-access-to-file-losing-changes/3827)

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**Author:** [@KlausStolte](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KlausStolte)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-write-access-to-file-losing-changes/3827 "2006-09-28T20:10:39Z")

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Hi One small but (sometimes very) annoying flaw: When for some reason the file to be tagged cannot be opened for writing (for instance if it is currently playing …), MP3TAG displays an error message (OK) and discards a…

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## [site suggestion: Development build RSS feed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/site-suggestion-development-build-rss-feed/3829)

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**Author:** [@Cookie\_Monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cookie_Monster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2006, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/site-suggestion-development-build-rss-feed/3829 "2006-09-28T13:33:57Z")

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I’ve noticed that mp3tag.de has it’s own RSS feed. I was just about asking for one, when I tool a closer look and noticed the feed icon at the lower left corner… :smiley: Florian, how about adding another feed for “deve…

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## [Suggestion: 'Edit configuration' to use .MTE-associated app](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-edit-configuration-to-use-mte-associated-app/3673)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2006, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-edit-configuration-to-use-mte-associated-app/3673 "2006-09-24T08:02:46Z")

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It would be really good for ‘Edit configuration’ to use .MTE-associated app, rather than regardless use Notepad as currently. Failing this, to use a Options…-determined app. Thanks.

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## [Suggestion: rexexp relace for scripting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-rexexp-relace-for-scripting/3675)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-rexexp-relace-for-scripting/3675 "2006-09-24T07:05:06Z")

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It would be great for scripting to have a function to do a regexp replace. In fact it would make sense for all functions available as Actions to also be available to scripting. Thanks for listening!

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## [Folder Name as Album Info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-name-as-album-info/3802)

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**Author:** [@ArmandoXIII](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ArmandoXIII)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 22, 2006, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-name-as-album-info/3802 "2006-09-22T22:32:36Z")

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Hello, I hope this is not a noob question but is there some way to use the folder name to fill the album tag info? thanks in advance

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## [Florian, what a tagging library do you use?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/florian-what-a-tagging-library-do-you-use/3795)

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**Author:** [@zencd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zencd)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/florian-what-a-tagging-library-do-you-use/3795 "2006-09-21T18:59:16Z")

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Florian, what a tagging library do you use? I’m currently looking for a lib and will no wonder if you have coded the things by yourself :slight\_smile: But hope there is one…

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## [Viewing Raw Vorbis Comment Data/Fieldnames Directly](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-raw-vorbis-comment-data-fieldnames-directly/3794)

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**Author:** [@mhatch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mhatch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-raw-vorbis-comment-data-fieldnames-directly/3794 "2006-09-21T04:16:57Z")

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I have a big collection of FLAC files, with tags that are, in some cases, pretty messed up. Inspecting a few files directly, one by one using Metaflac, I can see that the actual comment block fields vary widely from file…

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## [Actions, would be nice to send ctrl and alt characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-would-be-nice-to-send-ctrl-and-alt-characters/3787)

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**Author:** [@Pegleg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pegleg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2006, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-would-be-nice-to-send-ctrl-and-alt-characters/3787 "2006-09-19T15:57:22Z")

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Request for a new group of actions that are able to send alt & ctrl charaters to mp3tag. For example, ctrl A to select all files or ctrl D to change the directory. So I can code ctrl D - change directory, now I have …

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