# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=33 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 34 --- ## [Feature Request: Remove leading zeros on metadata creation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-remove-leading-zeros-on-metadata-creation/48345)
**Author:** [@0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/0LD3_DUDE)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-remove-leading-zeros-on-metadata-creation/48345 "2020-03-28T13:41:22Z")
EAC adds leading zeros when creating new files. These end up in the metadata as MP3Tag processes those files. Would it be possible to have the OPTION to strip out leading zeros when MP3TAG uses file names to create tags?… --- ## [New feature: Size All Columns to Fit](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-feature-size-all-columns-to-fit/48321)
**Author:** [@philiptory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/philiptory)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2020, 11:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-feature-size-all-columns-to-fit/48321 "2020-03-27T11:37:10Z")
Hello Developers, I hope all is well with you and yours. In Windows 10 Explorer, we can adjust column widths by right-click on the Titles bar at the top, which then displays an option "Size All Columns to Fit", with an… --- ## [Two instances - a new workaround approach proposition](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/two-instances-a-new-workaround-approach-proposition/48246)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/two-instances-a-new-workaround-approach-proposition/48246 "2020-03-23T12:23:58Z")
For the longest time there have been discussions on this forum about the inability of running more of Mp3tag than just one. But if I am not mistaken, something like this has not yet been proposed: How about making… --- ## [Selecting an Album with one click](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selecting-an-album-with-one-click/48229)
**Author:** [@Mimeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mimeal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selecting-an-album-with-one-click/48229 "2020-03-23T12:19:14Z")
Hi there, the software is really getting better and better all the time. So thought why not to send a small improvement also. Like: When the artist and album fields are filled with data. It would be handy to be able t… --- ## [Updating to new version](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-to-new-version/16983)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-to-new-version/16983 "2020-03-16T21:34:26Z")
I have a suggestion, how to make Mp3tag more user friendly Now the \[small\] problem is, that with every update I make, by installing a newer version, I get the default actions and exports installed once more. So every ti… --- ## [Support of the WEBM video file format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/support-of-the-webm-video-file-format/46641)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/support-of-the-webm-video-file-format/46641 "2020-03-15T17:34:08Z")
Mp3tg has already made that giant leap from being purely audio tag editor by incorporating MKV video format. How about the WEBM? Most of what I get from YouTube is downloaded in that format. I wish I could utilize all t… --- ## [An out of memory error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/an-out-of-memory-error/47881)
**Author:** [@tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/an-out-of-memory-error/47881 "2020-03-15T08:57:03Z")
I am trying to process a somewhat big number of files, about 250,000. After processing anywhere between 30 and 40 K files the tagger throws an out of memory error and quits. The same thing happens with a different folder… --- ## [Collapasable folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapasable-folders/48115)
**Author:** [@dark\_hawk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dark_hawk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 8, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapasable-folders/48115 "2020-03-08T12:24:33Z")
Hi, I just made an account to request that you consider adding folder headers, and that it would be Collapasable. I know this might have been requested before, it would really help streamline the workflow especially fo… --- ## [Feature Request: option to move controls to left side of window in "Extended Tags" window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-option-to-move-controls-to-left-side-of-window-in-extended-tags-window/47986)
**Author:** [@Trapperman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Trapperman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-option-to-move-controls-to-left-side-of-window-in-extended-tags-window/47986 "2020-03-07T14:34:17Z")
When performing metadata edits in the "Extended Tags" window on a huge monitor, it's awkward having to constantly move the mouse left to right and back again across the monitor. It would be much more convenient if the c… --- ## [Login to Forum from within Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/login-to-forum-from-within-mp3tag/48107)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 7, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/login-to-forum-from-within-mp3tag/48107 "2020-03-07T13:50:56Z")
I wish there was an icon in Mp3tag, after hitting which the system's default browser \[or a one specified by the user\] would open a new tab containing Mp3tag Forum- with the user being already logged in to the forum --- ## [Assigning hotkey to Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assigning-hotkey-to-action/48053)
**Author:** [@Trancedaddy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Trancedaddy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assigning-hotkey-to-action/48053 "2020-03-02T06:00:57Z")
Have you look at the ability to assign hotkey to actions such as Crtl+T for Title Mix Case or users can define there own hotkey to each action they create. --- ## [length in minutes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/length-in-minutes/2268)
**Author:** [@milka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/milka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 8:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/length-in-minutes/2268 "2020-02-29T08:19:51Z")
Hi Florian, can you write two placeholders for length in minutes: %\_length\_minutes% and %\_total\_time\_minutes%? Like length in seconds: %\_length\_seconds% Length (in seconds) %\_total\_time\_raw% Total playling time… --- ## [Feature Request: Add quality, scale interpolation controls to "Adjust cover" action type](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-add-quality-scale-interpolation-controls-to-adjust-cover-action-type/48005)
**Author:** [@exorever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/exorever)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-add-quality-scale-interpolation-controls-to-adjust-cover-action-type/48005 "2022-04-13T07:50:05Z")
I would love to use this action type, but the rescaled art has noticeable artifacting and there's no way to set the compression level or interpolation algorithm for a more satisfactory quality to size ratio. In the meant… --- ## [Exposing \*ALL\* MetaData fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exposing-all-metadata-fields/48035)
**Author:** [@The\_Archivist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Archivist)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exposing-all-metadata-fields/48035 "2020-02-28T15:09:06Z")
Wish List Request: I am stupidly fussy about cleaning and correcting my metadata tags, however sometimes searching out and modifying specific fields can be tricky in MP3Tag. What I'd love to see is a feature where I ca… --- ## [Make mp3 player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-mp3-player/48019)
**Author:** [@Cafony](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cafony)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-mp3-player/48019 "2020-02-28T06:07:03Z")
Can you please add a player so one can hear the files durring renaming? Thanks a lot! --- ## [Ability to copy all items in a column](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ability-to-copy-all-items-in-a-column/45813)
**Author:** [@DJNeidermeyer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJNeidermeyer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ability-to-copy-all-items-in-a-column/45813 "2020-02-28T03:54:37Z")
Florian, if you develop this ability, I will definitely donate. I've been re-ripping my entire CD library to higher quality mp3 or FLAC. One of the things I've painstakingly done is look up original release years for in… --- ## [Feature Request - %\_counter% for Filename-Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-counter-for-filename-filename/47965)
**Author:** [@iUK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/iUK)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-counter-for-filename-filename/47965 "2020-02-25T15:54:42Z")
I would like to rename files sequentially in an order derived from their modified date. I.e. sorting by date, the files would be something like- File 1.mp3 File 2.mp3 I understand I could build an action with a loop … --- ## [Action - Trim whitespace](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-trim-whitespace/47971)
**Author:** [@RussianMix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RussianMix)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-trim-whitespace/47971 "2020-02-24T13:47:50Z")
I'd like to have an action that is similar to a $trim(x) function that will remove leading and trailing whitespace (space characters) available to apply to different tag fields. Is there's way to use $trim(x) function w… --- ## [Create extra shortcuts in folders/playlists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-extra-shortcuts-in-folders-playlists/47575)
**Author:** [@Patch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Patch)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-extra-shortcuts-in-folders-playlists/47575 "2020-02-22T18:08:06Z")
Do I understand we can use MP3Tag to sort .mp3 files into folders based on the contents of their tags... Bear with me here, because this might get a little “abstract”... :wink: I’ve always wished that I could use iTune… --- ## [Grouping files per folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grouping-files-per-folder/47893)
**Author:** [@SpirosG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SpirosG)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grouping-files-per-folder/47893 "2020-02-19T18:30:00Z")
Hi i wonder if there is a possibility to group files per folder and if there is a way to select all the files in the folder by clicking the group's header. I tried to find a setting about it but i can't find any. This i… --- ## [Windows Defender - Speed of loading files in MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-defender-speed-of-loading-files-in-mp3tag/47784)
**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-defender-speed-of-loading-files-in-mp3tag/47784 "2020-02-17T16:44:41Z")
In the past I already noticed that the antivirus-software of windows-defender slows down the loading speed of files in MP3Tag dramatically: At this time my third-party antivirus-software (Avast) had been gotten acciden… --- ## [Add support for .jfif image extension](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-support-for-jfif-image-extension/47546)
**Author:** [@pgchase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgchase)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-support-for-jfif-image-extension/47546 "2020-02-15T18:22:37Z")
I searched here and did not find anything on this. I tried to use an extension \[.jfif\] image as album art, and Mp3Tag did not see it in my Cover Art Folder under Add Cover. However, when I simply renamed the image with e… --- ## [Retry save if file is locked](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969)
**Author:** [@stheine](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stheine)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969 "2020-02-15T14:41:31Z")
Hi, I often run into the following: Listen to a song (foobar2000, but anything that keeps the file locked would work) Realize that the cover or some other metadata is missing and should be updated Open the folder in m… --- ## [\[FEATURE REQUEST\] A clean way to use certain Action types with multiple fields and/or a way to use \_TAG with exceptions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-a-clean-way-to-use-certain-action-types-with-multiple-fields-and-or-a-way-to-use-tag-with-exceptions/47858)
**Author:** [@thewizardofyorke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thewizardofyorke)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-a-clean-way-to-use-certain-action-types-with-multiple-fields-and-or-a-way-to-use-tag-with-exceptions/47858 "2020-02-13T21:39:55Z")
Like the users that started these threads, How to make Grammartron ignore WWW tag from renaming Using TAG in actions/combining actions for different tags I was looking for a clean way to run Grammartron on every field… --- ## [Dialog Box dissappeared after 3.00 update](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dialog-box-dissappeared-after-3-00-update/47854)
**Author:** [@bigbillsd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigbillsd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dialog-box-dissappeared-after-3-00-update/47854 "2020-02-13T18:09:37Z")
After the latest update v3 the Informational dialog that used to popup when tags were finished being written stopped coming up. (making me wonder if it really finished correctly) I poked around and found that the Opti… --- ## [Multiple configurations - and a need for a convenient way to switch between them](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-configurations-and-a-need-for-a-convenient-way-to-switch-between-them/47850)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-configurations-and-a-need-for-a-convenient-way-to-switch-between-them/47850 "2020-02-12T21:02:13Z")
There already have been some ideas on the forum, and for quite some time may I add \[I am making a new topic as mostly because those two at the top have very long discussions that drift away from the requests thems… --- ## [Change of system toolbar information](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-system-toolbar-information/17577)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-system-toolbar-information/17577 "2020-02-12T16:01:03Z")
I would like to suggest one useful thing: let the user decide, what is shown at the very bottom There is a this “system toolbar” that shows: number of selected files time of selected files size of selected files numbe… --- ## [\[Feature Suggestion\] Support for Creating Symlinks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-support-for-creating-symlinks/47810)
**Author:** [@sivaram2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sivaram2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-support-for-creating-symlinks/47810 "2020-02-09T10:23:41Z")
Hi Mp3tag community! I just had an idea for a feature, perhaps it has been discussed here before. This would make the most sense for remixed songs. I currently use an action to populate the MIXARTIST field using the fol… --- ## [Defined values for 'Period' field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/defined-values-for-period-field/40962)
**Author:** [@Anymathgrad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Anymathgrad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/defined-values-for-period-field/40962 "2020-02-08T21:56:36Z")
I nave created a field for 'Period' as I have a classical music collection. It has fixed values of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical ... etc I would really like to be able to be able to utilise a periods.ini fil… --- ## [WWS - Ability to use put multiple statements on one line](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wws-ability-to-use-put-multiple-statements-on-one-line/47770)
**Author:** [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wws-ability-to-use-put-multiple-statements-on-one-line/47770 "2020-02-03T23:57:37Z")
if "Various Artists" say "VA" outputto "COMPILATION" say "1" endif would become for example... if "Various Artists" ; say "VA" ; outputto "COMPILATION" ; say "1" ; endif JavaScript, for example, would have this: var … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=32) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=34)