# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=47 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 48 --- ## [(!BAD ID3v2) on a zero separated multi value DSD TAG](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bad-id3v2-on-a-zero-separated-multi-value-dsd-tag/19463)
**Author:** [@percy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/percy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bad-id3v2-on-a-zero-separated-multi-value-dsd-tag/19463 "2017-11-01T16:06:17Z")
MP3Tag v2.8a displays (!BAD ID3v2) when I save a DSD file with JAudioTagger Library which probably means that there is something not very kosher. All my other Tagger Programs, Windows Audio Properties as well as JRiver … --- ## [REQUEST: Illegal Character Conversion Options](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-illegal-character-conversion-options/19364)
**Author:** [@theholyhermit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/theholyhermit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-illegal-character-conversion-options/19364 "2017-10-28T06:55:17Z")
I have an idea for a feature that I would find useful. I often use the Tag-Filename Conversion, which is great, except that when it hits a character that is invalid for the filesystem, it simply deletes it, which causes… --- ## [Find and replace](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace/19479)
**Author:** [@AlanY](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlanY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace/19479 "2017-10-26T12:20:02Z")
I’ve the album tag typically as 25 \[24-96\] \[HD\] now I like to delete the \[24-96\] \[HD\] (text varies) and end up with just 25 any advise could be very much appreciated --- ## [Hide MKV file in Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hide-mkv-file-in-mp3tag/19474)
**Author:** [@usmanmohd567](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/usmanmohd567)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hide-mkv-file-in-mp3tag/19474 "2017-10-25T15:36:53Z")
HI, with Mp3tag v2.85 we get MKV support. Now my MKV files are showing in Mp3tag but I don’t want to see mkv file in that list what should I do to hide them ? Please help to solve this. Thanks. --- ## ["Update available" message prompts should be less frequent](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-available-message-prompts-should-be-less-frequent/19473)
**Author:** [@BigBertrand](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BigBertrand)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-available-message-prompts-should-be-less-frequent/19473 "2017-10-25T13:54:37Z")
Hello, I have enabled “automatic checks for update” as I want to use the latest stable release. However, most of the time the message appears as I’m about to start a tagging work (quite logical, as the message appears … --- ## [REGEX importing artist name from directory path](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-importing-artist-name-from-directory-path/19469)
**Author:** [@andpeterson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/andpeterson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2017, 1:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-importing-artist-name-from-directory-path/19469 "2017-10-25T01:00:23Z")
Just giving this to others as I have spent the past 3 days learning regular expressions and attempting to make this work. Action Type: Format Value Field: ARTIST Format String: $regexp(%\_Path%,.\*\\\\Music\\\\(\\w+).\*,$1) Si… --- ## [Drag Filename/Title to sort](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-filename-title-to-sort/19465)
**Author:** [@mwidunn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mwidunn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2017, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-filename-title-to-sort/19465 "2017-10-24T18:24:05Z")
Why can’t I click and drag Filenames/Titles to sort them into the proper order? This is a “no-brainer” feature, which would make the “Auto Number” all that more useful. --- ## [File Association for .MTE missing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-association-for-mte-missing/19457)
**Author:** [@phossler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phossler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-association-for-mte-missing/19457 "2017-10-20T20:25:51Z")
I tried to edit an export profile and got a ‘Windows can’t open this type of file (.mte)’ message when I clicked the edit icon Windows 10, ver 2.84a Uninstalled and reinstalled MP3Tag with a registry cleaning in betwee… --- ## [Accelerate startup by caching tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/accelerate-startup-by-caching-tags/19453)
**Author:** [@Xerus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Xerus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2017, 3:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/accelerate-startup-by-caching-tags/19453 "2017-10-19T03:54:24Z")
When starting up Mp3Tag with a few thousand files, it takes at least a few seconds to start. What about adding an option to write (maybe only the most important) tags into a cache file and then load it on startup and ref… --- ## [REQUEST: Ability to remove context menu per extension](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-remove-context-menu-per-extension/19451)
**Author:** [@neu\_33](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/neu_33)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-remove-context-menu-per-extension/19451 "2017-10-18T08:27:32Z")
mp3tag is becoming a fully-fledged universal tagger which has support for video types like .mp4 and now - with the recent beta - .mkv chapters. That’s great for those who will, but I personally will never use mp3tag to t… --- ## [Mp3 tags on android phones](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tags-on-android-phones/19424)
**Author:** [@Mataichi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mataichi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tags-on-android-phones/19424 "2017-10-15T10:32:08Z")
I have 40 mp3’s from V.A. tagged with the same album name. When I load them onto my android, some will still split off into their separate albums. Can’t figure out why they split off when i tagged them with the same albu… --- ## [Print function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/print-function/19428)
**Author:** [@treadhead194](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/treadhead194)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/print-function/19428 "2017-10-10T04:54:56Z")
I’m sure at one time or another someone has asked: why can’t you print from MP3TAG? It really would be nice to be able to print from the program. I have found and use the EXPORT:html\_standard, then copied and pasted int… --- ## [Request: Web Sources in Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-web-sources-in-actions/19419)
**Author:** [@loyzious](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/loyzious)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-web-sources-in-actions/19419 "2017-10-06T04:47:56Z")
I love Mp3tag for it amazing capabilities :slight\_smile: but there’s one thing I would love to have: I would like to use Web Sources in Actions and I’m thinking of this way: In an Action I want to define which a Web S… --- ## [Option to Set Unsynchronisation Flag for ID3v2.4 Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-set-unsynchronisation-flag-for-id3v2-4-tags/19413)
**Author:** [@Invindicator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Invindicator)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-set-unsynchronisation-flag-for-id3v2-4-tags/19413 "2017-10-05T12:45:15Z")
Would really love to see this feature become available if possible. It is literally the only thing that I cant use mp3tag to do and its driving me crazy :frowning: Please implement this feature!! \<3 :slight\_smile: The … --- ## [Suggestion: Discogs Album Art - Size](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-discogs-album-art-size/19407)
**Author:** [@roadworrier](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/roadworrier)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 1:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-discogs-album-art-size/19407 "2017-10-03T01:43:06Z")
I’m sorry Amazon cover support is gone, but the Discogs replacement is very good. One issue though is that there are often many cover options, but no way to differentiate them in the “List of Search Results”. My request … --- ## ["Release Date" in iTunes??](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-date-in-itunes/19403)
**Author:** [@jsa307](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jsa307)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-date-in-itunes/19403 "2017-10-02T13:51:56Z")
Hi- I’m new to mp3tag, but not digital music. I am trying to figure out how to separately populate the “Release Date” field in iTunes - searching the forum here (and elsewhere) has yielded incomplete results. Some have … --- ## [Move ft artist to title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-ft-artist-to-title/19388)
**Author:** [@cordobaweb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cordobaweb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-ft-artist-to-title/19388 "2017-09-29T22:19:37Z")
Hi! I need an action to move ft. artist to title when the separator is \\ (no spaces) Example: From: Robin Schulz\\Rhys - Like You Mean It To: Robin Schulz - Like You Mean It (feat. Rhys) Thanks. --- ## [converting FROM UTF-8 (16)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-from-utf-8-16/19385)
**Author:** [@W0LF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/W0LF)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2017, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-from-utf-8-16/19385 "2017-09-27T16:32:41Z")
Hello! I don’t understand, how i can convert tag’s charset from utf-8 (utf-16) to windows-1251? --- ## [Creating Action group item for Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-action-group-item-for-title/19381)
**Author:** [@surferby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/surferby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-action-group-item-for-title/19381 "2017-09-26T14:25:37Z")
Hello. I have already created a action that will format the artist field with the full name of the artist with appropriate spelling. For example I put SIN in the and then use the action to replace that with SINGER NAME. … --- ## [REQUEST: make it easier to grab the Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-make-it-easier-to-grab-the-tag-panel/18620)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-make-it-easier-to-grab-the-tag-panel/18620 "2017-09-25T11:34:38Z")
What I mean is this area on the left side of the green line accessible when the pointer turns to this double arr-owed icon visible on this image I am using a resolution bigger than 1080p and an ordinary office mouse … --- ## [Import Information for Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-information-for-tags/19375)
**Author:** [@PatMcM](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PatMcM)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-information-for-tags/19375 "2017-09-24T15:19:20Z")
My fantasy is just below. Can MP3TAG work this way? Select all the tracks using MP3TAG the have a Title blank or the word “Title” in it. Looks like I can figure out this from the on line help. Import it to my database.… --- ## [Enable MP4-AAC Cover ADD/Paste](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enable-mp4-aac-cover-add-paste/19376)
**Author:** [@AdeCoriolis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AdeCoriolis)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enable-mp4-aac-cover-add-paste/19376 "2017-09-24T07:36:37Z")
Unlike most of the other CODEC, the AAC (Advance Audio Coding) Files do not allow for Cover Art to be Added/Pasted etc. The only way to add or paste a cover art graphic to AAC file(s) is to do a multiple file update w… --- ## [REQUEST: drop files anywhere](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-drop-files-anywhere/19361)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2017, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-drop-files-anywhere/19361 "2017-09-23T14:41:13Z")
I would like to be able to drag and drop my files anywhere within Mp3tag I just do not understand, what is the purpose of blocking a drop down on Tag Panel of Filter Box? The files are to be loaded \[and shown as a list … --- ## [REQUEST: Encode Playlist as Unicode/UTF-8](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371)
**Author:** [@vittorio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vittorio)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-encode-playlist-as-unicode-utf-8/19371 "2017-09-23T10:38:50Z")
Hi! (note: I haven't found any related topic through search or the FAQ section) I own the SONY Network Walkman NW-A25 and it does not support playlists created by mp3tag since they are encoded as ANSI. After playlist c… --- ## [Matroska support](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/matroska-support/2839)
**Author:** [@vlada](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vlada)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/matroska-support/2839 "2017-09-22T12:33:06Z")
Hello, I’d like to ask you if it would be possible to add support for matroska files. I’m not sure how difficult would it be. Apparently it is just editing of a XML file and then muxing it back with already existing too… --- ## [Adding Icon to Right-Click Context Menu?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-icon-to-right-click-context-menu/19349)
**Author:** [@phossler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phossler)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-icon-to-right-click-context-menu/19349 "2017-09-22T01:09:21Z")
Is there any way to add an icon to the right click menu? I doubt that there’s a MP3Tag option, but is there a “Windows Way”? I searched the registry to see if I could work out the process, but didn’t get very far --- ## [Feature request: Support for multiple instances](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-support-for-multiple-instances/19345)
**Author:** [@burtek](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/burtek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-support-for-multiple-instances/19345 "2017-09-20T20:33:49Z")
I’m the progress of going through my whole music collection. What I would really love to see is support for multiple Mp3Tag instances. At the moment I’m unable to open multiple windows, but such a feature would really he… --- ## [Artist, Composer and Year dropdown list](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer-and-year-dropdown-list/19359)
**Author:** [@surferby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/surferby)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer-and-year-dropdown-list/19359 "2023-03-13T15:20:49Z")
The genre section allows to add custom genres. Manually added genre can be selected through a dropdown list. Can the same be achieved in case of artist, composer and year field? --- ## [can mp3tag add ISRC, EAN/UPC & pre-emphasis in the tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-add-isrc-ean-upc-pre-emphasis-in-the-tags/19355)
**Author:** [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-add-isrc-ean-upc-pre-emphasis-in-the-tags/19355 "2017-09-19T16:16:49Z")
hi can mp3tag add ISRC, EAN/UPC & pre-emphasis ,Digital Copy Permitted ,4 Channel in the tags of audio files? and is there a web service (tag source) like itunes ,discos or other web service that include these flags s… --- ## [Feature Request: export configurations - one output file per source file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-export-configurations-one-output-file-per-source-file/19342)
**Author:** [@zMa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zMa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-export-configurations-one-output-file-per-source-file/19342 "2017-09-19T14:09:23Z")
I use Mp3tag not only for mp3, but also to tag movies in mp4 format. Mp3tag is by far the fastest and most stable program for tagging mp4 out of all programs that I've tried - awesome work! In addition to writing those … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=46) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=48)