# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=5 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 6 --- ## [Request: Ability to translate tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-translate-tags/68936)
**Author:** [@mwidunn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mwidunn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-ability-to-translate-tags/68936 "2025-06-24T20:03:07Z")
I would love it if MP3Tag had the ability to translate tags from language to language, for example, Japanese into English or vice versa, Chinese to Spanish, etc. I don't know if there is any way to do that now. But, it… --- ## ["Keep moved files" not honored](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-moved-files-not-honored/68629)
**Author:** [@Quaraxkad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Quaraxkad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-moved-files-not-honored/68629 "2025-06-19T15:20:30Z")
This may be intentional, but I figured I'd report it anyway. When the option "Keep moved files in file list" option is unchecked, then using an action to edit \_FILENAME which results in moving the file to a new folder, f… --- ## [How to organise double (or more) albums as single entities](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-organise-double-or-more-albums-as-single-entities/68789)
**Author:** [@Westprog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Westprog)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-organise-double-or-more-albums-as-single-entities/68789 "2025-06-18T16:32:11Z")
I have an issue with the way that double albums are typically organised. If I'm recording Quadrophenia, say, it will put it into two separate folders, named something like Quadrophenia Disk 1 and Quadrophenia Disk 2. In … --- ## [Populate "Plex Review" field in MP3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/populate-plex-review-field-in-mp3tag/68649)
**Author:** [@musifant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/musifant)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/populate-plex-review-field-in-mp3tag/68649 "2025-06-17T20:20:59Z")
Hi, I have been using (and supporting) MP3tag for many years now and love the tool. However, I did not find out yet if there is a way to populate the "Album Review" field that shows up in Plex directly in MP3tag. After… --- ## [Feedback 3.30a - Removing MP3 tag types incl. Lyrics3](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feedback-3-30a-removing-mp3-tag-types-incl-lyrics3/68870)
**Author:** [@exo42](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/exo42)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 11:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feedback-3-30a-removing-mp3-tag-types-incl-lyrics3/68870 "2025-06-15T11:20:37Z")
First of all, I’d like to thank you for adding a feature to remove unwanted MP3 tag types. However, there’s another tag type that occasionally catches my attention and that I would like to be able to permanently remove … --- ## [Recalculate initial folder at startup if it's deleted](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recalculate-initial-folder-at-startup-if-its-deleted/68665)
**Author:** [@dandy-72](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dandy-72)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recalculate-initial-folder-at-startup-if-its-deleted/68665 "2025-06-14T06:01:27Z")
Hi, I hope this is a good place to make suggestions. This is not technically a bug, but a suggestion that could make things slightly "better". Suppose I've edited tags in MP3 files stored under C:\\z1\\z2\\z3\\z4. Then I… --- ## [Feature Request - Select Multiple Values from Dropdown](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-multiple-values-from-dropdown/68858)
**Author:** [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-select-multiple-values-from-dropdown/68858 "2025-06-13T19:28:21Z")
Continuing the discussions from Need help, to choose/add multiple values from the tag panel drop-down: Feature request - A quicker way to add multiple saved values to a field, from Tag-Panel drop-down list? I think thi… --- ## [Is there option to export tags so i can import them to apply to new file?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-option-to-export-tags-so-i-can-import-them-to-apply-to-new-file/68749)
**Author:** [@pedja](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pedja)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2025, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-option-to-export-tags-so-i-can-import-them-to-apply-to-new-file/68749 "2025-06-08T12:36:56Z")
I have frequent issue that I export audio as mp3 file and then, of course, edit tags but after that I change something in audio source so I have to export to mp3 file again, which overwrites previous file and I loose all… --- ## [Text to Tag Conversion is Fantastic, but how about](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-to-tag-conversion-is-fantastic-but-how-about/68766)
**Author:** [@Audiophilic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Audiophilic)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-to-tag-conversion-is-fantastic-but-how-about/68766 "2025-06-06T18:55:42Z")
Love mp3tag and use it everyday, including the handy text-to-tag conversion option. I would find it very useful to be able to dump tag info to a text file, essentially a tag-to-text conversion. Plain ASCII to a .txt fi… --- ## [Crop to square cover not available on windows 10?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/crop-to-square-cover-not-available-on-windows-10/61375)
**Author:** [@V0ID](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/V0ID)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/crop-to-square-cover-not-available-on-windows-10/61375 "2025-06-06T08:00:12Z")
I read that this option released in Mac version. Could you implement this on windows 10? --- ## [Suggestion info screen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-info-screen/68721)
**Author:** [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-info-screen/68721 "2025-06-03T06:03:26Z")
be handy to have a decent progress window showing the files that are being processed, with the opportunity to skip and log the associated filename / directory, sometimes accidently there are mp4 or mkv video files think… --- ## [\[Feature Suggestion\] Regex match boolean function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-regex-match-boolean-function/47766)
**Author:** [@abelcheung](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/abelcheung)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 5:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-regex-match-boolean-function/47766 "2020-02-09T05:20:15Z")
Using $regexp(...) can be cumbersome at times, when one want to only check if a variable matches some regex pattern and use it as a boolean test. Current situation requires user to either: Use hard-to-manage scripting … --- ## [Suggestion: exact registration of drop-down selections in fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-exact-registration-of-drop-down-selections-in-fields/68441)
**Author:** [@JamieF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JamieF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2025, 10:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-exact-registration-of-drop-down-selections-in-fields/68441 "2025-05-08T10:21:25Z")
Hello Thanks for the great software and the frequent updates. I'm not sure if this has been raised before (I couldn't find it) or if it is a good idea or easily achieved, but a small request for drop-down item entry... … --- ## [Processing large number of track files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/processing-large-number-of-track-files/68372)
**Author:** [@proj964](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/proj964)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/processing-large-number-of-track-files/68372 "2025-05-01T14:17:05Z")
I have a large number \>10000 tracks to process. They are in a directory structure of music\>artist\>album\>track(s). However they are being read is very slow -- minutes. Is it possible that they are more efficient/faster i… --- ## [Collapsing/expanding columns function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapsing-expanding-columns-function/68315)
**Author:** [@Jaeger1349](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jaeger1349)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/collapsing-expanding-columns-function/68315 "2025-04-27T23:48:44Z")
Hi! Any possibility of adding a function to collapse/expand columns like MS Excel? It would be useful for a better workflow by hiding/showing certain columns at will to do some actions instead of select/unselect columns … --- ## [Integrate an MP3 player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/integrate-an-mp3-player/68333)
**Author:** [@monsieur\_quebec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/monsieur_quebec)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/integrate-an-mp3-player/68333 "2025-04-28T10:53:17Z")
Hello, Suggestion for you. Would it be possible to integrate an MP3 player into the app without having to use an external application, please? Thank you very much for your excellent work. --- ## [Timed Text Markup Language](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/timed-text-markup-language/61568)
**Author:** [@rajanna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rajanna)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/timed-text-markup-language/61568 "2025-04-28T06:00:59Z")
https://help.apple.com/itc/videoaudioassetguide/#/itc0f14fecdd Apple Music is using ttml for synced lyrics. Is there a m4a and id3tag equivalent tag for ttml? --- ## [Running Multiple Instances of MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/running-multiple-instances-of-mp3tag/13220)
**Author:** [@djdonn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdonn)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2025, 10:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/running-multiple-instances-of-mp3tag/13220 "2025-04-25T10:32:44Z")
Is it possible to run more than 1 instance of MP3tag? How do I do it? --- ## [Mp3tag: Tag Field Mappings: List of 9 Wav RIFF INFO Standard Tags (April 10, 2025 - IMAGE)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-tag-field-mappings-list-of-9-wav-riff-info-standard-tags-april-10-2025-image/68161)
**Author:** [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-tag-field-mappings-list-of-9-wav-riff-info-standard-tags-april-10-2025-image/68161 "2025-04-10T18:01:48Z")
I have made a list of the 9 WAV - RIFF INFO Standard tags, available with MP3tag, for those who are interested in programming your Tags in Wav --- ## [Tagging specific Classical Album with the help of web source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-specific-classical-album-with-the-help-of-web-source/68151)
**Author:** [@Dave1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dave1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-specific-classical-album-with-the-help-of-web-source/68151 "2025-04-09T20:28:23Z")
I searched but could not find anything describing my issue. I have a classical (digital) album I'm trying to correctly tag. I've tried musicbrainz as well as Discogs but no luck. I can't figure out the correct Artist & T… --- ## [Explorer context menu on Windows 11 ARM](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-context-menu-on-windows-11-arm/67936)
**Author:** [@tomstephens89](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomstephens89)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explorer-context-menu-on-windows-11-arm/67936 "2025-04-08T15:17:33Z")
I believe this has been asked before but the threads are almost a year old and there's been no updates/progress/information. When using MP3Tag 3.28 on Windows 11 ARM, there is no entry for MP3Tag in the right click expl… --- ## [Request - Add tag to columns/tag panel from extended tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-add-tag-to-columns-tag-panel-from-extended-tags/67695)
**Author:** [@J-a-y](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/J-a-y)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-add-tag-to-columns-tag-panel-from-extended-tags/67695 "2025-04-08T11:30:44Z")
Florian if you see this, I love your app, when I can afford to - I will donate! - Keep up the good work! I'm trying to sort my music collection, if I select all then go to extended tags there are a tonne of tags that ar… --- ## [Toolbar icons are still too small](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/toolbar-icons-are-still-too-small/68026)
**Author:** [@b8375629](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/b8375629)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/toolbar-icons-are-still-too-small/68026 "2025-04-02T17:12:54Z")
On a 1366 x 768 laptop, they're still ridiculously small. Yeah, I saw the topic here; https://community.mp3tag.de/t/toolbar-is-far-to-small/56921 But it's still a problem that's only specific to mp3tag and not a displ… --- ## [Why are the results different from ffprobe?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-are-the-results-different-from-ffprobe/68043)
**Author:** [@safethumb2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/safethumb2)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 11:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-are-the-results-different-from-ffprobe/68043 "2025-04-01T11:05:48Z")
Audio and (Video?) file metadata is different with ffprobe. Is this correct behaivior? or the bug? I think ffprobe's results good. The file (yt-dlp -f 251 -x --add-metadata https://youtu.be/IidyyM3giZw ) yt-dlp-outpu… --- ## [How to tag music with multiple artists "properly"?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-music-with-multiple-artists-properly/19338)
**Author:** [@DJ\_Ben\_Lord](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJ_Ben_Lord)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 11:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-music-with-multiple-artists-properly/19338 "2025-03-29T11:44:30Z")
Hello Everyone! I have a problem with tagging music that has more than one artists. Like let’s say for example, Calvin Harris has a number called This Is What You Came For, featuring Rihanna. If I tag it like this: ART… --- ## [Request: Smart track title matching](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-smart-track-title-matching/67945)
**Author:** [@Quaraxkad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Quaraxkad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-smart-track-title-matching/67945 "2025-03-23T19:38:22Z")
When comparing local filenames to a tag source, there's one app (I can't remember which one!) that has a very useful feature. It will color the track names in color based on their similarity. For example if it looks like… --- ## [Request: Open cover image](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-open-cover-image/67944)
**Author:** [@Quaraxkad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Quaraxkad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-open-cover-image/67944 "2025-03-23T18:37:28Z")
When searching for a match from a tag source, you can click on the album art to open it in your default image viewer. Can this feature also be added to the Extended Tags dialog? Currently the image has to be right clicke… --- ## [Mp3tag installer should stop the old exe and start the new one](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-installer-should-stop-the-old-exe-and-start-the-new-one/67791)
**Author:** [@loveMusique](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/loveMusique)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2025, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-installer-should-stop-the-old-exe-and-start-the-new-one/67791 "2025-03-21T18:34:59Z")
Hello :slight\_smile: When Mp3tag tells me that there is a new version available, lets me download it and start the installer, then unfortunately the installer is not able to stop the old exe version and restart the new … --- ## [Open tag panel in new window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/open-tag-panel-in-new-window/67885)
**Author:** [@shyfx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shyfx)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2025, 7:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/open-tag-panel-in-new-window/67885 "2025-03-19T07:35:21Z")
Hello everyone, I have a suggestion/ request and a challenge for the creators of this beautiful app. Should it be possibly to open the tagpanel in a new window? So i can view only the columns on my second screen and t… --- ## [.avif file art support request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/avif-file-art-support-request/67813)
**Author:** [@Bluesrule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bluesrule)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2025, 8:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/avif-file-art-support-request/67813 "2025-03-13T08:33:52Z")
is it possible to add support for .avif format in cover art ? please :slight\_smile: [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=4) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=6)