# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=73 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 74 --- ## [Editing the format string history](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-the-format-string-history/14559)
**Author:** [@OldMalden](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/OldMalden)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-the-format-string-history/14559 "2013-03-20T15:31:19Z")
Currently, to tidy up the format string history, you have to load that string in the Tag-Tag, then select the dtring before you can remove it from the history. I would be more convenient if there was an editable .ini fi… --- ## [Request: Easily switch tag-view (id3v1 \<-\> id3v2 \<-\> APE, etc.)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-easily-switch-tag-view-id3v1-id3v2-ape-etc/14558)
**Author:** [@GordonShumway](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GordonShumway)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 10:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-easily-switch-tag-view-id3v1-id3v2-ape-etc/14558 "2013-03-20T10:32:11Z")
A suggestion to make working with the wonderful mp3tag even smoother: Enable switching the view between the different tags just by one mouse click. ID3Tagit had a button where you could do this. Currently, you first ha… --- ## [Lag when selecting tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lag-when-selecting-tracks/14538)
**Author:** [@8823](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/8823)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lag-when-selecting-tracks/14538 "2013-03-17T16:41:01Z")
Mp3tag version: 2.54 Windows 8 Intel i5 Mp3tag lags when selecting tracks (Click and hold left mouse button and drag to select the tracks) \*Not freeze, it’s like fps drop This always occurs if my tags have long Japa… --- ## [different types of extended cover.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/different-types-of-extended-cover/14539)
**Author:** [@X-Tropic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/X-Tropic)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/different-types-of-extended-cover/14539 "2013-03-14T23:06:39Z")
I have a lot of tracks and covers, both of the same type name: %artist% - %title%. To import the album art in the file, I use the action “Import cover from file” - “format string: %artist% - %title%.JPG”. The problem is … --- ## [Rename tag by folder name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-tag-by-folder-name/14526)
**Author:** [@Ugrum](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ugrum)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-tag-by-folder-name/14526 "2013-03-09T13:50:55Z")
My library is organized in folders and subfolders but some album name tags are missing, is it possible to rename the tag with the same name as the folder the file is? --- ## [Thanks and some action scripts](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/thanks-and-some-action-scripts/14465)
**Author:** [@kaworu1986](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kaworu1986)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/thanks-and-some-action-scripts/14465 "2013-03-03T15:31:51Z")
First of all, I would like to thank Florian for this absolutely amazing program: over the years, it has allowed me to tame my mp3 collection! I have recently begun looking a bit more into the documentation, and have dev… --- ## [Copy Paste Extended Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-paste-extended-tags/14514)
**Author:** [@mttdlln1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mttdlln1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-paste-extended-tags/14514 "2013-03-03T09:00:17Z")
I applied various extended tags to an album like: Record label Date and Unsynced Lyrics I found a better quality of the songs and I just want to know if I can export the tags from the older album and import the tags … --- ## [tag films](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-films/14510)
**Author:** [@nikned](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nikned)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2013, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-films/14510 "2013-03-02T09:16:46Z")
Hi all, i want tag my movie collection, it’s possible with this software? someone know good tag software like mp3tag for movie? --- ## [Shortcut for Rename Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-for-rename-title/14429)
**Author:** [@TheDailyVinyl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TheDailyVinyl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shortcut-for-rename-title/14429 "2013-03-01T20:53:08Z")
I mostly work with Titles, so I'm often hitting F2 thinking I'm about to rename the Title, which, as you know, renames the Filename. What if the following shortcuts were added: Shift F2 = Rename/Edit Title Shift F3 = … --- ## [Very Slow Writing Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-slow-writing-tags/14486)
**Author:** [@Jaybee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jaybee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2013, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-slow-writing-tags/14486 "2013-02-24T14:25:05Z")
I have recently installed ver. 2.54 and now it is very slow writing tag data. It taking minutes to write data 75 files. My machine still runs XP Pro which worked OK with previous versions. Should I go back to a previous … --- ## [Trouble with data with 'invalid' characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-with-data-with-invalid-characters/14480)
**Author:** [@skeleton](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skeleton)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-with-data-with-invalid-characters/14480 "2013-02-23T17:21:18Z")
MP3TAG has saved the day, but there’s more. My collection has reached 70,000 tracks, a mixture of m4a ( \[:angry:\] I converted all 20k+ of these to mp3), mp3, wma files, over 500gb total. A retirement project is to org… --- ## [Thanks and documentation suggestion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/thanks-and-documentation-suggestion/14455)
**Author:** [@dknuttunen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dknuttunen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/thanks-and-documentation-suggestion/14455 "2013-02-15T17:39:56Z")
You might want to amend the documentation for Convert \> Filename - Tag to make it clear that the “filename” in quesion can include path, like: g:\\music%genre%%artist%%album%%track% %title% I only figured this out after… --- ## [I can’t always read iTunNorm comment using mp3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-can-t-always-read-itunnorm-comment-using-mp3tag/14419)
**Author:** [@neversaynever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/neversaynever)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2013, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-can-t-always-read-itunnorm-comment-using-mp3tag/14419 "2013-02-11T12:25:59Z")
Hi. My OS is Windows 7 Pro\_64 bit I’ve 10.000 mp3 files created in the last five years: . tagged with mp3Tag v.2.53 (Mpeg options: READ ID3v1 and ID3v2 checked; WRITE ID3v1, ID3v2, ID3v2.3 UTF-16 checked); . analy… --- ## [\[Request\] keep the previous version available as download](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-keep-the-previous-version-available-as-download/14433)
**Author:** [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-keep-the-previous-version-available-as-download/14433 "2013-02-07T03:47:36Z")
I have a request, I rather not download an older version of mp3tag from a site like oldversion.com (latest version listed there is Mp3tag 4.2 !!!! ) So hereby a request to keep the older (previous) version (now 2.53) av… --- ## [Request: Add Beatport and LastFM Web Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-add-beatport-and-lastfm-web-sources/14411)
**Author:** [@X\_Hunter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/X_Hunter)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-add-beatport-and-lastfm-web-sources/14411 "2013-01-31T17:03:48Z")
Hey Florian and Moderation Staff! I’m new over here. But briefly, I wanted to say a huge ‘Thank You’ for all the hard work! Users have been amazed with the features your tiny app offers and so am I! I wished I could than… --- ## [Wrong album info for multiple songs search?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-album-info-for-multiple-songs-search/14393)
**Author:** [@1990eam](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/1990eam)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wrong-album-info-for-multiple-songs-search/14393 "2013-01-27T17:46:57Z")
Hello. I’ve been trying to organize my years old playlist and I’ve been having a hard time with some steps. I used to have all the artists in one same folder but I cleaned that mess and now each artist has it’s own fold… --- ## [Folder Renaming](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renaming/14392)
**Author:** [@teej](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/teej)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-renaming/14392 "2013-01-27T16:25:31Z")
I havent found a way or a topic yet about this, so I would like to request that a folder renaming feature to make folder renaming in bulk much simpler. --- ## [Sync tag between main/backup database](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sync-tag-between-main-backup-database/14374)
**Author:** [@guimms](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/guimms)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sync-tag-between-main-backup-database/14374 "2013-01-21T22:53:45Z")
Yep 2 all ! 2 databases, one is my working database (on a external memory), the other my backup. I use soft like Rekordbox, Traktor. So the tags are constantly changing… I was looking for a solution to keep all the da… --- ## [Copying files instead of moving when restructuring](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-files-instead-of-moving-when-restructuring/14361)
**Author:** [@dbenyakar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dbenyakar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-files-instead-of-moving-when-restructuring/14361 "2013-01-18T08:14:27Z")
HI I have fixed the tags for my music files and now I would like to use the Tag-\>Filename function in order to re-structure the folders/files in new music folder using an expression that starts with x:\\newfolder\\artists… --- ## [Google Music Player Album Art displaying incorrectly even after tagging with MP3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/google-music-player-album-art-displaying-incorrectly-even-after-tagging-with-mp3tag/14358)
**Author:** [@FiftyEight](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FiftyEight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/google-music-player-album-art-displaying-incorrectly-even-after-tagging-with-mp3tag/14358 "2013-01-17T17:25:59Z")
Hey, I live in Canada so I can’t go on to the web portal for Google Music. I downloaded MP3tag to try and fix my album artwork however it’s still displaying a number of files incorrectly despite them displaying correctl… --- ## [Filter music by Country](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-music-by-country/14230)
**Author:** [@fedcas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fedcas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-music-by-country/14230 "2013-01-10T20:26:58Z")
Hi Everone, i tag all my albums carefully and i sort them in folders by: artist - (year) album title\\artist - (track) song title.mp3 that way everything is nice and tidy with any file browser and i can easily and quic… --- ## [Acoustic fingerprint tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/acoustic-fingerprint-tagging/8996)
**Author:** [@512bytes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/512bytes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/acoustic-fingerprint-tagging/8996 "2013-01-09T18:46:14Z")
Hi, MP3Tag is great but it would be good to have a feature where it cleaned improper tags using acoustic fingerprinting. MusicIP have a freeservice and gracenote have one as well (dunno if free). http://www.musicip.com… --- ## [Action - Double Artist-Ttitle](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-double-artist-ttitle/14336)
**Author:** [@ViValdimar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ViValdimar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-double-artist-ttitle/14336 "2013-01-09T18:32:52Z")
Hello, I have several album with doubled taging - in ARTIST and TITLE fields. Please look at the attached file. I would like to remove Artist from TITLE and Title from ARTIST fileds - red lines on the picture, and … --- ## [Mac version eventually?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-version-eventually/13691)
**Author:** [@sonicartist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sonicartist)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mac-version-eventually/13691 "2013-01-09T11:54:44Z")
I am sure this has come up in the past, forgive me for reposting if it has. Would a mac version of MP3TAG be possible in the near future? I am a long time user on my PC platform but my laptop is a Macbook Pro which run… --- ## [Album grouping in listview](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-grouping-in-listview/14210)
**Author:** [@Paceman60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paceman60)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-grouping-in-listview/14210 "2013-01-09T03:05:24Z")
Dear Mr. Heidenreich! I hope that you won’t find this as nagging or pleading, but now that I have been using MP3tag more or less constantly for about 5 years I will allow myself to request one little feature that (after… --- ## [LyricsPlugin](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyricsplugin/14284)
**Author:** [@Mus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyricsplugin/14284 "2013-01-08T22:08:59Z")
Hi all, I have been trying this tool and it’s not too bad at retrieving about 60% of lyrics. However, I can get Foobar to display the UNSYNCED tag but not iTunes - is this a known restriction? Thanks M --- ## [\[Script\] - Update with a sorted version of a field containing comma-separated values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-update-with-a-sorted-version-of-a-field-containing-comma-separated-values/14314)
**Author:** [@donbuz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donbuz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 8:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-update-with-a-sorted-version-of-a-field-containing-comma-separated-values/14314 "2013-01-08T20:25:27Z")
Good Day Everyone, I am trying to figure out whether or not it is possible to update a field (Genre for that matter) that contains a list of comma-separated values (for example ‘Tech House, Jazz, Ambient’) with a sorted… --- ## [Adding Performer tags to FLAC Albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-performer-tags-to-flac-albums/14316)
**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-performer-tags-to-flac-albums/14316 "2013-01-07T01:05:16Z")
We are trying to establish a standard for entering the names of the Performers (and their role) for each track on an album that we’ve ripped to FLAC. For some bands, this is easy since the performers and their instrument… --- ## [Problem with many options in a combobox](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-many-options-in-a-combobox/14315)
**Author:** [@lg.carrillo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lg.carrillo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-many-options-in-a-combobox/14315 "2013-01-04T17:27:52Z")
In the combobox which is on the “Filename-Tag”, are many options I do not need. How I can delete some elements of that combobox? Tanks --- ## [Sorting of tracks by Album tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-of-tracks-by-album-tag/14312)
**Author:** [@oherbst](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/oherbst)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-of-tracks-by-album-tag/14312 "2013-01-04T12:36:05Z")
It would be great if mp3tag would support sorting by Album tag in a future release. Currently it is either not supported or not working properly. See screenshot. The sorting also does not change on changing from ascend… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=72) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=74)