# General Discussion

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## [download is detected as malware?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/download-is-detected-as-malware/10646)

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**Author:** [@maxdido](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/maxdido)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2010, 9:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/download-is-detected-as-malware/10646 "2010-08-13T09:38:36Z")

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avira antivir premium v.10 detects the download of your latest build as malware. what to do? this is the warning i get: Warning In order not to compromise your security, this page will not be accessed The requested UR…

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## [Change display font](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-display-font/9600)

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**Author:** [@theonlyrick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/theonlyrick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-display-font/9600 "2010-08-11T03:09:19Z")

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It would be great if I could drop the font size of the text in the main window. This would fit more information on the screen and mean that I need to do less scrolling. (My monitor resolution is already at max, and I c…

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## [WMP12 / Windows 7 Tags (Video)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp12-windows-7-tags-video/10624)

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**Author:** [@edrikk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/edrikk)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp12-windows-7-tags-video/10624 "2010-07-07T18:49:07Z")

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Hi, In Windows 7, if you right click on an MP4 file, you are able to edit values such as the Star Rating, Parental Rating, etc, etc. These values are saved in the MP4 file, and are readable by both the OS and WMP when …

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## [Add album art to Creative Zen Mozaic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-album-art-to-creative-zen-mozaic/10164)

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**Author:** [@lear01](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lear01)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [July 7, 2010, 3:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-album-art-to-creative-zen-mozaic/10164 "2010-07-07T03:13:07Z")

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Hi there. This is my last resort before I throw my Zen Mozaic out of the window! I use mp3tag to embed album art and it works perfectly well on all my devices; phone, ipod, Foobar2000 audio player. All except my Zen Moza…

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## [String to Reverse Sort Order Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/string-to-reverse-sort-order-tag/10620)

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**Author:** [@lagunatic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lagunatic)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 6, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/string-to-reverse-sort-order-tag/10620 "2010-07-06T04:12:45Z")

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I would like all of my artists to be sorted and listed by first then last name and need to be able to batch it as I have a lot of files. What is the string that would change “Jackson, Michael” to Michael Jackson" in the…

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## [\[Bug\]/\[Req\] mp4 extentions handling](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bug-req-mp4-extentions-handling/10618)

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**Author:** [@racca](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/racca)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 5, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bug-req-mp4-extentions-handling/10618 "2010-07-05T16:30:57Z")

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Mp3tag is handling mp4 files in a peculiar way. Since “.m4a” “.m4b” “.m4v” “.mp4” are all identical as far as the tag/meta is concerned. Why is it that “.m4v” etc cannot be read at all? Regards.

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## [Request: Action to delete unsupported fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-action-to-delete-unsupported-fields/10603)

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**Author:** [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-action-to-delete-unsupported-fields/10603 "2010-07-02T02:09:23Z")

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The only way to get rid of PRIV, AENC, GEOB etc fields now is to cut and paste tags or delete tags then undo. If operating on 100s or 1000s of files at once this is not particularly safe. If something goes wrong during p…

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## [Row colouring issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/row-colouring-issue/10217)

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**Author:** [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 30, 2010, 4:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/row-colouring-issue/10217 "2010-06-30T04:37:25Z")

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Using Windows 7 default theme. Because the tracklist uses alternate row colouring, if the focus moves away from the tracklist area it becomes hard to distinguish the selected tracks from the unselected tracks on odd num…

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## [Filling in Albums and Album Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filling-in-albums-and-album-art/10601)

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**Author:** [@keemosabi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/keemosabi)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 29, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filling-in-albums-and-album-art/10601 "2010-06-29T18:14:29Z")

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So I used MP3Tag to fill in the ‘title’ and ‘artist’ fields based on the filename. Is there a way that I can now use the ‘title’ and ‘artist’ information to obtain the album that each file came from, and thus the album …

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## [The Republic of China Country Flag Is Here](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-republic-of-china-country-flag-is-here/10584)

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**Author:** [@alex121314](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alex121314)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-republic-of-china-country-flag-is-here/10584 "2010-06-24T07:00:05Z")

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I'am a citizen of The Republic of China (Taiwan) ,and this is our contry flag. ROC (On the wikipedia.) Please don’t garble our flag into the PRC flag on your download page. Chinese Traditional wasn’t spoken in the PRC. …

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## [Installing m3tag 2.46a in ubuntu 10.04 using wine 1.1.42](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installing-m3tag-2-46a-in-ubuntu-10-04-using-wine-1-1-42/10547)

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**Author:** [@te7](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/te7)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 1:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installing-m3tag-2-46a-in-ubuntu-10-04-using-wine-1-1-42/10547 "2010-06-22T01:49:32Z")

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I’m trying to install mp3tag 2.46a in ubuntu 10.04 using wine 1.1.42. I doubleclick the exe and I get an error message saying it can’t open the archive (says its trying to open a zip file, I think). Any help is appreciat…

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## [\[REQ\] Replace Ft. ft. FT ft featuring for "Feat."](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/req-replace-ft-ft-ft-ft-featuring-for-feat/10570)

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**Author:** [@diegogt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/diegogt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 6:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/req-replace-ft-ft-ft-ft-featuring-for-feat/10570 "2010-06-21T06:27:28Z")

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Hey all… I have a request for a new feature on your program that I USE A LOT!!! I would like to have a drop down menu like the one that has “Case Conversion” that replaces the text in the file name or in the tag the “f…

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## [default \<keep\> field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-keep-field/10568)

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**Author:** [@kraps](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kraps)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 20, 2010, 9:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-keep-field/10568 "2010-06-20T09:06:55Z")

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I like the flexibility of your editor, but every time I want to change some of my tags I have to set all fields to to keep them from blanking - I’ve already wrecked some of my files’ tags by forgetting to do that. Could…

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## [restore mp3tag configuration file/zip???  how???](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/restore-mp3tag-configuration-file-zip-how/10537)

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**Author:** [@MrSinatra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MrSinatra)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 15, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/restore-mp3tag-configuration-file-zip-how/10537 "2010-06-15T23:19:52Z")

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hi, in mp3tag, under “File” you can click “Save Configuration” and that backs up the settings and so on for mp3tag (or so i think). i did exactly that, and it made a zip file for me. i now want to restore that zip fil…

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## [Uniform Album Year For Each Album In A Batch](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uniform-album-year-for-each-album-in-a-batch/10536)

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**Author:** [@dasterdlydicksin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dasterdlydicksin)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uniform-album-year-for-each-album-in-a-batch/10536 "2010-06-11T08:02:11Z")

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Alright, I don’t know if there is a way to do this, but here it goes. Let’s say I have 50,000 tracks highlighted. What I want to do is have the predominent listed year for each album be that album’s year for each track w…

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## [Autonumbering to be available as Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-to-be-available-as-action/10531)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 7:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumbering-to-be-available-as-action/10531 "2010-06-10T07:48:48Z")

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Please make the function of the Autonumbering Wizard available as an Action. Thanks.

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## [Abort of operation with multiple Action Groups](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/abort-of-operation-with-multiple-action-groups/10530)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/abort-of-operation-with-multiple-action-groups/10530 "2010-06-09T17:30:45Z")

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On an operation executing multiple Action Groups, clicking an error’s Abort button aborts only the current Action Group. I think it should abort the entire operation, or at least there be a separate “Abort All” to do th…

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## [My string for adding album art won't work with some folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-string-for-adding-album-art-wont-work-with-some-folders/10529)

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**Author:** [@gordolindsay](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gordolindsay)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2010, 1:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-string-for-adding-album-art-wont-work-with-some-folders/10529 "2010-06-09T01:26:13Z")

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This is the string I use to add my album art from my flac folder to my mp3 files: F:\\Flac%artist% - (%year%) %album%\\folder.jpg The only problem is, any artist or album that has a / \\ - or any other seperating or wierd…

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## [Is there a Hebrew Codepage Conversion?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-hebrew-codepage-conversion/10521)

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**Author:** [@zerocontrast](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zerocontrast)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-hebrew-codepage-conversion/10521 "2010-06-08T04:22:25Z")

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I just want to know how/if I can use the Codepage Conversion action to correct unicode ID3 tags that are in Hebrew? I have used this option many times to correct tags in Chinese, but I do not see Hebrew listed to correct…

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## [Can we have an option to make the Change Directory - Browse For Folder window be permanently displayed?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-we-have-an-option-to-make-the-change-directory-browse-for-folder-window-be-permanently-displayed/10516)

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**Author:** [@c627627](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/c627627)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-we-have-an-option-to-make-the-change-directory-browse-for-folder-window-be-permanently-displayed/10516 "2010-06-04T17:22:57Z")

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It just seems intuitive to have this window permanently displayed instead of having to go to File \> Change Directory and do this every single time we start the program. Can we have an option to keep it open permanently …

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## [I do not understand this function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-do-not-understand-this-function/10513)

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**Author:** [@Moshi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moshi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-do-not-understand-this-function/10513 "2010-06-03T19:31:05Z")

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\[:wacko:\]

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## [WMP has disc space gobbling graficcache](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp-has-disc-space-gobbling-graficcache/10514)

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**Author:** [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp-has-disc-space-gobbling-graficcache/10514 "2010-06-03T18:16:28Z")

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Probably this is something off-topic but it has to do with digital music libraries. We’ve got a zoo of various PCs, a fair number of them with Windows 7. The default settings for WMP in W7 are that it looks around the …

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## [Option request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-request/10493)

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**Author:** [@Paceman60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paceman60)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-request/10493 "2010-05-30T17:37:28Z")

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Hi Florian! Would it be possible to have a sortable boolean field in the file view only to indicate if the files has embedded coverart? I’m currently refreshing my collection of about 199k files and one such field would…

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## [Sorting Columns By Character Length](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-columns-by-character-length/10472)

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**Author:** [@dasterdlydicksin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dasterdlydicksin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2010, 5:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-columns-by-character-length/10472 "2010-05-26T05:32:23Z")

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I’m wondering if there is a way to sort the columns by character length. Specifically in the filename. Thanks for any help.

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## [How to tag audio files based on folder name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-audio-files-based-on-folder-name/10406)

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**Author:** [@jaga](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jaga)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-audio-files-based-on-folder-name/10406 "2010-05-18T18:23:50Z")

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Hi, I’m a new to mp3tag, so please forgive me if I ask naive questions. I am a very happy user of Mp3tag on my mp3 and mp4. I seem to be able to edit tags for my files by right clicking and using the details tab. every …

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## [Copy Tags from 48kbs files to 128kbs files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-48kbs-files-to-128kbs-files/10431)

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**Author:** [@larrylwill](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/larrylwill)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-48kbs-files-to-128kbs-files/10431 "2010-05-16T17:18:26Z")

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I have a large number of files approx 5500 in 128kbs All arranged in folders by Artist then Album. I convert them all to 48kbs then found I was missing some tags, song titles artists, album names etc. I cleaned them, fo…

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## [Request: createUUID function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-createuuid-function/10414)

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**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 10, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-createuuid-function/10414 "2010-05-10T03:21:31Z")

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I’d like to tag each of my files with a unique ID. Using Mp3tag for the task would be ideal if there were a createUUID() function available. The function would return a 32 character hexadecimal digit representing a ran…

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## [Convert Lyrics From Lyrics3 to ID3v2?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-lyrics-from-lyrics3-to-id3v2/3899)

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**Author:** [@Twitter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Twitter)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-lyrics-from-lyrics3-to-id3v2/3899 "2010-05-09T22:32:48Z")

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Hi all, I have around 14000 mp3’s. Most have lyrics embedded in the tag. My Problem: I-Tunes says there are 982 songs without lyrics and JRiver Media Center says there are 42 without lyrics. I figured out that Jriver …

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## [Album Artist, Band and FLAC, again ...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-band-and-flac-again/8519)

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**Author:** [@Lupercus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lupercus)\
**Replies:** 37\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-band-and-flac-again/8519 "2010-04-25T16:52:16Z")

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Sorry, either my search-capacities are not very good or there simply is not yet a definite answer to my question … My problem is with the tag for Album Artist: not for MP3 (the “Band” tag writes to TPE2 and that is read…

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## [add genre to existing multi genre tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-genre-to-existing-multi-genre-tags/10346)

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**Author:** [@Breakie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Breakie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-genre-to-existing-multi-genre-tags/10346 "2010-04-25T10:25:24Z")

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Hi Guys, I want to add new genres to (different) existing (multi) genre tags. For Example: I have files currently tagged as “disco; 80” and “New Wave; 80” and so on, and now I want to add a new genre (batch) to these …

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