# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=94 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 95 --- ## [Case Conversion should NOT honor spaces (?)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-should-not-honor-spaces/9813)
**Author:** [@globetrotters1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/globetrotters1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-should-not-honor-spaces/9813 "2010-02-02T17:55:32Z")
Hi all, I try to solve the following problem (which seems to be unsolvable until now). My file name is: 32 - BACH - SICUT LOCUTUS EST.flac I want to use a case conversion “sentence” so that it looks like 32 - Bach - … --- ## [How to insert dash between words?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-insert-dash-between-words/9809)
**Author:** [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 9:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-insert-dash-between-words/9809 "2010-02-02T09:03:15Z")
how can i put a dash between words that begin with an uppercase in title? i have a title like this\> HowbeautifulKillerLiveSingapore it should be like this\> Howbeautiful-Killer-Live-Singapore how can i accomplish that… --- ## [Any plan to support media library?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-plan-to-support-media-library/9805)
**Author:** [@fwirns](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fwirns)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 8:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-plan-to-support-media-library/9805 "2010-02-02T08:40:14Z")
I know there are a lot of people store large number of music files in a few specific directories on their hard drive. For me, I have a folder which contains more than 1,000 music files(mp3 or wma), so every time I start … --- ## [How to eliminate one character from beginning of title?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-eliminate-one-character-from-beginning-of-title/9808)
**Author:** [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-eliminate-one-character-from-beginning-of-title/9808 "2010-02-02T08:29:02Z")
i have a title like this\> aHandfullofwater i want it to be like this\> Handfullofwater how can i accomplish this task? i have found out the answer. RE-^.{1} will do the majic. thanks to the forum --- ## [Custom Tags, etc. (bugs and additional options)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-tags-etc-bugs-and-additional-options/9762)
**Author:** [@Doorman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doorman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-tags-etc-bugs-and-additional-options/9762 "2010-01-29T15:12:40Z")
Hi Florian, great work and great program, helped me a lot to edit 2000 songs last evening. Something what occurred to me during last edit. It would be nice to have: There is no overview of non standard (Custom Tags).… --- ## [Interraction between mappings and extended tag view](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/interraction-between-mappings-and-extended-tag-view/9771)
**Author:** [@jean2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jean2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2010, 3:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/interraction-between-mappings-and-extended-tag-view/9771 "2010-01-26T03:53:08Z")
Hi, I thing the interaction between mapping and the extended tag view is confusing and should be changed. I was trying to debug some tag confusion on some files related to BAND, ALBUM ARTIST and ALBUMARTIST. I’m using … --- ## [Mp3tag under Mac OS X (Snow Leopard)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-under-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/9773)
**Author:** [@lokicz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lokicz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-under-mac-os-x-snow-leopard/9773 "2010-01-25T19:17:08Z")
I hope I’m not posting anything notoriously known to Mac users, but the search keeps quiet, so I’ll give it a shot :slight\_smile: For those who use Mac OS X and want to use Mp3tag as well, here is the solution, which pe… --- ## [How to change .src using artist instead of album search for cover art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-src-using-artist-instead-of-album-search-for-cover-art/9766)
**Author:** [@beijder](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beijder)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-src-using-artist-instead-of-album-search-for-cover-art/9766 "2010-01-25T11:56:51Z")
Hi people, I’m very enthousiastic about Mp3tag, it’s the best in it’s area. In getting album art inserted into my MP3 files but notice that when searching Amazone based on the album name only it often shows nothing or… --- ## [Suggesttion Track number assistent](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggesttion-track-number-assistent/9755)
**Author:** [@drose28357](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drose28357)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggesttion-track-number-assistent/9755 "2010-01-23T14:07:34Z")
Prerequisite : 4 CD with 120 tracks. The CD-Number data was set correctly. I want to renumber the tracks. There are to suggestions to make a better MP3Tag: Add a scond leading zero to theTracknumber. 2 Digits are not… --- ## [how to eliminate parenthesis](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-eliminate-parenthesis/9738)
**Author:** [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-eliminate-parenthesis/9738 "2010-01-22T05:17:57Z")
i have filename like this\> title-(artist) i want to get it as title-artist how to eliminate the parenthesis from a field is my qtn. if i have a filename as this\> title-(artist) it should be title-artist i want to us… --- ## [Suggestion for customizing columns](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-customizing-columns/9736)
**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2010, 8:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-customizing-columns/9736 "2010-01-20T08:17:17Z")
In the file view, i find that I normally prefer to keep things I don’t manually edit, like ‘Path’, hidden from view. But I also find that there are sometimes cases where they’re necessary. A much faster way to display … --- ## [Multiple-valued fields in file view](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-valued-fields-in-file-view/8488)
**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-valued-fields-in-file-view/8488 "2010-01-19T12:58:31Z")
Seems to only be half-way there. Yes, it's good that you can now enter more than one value, but they aren't displayed, as they are in the Tag Panel. So you can't edit them. --- ## [%band% vs. %album artist%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/band-vs-album-artist/9407)
**Author:** [@ptrk.mj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ptrk.mj)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/band-vs-album-artist/9407 "2010-01-18T15:29:55Z")
Hello! This is my first post at this forum. Going straight to matter - I’m a user of foobar2000 player. And as far as I am concerned the prefered tag for indicating an album artist is %album artist%. However I use mp3t… --- ## [Multiple Directories](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-directories/9724)
**Author:** [@LinkFX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LinkFX)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-directories/9724 "2010-01-18T05:45:03Z")
First and foremost I’d like to thank the development team for such an amazing program, which I’ve been using for several years and have found it to be second to no other. What I’d really like to see though is the abilit… --- ## [new feature suggestion: more command line option for export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-feature-suggestion-more-command-line-option-for-export/9573)
**Author:** [@jerry1970](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jerry1970)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2010, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-feature-suggestion-more-command-line-option-for-export/9573 "2010-01-14T16:33:52Z")
I think a command line option for export would come in handy. I often need to export a list for a new album. It would be very nice if I could simply add an option to the right-click menu in the windows explorer that say… --- ## [Suggestion for Album Art simplicity](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-album-art-simplicity/9694)
**Author:** [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2010, 9:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-for-album-art-simplicity/9694 "2010-01-13T09:13:29Z")
Hey… Just a suggestion that would be nice and very usefull I normaly like to add my album art to my albums manualy…’ So i’d like to suggest a “Drag and Drop” when the Tag Panel (Ctrl+Q) is open for album art… would sav… --- ## [tak\_deco\_lib.dll need to be updated](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tak-deco-lib-dll-need-to-be-updated/9697)
**Author:** [@mk.2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mk.2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tak-deco-lib-dll-need-to-be-updated/9697 "2010-01-13T04:05:15Z")
This is just a reminder to anyone that use TAK format. tak\_deco\_lib.dll that comes with mp3tag 2.45a installer cannot read TAK 2.0 files. Just download TAK 2.0 and replace old tak\_deco\_lib.dll in Mp3tag folder --- ## [Tag Action Formatting Rule Expression/Function Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-action-formatting-rule-expression-function-question/9692)
**Author:** [@edrikk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/edrikk)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-action-formatting-rule-expression-function-question/9692 "2010-01-12T21:51:44Z")
Hi, I’ve got a number of actions setup within MP3Tag, and all is working well. I do have on action which is to work on the “YEAR” atom (of an MP4 file), but which seems to constantly give me a result which is not what … --- ## [Relative Folder Path in m3u incorrect?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/relative-folder-path-in-m3u-incorrect/9687)
**Author:** [@Adion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Adion)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/relative-folder-path-in-m3u-incorrect/9687 "2010-01-11T14:46:39Z")
I tried opening an m3u file with absolute paths in mp3tag, and then exported this playlist again. The resulting m3u file now has relative paths, but unless I’m making a mistake, it looks like the path is wrong. The pla… --- ## [How to replace the fourth underscore to a dash?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-the-fourth-underscore-to-a-dash/9672)
**Author:** [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-the-fourth-underscore-to-a-dash/9672 "2010-01-10T20:58:15Z")
i have a title as …union\_of\_artistic\_people\_in\_pure\_verse i want it to be as …union\_of\_artistic\_people-in\_pure\_verse that is i want to get the fourth underscore to a dash. how can i accomplish that? --- ## [change case](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-case/9641)
**Author:** [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-case/9641 "2010-01-08T19:53:36Z")
there is an option to change the case of your choice under the heading actions. for changing the case actions/change case…in that dialogue box after the place for entering the filed, next field is to enter the case of y… --- ## [Enhancement request: Use clipboard for album title when album tag is empty](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enhancement-request-use-clipboard-for-album-title-when-album-tag-is-empty/8701)
**Author:** [@egd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enhancement-request-use-clipboard-for-album-title-when-album-tag-is-empty/8701 "2010-01-08T12:12:16Z")
When doing a lookup using web sources it would be very handy if mp3tag used the clipboard contents when it encounters a situation where the album title is not present in the tags. This would save one having to paste it … --- ## [Change directory command](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-command/9599)
**Author:** [@bilmc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bilmc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 8:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-command/9599 "2010-01-08T08:28:51Z")
Firstly as a new forum member, thanks for an outstanding program. I have used Mp3tag for some time, and latest version seems to have removed a feature I found very helpful. Previously if I was working through a directo… --- ## [Feature request - adjust tag information window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-adjust-tag-information-window/9661)
**Author:** [@mellemel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mellemel)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-adjust-tag-information-window/9661 "2010-01-07T20:56:29Z")
Sometimes when you look up an album on Amazon, or wherever, for tags and covers your search comes back with multiple hits. Depending on the artist you may come back with 10 versions of one album! And not all those will h… --- ## [Help with an action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-an-action/9649)
**Author:** [@Ladmo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ladmo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-an-action/9649 "2010-01-05T21:21:48Z")
I still can’t get my head around building my own actions. What I’m trying to do is create an action that’ll add the artist in brackets to the end of the title. So that the title looks like this: The Three Stooges \[ABC\] … --- ## [Ctrl+Shift+P place each playlist in it's respective directory?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ctrl-shift-p-place-each-playlist-in-its-respective-directory/9635)
**Author:** [@mjoa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjoa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ctrl-shift-p-place-each-playlist-in-its-respective-directory/9635 "2010-01-04T19:26:27Z")
Hello, love the program. Been using it for a number of years and it has saved me hundreds of hours. I have a few hundred albums, each one in it’s own directory. Is there any way to automatically generate a playlist fi… --- ## [Version 2.45a drag & drop](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/version-2-45a-drag-drop/9611)
**Author:** [@gurhancagin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gurhancagin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2009, 11:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/version-2-45a-drag-drop/9611 "2009-12-31T11:24:49Z")
Hi, I think MP3TAG is the best tool ever made for MP3 TAG editing, today I upate my version to 2.45a but then I see that there is no more drag&drop option to program, also you need to choose folders every time from pop… --- ## [getting Itunes to recognize edited tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-itunes-to-recognize-edited-tags/9543)
**Author:** [@mellemel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mellemel)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-itunes-to-recognize-edited-tags/9543 "2009-12-30T19:57:57Z")
I’ve been painstakingly going through my whole collection editing tags, adding artwork, etc. to my mp3’s and of course Itunes doesn’t have a refresh so I’m wondering what you guys do in this situation? I’ve been thinkin… --- ## [Suggestion: new Action: Convert Russian characters to Russian Unicode](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-new-action-convert-russian-characters-to-russian-unicode/7594)
**Author:** [@ycomp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ycomp)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-new-action-convert-russian-characters-to-russian-unicode/7594 "2009-12-30T05:56:05Z")
Hi, I like to listen to some Russian mp3s on my computer and iPhone. Problem is that many of them contain russian codepage characters, so it looks like this: Íîâûé ãîä 2006 Would it be possible to add the ability to co… --- ## [Lyrics](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyrics/9597)
**Author:** [@rctneil](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rctneil)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyrics/9597 "2009-12-29T20:26:06Z")
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