# General Discussion **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=96 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 97 --- ## [Questions on Action invocation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/questions-on-action-invocation/9358)
**Author:** [@tjwhale](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tjwhale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/questions-on-action-invocation/9358 "2009-11-18T06:14:05Z")
Is there anything special about the Standard Action? Is it at any time started automatically? Is there a way to run one action from another? In my action that sets up my tags, I’d like to be able to run the action tha… --- ## [Tag Editor Of Choice](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-editor-of-choice/9255)
**Author:** [@phatchantz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phatchantz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2009, 1:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-editor-of-choice/9255 "2009-11-18T01:15:50Z")
After trying a “boat load” of tag editors, and even the “automatic” ones which completely trashed my collection, I find this one to be the best by far :smiley: , a feature that I might have missed on install, that would… --- ## [Easy way to get directory names above Parent?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-way-to-get-directory-names-above-parent/9324)
**Author:** [@tjwhale](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tjwhale)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/easy-way-to-get-directory-names-above-parent/9324 "2009-11-17T18:26:31Z")
Hi, I’ve been using mp3tag for a while, and very much love it! Especially after updating recently and finding the few annoyances I’d lived with had gone away. Yesterday I discovered ‘Actions’ and decided to try my han… --- ## [\[Feature Request\] "Comment" Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-comment-action/9351)
**Author:** [@gvm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gvm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 7:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-comment-action/9351 "2009-11-17T07:51:46Z")
It would be quite useful to have a “comment” Action that can be placed into Action Groups to help in documenting them. It would just take a string as a parameter and do nothing. Thanks, gvm --- ## [More Unicode Problems With Windows Media Player 10 - Comment Description Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-unicode-problems-with-windows-media-player-10-comment-description-tags/9345)
**Author:** [@gvm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gvm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2009, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-unicode-problems-with-windows-media-player-10-comment-description-tags/9345 "2009-11-17T06:03:36Z")
This is just a note to document the issue and the workaround, in case anyone else runs across it. After KB968816, Windows Media Player 10 will refuse to play any MP3 that has a COMM (comment) tag with a Unicode "descrip… --- ## [Changes to PERFORMERSORTORDER in 2.43](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changes-to-performersortorder-in-2-43/9346)
**Author:** [@gvm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gvm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changes-to-performersortorder-in-2-43/9346 "2009-11-16T16:31:12Z")
This is just a note for anyone else who has been using the PERFORMERSORTORDER tag to store sorting data, and who may not yet have realised that some recent(ish) changes have some unexpected consequences. Prior to 2.43 (… --- ## [gexp regular expression problems](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/gexp-regular-expression-problems/9325)
**Author:** [@tjwhale](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tjwhale)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/gexp-regular-expression-problems/9325 "2009-11-16T01:23:45Z")
Hi, I apologize if this isn’t posted in the right place. I must be doing something horribly wrong, but I can’t see it. I’m trying to use regexp in an action to edit directory names to produce an Album name. The follo… --- ## [Why Mp3tag puts some information twice](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-mp3tag-puts-some-information-twice/7207)
**Author:** [@robertin75](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/robertin75)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-mp3tag-puts-some-information-twice/7207 "2009-11-12T15:20:33Z")
Hello: I’m getting the following information for every song Mp3tag loads: Title\\Title Artist\\Artist Genere\\Genere Can someone tell me why Mp3tag puts the back slashes in the above fields? What does that mean? How … --- ## [Feaure Request: Tag sources album image insert fix aspect ratio](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feaure-request-tag-sources-album-image-insert-fix-aspect-ratio/9316)
**Author:** [@da66en](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/da66en)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feaure-request-tag-sources-album-image-insert-fix-aspect-ratio/9316 "2009-11-11T23:04:20Z")
When importing album art, primarily through the tag sources, it would be nice if there was a way to fix the aspect ratio to 1:1. I think there should be two choices: ‘crop’ where it crops the photo and keeps the center … --- ## [Accessing freedb error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/accessing-freedb-error/9311)
**Author:** [@kosta](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kosta)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/accessing-freedb-error/9311 "2009-11-11T13:06:00Z")
Hello, new here, go easy. Installed 2.44, deactivated both firewall on the router and windows firewall. I have set: freedb.freedb.org /~cddb/cddb.cgi 80 Timeout: 20 Tried de.freedb.org and us.freedb.org. Says connec… --- ## [Mp3tag Doesn't Have Button "Yes to All" to Apply](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-have-button-yes-to-all-to-apply/9300)
**Author:** [@tantindungan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tantindungan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-doesnt-have-button-yes-to-all-to-apply/9300 "2009-11-10T09:45:47Z")
I try to Set All Music with my tag, then with some .wma, mp3tag not working. And with many many file .wma, mp3tag send Comand " continous ?" yes or No. And I have to set it each file. Why don’t you Add a Button " Yes to … --- ## [grouping list view mode (request)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grouping-list-view-mode-request/7502)
**Author:** [@thibaud](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thibaud)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grouping-list-view-mode-request/7502 "2009-11-10T09:45:33Z")
Hello, I’ve been using Tagscanner for a while now (and was quite happy with it) until I needed to do some tagging from a text file. I have to say I was more than pleasantly surprised by Mp3Tag extended functionality an… --- ## [Feature Request --\> IMDB lookup and population for MP4](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-imdb-lookup-and-population-for-mp4/9105)
**Author:** [@edrikk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/edrikk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-imdb-lookup-and-population-for-mp4/9105 "2009-11-10T09:26:25Z")
Hi, I have done a few searches, and haven’t found anything on this, and so I’m posting to make a feature request: MP3Tag has good MP4 video tagging capabilities as it stands today (v 2.44). I’m wondering if it would b… --- ## [Populating the iTunes Description (i) Pup-up](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/populating-the-itunes-description-i-pup-up/9286)
**Author:** [@Windjammer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Windjammer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/populating-the-itunes-description-i-pup-up/9286 "2009-11-08T23:12:44Z")
You can populate the iTunes Description tag by using the %SUBTITLE% tag. When you do this, in the track list, the description will be followed by a small (i) symbol that if you click on it will pop-up in a new small win… --- ## [MusicID from Gracenote](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicid-from-gracenote/8918)
**Author:** [@mareksuski](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mareksuski)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicid-from-gracenote/8918 "2009-11-08T14:08:34Z")
Hi, I am just cleaning my 20 GB music library and it is quite challenging even with Mp3tag as sometimes I do not have all the information. I have found that WinAmp uses “Auto-Tag” feature that behind scene is using Musi… --- ## [How to cause tags to appear in iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-cause-tags-to-appear-in-itunes/9273)
**Author:** [@Argentina](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Argentina)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-cause-tags-to-appear-in-itunes/9273 "2009-11-08T13:21:02Z")
Hi. I am new to this. I am using Mp3Ttag 2.44 with Windows XP. I cleaned up my song tags, then dragged and dropped the songs into my Sony MP3 player. All worked fine. I then dragged and dropped the same songs into… --- ## [{Feature request} moving files up and down to place in correct order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-moving-files-up-and-down-to-place-in-correct-order/9278)
**Author:** [@mellemel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mellemel)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-moving-files-up-and-down-to-place-in-correct-order/9278 "2009-11-08T07:03:22Z")
I’m trying to organize some files that aren’t numbered very neatly and basically they’re all out of wack. For example, file 01 should really be file 03 and file 03 should be file 09 and so on…other files aren’t numbered … --- ## [path - tag option in convert menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/path-tag-option-in-convert-menu/9276)
**Author:** [@rpenridge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rpenridge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/path-tag-option-in-convert-menu/9276 "2009-11-07T13:08:21Z")
I would like the option to include details from the full pathname in the tagging process somewhere in the convert menu. I know other apps like media monkey do this but I’d love to see it in mp3tag! --- ## [remove](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove/9274)
**Author:** [@djstone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djstone)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove/9274 "2009-11-06T19:57:06Z")
How can i remove the number inside of file names , artist or tile of song? example 01 Radiorama - Chance to desire i don’t wanna see 01 in the filename or tags i like someone like this Radiorama - Chance to desire w… --- ## [Thanks!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/thanks/9256)
**Author:** [@JTSoftware](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JTSoftware)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2009, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/thanks/9256 "2009-11-06T15:08:05Z")
Florian, Thanks for such great software! You saved me from chucking my Zune. I described my experience here: http://forums.zune.net/541573/ShowPost.aspx#541573 And I sent you a donation, and hope everyone will too. … --- ## [Forcibly Rewriting Tags To Fix Unicode/ISO Numeric Strings Problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forcibly-rewriting-tags-to-fix-unicode-iso-numeric-strings-problem/9265)
**Author:** [@gvm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gvm)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2009, 10:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forcibly-rewriting-tags-to-fix-unicode-iso-numeric-strings-problem/9265 "2009-11-05T10:43:28Z")
This thread is a "fork" from a bug report, which is about to get off-topic for that bug. The underlying issue that is being discussed here is how to force MP3Tag to rewrite a tag in order to fix the Unicode/ISO issues d… --- ## [Rename folder by TAG](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-folder-by-tag/8037)
**Author:** [@maxtail](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/maxtail)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-folder-by-tag/8037 "2009-11-03T14:05:01Z")
If I rename the files %artist%%title%, it will create a new folder and move all original files to the new folder. Is it possible for me to rename the original folder directly by tag? (not moving the original files) Th… --- ## [Removing Files Via Actions Dialog](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-files-via-actions-dialog/9232)
**Author:** [@chayes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chayes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2009, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-files-via-actions-dialog/9232 "2009-10-31T13:36:53Z")
HI I have a small query. I use Remove Fields "ARTIST;TITLE" to remove these fields from my mp3 tags. This seems to do the trick in the program , but when I open the files in my mp3 player , it still shows these fiel… --- ## [splitting long numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-long-numbers/9197)
**Author:** [@jazzcat82](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jazzcat82)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-long-numbers/9197 "2009-10-29T02:26:52Z")
I have files that have sets of numbers that I want to seperate with spaces or dashes. Example: 550424 55 is the year 04 is the month 24 is the day So I would like the result to be 55 04-24 I am thinking RegEx would… --- ## [Use op mp4 in v2.44](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-op-mp4-in-v2-44/9218)
**Author:** [@stokrh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stokrh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 10:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-op-mp4-in-v2-44/9218 "2009-10-28T10:02:38Z")
Hi, I’ am using v2.44 for editing the lenght of my video clips as a tag in my my video clips. Now i have finished that (472 clips) and when I open my standard directory all the playtimes are visible, but the info gives… --- ## [Windows Media Player 10 rejects MP3Tag's use of Unicode TLEN.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-media-player-10-rejects-mp3tags-use-of-unicode-tlen/9208)
**Author:** [@gvm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gvm)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-media-player-10-rejects-mp3tags-use-of-unicode-tlen/9208 "2009-10-28T09:54:34Z")
This is just a “heads up” for MP3Tag users about Microsoft’s recent security update KB968816, which causes some unpleasant side-effects when using MP3Tag with Windows Media Player 10. MP3Tag (legitimately) uses Unicode … --- ## [Embedded album art dimensions (height, width)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-album-art-dimensions-height-width/9192)
**Author:** [@Chippolino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Chippolino)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-album-art-dimensions-height-width/9192 "2009-10-27T07:38:35Z")
I’m trying to fix my music library and make all mp3 parameters unifyed. Files in my collection has different embedded album art. And I want to see that difference quickly. By addind fields such as %\_covers% and %\_cover\_… --- ## [Browse for folder to have text input](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/browse-for-folder-to-have-text-input/8696)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/browse-for-folder-to-have-text-input/8696 "2009-10-24T21:12:50Z")
Could the Browse for Folder dialog please have a text control that allows the user to type/paste the path? I have folders with hundreds of subfolders, and having to browse the tree for the one I want is much slower. (Cu… --- ## [Feature un-request :) Blanks in .m3u issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-un-request-blanks-in-m3u-issue/8910)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2009, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-un-request-blanks-in-m3u-issue/8910 "2009-10-24T12:54:30Z")
If I load a .m3u playlist having a spurious space character at the end, e.g. Mp3tag loads all the tracks in the .m3u folder! It would be nice if it just ignored such lines. --- ## [How to display Item Index ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-display-item-index/9144)
**Author:** [@volpone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/volpone)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2009, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-display-item-index/9144 "2009-10-24T12:30:51Z")
Hello, I would like to display a “per file” count index in my song list. Somehting like %ItemIndex% in Foobar. I’ve tried to set $num(%\_file%) but without any result. Is is possible and how ? Thank’s and regards Vo… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=95) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/general/20.md?page=97)