# Off-Topic **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/off-topic/26.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 --- ## [Tag Panel Example](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-example/45038)
**Author:** [@PYR8HD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PYR8HD)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-example/45038 "2019-04-09T16:40:04Z")
Sometimes I like to see a lot of information for one (or more) of my files. I find the consolidation of the Tag Panel to be quite useful. Here's what mine looks like, currently. --- ## [Anytag plugin bug for total commander](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anytag-plugin-bug-for-total-commander/44868)
**Author:** [@seamoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/seamoon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anytag-plugin-bug-for-total-commander/44868 "2019-03-16T21:18:42Z")
I've tested version 0.98 & 0.97 It shows incorrect duration (lenght) for some music files if they have non-unicode characters like ş, ı, İ, ğ. For testing just add ğ to a mp3 file and you'll see it has 0:01 sec duration.… --- ## [Shorten filenames for burning software](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filenames-for-burning-software/44821)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filenames-for-burning-software/44821 "2019-03-11T13:05:56Z")
Would it be possible for Mp3tag to see if the path and filename added together exceed a certain number? So that my burning software does not truncate me the filenames as it wishes, but it would me making a conscience ch… --- ## [RPG music categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rpg-music-categories/16636)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rpg-music-categories/16636 "2019-03-09T13:56:38Z")
Hello I’m looking for some unusual information I need to make a tag system of categories / genres, that would give me a proper music to listen to when playing a given scenario / planes / locations in a rele-playing gam… --- ## [Player shows Unknown CDs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/player-shows-unknown-cds/44235)
**Author:** [@hsrscheper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hsrscheper)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/player-shows-unknown-cds/44235 "2019-01-18T15:40:46Z")
--- ## [WMP hard to use?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp-hard-to-use/43494)
**Author:** [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp-hard-to-use/43494 "2019-01-09T06:53:27Z")
As a response to I would like to add the following: As far as I can tell there is no decent player that can handle collections with more than few 10,000 tracks. It may work with already visible delays with up to 60,0… --- ## [Win 10 - after context menu (copy - paste) all app that can change tags crashes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-10-after-context-menu-copy-paste-all-app-that-can-change-tags-crashes/43539)
**Author:** [@Marwell](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marwell)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-10-after-context-menu-copy-paste-all-app-that-can-change-tags-crashes/43539 "2018-11-12T19:20:28Z")
Win 10 - after context menu (copy - paste) all app that can change tags crashesh. It means mp3tag, foo2000, etc. Cannot change tags using copy-paste. Every app for chnging tag I used before crashes! --- ## [Mp3 duration more than actual duration](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-duration-more-than-actual-duration/43353)
**Author:** [@preenu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/preenu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-duration-more-than-actual-duration/43353 "2018-10-23T14:05:50Z")
i am developing an mp3 app. app is workinf fine but mp3 duration is displaying more than the actual duration --- ## [A concept for naming unusual score "albums"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-concept-for-naming-unusual-score-albums/41441)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 10, 2018, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-concept-for-naming-unusual-score-albums/41441 "2018-10-10T11:58:42Z")
Recently I reorganized my nomenclature: long story short, it is now more informative, easier to be search through and looks way more better in Mp3tag with alphabetical sort order - but as a trade of it is less correct in… --- ## [An info storage concept for albums that were removed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/an-info-storage-concept-for-albums-that-were-removed/41285)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/an-info-storage-concept-for-albums-that-were-removed/41285 "2018-06-28T18:32:17Z")
I used to have a list of all albums / singles / EPs that I had occasion to listen too. If liked any piece of music from them, then I would add something from them to my set of audio files. And so I had information about … --- ## [Musicolet VS Google Play Music](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicolet-vs-google-play-music/41793)
**Author:** [@dawnb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dawnb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicolet-vs-google-play-music/41793 "2018-05-26T16:17:56Z")
I had a few hundred .mp3 files that I tried to edit a few different times so that I could have nice album art for my music player on my android phone. I tried musicbrainz and mp3tag and no matter what I did with the alb… --- ## [SoX with special filenames problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sox-with-special-filenames-problem/41186)
**Author:** [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sox-with-special-filenames-problem/41186 "2018-03-24T01:06:25Z")
If anyone here uses SoX which is a CMD utility, I'd appreciate it, if you might know how to fix it with special filenames. Link to page: http://sox.sourceforge.net/sox.html Download link: https://www.videohelp.com/soft… --- ## [Mp3 gapless tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-gapless-tag/41143)
**Author:** [@hipehope](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hipehope)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-gapless-tag/41143 "2018-03-20T21:01:30Z")
Hello, I have downloaded 2 mp3 albums, and I notice that the files are not gapless. There's a gap between the tracks although certains ones are bound. I always use foobar2000 or deadbeef to read my files so the issue i… --- ## [A storage concept for albums with multiple names / functions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-storage-concept-for-albums-with-multiple-names-functions/40809)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-storage-concept-for-albums-with-multiple-names-functions/40809 "2018-03-14T14:25:54Z")
The question is: how to store different "names" of the same album in one file? Let's say there is this "Album A". So you put "Album A" in the ALBUM tag field right? So far, so good But what if this "Album A" serves… --- ## [How To - Start Mp3tag from Total Commander / FreeCommander](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-start-mp3tag-from-total-commander-freecommander/14311)
**Author:** [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-start-mp3tag-from-total-commander-freecommander/14311 "2018-03-12T19:49:58Z")
For Users of the file manager Total Commander here is a little tool that makes loading Mp3tag with one or more files/folders possible. Also it's possible to automatically select all loaded files after sending them to Mp… --- ## [How much music do you have?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-much-music-do-you-have/19147)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-much-music-do-you-have/19147 "2017-07-31T15:47:57Z")
I am interested: how much music do other heavy users of Mp3tag have? I think that the comparison could be done based on such data: overall numbers of music files, number of leading / main artists \[featured guests or a r… --- ## [WMP keeps a long list of open files - how to shorten it](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp-keeps-a-long-list-of-open-files-how-to-shorten-it/40881)
**Author:** [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2018, 10:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp-keeps-a-long-list-of-open-files-how-to-shorten-it/40881 "2018-02-23T10:52:15Z")
This is about my daily fight with WMP. (And no, I can't use a different program.) Looking at WMPÜ through the process explorer reveals, that WMP keeps a rather long list of audio folders open (more than ten). If you r… --- ## [BAT file for closing / restarting Windows 7 with additional pre-task](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bat-file-for-closing-restarting-windows-7-with-additional-pre-task/19546)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bat-file-for-closing-restarting-windows-7-with-additional-pre-task/19546 "2018-02-07T20:32:58Z")
I have this problem: I tell my Windows 7 x64 to shut down or restart using the buttons in the Start Menu- and it does it. But first it does of course a bunch of things that take time \[which are things that I did not impl… --- ## [anytag.wdx(wlx) 64 bit support](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anytag-wdx-wlx-64-bit-support/19619)
**Author:** [@N1c0](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/N1c0)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anytag-wdx-wlx-64-bit-support/19619 "2018-01-03T16:22:39Z")
There has been a lot changes in TC since last build of antag plugins. 64 versions are extensively used now. But there’s lack of x64 plugins with proper support of music tags (to be precise, those which exist don’t work p… --- ## [Lossless video cutter that preserves tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lossless-video-cutter-that-preserves-tags/19304)
**Author:** [@ReefHound](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ReefHound)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lossless-video-cutter-that-preserves-tags/19304 "2017-12-02T15:55:19Z")
I've tried countless video cutters to clip videos and none of them copies the tag info from the original to the clip. Anybody know of one that does? I've tried Vdub, Avidemux, LosslessCut, MpegStreamclip, and a few othe… --- ## [Is there a wonderful, magnificent and powerful program like this to edit videos?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-wonderful-magnificent-and-powerful-program-like-this-to-edit-videos/19307)
**Author:** [@Zontir](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zontir)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-wonderful-magnificent-and-powerful-program-like-this-to-edit-videos/19307 "2017-10-29T04:57:23Z")
Hello everyone! I’m here because I use every day mp3tag to edit my songs and I want a program to edit my videos. I have been using it for more than 1 year every day, at least 350 days a year and I am really in love with… --- ## [MP3 tagged podcasts Itunes Display](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tagged-podcasts-itunes-display/19383)
**Author:** [@mp3tagr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3tagr)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tagged-podcasts-itunes-display/19383 "2017-09-30T11:58:42Z")
I download audio MP3’s tagged from the internet (talk show). I used MP3TAG to change to podcast type, author, title, and picture. After importing into Itunes, they initially display correctly, but later change to Uploa… --- ## [were and we're](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/were-and-were/19288)
**Author:** [@djpete1959](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djpete1959)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/were-and-were/19288 "2017-09-21T09:20:27Z")
any ideas how to distinquish between were and we’re? Any rules appreciated. --- ## [Synchronizing my Smartphone's MP3 with my PC using Windows Media Player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/synchronizing-my-smartphones-mp3-with-my-pc-using-windows-media-player/19287)
**Author:** [@Aixois](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aixois)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/synchronizing-my-smartphones-mp3-with-my-pc-using-windows-media-player/19287 "2017-09-01T18:44:07Z")
Hello I use Windows Media Player to synchronize MP3 on m PC with those on my smartphone. When I update my MP3 tags on my PC, the WMP synchronization does not update the matching MP3 on my smartphone. Is there a way to … --- ## [Using Windows Explorer to Query Music Files:](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-windows-explorer-to-query-music-files/19210)
**Author:** [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-windows-explorer-to-query-music-files/19210 "2017-08-28T11:00:16Z")
Sometimes I do an indexed search from a Windows Explorer window using Advanced Query Syntax (AQS) . For example, when I want to search all of my music folders at once. That can be very slow in Mp3tag but is nearly inst… --- ## [Discussion of Windows Indexing / Windows Search 4](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discussion-of-windows-indexing-windows-search-4/19266)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discussion-of-windows-indexing-windows-search-4/19266 "2017-08-26T13:38:24Z")
I always viewed indexing of files as a slow down of the operating system; at last with the existing technology in form of Windows 7 X64 running with with HDDs / SSDs. And I deemed the Windows Explorer search \[in Windows… --- ## [Vbscript call won't work if itunes is already open](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vbscript-call-wont-work-if-itunes-is-already-open/19222)
**Author:** [@jrsousa2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jrsousa2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vbscript-call-wont-work-if-itunes-is-already-open/19222 "2017-08-11T23:52:59Z")
Hello, experts! Can one of you smart guys kindly tell me why if I try to call a vbscript from a command prompt (with admin rights) and itunes is already open, the code won’t execute. This error doesn’t happen if I try … --- ## [How do you all usually tag love songs?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-all-usually-tag-love-songs/19170)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Brown](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Charlie_Brown)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2017, 10:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-all-usually-tag-love-songs/19170 "2017-08-01T10:27:15Z")
Well, sometimes I get a bit “stressed” with my songs organization. A particular case is how to tag most love songs. I always can’t seem to find a genre that adapts nicely to what I’m hearing. Tags on internet (liked Disc… --- ## [REQUEST: change background of this forum](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-change-background-of-this-forum/19143)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2017, 7:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-change-background-of-this-forum/19143 "2017-07-16T07:15:23Z")
I would kindly like to ask for a change in the background graphic of this forum Right now it has horizontal lines- and so when I zoom in and out in Firefox \[54.0\], adjusting the size of the whole site, problems with sca… --- ## [Plans for sensational 128bit version revealed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/plans-for-sensational-128bit-version-revealed/18850)
**Author:** [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/plans-for-sensational-128bit-version-revealed/18850 "2017-07-05T19:00:57Z")
Today, on the 1st of April, I am glad to speculate about plans for new features in MP3tag. Finally, the 128bit version is to take shape. With the almost unlimited memory space, you cannot only tag your whole collection … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/off-topic/26.md?page=4) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/off-topic/26.md?page=6)