# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=113 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 114 --- ## [Bulk remove brackets from mp3 ARTIST field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-remove-brackets-from-mp3-artist-field/55801)
**Author:** [@somegod](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/somegod)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-remove-brackets-from-mp3-artist-field/55801 "2022-01-07T19:08:29Z")
Hey guys! I have been organizing a bunch of old mp3 files and a lot of them have brackets in the ARTIST tag field. I'd like to bulk remove these brackets from all files. Is it possible to achieve this using mp3tag? I tr… --- ## [Convert foreign (German) characters to English](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-foreign-german-characters-to-english/55781)
**Author:** [@cagilbert12](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cagilbert12)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-foreign-german-characters-to-english/55781 "2022-01-07T18:14:50Z")
Is there a series of scripts to replace foreign, e.g. German, characters with English ones, e.g. 'o umlaut' to just 'o'? This for file name, title, album, etc. --- ## [Auto Numbering Wizard Issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-numbering-wizard-issue/55762)
**Author:** [@coop371](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/coop371)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-numbering-wizard-issue/55762 "2022-01-07T17:43:22Z")
The auto numbering wizard does not display correctly, ie, is minimised so cannot be used I hope something can be done Happy New Year --- ## [Use MusicBrainz by default instead of freedb](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-musicbrainz-by-default-instead-of-freedb/55783)
**Author:** [@smoore33](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/smoore33)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-musicbrainz-by-default-instead-of-freedb/55783 "2022-01-06T22:08:23Z")
So far I have not been able to figure out how to use MusicBrainz as the default tag source (under Tools, Options, Tag Sources). MusicBrainz.src shows up in %APPDATA%\\Mp3tag\\data\\sources, but I'm unclear what to do next. … --- ## [Mp3 tag to VLC/Google music Album artist tag to last.fm scrobbles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-to-vlc-google-music-album-artist-tag-to-last-fm-scrobbles/55779)
**Author:** [@didcrywolf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/didcrywolf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-to-vlc-google-music-album-artist-tag-to-last-fm-scrobbles/55779 "2022-01-06T20:40:03Z")
I think this is a very specific problem that cannot be addressed but I will give it a shot if there is a solution I am unaware of. When I play an mp3 with different tags for artists and album artists, VLC and Google musi… --- ## [Toolbar icons are extremely small on 15” 4K laptop screen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/toolbar-icons-are-extremely-small-on-15-4k-laptop-screen/54945)
**Author:** [@Born\_Aussie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Born_Aussie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2022, 2:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/toolbar-icons-are-extremely-small-on-15-4k-laptop-screen/54945 "2022-01-06T02:30:18Z")
Hi Florian, I know this subject has been done already however it is an ongoing (minor) issue for me. I have upodated software to current v3.11. I am using a Lenovo Yoga 920 with 4K screen. I have tried scaling to vaious … --- ## [Select file(s) based on tag value/content](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-file-s-based-on-tag-value-content/55744)
**Author:** [@mazeckenrode](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mazeckenrode)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-file-s-based-on-tag-value-content/55744 "2022-01-05T14:39:26Z")
Not seeing any feature like this in the Windows version, or any mention of such in a search of forum posts… If not already possible, I would like to suggest/request a feature to be able to select one or more files based… --- ## [Discogs Album Collections/Compilations - Tagging of individual albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-album-collections-compilations-tagging-of-individual-albums/55751)
**Author:** [@musiccollector1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/musiccollector1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-album-collections-compilations-tagging-of-individual-albums/55751 "2022-01-05T12:13:27Z")
Hello, I am using the Discogs Release ID tag source to tag most of my CDs. This works very well and it's a huge time saver. Some Album Compilations have a header for the individual CDs, e.g. to identify the name of a s… --- ## [How to make script skip a composer tag while write all others?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-make-script-skip-a-composer-tag-while-write-all-others/55721)
**Author:** [@ceo54](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ceo54)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 9:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-make-script-skip-a-composer-tag-while-write-all-others/55721 "2022-01-05T09:07:18Z")
Hello, So I'm using the Apple Music script by @AreDigg it writes all the tags I want. I just want to skip the composer tag and retain my own custom tag. I tried using "keep" in the composer edit field but it doesn't mak… --- ## [Copy Sort Composer tags to Composer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-sort-composer-tags-to-composer/55747)
**Author:** [@lostartdjs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lostartdjs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2022, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-sort-composer-tags-to-composer/55747 "2022-01-05T07:44:05Z")
Is there any way to batch copy the data from the Sort Composer field to the Composer field? I’ve looked all through the help site and can’t figure it out. There appears to be a Tag to Tag function and I am able to select… --- ## [More than one cover - Sugestion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-than-one-cover-sugestion/55692)
**Author:** [@Romano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Romano)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-than-one-cover-sugestion/55692 "2022-01-04T16:59:29Z")
If 2 audio files have 2 different covers, nothing is show, it says "Cover varies", the way to put the cover in both files is to go to the folders and add(if present), or go to one mp3 and copy and paste to another, inste… --- ## [Tag to foldername](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-foldername/55732)
**Author:** [@stoobz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stoobz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-foldername/55732 "2022-01-04T13:38:48Z")
hey there, I tried to rename my folders, using the tags of my mp3s following the FAQ: Converters to rename files or to import tags Unfortunately I am using Mp3-Tag on a Mac and I think I got something wrong with the ab… --- ## [Copy artist in front of title with space-space](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699)
**Author:** [@DJGJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJGJ)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2022, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-artist-in-front-of-title-with-space-space/55699 "2022-01-01T18:49:53Z")
What would be the secret formula to do the following: please see screenshot below; I would like copy artist in front of title and then in title field have name of artist and title separated with space-space. Just like t… --- ## [How to move files to another directory of vulume](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-move-files-to-another-directory-of-vulume/55698)
**Author:** [@bert55](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bert55)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-move-files-to-another-directory-of-vulume/55698 "2022-01-01T12:54:55Z")
L.s. I'm not a programmer and searching how to move files with a certain tag (e.g. genre) to another directory or volume. Howto? Bert --- ## [Loading multiple M4a files into MP3Tag hangs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loading-multiple-m4a-files-into-mp3tag-hangs/55683)
**Author:** [@gsa999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gsa999)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loading-multiple-m4a-files-into-mp3tag-hangs/55683 "2021-12-31T13:37:49Z")
Hi Have just converted approx 65k tracks from FLAC to M4a to load into iTunes/Apple Music. Now trying to load ALL 65k M4a tracks into MP3Tag and it counts them up and then hangs when it gets to the last one - ie they n… --- ## [Can't remove incorrect cover art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-remove-incorrect-cover-art/55648)
**Author:** [@JonasGrumby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JonasGrumby)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-remove-incorrect-cover-art/55648 "2021-12-30T22:45:06Z")
Hello. I have a folder with close to 500 songs in it. About 6 of them show the correct album cover art. The others all show the same thing. I went through them all in MP3Tag and removed the cover art from all of the ones… --- ## [Cannot add tag info into large wav files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-add-tag-info-into-large-wav-files/55667)
**Author:** [@shilei97.1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shilei97.1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-add-tag-info-into-large-wav-files/55667 "2021-12-31T07:32:38Z")
Hi fellas, I have a wav file which is 5.16GB large. I dragged this file into Mp3Tag and I coudln't add tag info to the file, the software popped up an error message. I figured that it was because the file was so large. … --- ## [How to save Tags in the drop downs for faster tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-tags-in-the-drop-downs-for-faster-tagging/55657)
**Author:** [@Cortru619](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cortru619)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-save-tags-in-the-drop-downs-for-faster-tagging/55657 "2021-12-30T09:26:21Z")
Hello, I have been having to paste and type out tags for every track, I know it's possible but when I input and save the tag it doesn't seem to save in the drop downs for faster tagging. So say I name a tag "Example1"… --- ## [Renaming folders from tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-folders-from-tags/55651)
**Author:** [@Mrakobes666](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mrakobes666)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-folders-from-tags/55651 "2021-12-29T14:30:03Z")
How to rename folders containing audio files, I add a slash but it doesn't work (add the year at the beginning) --- ## [Keyboard Shortcut Opens MP3Tag: Want to Refresh View Upon Opening](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keyboard-shortcut-opens-mp3tag-want-to-refresh-view-upon-opening/55649)
**Author:** [@pgchase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgchase)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2021, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keyboard-shortcut-opens-mp3tag-want-to-refresh-view-upon-opening/55649 "2021-12-29T14:17:56Z")
I have a keyboard shortcut to open MP3Tag \[CTRL-ALT+M\]; I want to refresh the view automatically upon opening with this key command. Within MP3Tag I'm referring to View/Refresh (F5). When I open with the keyboard shortcu… --- ## [Tags, "Names", Fields, etc. cross-reference](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-names-fields-etc-cross-reference/55646)
**Author:** [@smoore33](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/smoore33)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-names-fields-etc-cross-reference/55646 "2021-12-28T22:00:50Z")
I've been spending a huge amount of time trying to match up Tags, Names, Fields, Placeholders, Frame Names, etc., etc. in MP3Tag, Exact Audio Copy, and other programs that I sometimes use. Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Doc… --- ## [Tag to Filename Conversion May Fail with Escaped Literal Brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-filename-conversion-may-fail-with-escaped-literal-brackets/55642)
**Author:** [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-filename-conversion-may-fail-with-escaped-literal-brackets/55642 "2021-12-28T19:07:32Z")
We know that literal brackets must be escaped with apostrophes. I am using this format: %artist% \['\['%director%'\]' \](%year%) %title%\[ (%vocalist%)\] This mask occasionally fails, with Mp3tag showing an error message: "… --- ## [Remove text from tag, keep numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-from-tag-keep-numbers/55638)
**Author:** [@blackfiction](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blackfiction)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-text-from-tag-keep-numbers/55638 "2021-12-28T14:33:45Z")
Hi, I am pretty new at this and can not figure out how to remove all text before the numbers. I have a tag called OPUS, which contains text and a number. I would like to have a OPUSSORT tag which only contains number… --- ## [Renaming song titles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-song-titles/55627)
**Author:** [@MyBigOldies](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MyBigOldies)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-song-titles/55627 "2021-12-28T08:42:06Z")
I need to rename my entire library from the current format (see attached) to Artist - Title Eliminating numbers, underscores, special characters, etc. Is this possible to do with mp3 tag? If so, how? Thanks in advance … --- ## [Split Comment Field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-comment-field/55634)
**Author:** [@abijahmaniaco](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/abijahmaniaco)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 7:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-comment-field/55634 "2021-12-28T07:10:10Z")
Hi. I’ve read a couple of suggestions on this topic somewhat unsuccessfully, so my question is how to split the comment field so that the barcode, label code, and rights societies go to their respective custom tags: I… --- ## [Is it possible to add ISRC Codes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-add-isrc-codes/55581)
**Author:** [@romantic\_robot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/romantic_robot)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-add-isrc-codes/55581 "2021-12-28T04:17:12Z")
Where and to what type of fields can one add ISRC codes? --- ## [Extended tags written but not shown by tag panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-tags-written-but-not-shown-by-tag-panel/55613)
**Author:** [@mps](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mps)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-tags-written-but-not-shown-by-tag-panel/55613 "2021-12-27T20:56:01Z")
I have some extended tags that get written when I fill in the fields, but they aren't shown in the tag panel after I save them (I can see they are indeed saved by looking at the extended tags) as illustrated in the follo… --- ## [Album names showing up in Chinese or?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-names-showing-up-in-chinese-or/55624)
**Author:** [@mahimike](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mahimike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-names-showing-up-in-chinese-or/55624 "2021-12-27T14:43:27Z")
I have been updating my database for the last year. (thank you Florian). Today, I noticed I had a lot of previously updated records that had several fields blank in MP3TAG but the album titles were in a script that loo… --- ## [Tag with apostrophe " ' " becomes " \_ " in file nanme](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-with-apostrophe-becomes-in-file-nanme/55622)
**Author:** [@music-laura](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/music-laura)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-with-apostrophe-becomes-in-file-nanme/55622 "2021-12-27T13:32:08Z")
when i click on "tag - file name" so where the file name becomes the name based on the actual tag, the flac file becomes like this: tag: Don't ... file name: Don\_t ... so, actually, a file name can use " ' " an apostr… --- ## [Add sources while using Windows10](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-sources-while-using-windows10/55609)
**Author:** [@xmwdata](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xmwdata)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2021, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-sources-while-using-windows10/55609 "2021-12-25T12:29:29Z")
there seems to be a bug here. while using Mp3tag in windows7, everything worked well. i could add sources by just dragging the documentation. but now on Windows10, this doesn't work, after dragging, the new sources don… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=112) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=114)