# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=15

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## [Serato 4.0 now supports song ratings!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/serato-4-0-now-supports-song-ratings/70326)

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**Author:** [@djbeware](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djbeware)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2025, 9:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/serato-4-0-now-supports-song-ratings/70326 "2025-12-12T09:47:01Z")

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The latest iteration of Serato DJ Pro and Lite now support ratings using the POPULARIMETER field in the Syntax: Email|Rating|Playcounter ie Serato|Rating|Playcounter. With Serato DJ being one of the most popular profess…

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## [Delete Certain Words Phrases On Multiple Tracks All At Once](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-certain-words-phrases-on-multiple-tracks-all-at-once/70315)

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**Author:** [@Bongopete](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bongopete)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [December 9, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-certain-words-phrases-on-multiple-tracks-all-at-once/70315 "2025-12-09T19:09:53Z")

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I want to know if I can delete certain words on mutilple tracks all at once. I have listed a couple of made up tracks and email of what I am trying to achieve David Guetta ft Zara Larson - On My Love \[johnsmith@gmail.co…

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## [How can I export user defined fields?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-export-user-defined-fields/70310)

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**Author:** [@TS\_recordist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TS_recordist)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-export-user-defined-fields/70310 "2025-12-08T20:51:28Z")

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Hi, I’m a new user. I’ve worked out how to get MP3tag to read and extract metadata from my two custom fields added to my recordings’ metadata (Effects & Ref position). I can see this data correctly populated in the rel…

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## [Automatically embedding images into videos which are sharing the same name and are in the same folder?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-embedding-images-into-videos-which-are-sharing-the-same-name-and-are-in-the-same-folder/70304)

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**Author:** [@Vergil\_Vespertine](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Vergil_Vespertine)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-embedding-images-into-videos-which-are-sharing-the-same-name-and-are-in-the-same-folder/70304 "2025-12-07T17:52:47Z")

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Is this even possible?

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## [File Naming Issues](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-naming-issues/70301)

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**Author:** [@CJT80](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CJT80)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-naming-issues/70301 "2025-12-07T16:20:39Z")

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Hi There, I am quite new to using MP3 Tag and I am having a few issues with the naming of my files. The main issue is that all the song seem to have a number in front of them 01/02/03 etc and this causes issues when bei…

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## [Can't Batch Add Custom Genre](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-batch-add-custom-genre/70294)

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**Author:** [@KenTheriot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KenTheriot)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-batch-add-custom-genre/70294 "2025-12-06T20:59:52Z")

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I’m trying to add “Pop-Folk” as a genre. I went through the process of Options\>Tag Panel\>&Genre\>Manage. I see it in the Manage screen just fine. But I can’t seem to actually apply it to my files. When I select a file, th…

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## [Does changing a riff formated wav file to id3 wav formatted file affect sound quality?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-changing-a-riff-formated-wav-file-to-id3-wav-formatted-file-affect-sound-quality/70292)

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**Author:** [@Wicked](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wicked)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2025, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-changing-a-riff-formated-wav-file-to-id3-wav-formatted-file-affect-sound-quality/70292 "2025-12-06T07:05:00Z")

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Several wav files I have is in riff format. If I convert it to id3 format using this program, will it effect the sound quality? Even when I edit the same file multiple times by constantly changing the tags or album art?

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## [User Guide or Tutorial?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-guide-or-tutorial/70284)

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**Author:** [@KenTheriot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KenTheriot)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-guide-or-tutorial/70284 "2025-12-05T22:37:44Z")

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Is there a User Guide of Manual somewhere? I Just installed this and I can’t figure out how to use it.

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## [How to separate or split strings that are written in one word?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-separate-or-split-strings-that-are-written-in-one-word/47072)

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**Author:** [@Len44](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Len44)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-separate-or-split-strings-that-are-written-in-one-word/47072 "2025-12-05T22:15:14Z")

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I've tried following the instructions in this post: How to separate or split strings that are written in one word? But it doesn't seem to work. Mp3tag doesn't like the expression (\\1) (\\u): I get the message: "Invalid b…

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## [Import CSV file inport](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-csv-file-inport/70291)

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**Author:** [@dj\_igor04](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dj_igor04)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-csv-file-inport/70291 "2025-12-05T18:00:48Z")

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Hello is there a way to inport csv file? I am usic AI to create a csv file for my itune librery wich AI did now i am trying to update the tags via MP3Tag. is there a way to inport csv into the program?

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## [Replace multiple genres with one](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-multiple-genres-with-one/70287)

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**Author:** [@mikolajek](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mikolajek)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2025, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-multiple-genres-with-one/70287 "2025-12-05T13:13:19Z")

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I’m trying to create an action to replace several meesed genres into one. Can you please suggest what regex I should use for %genre% to capture anything there? So far my attempts resulted in replacing every single char …

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## [Convert to UTF-16 flac and wav for Spotify](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-to-utf-16-flac-and-wav-for-spotify/70277)

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**Author:** [@KameHameHAAA](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KameHameHAAA)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 3, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-to-utf-16-flac-and-wav-for-spotify/70277 "2025-12-03T17:25:06Z")

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I upload my file to spotify , but Japanese file name cannot be correctly shown So I need to convert them to ID3v2.3 UTF-16 How to covert my file(wav and flac) to UTF-16 , and I dont want to re enter file’s title, artis…

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## [New to MP3Tag / Help with Discogs ID in Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-to-mp3tag-help-with-discogs-id-in-tag-panel/70266)

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**Author:** [@chocorua](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chocorua)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-to-mp3tag-help-with-discogs-id-in-tag-panel/70266 "2025-12-02T18:54:28Z")

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Good day. I am brand new to MP3Tag, though I’ve been playing with MP3 tags in Windows for a long time. Finally trying to correctly tag my music collection to my liking, but I’m a bit delightfully overwhelmed with learn…

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## [How do I quickly populate custom lists for various fields?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-quickly-populate-custom-lists-for-various-fields/70259)

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**Author:** [@KHS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KHS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 7:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-quickly-populate-custom-lists-for-various-fields/70259 "2025-12-02T07:46:52Z")

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Excited to see (now that I’ve tagged over 7,000 files manually LOL) that there are now custom list dropdowns. How do I populate those lists quickly from the hundreds of different Composers, Lyricists, Conductors, etc., t…

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## [Playing files - Single vs. Double Click](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playing-files-single-vs-double-click/70256)

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**Author:** [@KHS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KHS)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playing-files-single-vs-double-click/70256 "2025-12-02T07:44:01Z")

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Before Win11Pro, in Win10Pro, I was able to play a file by dragging it to my VLC player and it would interrupt/ignore whatever was playing before OR I could double-click the file (or maybe it was single-click) and ADD it…

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## [Country field restrictions?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/country-field-restrictions/70257)

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**Author:** [@KHS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KHS)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 7:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/country-field-restrictions/70257 "2025-12-02T07:40:04Z")

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I’ve just started to use Mp3Tag for movie files. After entering various texts for Country in over 1,000 files, I had the vague recollection that the Country field may be designed for only a 2-letter Country code rather t…

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## [Movie file restrictions?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/movie-file-restrictions/70258)

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**Author:** [@KHS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KHS)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 7:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/movie-file-restrictions/70258 "2025-12-02T07:33:42Z")

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Anything I need to know about what NOT to do with various movie file formats? Can I corrupt any such files by using Mp3Tag on them? Are there some formats that will ignore Mp3Tags? If so, which filetypes and which ignore…

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## [How to label track numbers of interlude tracks in live recordings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-label-track-numbers-of-interlude-tracks-in-live-recordings/70096)

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**Author:** [@Jabbawingo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jabbawingo)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-label-track-numbers-of-interlude-tracks-in-live-recordings/70096 "2025-12-01T23:37:46Z")

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I have a few live recordings I have taken from my blurays etc. I want to keep the track numbers the same as the listing on the disc package, but also not have the musical or chatting interlude part of a song track. wha…

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## [Mp3tag for linux?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-linux/70135)

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**Author:** [@Jeff](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jeff)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-linux/70135 "2025-12-01T23:27:27Z")

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Where can I find a place to download mp3tage for linux?

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## [About M4A Release Date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/about-m4a-release-date/13184)

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**Author:** [@xeko03](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xeko03)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 6:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/about-m4a-release-date/13184 "2025-12-01T06:21:06Z")

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Hi guys. i’m a new member and i hope you can help me with some minor problem that’s been driving me crazy for the last 2 hours. I want to edit my m4a. file’s release date so it will look nice on my iPod touch… and i use…

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## [Individual Song Data by Title/Artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/individual-song-data-by-title-artist/70250)

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**Author:** [@demontraitor](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/demontraitor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 30, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/individual-song-data-by-title-artist/70250 "2025-11-30T11:22:35Z")

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I would like to select all the tracks in a compilation album and fill the individual track data for each original track: date, genre, style etc. For example: a compilation of “John Lee Hooker” songs over his career, and…

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## [How to retag using batch file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-retag-using-batch-file/70247)

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**Author:** [@jimlogan60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jimlogan60)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 29, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-retag-using-batch-file/70247 "2025-11-29T19:18:45Z")

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HI All, I’m a long time user/fan of MP3TAG. I know how to create and use actions to batch correct or change meta data, but I don’t see how to enter multiple actions in a single action (as opposed to creating an sub actio…

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## [Title: From front of title, removing characters up to/including ':' followed by removing a following 'space'](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-from-front-of-title-removing-characters-up-to-including-followed-by-removing-a-following-space/70244)

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**Author:** [@brucemoreg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brucemoreg)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-from-front-of-title-removing-characters-up-to-including-followed-by-removing-a-following-space/70244 "2025-11-28T22:49:02Z")

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I’ve got some digital box sets that I’d like to clean up, where the leading characters are the composers name (sometimes just surname) up to the colon (‘:’) character, followed by a space. I’d lie to remove all of these.…

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## [After using MP3TAG, Windows loses details for FLAC files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/after-using-mp3tag-windows-loses-details-for-flac-files/70241)

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**Author:** [@JimH49](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JimH49)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/after-using-mp3tag-windows-loses-details-for-flac-files/70241 "2025-11-27T22:54:52Z")

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I ripped a CD to FLAC. When I opened the directory with Windows 11 File Explorer, I could see an album name, track #, and title. After I updated 1 of the files with MP3TAG, all that information disappeared and the prop…

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## [Export tag information](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-tag-information/70236)

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**Author:** [@NESSINEN](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NESSINEN)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-tag-information/70236 "2025-11-25T14:00:16Z")

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Hi, can someone help me change it so that I only have Artist, Title, Album and Year when I export tag information.

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## [Numbering scheme from certain point](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-scheme-from-certain-point/70225)

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**Author:** [@citronboi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/citronboi)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 1:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/numbering-scheme-from-certain-point/70225 "2025-11-25T01:24:13Z")

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How would I go about numbering from a certain number? I use this $num(%\_counter%,2) - %artist% - %title% to number from 1 to 30 (assuming I have 30 songs in my playlist). However, lets say I want to add 20 more songs t…

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## [Multi disc albums not being numbered correctly](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multi-disc-albums-not-being-numbered-correctly/70226)

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**Author:** [@bighack67](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bighack67)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 6:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multi-disc-albums-not-being-numbered-correctly/70226 "2025-11-24T06:20:21Z")

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In v3.32 when I use the Auto-numbering Wizard for a multi disc album with separate directories for each disc, the disc numbers are no longer showing as 1/3; 2/3; 3/3 with \_DIRECTORY selected as the disc counter reset. It…

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## [Sorting mp3 files with error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-mp3-files-with-error/70222)

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**Author:** [@Bernard87](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bernard87)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-mp3-files-with-error/70222 "2025-11-23T21:40:50Z")

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Good evening everyone, Since version 3.32, the first column of selected files displays an icon. Since this version, this icon can be a red circle with a white cross: a sign of a problem with that file. I discovered some…

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## [Option to just add folders or files to tagging list without replacing previous](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220)

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**Author:** [@Lebon14](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lebon14)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-just-add-folders-or-files-to-tagging-list-without-replacing-previous/70220 "2025-11-23T19:55:59Z")

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Hey. It would be nice if we could have an option to just add files to the list of tags to edit instead of replacing everything that’s in the list. Why? If I want to copy tags from an old rip of an album to a newer one…

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## [Can't add more than one WWW tag info WMA file. Is it correct?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-more-than-one-www-tag-info-wma-file-is-it-correct/70147)

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**Author:** [@kanda](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kanda)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-more-than-one-www-tag-info-wma-file-is-it-correct/70147 "2025-11-21T15:12:40Z")

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Extended tags dialog allows me to enter arbitrary amount of WWW tags. But only the last entered tag survives after save. Is it correct for WMA file? mp3tag is concurrent development: v3.31k, Nov 7 2025

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