# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=161 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 162 --- ## [Different Folder Cover](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/different-folder-cover/47610)
**Author:** [@leonardo80](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/leonardo80)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/different-folder-cover/47610 "2020-01-24T16:51:05Z")
Hi everyone, I'm using mp3Tag to sort the folders of my albums that I have digitized. Everything is going well. But sometimes the folders that contain the files, mp3 or others, (just completed individually with the cove… --- ## [Change Title from (Chicago - Free) to (Free - Chicago)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-title-from-chicago-free-to-free-chicago/47630)
**Author:** [@Kusaywa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kusaywa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-title-from-chicago-free-to-free-chicago/47630 "2020-01-24T16:30:38Z")
I have many titles that formatted as Example: Chicago - Free Can I swap the title to read Free - Chicago Thanks for any help --- ## [How to remove leading numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-leading-numbers/47576)
**Author:** [@AABoyz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AABoyz)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-leading-numbers/47576 "2020-01-23T22:06:32Z")
So yes, I've hit a dead-end, has to be simple but it evades me trying to make a simple action and I know I've done it before but lost it. Simply remove leading track numbers from the title column 01 - Some random Band… --- ## [How can I select ID3V2.3 and UTF8](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-select-id3v2-3-and-utf8/47558)
**Author:** [@hornyakferi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hornyakferi)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-select-id3v2-3-and-utf8/47558 "2020-01-23T21:26:29Z")
Hi there, I am looking for some help in the subject. Normally I use "ID3v2.4 UTF8", that fits most of my applications. One of them would call though for upt to v2.3 only, and not v2.4. If I choose "ID3v2.3 UTF16" in Mp3… --- ## [How to create custom fields that can be later mapped and used with "Convert" functions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-custom-fields-that-can-be-later-mapped-and-used-with-convert-functions/47541)
**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-create-custom-fields-that-can-be-later-mapped-and-used-with-convert-functions/47541 "2020-01-23T18:37:49Z")
Hello everyone! I have set up custom fields and don't know if I am doing things correctly. My goal is to populate these fields in MP3Tag and hopefully be able to map them to new fields that may come to itunes or others… --- ## [Technique for tagging classical music for itunes using grouping and movements for proper shuffling](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/technique-for-tagging-classical-music-for-itunes-using-grouping-and-movements-for-proper-shuffling/47593)
**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/technique-for-tagging-classical-music-for-itunes-using-grouping-and-movements-for-proper-shuffling/47593 "2020-01-23T14:24:00Z")
Hello again! Thanks to all that helped me on my last question. This place and program are great! :clap: I am tagging a bunch of classical music and want to make sure I am doing it the proper way. I have read a lot on t… --- ## [Feature Request: Drag Artwork Thumbnail onto Other Listed Song to Copy](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-drag-artwork-thumbnail-onto-other-listed-song-to-copy/47563)
**Author:** [@Kelderic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kelderic)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2020, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-drag-artwork-thumbnail-onto-other-listed-song-to-copy/47563 "2020-01-20T09:21:58Z")
Hi there! I have been using this software in a giant project of replacing old crappy MP3s with higher quality FLAC files. One issue I typically have is that my metadata, including embedded album artwork, is typically hig… --- ## [MP3Tag no longer recognizes files that I rename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-recognizes-files-that-i-rename/47544)
**Author:** [@DJ2TITE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJ2TITE)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-no-longer-recognizes-files-that-i-rename/47544 "2020-01-18T21:46:13Z")
Hello, I'm a new mobile DJ and I'm organizing my music. I need your help badly. MP3Tag is a very good program that helped me in the past, but something happened. I used Mixed In Key and it gave my song "titles" this … --- ## [Disable The Write Protection](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438)
**Author:** [@omeomeo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/omeomeo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disable-the-write-protection/18438 "2020-01-18T09:09:15Z")
Hi, For every single music file I click on which is ‘write protected’, a pop-up appears asking ‘Shall Mp3tag disable the write protection of this and my following read-only files?’ (Shown attached). This is a tedious p… --- ## [How can I import .mta files into mp3tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-import-mta-files-into-mp3tag/47543)
**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-import-mta-files-into-mp3tag/47543 "2020-01-17T20:04:47Z")
--- ## [Artist and cover not recognized on my smartphone with aac files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-cover-not-recognized-on-my-smartphone-with-aac-files/47549)
**Author:** [@sir\_leinad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sir_leinad)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-and-cover-not-recognized-on-my-smartphone-with-aac-files/47549 "2020-01-17T07:03:01Z")
change the mp3 format by acc of my music collection, edit the tags and put covers but in the player of my smartphone I can not see the covers and in the artist field I see "(unknown)". mp3tag can work with aac files or I… --- ## [Cannot restore settings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527)
**Author:** [@JLS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JLS)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-restore-settings/47527 "2020-01-15T11:03:52Z")
Hello I'm trying to install Mp3tag to a new wds10 computer from an old wds7 comp. I moved the mp3tagsettings zipped from the old, and unzipped it in the new in: Users/Me/Appdata/Roaming/mp3tag I restarted Mp3tag and … --- ## [Lost a track due to no association](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-a-track-due-to-no-association/47529)
**Author:** [@banshee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/banshee)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-a-track-due-to-no-association/47529 "2020-01-15T13:12:58Z")
I was trying to tag an album using MusicBrainz. I found a version that had one track less (11 tracks) than what I had (12 tracks). I assumed that I could still use the tag information and just have in place of the ext… --- ## [For custom user fields: Possible to recreate Genre drop-down preset list?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-custom-user-fields-possible-to-recreate-genre-drop-down-preset-list/47525)
**Author:** [@Wakaku](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wakaku)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/for-custom-user-fields-possible-to-recreate-genre-drop-down-preset-list/47525 "2020-01-15T06:43:23Z")
Is it possible to recreate or mimic the current behavior of the Genre field which has a preset drop-down item list, to a custom user list? Examples of custom user lists are Country and Language which I would like to add … --- ## [Track Number Wizard does not add zeros for padding](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-wizard-does-not-add-zeros-for-padding/47513)
**Author:** [@BerlinSoe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BerlinSoe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-wizard-does-not-add-zeros-for-padding/47513 "2020-01-12T18:31:10Z")
I have a problem with the Track Number Wizard, the leading zero function does not insert a zero. Since the update to 2.99A --- ## [Why doesn't mp3tag check for title matching when importing csv tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-doesnt-mp3tag-check-for-title-matching-when-importing-csv-tags/47494)
**Author:** [@brvnbld](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brvnbld)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-doesnt-mp3tag-check-for-title-matching-when-importing-csv-tags/47494 "2020-01-12T14:22:51Z")
I have been wondering,. Why doesn't mp3tag software or any other tag software check if the title from the csv file and the mp3 files match before copying the tags from the text files?. Or is there a way to do it? --- ## [Howto fill 2 tags from one filename element in one single step?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-fill-2-tags-from-one-filename-element-in-one-single-step/47475)
**Author:** [@gigi.com](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gigi.com)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/howto-fill-2-tags-from-one-filename-element-in-one-single-step/47475 "2020-01-11T17:23:22Z")
Hello, via the Filename - Tag converter one can simply fill tags from a file and folder structure. This works straight forward in the case where one fills one single tag from one filename part, e.g. 10.000 Maniacs(1993… --- ## [Covers: download & update](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/covers-download-update/47452)
**Author:** [@ErikJan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ErikJan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 9:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/covers-download-update/47452 "2020-01-10T21:09:11Z")
I've worked a bit with MP3Tag and like it a lot, still discovering new features. I cannot find a way to: Show if an MP3 in my collection has a cover associated Show that cover Find updated covers of new covers if one … --- ## [Reg Ex Help: Use portion of title for movement name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reg-ex-help-use-portion-of-title-for-movement-name/47481)
**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reg-ex-help-use-portion-of-title-for-movement-name/47481 "2020-01-10T17:15:06Z")
Hello Everyone! I have tried to figure this out, search this forum and the web but I can't figure it out. I want to use the "Variation 22" portion of my title "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, op. 24: XXIII. … --- ## [Convert part of file name to album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-part-of-file-name-to-album/47487)
**Author:** [@businka19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/businka19)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-part-of-file-name-to-album/47487 "2020-01-10T16:41:27Z")
Hi, I am wondering about the possibility to convert a certain part of file name to an album tag. Example: Alison Wonderland - I Want U (The Haunting of Hill House OST) I would want to use the part that comes after th… --- ## [Adding to the Genre list](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-to-the-genre-list/47471)
**Author:** [@Tassiemetal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tassiemetal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-to-the-genre-list/47471 "2020-01-09T14:37:01Z")
Most of the time when I use MP3TAG to modify or Edit music files I have to type in the full genre as it doesn't exist .... is there a way I can add to those already available so it makes the job easier and less typing? --- ## [Cover art with iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-with-itunes/47464)
**Author:** [@izzyforeal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/izzyforeal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-with-itunes/47464 "2020-01-08T14:36:10Z")
Hello All, I'm stumped by the following. I have changed the cover art on a few songs to like a Top 10 instead of the cover art that I had originally placed onto the file. When I import into iTunes as you can see in the … --- ## [Multiple Compilation CDs with same catalog number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-compilation-cds-with-same-catalog-number/47459)
**Author:** [@nhalljr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nhalljr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-compilation-cds-with-same-catalog-number/47459 "2020-01-07T04:56:29Z")
I have a major problem! First, I really love MP3Tag! Now - on to the problem... I have a lot of compilations with multiple CDs. In most instances, each CD has the same catalog number as the others in the set. When I… --- ## [Self created tag is disappeared](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/self-created-tag-is-disappeared/47450)
**Author:** [@Taggy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Taggy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/self-created-tag-is-disappeared/47450 "2020-01-06T18:50:32Z")
Dear support, dear community I created longer time ago a tag with rarely needed additional information on my mp3 files. After upgrading my OS to windows 10 MP3tag run well without reinstallation but I miss one not stan… --- ## [Genre \\\\ Separator not Working](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-separator-not-working/47447)
**Author:** [@sadsack5000](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sadsack5000)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 10:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-separator-not-working/47447 "2020-01-06T10:42:30Z")
Hi all, I ran a simple script fix around 1000 music files were the separator was "; " instead of \\. Replace: Field: Genre Original: "; " (without quotes) Replace With: \\ This worked fine but then i noticed in my mu… --- ## [Is there keyboard shortcut to save without changing the file date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-keyboard-shortcut-to-save-without-changing-the-file-date/47442)
**Author:** [@usamike](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/usamike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2020, 5:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-keyboard-shortcut-to-save-without-changing-the-file-date/47442 "2020-01-06T05:35:14Z")
hi, sometimes, i need to update the mp3 tag but i do not want to change the file date. is there a quick key to witch on/off the modification of the date when we perform CTRL+S ? thank you for your read, and help. Bes… --- ## [Opening a playlist without stripping multiple list items](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/opening-a-playlist-without-stripping-multiple-list-items/47409)
**Author:** [@marlab](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marlab)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/opening-a-playlist-without-stripping-multiple-list-items/47409 "2020-01-05T18:19:42Z")
Hi Guys For server synchronisation reasons I want to be able to open and edit a playlist without having multiple occurences of the same entry being stripped during loading. I have read the documentation and don't see an… --- ## [Stripping 'THE' from import](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/stripping-the-from-import/47402)
**Author:** [@flyingmale](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/flyingmale)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/stripping-the-from-import/47402 "2020-01-05T15:50:21Z")
Hi. I want to retrieve a Text file in Tools to read the contents of a Biography from the parameter: "A://songBiogs/%artist%.txt". However, the Biographies are saved without the preceding 'THE', so the above fails when … --- ## [Move "feat. YYY" from Title into Artist, ignore other brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-yyy-from-title-into-artist-ignore-other-brackets/47428)
**Author:** [@Buzko](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Buzko)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-yyy-from-title-into-artist-ignore-other-brackets/47428 "2020-01-05T12:27:12Z")
Hi all, I've managed to build a little suite of Actions for various things, but have run into trouble with this one. I'm hoping somebody can help me out. I've looked at other answers, but regular expressions hurt my b… --- ## [How to split filename to title and artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-filename-to-title-and-artist/47423)
**Author:** [@TorontoMapleLeaf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TorontoMapleLeaf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-split-filename-to-title-and-artist/47423 "2020-01-04T16:54:57Z")
Hello, I name all my music name in below format: SongTitle - Artist .mp3 (separate SongTitle and Artist by "-") I want to only convert SongTitle to mp3.tag.Title and Artist to mp3.tag.Artist. can I do it by MP3Tag? … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=160) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=162)