# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=194 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 195 --- ## [Calculate album time and save as tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/calculate-album-time-and-save-as-tag/41387)
**Author:** [@wqcr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wqcr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/calculate-album-time-and-save-as-tag/41387 "2018-04-13T05:19:06Z")
Hi, is there an easy way how to calculate total album runtime and save it to Comments tag? Thanks, A. --- ## [Import multiline tag data](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-multiline-tag-data/41409)
**Author:** [@bmcelvan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bmcelvan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-multiline-tag-data/41409 "2018-04-12T18:54:02Z")
Was just made aware that you can use CTRL+Enter to add a line in a multiline field. I LOVE this especially when it comes to the COMMENT field. However, I have encountered a problem. If I have the comment field as this: … --- ## [Downloading cover art from web](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-cover-art-from-web/19310)
**Author:** [@cianoz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cianoz)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-cover-art-from-web/19310 "2018-01-03T18:34:45Z")
Hello In previous versions of mp3tag I could download the cover art from a couple of web sources, Amazon and another. It was quick and easy. In recent versions I can’t see this item in the list of web sources anymore. W… --- ## [Remove newline / linebreak characters from tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-newline-linebreak-characters-from-tag-fields/41380)
**Author:** [@Syco2oo5](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Syco2oo5)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-newline-linebreak-characters-from-tag-fields/41380 "2018-04-11T06:35:24Z")
--- ## [Filter Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-question/41342)
**Author:** [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-question/41342 "2018-04-10T09:33:14Z")
Hi (again) I want to filter titles that have: 12" Mix (Only in this order) for example I don't want 12" Remix I tried title HAS "12" Mix" But it doesn't produce the correct results What am I doing wrong? Thanks --- ## [Flac von Id3v2 in id3v1 konvertieren](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-von-id3v2-in-id3v1-konvertieren/41388)
**Author:** [@Jay\_DD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jay_DD)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2018, 7:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-von-id3v2-in-id3v1-konvertieren/41388 "2018-04-10T07:36:46Z")
Hallo, Ich bin am verzweifeln. Mein Radio akzeptiert nur id3v1 und deswegen muss ich meine ganz Bibliothek konvertieren. Im Prinzip wird immer die gleiche Anleitung beschrieben. Unter Optionen -\> Tags -\> Mpeg Lesen a… --- ## [Action to rename artist folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382)
**Author:** [@Sideburnz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sideburnz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-artist-folder/41382 "2018-04-09T17:23:25Z")
I'm just starting to use mp3tag and I like it! My music directories look like this: D:\\Music\\Alanis Morissette\\Jagged Little Pill Acoustic\\01 - All I Really Want.mp3 I want to create an action that will rename the arti… --- ## [Saving info to CD sucessfully](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-info-to-cd-sucessfully/41377)
**Author:** [@FrankD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FrankD)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-info-to-cd-sucessfully/41377 "2018-04-09T13:32:15Z")
Hi Florian and everyone, I am new to MP3TAG - and a manual worker (retired carpenter) of a generation that did not grow up with (or ever fully get to grips with) tech! Notetheless, I have managed to get the collumns I… --- ## [Regex to fix year\\\\year and year\\\\year-month-day](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-to-fix-year-year-and-year-year-month-day/41379)
**Author:** [@Zifnab](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zifnab)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-to-fix-year-year-and-year-year-month-day/41379 "2018-04-09T13:10:34Z")
Hello: A lot of my files have the year set as one of the following: 1977\\1977 2009\\2009-10-12 All I want is to have just the year, so the two examples here would have 1977 and 2009 as the year. I have tried all sorts… --- ## [Cannot Open Certain Files In A Directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-open-certain-files-in-a-directory/41374)
**Author:** [@mgoldey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mgoldey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-open-certain-files-in-a-directory/41374 "2018-04-09T10:58:31Z")
Hello all. I have been using mp3tag for years. I just migrated my files to a new computer (Windows 10) and I am having a problem where mp3tag cannot open certain .flac files, seemingly at random, from a directory of .f… --- ## [Move ft. artist to title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-ft-artist-to-title/19623)
**Author:** [@scoopeezy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/scoopeezy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-ft-artist-to-title/19623 "2017-12-24T04:36:45Z")
Not sure why the Regular Expression sticky is locked for further contribution..but I figured I'd share an action group that I created to move featured artist information from the Artist or AlbumArtist tag to the Title ta… --- ## [Tag sources cover-art problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360)
**Author:** [@hal.place](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hal.place)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-cover-art-problem/41360 "2018-04-08T15:16:01Z")
When going to Tag sources Cover Art if I select Discogs I get "Failed to authenticate OAuth (1). The message received was unexpected or badly formatted" --- ## [File xxx couldn't be open to write](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-xxx-couldnt-be-open-to-write/41327)
**Author:** [@sbroeer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sbroeer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2018, 10:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-xxx-couldnt-be-open-to-write/41327 "2018-04-08T10:44:48Z")
Hello, I have a problem with some of my new digitized files. All files are created in Audacity and saved as m4a file. With some of these files I have the problem, that mp3tag could not open this files to write. I do a … --- ## [Change the tag format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-tag-format/41355)
**Author:** [@sbroeer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sbroeer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2018, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-tag-format/41355 "2018-04-08T09:17:51Z")
Hello, in addition to my last support topic - you can find it here - I want to ask, if it's possible to change the tag format of an file from MP4 to ID3v2. Greetings, Stephan --- ## [Is it possible to filter this?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-filter-this/41337)
**Author:** [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-filter-this/41337 "2018-04-06T15:05:40Z")
I would like to filter anything that is not in Title Case so I can perform a case conversion. If possible to select certain fields together for example Artist Album Title at the same time but if that's not possible then… --- ## [Customizing filter options to certain fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346)
**Author:** [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customizing-filter-options-to-certain-fields/41346 "2018-04-06T13:13:35Z")
Basically I'm trying to sync mp3tag and iTunes so that if I type something in to the filter box it returns the same results. I noticed when filtering in mp3tag it produced a different result to iTunes, the reason being … --- ## [What is the correct value and field for Date?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-the-correct-value-and-field-for-date/41347)
**Author:** [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-the-correct-value-and-field-for-date/41347 "2018-04-06T09:15:44Z")
I'm trying to add the column date. I tried %date% I get: \[ SYNTAX ERROR IN FORMATTING STRING \] --- ## [Create a string to delete part of Album title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-string-to-delete-part-of-album-title/41218)
**Author:** [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-string-to-delete-part-of-album-title/41218 "2018-04-05T15:45:26Z")
i have an action I created which works, but I can't undo the action. I want to delete part of he Album title I created. Action: Field: Album Format String Collection Of %albumartist%: %album% Results: Collection O… --- ## [Tag changes not saving](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-changes-not-saving/41296)
**Author:** [@melb0028](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/melb0028)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-changes-not-saving/41296 "2018-04-04T23:10:14Z")
I am encountering a very hard problem on a handful of files in my music library which is all in a .wav format. Of the over 8000 songs, 99% can be edited and saved successfully without any problem. There is a handful of… --- ## [Help With Filters Please](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filters-please/41333)
**Author:** [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filters-please/41333 "2018-04-04T20:33:32Z")
I want to filter Albums It should contain "Wants" but not contain "YTR" How can I do that please? Thank You --- ## [After using mp3tag, Windows won't release ext. HDD](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/after-using-mp3tag-windows-wont-release-ext-hdd/41286)
**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/after-using-mp3tag-windows-wont-release-ext-hdd/41286 "2018-04-04T15:39:31Z")
I don't think it's my imagination, but after using mp3tag to edit tags on files located on a USB-connected HDD (Western Digital "My Passport" in this example), asking Windows to eject the drive results in a message stati… --- ## [Create a Master Tag file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-master-tag-file/41326)
**Author:** [@huwpeters](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/huwpeters)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-master-tag-file/41326 "2018-04-04T11:59:53Z")
Hi Good work BTW this is a great tool, I have sent a donation. I need to crate a 'Master' tag that has album, artist, album artist, genre, comment and front cover graphic stored as a file somewhere so that I can use it… --- ## [Convert "Tag to Filename" command and filenames beginning with a period character](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tag-to-filename-command-and-filenames-beginning-with-a-period-character/41313)
**Author:** [@KPexEA](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KPexEA)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tag-to-filename-command-and-filenames-beginning-with-a-period-character/41313 "2018-04-03T20:14:23Z")
I'm using the "Convert tag to Filename" command with the following: $validate(%title%,\_) This works great, except occasionally it will generate filenames beginning with a period character which get ignored by both Fooba… --- ## [How to export mp4 tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-export-mp4-tags/41320)
**Author:** [@s\_PLASH](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/s_PLASH)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-export-mp4-tags/41320 "2018-04-03T18:55:36Z")
I am trying to export a list of file "names", "Legth" and "date modified" for .mp4 files unfortunately I am not able to figure out propper tag names to build a working string something like %filename% %lenght% %date% w… --- ## [Can you grab across multiple files and compare?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-you-grab-across-multiple-files-and-compare/41306)
**Author:** [@mshockle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mshockle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-you-grab-across-multiple-files-and-compare/41306 "2018-04-03T03:43:19Z")
\[multifield\] In this example I'm tagging work/movement etc. movementtotal would be the issue here. Wondering if I can somehow take this aggregate data, count the occurrences of each work and then use this to populate mo… --- ## [Can't write to ripped files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-write-to-ripped-files/19646)
**Author:** [@wdmarsh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wdmarsh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-write-to-ripped-files/19646 "2018-04-02T19:37:36Z")
After ripping tracks from a CD (standard .MP3 format), I try to write tags to make the album/artist/etc. data consistent across all tracks and add a cover photo before uploading the tracks to my Amazon Music account. Lat… --- ## [Album art not updating on phone](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-not-updating-on-phone/41299)
**Author:** [@nladyman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nladyman)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-not-updating-on-phone/41299 "2018-04-02T15:53:20Z")
Hey everyone, so last time I used mp3tag it worked pretty well and currently the hi res album art is showing up on my phone. However, earlier I used a low res alternate art for an album and then I found a hi res cover wi… --- ## [Error when importing taglistfile with comment](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-when-importing-taglistfile-with-comment/41294)
**Author:** [@Herby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Herby)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-when-importing-taglistfile-with-comment/41294 "2018-04-01T17:34:29Z")
First of all: Thanks for this great program!! I've experienced a bug: When you export a txt\_taglist with comments and try to import it again (convert taglistfile to tag) you get a parse error on every line with a commen… --- ## [Help using filter option](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-using-filter-option/41292)
**Author:** [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-using-filter-option/41292 "2018-04-01T15:40:05Z")
I hit F3 to bring up the filter box. I type in wolf It shows me 4 results 3 Artists which contain wolf 1 Titles which contains wolf I only want artists that contain wolf so I click the triangle button next to the en… --- ## [Help with iTunes Source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-itunes-source/41221)
**Author:** [@henriquebs12](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/henriquebs12)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-itunes-source/41221 "2018-04-01T07:50:59Z")
I'm using iTunes as my source to get the tags. But something that is annoying me is that MP3Tag (or the script of the iTunes Source) does not overwrite an album's cover, so when I run the script, I still get the old cove… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=193) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=195)