# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=197 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 198 --- ## [Problem with $if statement](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-if-statement/40958)
**Author:** [@djdizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdizzle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2018, 8:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-if-statement/40958 "2018-03-04T08:47:28Z")
\[#31\] T=7 F=%featartist%$regexp(%TITLE%,'^(.+?)\\s+\[\[({\<\]?\\s\*(?:featuring|feat\\.?|ft\\.?)\\s\*(\[^\])}\>\]+)\\\>\\s\*)}\>\]?(.\*)$','$2$3+++$1',1) 1=%featartist%+++%title% \[#32\] T=5 F=ARTIST 1=$if(%FEATARTIST%,%artist%' feat. '… --- ## [How to automatically assign a Title tag based on a file name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-automatically-assign-a-title-tag-based-on-a-file-name/16995)
**Author:** [@c627627](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/c627627)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-automatically-assign-a-title-tag-based-on-a-file-name/16995 "2018-03-03T17:32:29Z")
Let's say you have a folder with songs which have no ID Tags whatsoever. For a folder named C:\\ALBUM containing files: 01 Song 1 02 Song 2 03 Song 3 How do you automatically assign ID tags so that, for example, fil… --- ## [Change Bartók Béla to Bartok Bela (loose the special chars)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-bartok-bela-to-bartok-bela-loose-the-special-chars/9129)
**Author:** [@MrRalph](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MrRalph)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2018, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-bartok-bela-to-bartok-bela-loose-the-special-chars/9129 "2018-03-03T17:18:56Z")
Hello, I’d like to rename folders (with a DIRECTORY action) so that no special chars are being used. I’d like to allow a-Z, 0-9 and - The nicest would be that Bartók Béla (artist tag) is renamed to Bartok Bela in the fo… --- ## [MP3TAG removes edition made in Audacity](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-removes-edition-made-in-audacity/40952)
**Author:** [@JoseCosta](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JoseCosta)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2018, 10:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-removes-edition-made-in-audacity/40952 "2018-03-02T10:29:36Z")
Hello. First of all, I want to thank for the software, it does come handy a lot. I would like to ask for your help and expertise. I'm having a problem, that is a odd one and not systematic but, like the title say, whe… --- ## [Export Action to txt](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-to-txt/40931)
**Author:** [@a23bed](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/a23bed)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-action-to-txt/40931 "2018-02-27T09:34:11Z")
Can someone explain how to setup an action that exports the track list I've selected to a txt file. somthing like this; $loop(%track%) %\_filename\_ext%; %track%; %title%; %\_length% $loopend() I've tried various things… --- ## [File name correction (Renaming)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-correction-renaming/40913)
**Author:** [@SpirosG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SpirosG)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-correction-renaming/40913 "2018-02-26T22:49:43Z")
What i want to do is to rename some files from 1 to 2 or 3 and i want some help to create an action. Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B - Finesse Remix - DJ Edit Hype Intro (Clean) 105 Bruno Mars ft. Cardi B - Finesse Remix (D… --- ## [Encoding problems with multiple artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-problems-with-multiple-artists/40921)
**Author:** [@ajperez](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ajperez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/encoding-problems-with-multiple-artists/40921 "2018-02-25T14:44:08Z")
Hi, I have a problem when tagging tracks with multiple artists. I'm using ' \\\\ ' as separator (that's it, two backslashes, in case it renders wrong in the forum). Both Windows 7 and my Android device recognize it proper… --- ## [Want Discogs composer tag in the MP3Tag UI](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/want-discogs-composer-tag-in-the-mp3tag-ui/40919)
**Author:** [@SteveS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SteveS)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/want-discogs-composer-tag-in-the-mp3tag-ui/40919 "2018-02-25T13:46:13Z")
I'm using MP3Tag to transfer tags from Discogs to my iTunes database. I understand that this is a pretty trivial use of MP3Tag, but, none the less, I can't make the process work the way I would like. The MP3Tag applica… --- ## [$regexp nested inside another $regexp not working using captures](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regexp-nested-inside-another-regexp-not-working-using-captures/40899)
**Author:** [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regexp-nested-inside-another-regexp-not-working-using-captures/40899 "2018-02-25T09:46:57Z")
$trim($regexp('Genre 1 with Space, Genre 2 with Space, Genre 3 with Space','(,\*)\\s\*(\[^\\,\]+\[^,\\s\])','$1 \[url=https://urlhere.com?taglist='$regexp($2,\\s+,.)'\]'$2'\[/url\]')) Should output: \[url=https://urlhere.com?taglist=… --- ## [FLAC - Composer issue with semicolon separator](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-composer-issue-with-semicolon-separator/19749)
**Author:** [@DTW](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DTW)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-composer-issue-with-semicolon-separator/19749 "2018-02-24T11:33:47Z")
Hi, I have been having difficulties displaying the composer properly info when using various music apps with music files ripped using dbPoweramp to FLAC lossless. The same music files were ripped simulteously to ALAC a… --- ## [Tags are not displayed in Mp3tag after saving](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-are-not-displayed-in-mp3tag-after-saving/40887)
**Author:** [@jamm2005us](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamm2005us)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-are-not-displayed-in-mp3tag-after-saving/40887 "2018-02-21T21:00:14Z")
I'm most confused because I can't normally edit a mp3 file with this otherwise wonderful tool (i.e Mp3tag). The strange thing is that when I try to edit it starting in the 'ALBUM ARTIST" field, it works! I want to send… --- ## [Mapping of tag fields - is it really needed at all?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mapping-of-tag-fields-is-it-really-needed-at-all/19791)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mapping-of-tag-fields-is-it-really-needed-at-all/19791 "2018-02-21T20:19:08Z")
From the online help available at https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/tags/mapping: The problem is this: Winamp 5.666 is not able to read \[or at last display\] content from made up tag fields- apparently it has… --- ## [How do I rename multiple folders from one folder?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-rename-multiple-folders-from-one-folder/40834)
**Author:** [@marcusj0015](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marcusj0015)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2018, 10:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-rename-multiple-folders-from-one-folder/40834 "2018-02-18T10:55:58Z")
MP3Tag messed up my folder heirarchy, I have a Music folder, with subfolders based on the artist and album tags, and I have an action to edit the \_DIRECTORY variable based on the artist and album name. The problem is, t… --- ## [Win 10 Drag and drop](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-10-drag-and-drop/17171)
**Author:** [@Grizwald](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Grizwald)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-10-drag-and-drop/17171 "2018-02-17T17:37:44Z")
Can’t drag and drop FLAC, MP3 or Folders into MP3TAG in Windows 10. Using 2.71. Anyone else have this issue. Everything else works fine as long as I use “Change Directory” to import files. --- ## [Problems transferring HTML to Excel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-transferring-html-to-excel/40793)
**Author:** [@fobar2017](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fobar2017)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-transferring-html-to-excel/40793 "2018-02-17T17:09:41Z")
I create an HTML output to copy and paste into Excel. Here I can add times (length of track or album) and everything is in one place. The problem I’m having is that “Sometimes” the copy and paste doesn’t work and I have… --- ## [Can anyone help me create an action to correct word case?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-anyone-help-me-create-an-action-to-correct-word-case/40821)
**Author:** [@ryujingt3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryujingt3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-anyone-help-me-create-an-action-to-correct-word-case/40821 "2018-02-16T22:23:25Z")
Hello All. Big fan of this software. I was wondering, is there any way to create an action that will go through my music collection and correct the case of all abbreviations in song name and album? For example, ‘Tv’, … --- ## [I would to add the artist title from the track name to the artist category but not the title of the song](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-would-to-add-the-artist-title-from-the-track-name-to-the-artist-category-but-not-the-title-of-the-song/40830)
**Author:** [@jooice](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jooice)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-would-to-add-the-artist-title-from-the-track-name-to-the-artist-category-but-not-the-title-of-the-song/40830 "2018-02-16T19:38:20Z")
Currently I am using this action to add artists labels to songs that currently don’t have them: Action = Guess Value Field = Artist Format string = %title% - %artist% Unfortunately this renames the whole artist tab t… --- ## [Specify MTE Comments not passed to output](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/specify-mte-comments-not-passed-to-output/40813)
**Author:** [@mls](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mls)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 15, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/specify-mte-comments-not-passed-to-output/40813 "2018-02-15T18:05:18Z")
Is there a way to place comments in export .mte that will NOT be passed to the output? Specifically for HTML output? If not, I'd like to suggest that a new function, perhaps something along the lines of $comment any… --- ## [UNSYNCEDLYRICS Display with line feed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unsyncedlyrics-display-with-line-feed/40798)
**Author:** [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unsyncedlyrics-display-with-line-feed/40798 "2018-02-14T11:38:43Z")
When I’ve text in say notepad++ it reads Release type: Release ---------------------------------------------- Exclusive to beatport: No ---------------------------------------------- Eating Hooks \[Monkeytown Records\] i… --- ## [Tag not actually saving, despite being changed in mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-not-actually-saving-despite-being-changed-in-mp3tag/40808)
**Author:** [@Stealth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stealth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-not-actually-saving-despite-being-changed-in-mp3tag/40808 "2018-02-14T07:28:47Z")
Recently just changed an artist name in mp3tag and saved it. The artist had an apostrophe in it, but it was tagged with the weird one, instead of \> ’ \<. I replaced it with the correct apostrophe and saved it, closed mp3t… --- ## [Moving all files (including non mp3) and rename if required](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-all-files-including-non-mp3-and-rename-if-required/19511)
**Author:** [@Ron\_Mark](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ron_Mark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-all-files-including-non-mp3-and-rename-if-required/19511 "2018-02-14T02:12:40Z")
So here is what I am trying to tweak so it works properly… I have an action that once I have processed the tags the way I want to it moves the files to a new folder from the existing one as completed… FormatValue Direc… --- ## [Reading Tags Types](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reading-tags-types/19726)
**Author:** [@Herman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Herman)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2018, 2:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reading-tags-types/19726 "2018-02-14T02:08:59Z")
How do I determine which tag types have been written to an existing MP3 song file? I bought a new 2018 Subaru Crosstrek Limited and I’m having trouble playing songs from a USB thumb drive, the song titles appear in alph… --- ## [Copying A to B when C](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-a-to-b-when-c/19741)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-a-to-b-when-c/19741 "2018-02-13T20:27:38Z")
Could someone please enlighten me, how to copy the whole content of the tag field ALBUM to the tag field TEMPORARY, but only when there is a “” in that field \[and if is not not present then just leave the TEMPORARY clean… --- ## [Same from,to for multiple $replace in export?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/same-from-to-for-multiple-replace-in-export/40783)
**Author:** [@mls](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mls)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/same-from-to-for-multiple-replace-in-export/40783 "2018-02-13T14:53:28Z")
Hello, Is there any way that the “from1,to1,from2,to2,fromx,tox” string can be entered once and used in multiple $replace functions in Export? In order to export well formed HTML code, code that can pass HTML validatio… --- ## [Help with tag conversion / offline tag editing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tag-conversion-offline-tag-editing/40748)
**Author:** [@jsomethin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jsomethin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 13, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tag-conversion-offline-tag-editing/40748 "2018-02-13T07:16:38Z")
Hello I’ve exported the mp3 data and I’m trying to edit in Excel, and then upload those changes. The export format I used was this: $filename(csv,utf-16)Title~Artist~AlbumArtist~Album~Track~Path~Filename~ $loop(%\_file… --- ## [\_DIRECTORY formatting issue with non alphanumeric characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-formatting-issue-with-non-alphanumeric-characters/40754)
**Author:** [@marcusj0015](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marcusj0015)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-formatting-issue-with-non-alphanumeric-characters/40754 "2018-02-12T23:12:17Z")
I have an action to place songs in the %artist%%album% folder, and it works ok for alphanumeric characters (lower and upper case and numbers) but not special characters like $ let alone Unicode. Here’s my action: Forma… --- ## [Slightly adjusting the default sort order on the account of one sign](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slightly-adjusting-the-default-sort-order-on-the-account-of-one-sign/19766)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slightly-adjusting-the-default-sort-order-on-the-account-of-one-sign/19766 "2018-02-12T20:43:39Z")
The default alphabetical sort \[in the direction from A to Z\] order of ALBUM \[or any tag\] field is this: Title Title (Movie Score Expanded) Title (Movie Score Extended) Title (Movie Score) Title (Video Game Score) A… --- ## [Multiple format value action?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-format-value-action/19798)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-format-value-action/19798 "2018-02-12T20:03:17Z")
Is there some kind of action to which a list of tag fields could be written- so that all of them would be formatted with the content of one and the same source field \[or some fixed data\]? I am thinking about equivalent … --- ## [Tag Panel changes are not saved](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-changes-are-not-saved/40765)
**Author:** [@jo1244](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jo1244)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-changes-are-not-saved/40765 "2018-02-12T16:04:02Z")
--- ## [Adding your own Tagging Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-your-own-tagging-sources/40761)
**Author:** [@JeffieB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JeffieB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-your-own-tagging-sources/40761 "2018-02-12T14:20:22Z")
Hi, I have been using, and following development of MP3 Tag for a while now… I was just about to send a support payment, when the tagging sources changed and the ones that worked most for me were discontinued. As a re… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=196) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=198)