# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=200 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 201 --- ## [Format Value with regexp from another field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-with-regexp-from-another-field/19648)
**Author:** [@chad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-with-regexp-from-another-field/19648 "2018-01-01T17:45:56Z")
Suppose I have track names (TITLE) like this on one CD: Tambourin (Rameau) Courante (Lully) What I’d like to do is extract the composer names (Rameau and Lully) and put them into the COMPOSER field, which is a custom … --- ## [Track Numbering advice](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-numbering-advice/19640)
**Author:** [@Etz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Etz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-numbering-advice/19640 "2017-12-30T10:36:01Z")
Once again, I need to loan some brain power. How to number tracks sequentially, beginning from non zero? For example, instead of 1,2,3,4… Number them as 51,52,53,54… In short, begin track number counting from specifi… --- ## [Format Directory than Format Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-directory-than-format-filename/19633)
**Author:** [@Ron\_Mark](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ron_Mark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-directory-than-format-filename/19633 "2017-12-30T02:08:53Z")
Using format directory to move files to new location, than trying to create Disc Folders using format filename in the newly created directory location however: Format Directory - moves folder to new location Format Fil… --- ## [Need help fixing one of my actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-fixing-one-of-my-actions/19631)
**Author:** [@youngsimba23](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/youngsimba23)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-fixing-one-of-my-actions/19631 "2017-12-26T18:59:04Z")
Hi, I hope I posted this in the right place. I have an action to put parenthesis around “feat. xxx” when there are no parenthesis there. The expression works pretty well, except for it adds a closed parenthesis around al… --- ## [VLC picks up unknown tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vlc-picks-up-unknown-tags/19627)
**Author:** [@dandy-72](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dandy-72)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vlc-picks-up-unknown-tags/19627 "2017-12-25T18:54:00Z")
Hi all, I have some MP3 files that I’ve been cleaning up with Mp3tag…and while they look fine with Mp3tag itself, as well as most MP3 players, VLC (the popular VideoLAN Client) shows tags that MP3tag doesn’t seem to kno… --- ## [Extended Tag Dialog](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-tag-dialog/19628)
**Author:** [@Shane](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Shane)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 8:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-tag-dialog/19628 "2017-12-25T08:30:52Z")
Greetings, Has anyone noticed that the Extended Tag dialog (alt+t) shows all tags? For example, it shows tags from the Tag Panel (Title, Artist, Album, etc.), in addition to the extended tags. I’m only using ID3v2 for … --- ## [import covers massively](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-covers-massively/19616)
**Author:** [@booble](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/booble)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-covers-massively/19616 "2017-12-21T15:45:00Z")
Is there any way/action for search covers from discogs and embed them on flacs massively? I’m doing it with “discogs pone” but only singly --- ## [Artist Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag/19617)
**Author:** [@rogerde2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rogerde2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag/19617 "2017-12-21T10:45:24Z")
Hi\< New to the forum… I thoroughly f’d up my music…need help! Under ‘artist’ I used tag - tag and added ‘in the Style Of’ then artist listed. So an example: “in the Style Of Motley Crue” is there any way to undo the … --- ## [No Track Total or Disc Total displayed v2.85](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-track-total-or-disc-total-displayed-v2-85/19614)
**Author:** [@billrnst](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billrnst)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-track-total-or-disc-total-displayed-v2-85/19614 "2017-12-21T09:49:18Z")
I am using v2.85 and have run into an issue where I cannot see the Total Tracks or Total Discs. This seems to have happened after updating to version 2.85 and was working before that just fine. Reverting back to an older… --- ## [Windows fields compatible with iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-fields-compatible-with-itunes/19593)
**Author:** [@pomozki](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pomozki)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-fields-compatible-with-itunes/19593 "2017-12-21T05:59:44Z")
Hi. I use iTunes for my music database. I’ve used most of the popular fields already - but I need to add one more field, which is cabale of taking 8 or 9-digit entries, mixed numbers/letters in iTunes I can see that I … --- ## [changing TITLE field in bulk](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-title-field-in-bulk/19603)
**Author:** [@alanneilh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alanneilh)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-title-field-in-bulk/19603 "2017-12-20T05:20:11Z")
Hello again: I have been trying to load music files on a USB and play them (in order) in my car. (I have a Ford car with a “SYNC” system). Despite all my efforts, the system in my car is picking up the files on my USB… --- ## [Finding & tagging tracks belonging to same album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/finding-tagging-tracks-belonging-to-same-album/19609)
**Author:** [@luukh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/luukh)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/finding-tagging-tracks-belonging-to-same-album/19609 "2017-12-18T20:10:05Z")
Is there a way of displaying all the tracks that belong to a specific album so they can be tagged? My classical music tracks are not catalogued according to album but according to a complex system involving composer, ge… --- ## [Problem exporting CSV file - unexpected results](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-exporting-csv-file-unexpected-results/19604)
**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-exporting-csv-file-unexpected-results/19604 "2017-12-17T16:57:07Z")
I obtain results I did not expect when running this csv export script on a collection of FLAC files: $filename(txt,utf-8)LENGTH,ARTIST,TITLE,ALBUM,LABEL,YEAR,COMPILATION $loop(%\_path%)%length%,%artist%,%title%,%album%,… --- ## [Need hep with auto number the track titles.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602)
**Author:** [@MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MartyK)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602 "2017-12-15T09:04:54Z")
Hi guys got a lot of EPs and albums but the tag has their correct artist and title but all I want to do is be able to insert the correct track numbers before each track. I wondered what feature on mp3tag can apply the … --- ## [editing files for sequential order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-files-for-sequential-order/19595)
**Author:** [@alanneilh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alanneilh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-files-for-sequential-order/19595 "2017-12-11T17:29:58Z")
Hello, I am trying to sequentially renumber (in bulk) my music files when I put them on a usb thumb drive. Here is the issue I’m trying to solve: on CD #1 I have (for example) track 01, and on CD #2 I also have track … --- ## [If/Then logic to match pattern in a string?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-logic-to-match-pattern-in-a-string/19592)
**Author:** [@JPThomas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JPThomas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-logic-to-match-pattern-in-a-string/19592 "2017-12-10T18:06:50Z")
Hello, I’m trying to determine if it’s possible to use regex if/then logic to analyze a string in a field, and do “A” if a pattern is found, and “B” if it’s not. In plain English, I’m trying to parse the ArtistSort fie… --- ## [Linking to external (NAS) drive](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/linking-to-external-nas-drive/19573)
**Author:** [@xdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xdb)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/linking-to-external-nas-drive/19573 "2017-12-10T17:08:06Z")
Hi, Newbie and complete technophobe here. My music is stored (as FLAC files) on an external NAS drive - a Vortexbox in case this is of any relevance. I seem unable to add files to mp3tag directly from the external dri… --- ## [naming convention help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-convention-help/19591)
**Author:** [@mick\_meyers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mick_meyers)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-convention-help/19591 "2017-12-10T11:56:00Z")
Hello everyone. I have a rather large music collection which i ripped years ago with EAC and lame. I used a naming convention that was loaded into EAC. Now I’m trying to download music and would like it to match my ex… --- ## [Another Discogs problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-discogs-problem/19357)
**Author:** [@rednoise](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rednoise)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-discogs-problem/19357 "2017-12-08T00:36:29Z")
I see a number of other complaints about problems retrieving info and cover art from Discogs, but none of them match my symptoms. I get the following error message: "Failed to authenticate using OAuth (1) \>\> -2146893018… --- ## [help with filters: substring search](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filters-substring-search/19587)
**Author:** [@mrjayviper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrjayviper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filters-substring-search/19587 "2017-12-07T05:30:41Z")
So I loaded a genre folder and it contains several albums. One of the album is "18 Months". I've verified that there are no leading/trailing spaces in the album tag for this album. I tried these filters to try: ALBUM I… --- ## [Problem with the tag in the wav file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-the-tag-in-the-wav-file/19577)
**Author:** [@Edion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Edion)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-the-tag-in-the-wav-file/19577 "2017-12-06T19:31:44Z")
Hello all. I have a problem with the tag in the wav file. Namely, after saving the field “album artist”, windows 10 sees an empty field. In the program, the field contains text,and displayed correctly, but in windows … --- ## [Popularimeter Tag shown as RatingMM](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/popularimeter-tag-shown-as-ratingmm/19582)
**Author:** [@Tredory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tredory)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/popularimeter-tag-shown-as-ratingmm/19582 "2017-12-06T16:03:23Z")
Hello, i've got the Problem that Mp3 Tag shows the Popularimeter Tag of a mp3 or ogg File as RatingMM when the Song is ratet with 1 or 5 Stars. All other Ratings between 1 and 5 are correctly shown as Popularimeter. Wh… --- ## [Specifying Multiple Fields for an Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/specifying-multiple-fields-for-an-action/19583)
**Author:** [@mrjayviper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrjayviper)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/specifying-multiple-fields-for-an-action/19583 "2017-12-06T11:52:15Z")
Back 2011, somebody ask if it’s possible to specify multiple tags for an action and somebody replied it’s not possible at the time. Is this possible now in 2017? If yes, how can I do it? I tried fields,field2 as an exa… --- ## [Dear Florian, I have issue with codepage](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dear-florian-i-have-issue-with-codepage/19580)
**Author:** [@guoytt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/guoytt)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dear-florian-i-have-issue-with-codepage/19580 "2017-12-05T11:18:32Z")
I am trying to find codepage GB2312 and GB18030 for my Chinese songs, but the current codepage options only has 936 for simplified Chinese. may you please provide a function to enable adding more codepage? It is a grea… --- ## [Directory shows rubbish after upgrade to 2.85](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-shows-rubbish-after-upgrade-to-2-85/19568)
**Author:** [@rayha](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rayha)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-shows-rubbish-after-upgrade-to-2-85/19568 "2017-12-03T20:44:39Z")
I am using Actions to automate setting of tags on Audio books. After upgrading to v2.85, one of my action is failing. It is based on taking Name of Author, Name of Book and Title of Track from directory and filename. … --- ## [Create New Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-new-action/19571)
**Author:** [@kskreider](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kskreider)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-new-action/19571 "2017-12-01T15:46:40Z")
I want to see if MP3Tag can solve a problem I have. I have 1000’s of live concert recordings in FLAC that do not have the Album tag. To be able to sort them properly using Dropbox and CloudPlayer I need to add an Album… --- ## [How i can add an ID Number for Albums? automatically](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-i-can-add-an-id-number-for-albums-automatically/19565)
**Author:** [@MADMAX3000](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MADMAX3000)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-i-can-add-an-id-number-for-albums-automatically/19565 "2017-11-29T18:59:34Z")
Hello to everybody, can you help? my question is: how i can add an ID number for albums automatically for multiples album, like show in attachment image. i’ve search before here, and found this thread Unique Album Cate… --- ## [Replace duplicate from Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-duplicate-from-title/19564)
**Author:** [@verypsb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/verypsb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 5:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-duplicate-from-title/19564 "2017-11-29T05:44:44Z")
How can I create an action that removes duplicates from the title field? original title: "Cover Me \[Texas Gentlemen Remix\] Texas Gentlemen Remix" new title: “Cover Me \[Texas Gentlemen Remix\]” I’m not sure how I can ac… --- ## [I need to obtain cover sizes in iTunes instead of mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-to-obtain-cover-sizes-in-itunes-instead-of-mp3tag/19553)
**Author:** [@jrsousa2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jrsousa2)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-to-obtain-cover-sizes-in-itunes-instead-of-mp3tag/19553 "2017-11-29T03:17:47Z")
Hi guys, I have more than 50K files, so mp3tag takes real long to load them and crashes. I have a vbscript that generates an Excel file that I load into SAS to play with. My question is, can anyone tell me what are all… --- ## [Folder Selected at Startup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-selected-at-startup/19562)
**Author:** [@patlaw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/patlaw)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-selected-at-startup/19562 "2017-11-28T13:08:20Z")
When MP3Tag starts, the previous folder accessed is selected, and it is opened. Is there a way to tell MP3Tag NOT to remember the last folder? It’s rare that I want to go into the same one as before. [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=199) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=201)