# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=203 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 204 --- ## [Append track number to beginning of filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/append-track-number-to-beginning-of-filename/19436)
**Author:** [@PDXmatt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PDXmatt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2017, 9:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/append-track-number-to-beginning-of-filename/19436 "2017-10-12T09:59:48Z")
I’ve looked on the FAQ and searched but I can’t figure out how to just add the track number to the beginning of the filename, but Not renaming it. So I want to add something to the beginning of the filename, but keep the… --- ## [Limit size of imported artwork from Discogs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/limit-size-of-imported-artwork-from-discogs/19435)
**Author:** [@harrlawr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/harrlawr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/limit-size-of-imported-artwork-from-discogs/19435 "2017-10-11T16:27:29Z")
Hi - My car music system (Bolero) will not show artwork above 500\*500 I am told. Can I autorescale the size of image that mp3tag imports if it is larger than a certain value ? --- ## [Convert \> Filename ..Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag/19433)
**Author:** [@dragonwolf1963](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dragonwolf1963)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag/19433 "2017-10-11T03:01:42Z")
I want to cut a few characters in from of the filename when converting Filename \>Tag Example : Filename : 01-My Song Name Tag result wanted : My Song Name Thanks… Sill a newbie on this software --- ## [Help with tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429)
**Author:** [@mmega](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mmega)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tags/19429 "2017-10-09T16:44:00Z")
Hello, can anyone help me change my tracks from: Artist - Songtitle ft. Artist2 to: Artist ft. Artist2 - Songtitle Thanks in advance. --- ## [Using original info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-original-info/19423)
**Author:** [@ripnburn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ripnburn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-original-info/19423 "2017-10-08T15:56:33Z")
OK, I can not seem to find help anywhere about what I need to do, I am hoping someone here can come up with an answer. What I want to do is simply move an original mp3 folder with all the files in it inside a new folder … --- ## [High Data Usage by Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/high-data-usage-by-mp3tag/19426)
**Author:** [@9944990](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/9944990)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/high-data-usage-by-mp3tag/19426 "2017-10-08T13:28:48Z")
I just noticed that MP3tag is using my data around 20GB in 30 days. Is MP3tag uploading all my Mp3s which I edit somewhere ? If not why MP3tag should use that much data ? --- ## [how to automatically update all tags in my mp3 library ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-automatically-update-all-tags-in-my-mp3-library/19425)
**Author:** [@marmagi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marmagi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2017, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-automatically-update-all-tags-in-my-mp3-library/19425 "2017-10-07T13:55:08Z")
hello, I am newbie hello to everybody I have around 18000 mp3s in an external HD some of them have messed up or incomplete tags is there a way to automaticcaly select all my mp3 files and automatically let mp3tag sof… --- ## [%\_id3v2\_character\_encoding% Reading - How it works](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-character-encoding-reading-how-it-works/19414)
**Author:** [@Invindicator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Invindicator)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-character-encoding-reading-how-it-works/19414 "2017-10-06T12:17:26Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve encoded all of my files with mp3tag to ID3v2.4 however due to issues with my SONOS system reading the artwork I have had to convert the tags using iTunes such that SONOS can then display the album art.… --- ## [Mp3tag displays ballot boxes instead of Japanese characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-displays-ballot-boxes-instead-of-japanese-characters/19408)
**Author:** [@thwaller](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thwaller)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-displays-ballot-boxes-instead-of-japanese-characters/19408 "2017-10-04T06:42:08Z")
I do not mean to hijack your post, but my query is very closely related to this. I have an issue with this on just reading tags from MP3 and M4A files. I often get the famous ballot boxes “☐” in many parts of the MP3TAG … --- ## [How to duplicate Title?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-duplicate-title/19406)
**Author:** [@maganuna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/maganuna)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-duplicate-title/19406 "2017-10-03T16:43:18Z")
Hi there Was hoping someone can assist me. I know how to duplicate the “Filename” to “Title” by selecting “Select format string” but is there another way that I can duplicate all “Title” with the “Filename”? If there … --- ## [Searching for specyfic various unusual signs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-specyfic-various-unusual-signs/19384)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-specyfic-various-unusual-signs/19384 "2017-10-02T19:30:10Z")
I need to find all files with such signs in FILENAME, with one expression in FreeCommadner: Æ, ã, ā, À, å, è, ê, ī, ñ, û, ŵI failed at in FC, so I went to Mp3tag to the Filter Box. And failed again; either because I jus… --- ## [Regular Expression searching left to right help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-searching-left-to-right-help/19396)
**Author:** [@kittmaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kittmaster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-searching-left-to-right-help/19396 "2017-10-02T15:46:43Z")
I have some songs with Artists with multiple commas (supporting artists). I am looking for conditional comparison and replacing. So my artist name would be like: Artist Name, sub-artist1, sub-artist2, subtist-xxx… I’… --- ## [manage large number of songs in a single directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manage-large-number-of-songs-in-a-single-directory/15005)
**Author:** [@mazz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mazz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manage-large-number-of-songs-in-a-single-directory/15005 "2017-10-01T22:15:20Z")
Hi, Thank you for your nice and useful program ! I have to open with Mp3tag a Directory containing about 27000 songs. Is it possible ? If not, which is the largest number of songs that can be easily managed by a singl… --- ## [New behavior after some action or convertion.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-behavior-after-some-action-or-convertion/19395)
**Author:** [@ximitao](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ximitao)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-behavior-after-some-action-or-convertion/19395 "2017-10-01T16:14:17Z")
Example: after renaming hundreds of files, Mp3Tag tells me that it can not rename 15 files because it has filename conflicts … but it does not show me those files. So I have to look in hundreds of files that have some ki… --- ## [Does an action already exist to strip all accents, umlauts, etc?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-an-action-already-exist-to-strip-all-accents-umlauts-etc/19390)
**Author:** [@gearFX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gearFX)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 10:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-an-action-already-exist-to-strip-all-accents-umlauts-etc/19390 "2017-10-01T10:46:32Z")
Some of my audio devices and car stereos struggle with international characters, and I was wondering if somebody already developed an action (or has listed all of everything one would need to paste into the Action dialog… --- ## [replace the last space of the title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-last-space-of-the-title/19380)
**Author:** [@Sparky](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sparky)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-last-space-of-the-title/19380 "2017-09-25T10:09:01Z")
Hello, I need to program an action that deletes the last space of the field “title”, for example: artist - song name .mp3 -\> artist - song name.mp3 Thanks --- ## [tool for wave pad editor (NCH Software)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tool-for-wave-pad-editor-nch-software/19377)
**Author:** [@Sparky](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sparky)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tool-for-wave-pad-editor-nch-software/19377 "2017-09-25T07:23:56Z")
Hello, I am following the setup steps of the Tools menu to open the selected file in the Wave PadSound Editor software (NCH Software) and I can not. I only have to open the program, but I do not load the song for its ed… --- ## [Adding Album Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-album-art/19367)
**Author:** [@peetvanstaden](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/peetvanstaden)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2017, 6:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-album-art/19367 "2017-09-25T06:56:37Z")
I have thousands of files in one folder. About 10 of them will not allow me to make changes to the album art. I have looked at individual attributes and they are the same as all my other files. What could be the prob… --- ## [help combining multiple tasks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-combining-multiple-tasks/19378)
**Author:** [@AABoyz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AABoyz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-combining-multiple-tasks/19378 "2017-09-24T16:25:27Z")
Hi all I went through the faqs but found nothing (or missed it) every time I go through my uncleaned music, I need to perform multiple tasks and was wondering if it is possible to combine all these tasks to say one sin… --- ## [Right-click explorer context menu does not open to folder if MP3 already open](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/right-click-explorer-context-menu-does-not-open-to-folder-if-mp3-already-open/19373)
**Author:** [@dsmacdo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dsmacdo)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/right-click-explorer-context-menu-does-not-open-to-folder-if-mp3-already-open/19373 "2017-09-24T11:30:34Z")
Hi all, I’m not sure about this but I would have thought that if one selects either a file or any given folder via the right-click context menu within Windows Explorer (MP3 already open), that the selected folder/files … --- ## [Discogs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs/19351)
**Author:** [@ValensHawke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ValensHawke)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs/19351 "2017-09-24T11:16:31Z")
Just started happening today. Using v. 2.84a on Windows 7 64. Have disabled all my security software to see if that was the culprit, it was not. I get this error for Discogs Revoked access from Discogs to try trigge… --- ## [itunes audiobooks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-audiobooks/19372)
**Author:** [@balma01](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/balma01)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2017, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-audiobooks/19372 "2017-09-23T12:01:46Z")
Hi, Is it possible to tag an mp3 file as an itunes audiobook then I import it in ituns and I find it in the audiobooks section ? Thanks MB --- ## [i just want to change the title so they are the same as filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-just-want-to-change-the-title-so-they-are-the-same-as-filename/19360)
**Author:** [@BogusAurelius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BogusAurelius)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2017, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-just-want-to-change-the-title-so-they-are-the-same-as-filename/19360 "2017-09-22T15:29:24Z")
I have 145 files with filenames that look like this 001----Dante1-01 Lect 01a( and more stuff here) 002----Dante1-02 Lect01b (etc.) The Tag column says it is ID3v2.2 the Titles are like the filenames, only missing th… --- ## [Remove the same text in evey fields and for every songs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-the-same-text-in-evey-fields-and-for-every-songs/19365)
**Author:** [@ja56](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ja56)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2017, 10:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-the-same-text-in-evey-fields-and-for-every-songs/19365 "2017-09-21T10:52:31Z")
Hi, I’m new on this forum, but I’m using MP3 Tag since a long time ago. I’ve a question : I’m currently using the action “remove fileds except” to remove some undesired text “www.livingelectro.com” in, my example. But… --- ## [Adding Symbols to MP3 Songs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-symbols-to-mp3-songs/19294)
**Author:** [@doby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/doby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-symbols-to-mp3-songs/19294 "2017-09-20T16:49:59Z")
Hello Everyone I was just wandering how you add certain symbols to mp3 files with mp3tag, like a question mark ? a exclamation point ! a quotation mark " or a plus sign + any help would be greatly appreciated thank … --- ## [Find and Replace Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace-question/19356)
**Author:** [@landmark](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/landmark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace-question/19356 "2017-09-19T17:32:00Z")
I’ve organized all my mp3 tags for complete albums (as opposed to single tracks), by adding an “aa” at the beginning of the Sort Artist (value %albumartistsort%). I did that to force my complete albums to the top of the … --- ## [Move cover.jpg when Tag - Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-cover-jpg-when-tag-filename/19353)
**Author:** [@UksusoFF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/UksusoFF)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-cover-jpg-when-tag-filename/19353 "2017-09-17T18:12:56Z")
Hi! Any way to move/copy cover.jpg/png together mp3 when Tag - Filename command have new folder path? --- ## [Using Regular expressions in tag converting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-regular-expressions-in-tag-converting/19352)
**Author:** [@vorticity](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vorticity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-regular-expressions-in-tag-converting/19352 "2017-09-16T19:36:10Z")
Dear all, I think my problem is solvable - a little tricky though. My POP-Albums have Filenames like Beatles\_1965\_Rubber\_Soul\_09\_Girl.mp3 I converted them to tag title (Alt-2) eliminating the '\_' so tag 'title' is no… --- ## [Delete doesn't use recycle bin!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-doesnt-use-recycle-bin/19346)
**Author:** [@bookworm1632](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bookworm1632)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-doesnt-use-recycle-bin/19346 "2017-09-14T09:38:04Z")
According to the instructinos - there are 3 kinds of delete Del Remove file (without deleting it) Ctrl + Del Delete file (to Windows Recycle Bin if globally activated) Ctrl + Shift + Del Delete file (WARNING: the file… --- ## [Regular Expressions Baffle Me](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions-baffle-me/19329)
**Author:** [@Tinctoris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tinctoris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions-baffle-me/19329 "2017-09-14T03:26:05Z")
I am trying to figure out how to remove these characters (BC A24) from the TITLE field. The numbers are different for each disc, however, so basically I want to remove (BC A##) I can’t figure out what regular expressio… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=202) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=204)