# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=210 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 211 --- ## [Getting folder name as album tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-folder-name-as-album-tag/18896)
**Author:** [@E-Mariusz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/E-Mariusz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-folder-name-as-album-tag/18896 "2017-04-15T17:40:47Z")
Hello mp3tag community! :slight\_smile: I wonder - is it possible to get FOLDER NAME and use it as a ALBUM tag? Could anyone help me to solve this? Much appreciated. Best regards! Mariusz PS. I put the topic in the wr… --- ## [Can't write tags to .m4b files...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-write-tags-to-m4b-files/18889)
**Author:** [@nannup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nannup)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 10:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-write-tags-to-m4b-files/18889 "2017-04-14T10:43:26Z")
Is there something I’m missing in ‘Options’ that needs to be checked or unchecked so this can happen? When I try to add a genre to an empty genre field, or add something to ‘Album artist’, I press the Save’ icon, the 'sa… --- ## [Remove Track # fromTitle or Trim Space.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-fromtitle-or-trim-space/18885)
**Author:** [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-fromtitle-or-trim-space/18885 "2017-04-14T07:27:17Z")
looked in FAQ. Seems simple, but can’t replace tag info. I’m trying to remove the track# from title or Trim space from Beginnig. the action doesn’t seem to work replace Title ^\\d\*\\s\*-\\s Example. Take Five chang… --- ## [Total Time](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time/18888)
**Author:** [@chasonek](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chasonek)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time/18888 "2017-04-13T09:40:31Z")
I would like to use an action to rename the directories for each cd to include the total times of All the tracks. IE. Artist/year-CD Name-Tracks-CD total time/01-track.mp3 /02-track.mp3 I know i can copy it from the … --- ## [Tagging multiple files using tag information for each file in a text file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-multiple-files-using-tag-information-for-each-file-in-a-text-file/18886)
**Author:** [@damodara.bvks](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/damodara.bvks)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-multiple-files-using-tag-information-for-each-file-in-a-text-file/18886 "2017-04-13T09:25:07Z")
Hare Krishna. I have been using mp3tag for 3 years and it is a boon to my service. I manage mp3 media for lectures of my Guru Maharaja. Media has about 28000 mp3 files for about more than 7000 lectures. I use excel for… --- ## [Adding song & playlist image](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-song-playlist-image/18883)
**Author:** [@TROL2292](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TROL2292)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-song-playlist-image/18883 "2017-04-12T16:14:16Z")
How can I add an image to a song/playlist I have? I want it to be seen on the preview and when I play the song. I tried to select all of my files and then add an image but it didn’t work for some reason. Maybe I did it… --- ## [Names With Apostrophes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/names-with-apostrophes/18881)
**Author:** [@Smudger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Smudger)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2017, 7:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/names-with-apostrophes/18881 "2017-04-12T07:03:34Z")
Morning All I have quite a few albums from artists that have an apostrophe in their surname. Once I have capitalised the MP3’s the letter immediately after the apostrophe is in lower case, whereas it should be a capital… --- ## [Batch import text file to tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-import-text-file-to-tag/18878)
**Author:** [@hucayu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hucayu)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-import-text-file-to-tag/18878 "2017-04-11T08:29:38Z")
Hello, I was trying to search for it, but cannot find an answer. My problem is simple. I have lot of folders with mp3 albums. Each folder is 1 album with several mp3 files inside. Inside each folder I have txt file with… --- ## [Publisher Tag for MP3 vs FLAC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/publisher-tag-for-mp3-vs-flac/18873)
**Author:** [@atlind01](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/atlind01)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/publisher-tag-for-mp3-vs-flac/18873 "2017-04-10T15:07:12Z")
I have a mix of MP3 and FLAC files. After tagging the Publisher field, some of the music scarpers are not recognizing the ‘PUBLISHER’ tag for FLAC files. Apparently MP3 (TPUB) and FLAC (LABEL) have their own tagging fo… --- ## [Batch edit title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-edit-title/18877)
**Author:** [@ZodWallop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ZodWallop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 11:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-edit-title/18877 "2017-04-10T11:33:52Z")
I have a bunch of old time radio shows. The titles contain extraneous information I would like to delete. Currently the titles run like this: Suspense 430105 023 Nothing up My Sleeve (128-44) 28439 29m39s Suspense 4301… --- ## [help with album tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-album-tags/18874)
**Author:** [@suspicious1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/suspicious1)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2017, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-album-tags/18874 "2017-04-10T09:17:34Z")
hey, i recantly thought to add cover art for my phone song library so for 3 hours i sat and went by each song and updated his cover art so far so good, i can see in my PC library that the cover art indeed updated but … --- ## [Can I execute an Action from within an Action?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-execute-an-action-from-within-an-action/18831)
**Author:** [@wallytek](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wallytek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-execute-an-action-from-within-an-action/18831 "2017-04-09T17:04:57Z")
The Title says it all. I’ve looked high and low and can’t find an answer. Can I execute an Action from within an Action? If so, how do I do it? Thanks in advance Brian Waldron --- ## [A small scratch in song when saving metadata](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-small-scratch-in-song-when-saving-metadata/18826)
**Author:** [@qqqqqqqq](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/qqqqqqqq)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-small-scratch-in-song-when-saving-metadata/18826 "2017-04-09T17:01:44Z")
Okay, so when I add metadata ( album cover, artist, etc) to a mp3 while its being played, it adds a small … i don’t know… a scratch kind of sound, a interference. in the mp3 file. So, whenever I play that song again, I… --- ## [\_DIRECTORY Action under MacOS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-action-under-macos/18867)
**Author:** [@Drehwurm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Drehwurm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2017, 6:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-action-under-macos/18867 "2017-04-07T06:46:10Z")
I’m using Mp3Tag since a long time under Windows. It’s an awesome piece of software. Now I switched to MacOS Sierra (2.81 under WineBottler). Everything works like a charm, but the action to rename the directory does n… --- ## [Adding Disc Numbers to Windows Explorer "Disc" Field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-disc-numbers-to-windows-explorer-disc-field/18865)
**Author:** [@David\_W](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/David_W)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-disc-numbers-to-windows-explorer-disc-field/18865 "2017-04-06T03:05:40Z")
I’m new to MP3Tag and have a specific need related to adding disc numbers to the “Disc” field in Windows Explorer. Disc numbers are typically found in the “Part of a Set” field. I need to have the disc numbers added to t… --- ## [Tag Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources/18861)
**Author:** [@steve48uk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/steve48uk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources/18861 "2017-04-04T15:56:50Z")
This worked fine until today and now when I try to tag sources via either amazon.com or amazon.de I get the following error returned: Error connecting to server: http://webservices.amazon.de 400: Bad Request As far as… --- ## [Renaming 150 MP3's To Numerical Order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-150-mp3s-to-numerical-order/18855)
**Author:** [@Siffert](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Siffert)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2017, 6:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-150-mp3s-to-numerical-order/18855 "2017-04-04T06:51:56Z")
My Dodge Challenger built-in UConnect Media Player will only alphabetize the title of music tracks on the SD card and bypass the file name altogether. For instance if the following were file names on the SD card, all pr… --- ## [mp3 ID tag version](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-id-tag-version/18853)
**Author:** [@thistle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thistle)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-id-tag-version/18853 "2017-04-03T15:47:06Z")
Hello, I have some issues in modifying mp3 files in order to have the tags displayed by my integrated car cd-player. It seems my car supports up to version 2.3, with 1-byte char encoding. I have set the following optio… --- ## [Tagging using txt files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-using-txt-files/18852)
**Author:** [@Appick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Appick)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-using-txt-files/18852 "2017-04-03T06:20:25Z")
I preferred doing a separate post to the one I’ve just made since it’s another topic. When I retag using the txt file button 9 times out of 10 (don’t understand why sometimes it defaults in the right place) the function… --- ## [Mp3 files corrupted after tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-files-corrupted-after-tagging/18845)
**Author:** [@Moe42](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moe42)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-files-corrupted-after-tagging/18845 "2017-04-03T03:03:17Z")
Hi! So I downloaded v2.81 for W10 on my PC, because almost none of my mp3s were displaying the artist/album info. I spent about 6 hours tagging every album, without actually bothering to check if everything was alright.… --- ## [Trimming tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-tags/18851)
**Author:** [@Appick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Appick)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2017, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-tags/18851 "2017-04-02T15:59:48Z")
Hi, I often ask questions that get really simple answers - so I assume that I’m not particularly talented with computers! So sorry in advance! I sometimes use MP3tag to rename songs using a txt file when the file name … --- ## [Convert Text File- Tag Not Changing Filename(s)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-text-file-tag-not-changing-filename-s/18849)
**Author:** [@ChenLiGle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChenLiGle)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2017, 6:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-text-file-tag-not-changing-filename-s/18849 "2017-04-01T06:01:11Z")
"Convert Text File -Tag " amended all tags, except filenames of the 20 mp3 files in a directory. It would not change the filenames even the CSV file contained only the filename field. --- ## [What tags versions are inside MP3](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-tags-versions-are-inside-mp3/18847)
**Author:** [@MrFloppy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MrFloppy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-tags-versions-are-inside-mp3/18847 "2017-03-31T08:38:47Z")
Hi, I had a problem that my LMS shows for different albums from same series in audio books different Interprets. Will explain it in more details. I use LMS that have the capability to use different Album Artists in one… --- ## [Filename to Filename Conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-filename-conversion/18844)
**Author:** [@jcusfs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jcusfs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-filename-conversion/18844 "2017-03-29T18:06:21Z")
I am working with a large number of files that all have consistent filenames. Each file name consists of three parts, %1, %2, and %3. Often, parts %1 and %2 are the same for multiple files. However, one part of the filen… --- ## [Move THE to end of artist tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-the-to-end-of-artist-tag/12769)
**Author:** [@flyingmale](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/flyingmale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-the-to-end-of-artist-tag/12769 "2017-03-29T03:23:59Z")
First, thanks for this great software. I have searched the various topics but cannot find an answer for this… I want to move all the word THE at the beginning of all ARTIST fields to become (The) at the end of the fiel… --- ## [Simple switch in the same field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-switch-in-the-same-field/18792)
**Author:** [@yves31](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yves31)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-switch-in-the-same-field/18792 "2017-03-28T18:14:16Z")
Hello :slight\_smile: I just want to do a simple things On the title field, I have Artist - Song I want to simply do Song - Artist Thank for your help Yves --- ## [number of special character in string](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/number-of-special-character-in-string/18837)
**Author:** [@peymanch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/peymanch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/number-of-special-character-in-string/18837 "2017-03-27T04:46:43Z")
hi i want to find how many special string like “-” in string? for example my filename is: asef-bi-maram.mp3 i want to find number of hyphen (-) in the filename please help me thank you --- ## [Selective deletion of tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selective-deletion-of-tags/18830)
**Author:** [@solarscream](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/solarscream)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selective-deletion-of-tags/18830 "2017-03-25T09:16:43Z")
How to delete different types of tags selectively via MP3Tag? I know the only one way to delete the whole tags (Ctrl + R) but this is not what I need. As for me, I need to delete APEv2 tags only (from my huge MP3 colle… --- ## [remove band name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-band-name/18829)
**Author:** [@fender62](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fender62)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2017, 5:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-band-name/18829 "2017-03-24T05:34:50Z")
i have an bunch of mp3 by one band in a folder, problem i have is i cannot rip out the name of the band from within the mp3’s its like there imbedded within each mp3 file, i just want to have it like title of song titl… --- ## [Files do not appear in Windows Explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/files-do-not-appear-in-windows-explorer/18825)
**Author:** [@Liu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Liu)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/files-do-not-appear-in-windows-explorer/18825 "2017-03-22T12:13:03Z")
I installed MP3Tag V2.81 as a portable installation in Windows 10. In MP3Tag, when I select a directory that contains music files, the files do not appear in the File Explorer window. It is only after I “select folder” … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=209) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=211)