# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=219 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 220 --- ## [The source and destination file(s) are the same](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-source-and-destination-file-s-are-the-same/18271)
**Author:** [@Matt714](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Matt714)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-source-and-destination-file-s-are-the-same/18271 "2016-09-27T04:11:47Z")
Only album(s) that do this. I’m trying to have the tagged album transferred to folder name. Never had this error before. Thoughts? There no other files. Even tried hidden ones. http://i.imgur.com/6dLgjok.jpg Thanks! --- ## [Could anyone give me some advice on how to make an action group for this purpose?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/could-anyone-give-me-some-advice-on-how-to-make-an-action-group-for-this-purpose/18253)
**Author:** [@Ehx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ehx)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/could-anyone-give-me-some-advice-on-how-to-make-an-action-group-for-this-purpose/18253 "2016-09-27T03:01:29Z")
Basically I want to transfer all featuring tags in the Artist field to the title field, removing the artist field one along with removing all brackets around featuring artists and changing tags such as ‘ft., feat, featur… --- ## [Why MP4 Tag vs ID3?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-mp4-tag-vs-id3/18268)
**Author:** [@marko67](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marko67)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2016, 5:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-mp4-tag-vs-id3/18268 "2016-09-26T05:35:20Z")
So, the MP3Tag app now reveals my (mostly iTune purchased) files as MP4 with no cover art or song information? Using a different product (TagScanner) I’m able to retrieve this data and imbed it into the individual files… --- ## [New and unusual issue with Windows Explorer right click](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-and-unusual-issue-with-windows-explorer-right-click/18242)
**Author:** [@Apesbrain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Apesbrain)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-and-unusual-issue-with-windows-explorer-right-click/18242 "2016-09-25T13:24:31Z")
Used to be that if I highlighted all files in a Windows Explorer folder and right-clicked to “Mp3tag” the music files among them would all load into Mp3tag. In past day or so this no longer works. I can successfully ri… --- ## [As the name of the file to transfer in the title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/as-the-name-of-the-file-to-transfer-in-the-title/18265)
**Author:** [@Sanrit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sanrit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/as-the-name-of-the-file-to-transfer-in-the-title/18265 "2016-09-25T06:20:04Z")
As the name of the file to transfer in the title. Screenshot attached --- ## [Replacing Ampersands with "and"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-ampersands-with-and/18263)
**Author:** [@bat8580](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bat8580)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-ampersands-with-and/18263 "2016-09-24T15:35:41Z")
Is there way to batch edit my files, specifically the filenames to replace “&” with “and”? Thank you. --- ## [Car player does not display](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/car-player-does-not-display/18247)
**Author:** [@Thernastaff](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Thernastaff)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/car-player-does-not-display/18247 "2016-09-24T04:42:10Z")
I’ve been searching this forum for a strange problem I have a Caliber Btt885 carplayer which displays a list off tracks and artists like it should, but once I select a track to play the player shows unknown artist unkno… --- ## [Problem playing mp3 in Volvo car stereo](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-playing-mp3-in-volvo-car-stereo/18256)
**Author:** [@vidarh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vidarh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-playing-mp3-in-volvo-car-stereo/18256 "2016-09-22T10:31:13Z")
Hi! I have recently encountered problems playing mp3-files from usb-stick on my Volvo car stereo. It is only newer files (purchased from a.o. 7 Digital), so it is not a general problem. And the files play without proble… --- ## [discogs authorization](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization/18251)
**Author:** [@shadow66](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shadow66)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization/18251 "2016-09-20T03:14:00Z")
Hi. Why do I have to get a authorization code to look up a song at Discogs? I made a account which I really didn’t want to. And I checked one song and got the code. It worked. But why do I have to get a code for every so… --- ## [Mood tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tagging/18252)
**Author:** [@Clonimus74](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Clonimus74)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tagging/18252 "2016-09-19T07:19:09Z")
Hi, I couldn’t find a solution yet. Is there a way to auto add “mood” tag? I have a lot of albums, already properly tagged, and I would like to add ‘mood’ to every track. Is there a way of doing that (without overwri… --- ## [Language option](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/language-option/18243)
**Author:** [@Jens11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jens11)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/language-option/18243 "2016-09-19T04:24:38Z")
I have chosen English under Tools, Options. This is respected above the icon line (File, Edit, View, …). Below I see German (Dateiname, Tag, Titel, …). How can I get English there too? That would ease applying the docume… --- ## [Create unique directories for artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-unique-directories-for-artists/18250)
**Author:** [@mARCtHOMAS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mARCtHOMAS)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-unique-directories-for-artists/18250 "2016-09-18T13:23:55Z")
Cheers, defined an action for creating directories/sub-directories and moving files to the new directories. Type of action: Format tag field. Field \_directory -\> string: \\WDMYCLOUDMIRROR\\Public\\Shared Music\\CLAS%artist%… --- ## [removing string of text before title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-string-of-text-before-title/18249)
**Author:** [@mp3tag\_newb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3tag_newb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2016, 7:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-string-of-text-before-title/18249 "2016-09-18T07:35:57Z")
Hey guys, hope you can help - i’m trying to remove a string of text in my titles. for some reason my file shows the year and track before the actual title and trying to get rid of the first part (for example, one of my … --- ## [Replace the same character for more than a character](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-same-character-for-more-than-a-character/18241)
**Author:** [@macgldesign](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/macgldesign)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2016, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-same-character-for-more-than-a-character/18241 "2016-09-17T19:07:17Z")
Hello friends! I have this data: Artist Dido; Eminem Eminem; RBX; Sticky Fingaz Dr. Dre; Eminem; Nate Dogg; Snoop Dogg; Xzibit what I need is to transform the character “;” in “feat.” another in “comma” and another… --- ## [I struggle with regular expressions, so i would really appreciate some help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-struggle-with-regular-expressions-so-i-would-really-appreciate-some-help/15221)
**Author:** [@ExitRitual](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ExitRitual)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-struggle-with-regular-expressions-so-i-would-really-appreciate-some-help/15221 "2016-09-16T21:30:45Z")
Hi all. Just about to do a massive re-arrange of my music collection. The aim is to have it in a number of different structures like so: 1\> F:\\Music%artist%\[%year%\] %album%\\Existingfilename.mp3 2\> F:\\Music## Soundtra… --- ## [Trimming directory ('Pfad') name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-directory-pfad-name/18239)
**Author:** [@Jens11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jens11)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trimming-directory-pfad-name/18239 "2016-09-16T16:58:12Z")
The action (Quick) Action Type: Replace Field: ‘\_DIRECTORY’ (“Pfad”, 2nd colum from left) Original: 'D:' Replace with: ‘’ (nothing) does not trim the path names at the beginning. What do I miss here? Regards … --- ## [Conversion: shorten a field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conversion-shorten-a-field/18238)
**Author:** [@g2c](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/g2c)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conversion-shorten-a-field/18238 "2016-09-16T04:18:20Z")
I am sorry if this looks trivial question to some/most of you but I decided to call for help after having read thhe help and was unsuccessful in all trials. Can someone please tell how do I supress or change word(s) in … --- ## [conductor field in FLAC files not working (bug?)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conductor-field-in-flac-files-not-working-bug/18226)
**Author:** [@filbert](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/filbert)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conductor-field-in-flac-files-not-working-bug/18226 "2016-09-14T18:48:16Z")
Hi Folks, I’m having an issue with the conductor field (I have predominately classical music) in FLAC files. The ‘conductor’ field refuses to change when I update it. I have tried this via the standard GUI and via the ‘… --- ## [Sorting in an action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-in-an-action/18236)
**Author:** [@Jens11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jens11)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-in-an-action/18236 "2016-09-14T16:31:26Z")
My mp3 directories contain filenames consisting of two leading digits in increasing order followed by a blank and further text in alphabetical order. To properly integrate a new file (or several) into the directory - it… --- ## [Automating ARTIST - TRACK stuck in TAG](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-artist-track-stuck-in-tag/18237)
**Author:** [@Matt714](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Matt714)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-artist-track-stuck-in-tag/18237 "2016-09-14T01:31:54Z")
Greetings friends, Basically instead of ARTIST - SONG in TAG, I want ARTIST and SONG separated in their proper categories. Any way to automate this, or I’m going to need to do it by hand for each of them? Better exampl… --- ## [changing the order of words with actions?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-the-order-of-words-with-actions/18235)
**Author:** [@macgldesign](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/macgldesign)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2016, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-the-order-of-words-with-actions/18235 "2016-09-13T13:20:20Z")
Hello friends, I come through this topic ask for your help because I did not find anything about it in my language (pt / br). I would like to know how to create actions to change the word order, my case is the following… --- ## [Featuring Artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/featuring-artists/18232)
**Author:** [@Smudger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Smudger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/featuring-artists/18232 "2016-09-12T15:17:48Z")
Morning All I am new to MP3Tag and just need a little guidance please on how to set up a script to remove Feat. Featured etc etc artists from my title fields. I don’t need to move them to other fields, just want them go… --- ## [What's causing this issue?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-causing-this-issue/18227)
**Author:** [@Ayindree](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ayindree)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2016, 12:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-causing-this-issue/18227 "2016-09-12T00:01:02Z")
Hopefully you get what I’m talking about. Okay, so, this has been happening to me for a while now, but I only just found out what was going on. It’s a very small thing, but still enough to annoy me. When I try to selec… --- ## [Flac Losless Mark](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-losless-mark/18228)
**Author:** [@faisdlair](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/faisdlair)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-losless-mark/18228 "2016-09-11T18:45:23Z")
Hi I want to add right after the Codec FLAC in a column , the word (Losless) if the bitrate is +/- 1400-1420 kbit/s Or simply add a checkmark in The Column Losless Lokk at my picture Thank you for support What a gre… --- ## [Cover extraction](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction/18229)
**Author:** [@vorticity](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vorticity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2016, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-extraction/18229 "2016-09-11T16:42:08Z")
Dear all, thanks to mp3tag ALL my mp3 are perfectly tagged - and mp3tag is perfect to do so. Now I want to extract all covers of my mp3 files and name them with the title (or filename) Example: cover of Brahms\_op068… --- ## [Editing mp3 files acording to the CD player requirements](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170)
**Author:** [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170 "2016-09-09T18:39:14Z")
Hello, Recently I burnt some CD so I can listen to some music while driving my car. My CD player plays the music but I would like to see which track are being played. The screen does not show it up. Track/album/artist t… --- ## [Wiping out tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wiping-out-tag-fields/17883)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wiping-out-tag-fields/17883 "2016-09-08T09:02:09Z")
I just want to be sure: will this option wipe all of the tag fields that are not listed inside it? And does "Extended Tags..." icon form the Toolbar always show all there is? But could it be possible for a file in a fo… --- ## [Extract/export Album Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-export-album-art/18224)
**Author:** [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-export-album-art/18224 "2016-09-08T05:28:04Z")
Hi, I want to ask if this marvelous software can export/extract the album poster to the same folder I need to extract 16,000 albums posters as a separate .jpg For example: Oasis - Familiar to Millions.mp3 Oasis - Fam… --- ## [Regular expression help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-help/18222)
**Author:** [@MillmoorRon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MillmoorRon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2016, 6:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-help/18222 "2016-09-07T06:18:13Z")
I am trying to do a regular expression subsitution to captalise a list of acronyms (when they are not part of another word) with the following action: \[#0\] T=4 F=\_TAG 1=(^|\[^a-zA-Zds\])(xxx|yyy|zzz)(\[^a-zA-Zds\]|$) 2=… --- ## [Mp3tag won't install on Windows 10](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-install-on-windows-10/18219)
**Author:** [@pacman10](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pacman10)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2016, 7:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-wont-install-on-windows-10/18219 "2016-09-06T07:12:57Z")
Used Mp3tag for ages on Windows 7 (and donated). Upgraded to Windows 10. Discovered that Mp3tag had disappeared from the Apps menu which only shows Mp3tag Help, Mp3tag website and Mp3tag version history. In the Windows 1… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=218) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=220)