# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=22 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 23 --- ## [How to Apply a Genre to all files in a folder/selection](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-apply-a-genre-to-all-files-in-a-folder-selection/69303)
**Author:** [@Faiakes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Faiakes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-apply-a-genre-to-all-files-in-a-folder-selection/69303 "2025-08-03T10:28:59Z")
How to Apply a Genre to all files in a folder/selection? --- ## [Why does refreshing the files not show changes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-does-refreshing-the-files-not-show-changes/69309)
**Author:** [@Ronstang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ronstang)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-does-refreshing-the-files-not-show-changes/69309 "2025-08-03T06:02:04Z")
Mp3Tag does not show changes to the tags made in other editors, not upon refresh or simply reloading the directory. The only way get it to register the change is by clicking on each individual file. This is annoying an… --- ## [Can't create action because MTA file will not write](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306)
**Author:** [@Ronstang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ronstang)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 6:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-create-action-because-mta-file-will-not-write/69306 "2025-08-03T06:11:37Z")
I have tried 3 times to create a new simple replace action and all three times a dialog box popped up saying cannot write the .mta file. I don’t know what to do here. I tried changing the the attributes of the whole M… --- ## [Suppression Antislash](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suppression-antislash/69304)
**Author:** [@garotapi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/garotapi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suppression-antislash/69304 "2025-08-02T12:16:26Z")
Translation via Reverso.net Hello everyone, Again me and my questions :slight\_smile: Today, my problem is to remove antislahs (\\) on AC/DC albums. I tried various formulas in vain, but I didn’t succeed. So, as usual..… --- ## [mp4 - Possible to substitute "desc" with "©des"?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-possible-to-substitute-desc-with-des/69286)
**Author:** [@TimesForce](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TimesForce)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-possible-to-substitute-desc-with-des/69286 "2025-07-31T21:33:42Z")
Is there a way to substitute the "desc" version of description field with the "©des" version instead, or maybe output it to both? file types: mp4 m4a m4v --- ## [Coverart Issue For Car Audio Player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/coverart-issue-for-car-audio-player/69262)
**Author:** [@schmidtp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/schmidtp)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2025, 10:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/coverart-issue-for-car-audio-player/69262 "2025-07-29T10:00:37Z")
I've recently been trying to get coverart working for my MP3 files in the car audio player (Hilux 2019). While I've been able to get most working by opening in MP3tag, removing the current coverart, saving and then re-ad… --- ## [IF statement for album removal](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-statement-for-album-removal/69276)
**Author:** [@knightrin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/knightrin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-statement-for-album-removal/69276 "2025-07-28T16:57:40Z")
I'll like to remove album content if it doesn't have the contain the word "riddim" or "project". I've use the following and nothing. \[#0\] T=5 1=$if($findi(%album%,riddim),%album%,) F=ALBUM or \[#6\] T=5 1=$if($strs… --- ## [Adding an image to flac file can cause the file to be unplayable](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-an-image-to-flac-file-can-cause-the-file-to-be-unplayable/69271)
**Author:** [@pepejw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pepejw)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 11:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-an-image-to-flac-file-can-cause-the-file-to-be-unplayable/69271 "2025-07-28T11:55:04Z")
I tried to add the image that came with an album (3000x3000 png). The files no longer play in Media Player. I converted it to jpg and resized it (1080x1080), but it doesn't fix the already broken ones, but works on files… --- ## [Recording a work session - Enregistrement d'une session de travail](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recording-a-work-session-enregistrement-dune-session-de-travail/69274)
**Author:** [@garotapi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/garotapi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recording-a-work-session-enregistrement-dune-session-de-travail/69274 "2025-07-28T11:00:53Z")
Translate of French by Reverso.net Hello everyone, Here is my question of the day... In the preamble, I set out the facts: I have a huge "A" folder to tag, containing a lot of disparate albums by their original tags… --- ## [Move feat to artist field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-artist-field/69268)
**Author:** [@mbrazil05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrazil05)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-feat-to-artist-field/69268 "2025-07-27T18:50:37Z")
I've read through a few threads and simply cannot get the moving of the artist out of the title into the artist field. I've been working on this script for over 5hrs. Can someone please help me with this? title: Gotta G… --- ## [Metatags for Sonos on Android Devices](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metatags-for-sonos-on-android-devices/69167)
**Author:** [@HumberBridge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HumberBridge)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2025, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/metatags-for-sonos-on-android-devices/69167 "2025-07-27T13:15:45Z")
Hello I'm new to the site so please forgive me if this topic has been discussed before. When Sonos tracks play on my laptop (Win 11) the Title, Artist and Album names are displayed. When the same tracks are played on m… --- ## [Option to remove the ©too atom?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-remove-the-too-atom/69247)
**Author:** [@ceo54](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ceo54)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-remove-the-too-atom/69247 "2025-07-25T22:20:23Z")
Hello, I use qaac wrapper within dbpoweramp to encode AAC files in .m4a container. qAAC always writes this Atom ©too which shows as Encoding Tool, Encoded By, Writing Application etc depending upon the application used … --- ## [Work with files with multiple cover arts via actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/work-with-files-with-multiple-cover-arts-via-actions/69070)
**Author:** [@andi.bo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/andi.bo)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/work-with-files-with-multiple-cover-arts-via-actions/69070 "2025-07-25T11:33:55Z")
Hi, is it possible to work with a specific cover via actions, if the song files have more than one cover? Additionally, the cover types are the same. Example: I have a playlist where every songfile has two cover arts. … --- ## [Where is 'undo' data stored?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-undo-data-stored/69239)
**Author:** [@dgrainge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dgrainge)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-undo-data-stored/69239 "2025-07-24T12:56:58Z")
At some point, I made a mistake, using convert tag-tag I intended to replace ALBUM by %\_directory%. Instead I replaced ARTIST by %\_directory%, and I have destroyed artist data in some 15000 files. I didn't notice at t… --- ## [Swapping all tags between 2 selected files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/swapping-all-tags-between-2-selected-files/69187)
**Author:** [@thegurumonkey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thegurumonkey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/swapping-all-tags-between-2-selected-files/69187 "2025-07-23T13:30:48Z")
What I'm looking for is presumably a custom action so i can: -select 2 files -swap the tags of the 2 files (ie replace each file's tags with the tags from the other file) \[tags in question are: title, artist, album ar… --- ## [Playlist creation with japanese/special characters in filename/filepath](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-creation-with-japanese-special-characters-in-filename-filepath/69184)
**Author:** [@gatosardina](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gatosardina)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 8:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-creation-with-japanese-special-characters-in-filename-filepath/69184 "2025-07-23T08:46:54Z")
Searched a bit and this kind of issue seems to pop up every now and then, related to different parts. I have some music tracks with japanese characters in the filename/filepath, and when creating a playlist from within … --- ## [Running Mp3Gain album analysis makes mp3 tags disappear in Mp3tag only](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/running-mp3gain-album-analysis-makes-mp3-tags-disappear-in-mp3tag-only/69163)
**Author:** [@Ronstang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ronstang)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/running-mp3gain-album-analysis-makes-mp3-tags-disappear-in-mp3tag-only/69163 "2025-07-23T05:54:27Z")
I have no idea what happened here. I have been running Mp3Gain on all my mp3s for over 20 years and I have never had a problem. I just generated these mp3s so they are brand new files made this afternoon from FLAC file… --- ## [Need help finding improperly tagged ALBUMs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-finding-improperly-tagged-albums/47831)
**Author:** [@Apesbrain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Apesbrain)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-finding-improperly-tagged-albums/47831 "2025-07-22T10:30:26Z")
I have recently discovered that some of my Albums have inconsistent Album Gain values. I use foobar2000 converter for these and it happens when an album contains more than one composer or date. I did not notice that fo… --- ## [Need assist with a Replace with Regex](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-assist-with-a-replace-with-regex/69159)
**Author:** [@HaywoodJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HaywoodJ)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-assist-with-a-replace-with-regex/69159 "2025-07-21T21:22:27Z")
Hey everyone, this might be easy but I cant quite figure it out. Say I have a song that looks like this: Artist feat. someone What additional expressions do I need to add so that it adds the closing bracket after the … --- ## [Help help creating a csv.mte script](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-help-creating-a-csv-mte-script/69129)
**Author:** [@secox0](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/secox0)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-help-creating-a-csv-mte-script/69129 "2025-07-21T19:29:01Z")
Looking at the example .mte scripts on this site don’t seem obvious to me, so can someone help me create a script that exports the csv file I need? What I would like are the following fields: Filename, title, artist, c… --- ## [MP3Tag entry in the Everything shell menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-entry-in-the-everything-shell-menu/69172)
**Author:** [@tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdog)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-entry-in-the-everything-shell-menu/69172 "2025-07-21T19:06:02Z")
I use Everything from www.voidtools.com. Is there a way to make MP3Tag available in the right click shell menu when I search for mp3 files? I can select the files and drag and drop into MP3Tag but it is not always the m… --- ## [$regexp(x,e,r,c)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regexp-x-e-r-c/69158)
**Author:** [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regexp-x-e-r-c/69158 "2025-07-20T17:11:45Z")
"in the string x by r". Sorry for being so dim, but this has baffled me, "by r" what does this mean? What should I be replacing r with? Some examples here would go a long way to helping your users out. replaces the pa… --- ## [List of mp3 files after closing / reopening mp3tag changes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/list-of-mp3-files-after-closing-reopening-mp3tag-changes/69144)
**Author:** [@titust1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/titust1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/list-of-mp3-files-after-closing-reopening-mp3tag-changes/69144 "2025-07-20T02:09:15Z")
Hi everyone, I the past if I worked on my list of files, then I had to close the app and reopen it later, all files that I initially added to the list remained the same and also they were sorted in the same order. Recen… --- ## [Matroska mapping](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/matroska-mapping/41736)
**Author:** [@Wakaku](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wakaku)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/matroska-mapping/41736 "2025-03-06T17:10:36Z")
Thanks for finally having Mp3tag support Matroska files. Matroska is quite a powerful and flexible container, thus a fitting addition to Mp3tag. My question is, what "text" should I input into the "Options \> Tags \> Mapp… --- ## [Tag to filename conversion issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-filename-conversion-issue/69147)
**Author:** [@Pat31490](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pat31490)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-filename-conversion-issue/69147 "2025-07-19T13:38:40Z")
Hello, I am trying to use tag to filename conversion on different folders in order to get filename renamed this way : nn-Artist-Title where nn is going from 01 to number of filse in the current folder. Il all went well … --- ## [Replacing empty album artist fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-empty-album-artist-fields/69137)
**Author:** [@SteadySnoozin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SteadySnoozin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-empty-album-artist-fields/69137 "2025-07-18T14:53:10Z")
Hey guys, I have a pretty straightforward question: I want to create an Action that automatically replaces all the empty Album Artist fields with the Album Artist Various Artists as I've been doing this manually quite o… --- ## [How to copy track title from one to many albums?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-track-title-from-one-to-many-albums/69121)
**Author:** [@Ronstang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ronstang)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-track-title-from-one-to-many-albums/69121 "2025-07-17T04:51:49Z")
I don't know if this is possible but I am getting serious about my huge music collection and I want consistent tags. I have a huge collection and for certain artists I have the same album 5 times including all remasters… --- ## [How do I replace \\\\ (double backslash)?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-replace-double-backslash/69118)
**Author:** [@keiths](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/keiths)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-replace-double-backslash/69118 "2025-07-16T18:05:44Z")
I have converted "; " into null tag multiple value separators using 'split field by separator "field": "; " I now have all my multiple fields separated by nulls, shown as \\\\ in the field values. Some of my devices and a… --- ## [Removing Duplicats from iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplicats-from-itunes/69109)
**Author:** [@dj\_igor04](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dj_igor04)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-duplicats-from-itunes/69109 "2025-07-14T21:00:00Z")
Hello All. I have an exxesive amount of duplicats in my itune library. Is ther a function that i can use to remove them from itunes via mp3tag? or this is something i have to try to do in tunes? --- ## [Removing from the left site](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-the-left-site/69034)
**Author:** [@dj\_igor04](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dj_igor04)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-from-the-left-site/69034 "2025-07-14T13:42:14Z")
\- Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (Raaf VIP Mix), i need to remove space-space only from 3 left positions and levaing middle space-space as is. is there way d do it for multipul traks? [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=21) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=23)