# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=223

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## [Decisions, Decisions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/decisions-decisions/18016)

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**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/decisions-decisions/18016 "2016-06-06T15:30:34Z")

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As the character / is reserved for other uses I have decided to replace it with something more friendly. Where there are instances of multiple artists I reckon that for the sake of simplicity I will use ;space. I am ab…

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## [How can I do this](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-do-this/17996)

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**Author:** [@TamaSA](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TamaSA)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2016, 5:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-do-this/17996 "2016-06-05T05:15:26Z")

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I hope I can explain myself properly For example The song by Bob Marley - No Women No Cry I give a rating of 4 out of 5 I would like to run some program that can go through all my songs and if it finds this song it up…

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## [Cannot find this "Action"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-find-this-action/18014)

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**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-find-this-action/18014 "2016-06-04T12:20:40Z")

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Hi, I am convinced that somewhere in this Forum I found an Action which capitalised the first letter of the first word after any bracket ( { \[. For the life of me I cannot find it! Anybody able to help me out? Cheers …

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## [Yet another Tag Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/yet-another-tag-question/18013)

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**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/yet-another-tag-question/18013 "2016-06-04T11:32:35Z")

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Hi, Bearing in mind that / is “illegal” (ohrenkino), how can I create a filename: 101 (Johnny Mercer / Jo Stafford) Blues in the Night from: Artist: Johnny Mercer / Jo Stafford Title: Blues in the Night Using the me…

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## [Converting filename (just track#) to tag field without the dot](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-filename-just-track-to-tag-field-without-the-dot/18012)

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**Author:** [@MP3Tag\_J](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MP3Tag_J)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 7:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-filename-just-track-to-tag-field-without-the-dot/18012 "2016-06-04T07:41:26Z")

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Hello, How can I convert the filenames’ track# to the tags track# field without the dot? For example the filename looks like this: 01. Duke Dumont - Won’t Look Back (Radio Edit).mp3 Now I’d like to have the track# con…

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## [Unable to see Artist name on SanDisk](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-see-artist-name-on-sandisk/17987)

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**Author:** [@jtcampbell](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jtcampbell)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-see-artist-name-on-sandisk/17987 "2016-06-04T07:22:14Z")

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Hello all, hope you can help With latest version of mp3 tag 2.77 For some reason when I use my Sandisk in my car a 2012 Kia Forte via USb, When I click the info tab, song, album, all come up…but not artist name Is the…

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## [Using Facets filter to determine if catalog number present in %ALBUM% field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-facets-filter-to-determine-if-catalog-number-present-in-album-field/18010)

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**Author:** [@privatewid](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/privatewid)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-facets-filter-to-determine-if-catalog-number-present-in-album-field/18010 "2016-06-03T16:35:07Z")

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EDIT: Please ignore ‘Facets’ in subject line, was meant to be say ‘Mp3tag’ Hi, I’d like to know if it’s possible for the filter bar to show only the results where an albums’ catalog number is present in the %ALBUM% fie…

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## [Using Mp3Tag in Runtime mode](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-mp3tag-in-runtime-mode/17997)

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**Author:** [@rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko31415)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-mp3tag-in-runtime-mode/17997 "2016-06-02T15:25:45Z")

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I have 120K podcasts and want to count the number of various entries in a tag without having to load the podcasts (either at once or in several batches) … Is there a way to use Mp3Tag in a batch process to accomplish th…

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## [Another Tag Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-tag-question/18004)

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**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-tag-question/18004 "2016-06-02T13:09:37Z")

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Hi, Bon Iver in the Album Bon Iver have a Track called Beth/Rest I prefer this to be tagged as Beth / Rest. Irrespective of my best efforts (HaHaHa!!!) all I seem to be able to get by Actions or Tag to Filename are: B…

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## [Check/verify artist tags to musicbrainz](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-verify-artist-tags-to-musicbrainz/18000)

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**Author:** [@sadsack5000](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sadsack5000)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-verify-artist-tags-to-musicbrainz/18000 "2016-06-01T13:01:56Z")

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Dudes, My collection of 12,000 mp3s are immaculately tagged almost to the point of OCD! :smiley: However… i’ve just started using kodi and a lot of the scrapers used by the software lookup data such as bio, thumbs etc…

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## [Action replace with regex not working](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-replace-with-regex-not-working/17998)

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**Author:** [@Finu96](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Finu96)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-replace-with-regex-not-working/17998 "2016-05-30T16:24:23Z")

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Hi! I’m kinda new here so i’m probably wrong but shouldn’t this action: Replace with regular expression: Field:ARTIST Regular expression: Feat. $/ Replace matches with: Be deleting every " Feat. " located at the en…

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## [Renaming Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-tags/17977)

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**Author:** [@Buntobox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Buntobox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-tags/17977 "2016-05-27T13:11:47Z")

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Hi I’m stumped. I need to be able to import and rename tags as follows: Take the composers last name from the %composer% field formatted as Haydn, Joseph and append it to the %album% field thus: Haydn: String Quartets,…

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## [OLD PHOTO CONTINUES TO SHOW UP](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/old-photo-continues-to-show-up/17983)

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**Author:** [@BOSSTAGGER930](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BOSSTAGGER930)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 27, 2016, 3:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/old-photo-continues-to-show-up/17983 "2016-05-27T03:45:30Z")

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I wanted to change the PHOTO so I completely removed all tags and started again. When I reloaded the files to my phone (after removing them since you can’t edit MP3tags on the phone), the old picture appears on screen. …

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## [\[Regex\] How to match this: every single-character word followed by a dot](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-how-to-match-this-every-single-character-word-followed-by-a-dot/17979)

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**Author:** [@Finu96](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Finu96)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-how-to-match-this-every-single-character-word-followed-by-a-dot/17979 "2016-05-26T15:13:12Z")

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Hi! Due to a error in my action script every space " " around a dot is gone "." Tags Like Mr. Big are now Mr.Big, this is not what i want. But on the other side tags like H.E.A.T. are now how i want. Tl;dr i wanna pla…

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## [Looking for a way to use the IF command when writing tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-a-way-to-use-the-if-command-when-writing-tags/17974)

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**Author:** [@Finu96](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Finu96)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-a-way-to-use-the-if-command-when-writing-tags/17974 "2016-05-23T08:48:36Z")

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Hi Everyone! Today i have another question for you I have been trying to make use of the Actions as they save alot of time. My Action is already giant but there is so much still to do. For now i wanna move the ( Feat…

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## [Incomplete import into MP3TAG](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/incomplete-import-into-mp3tag/17967)

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**Author:** [@audiotschikko](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/audiotschikko)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 11:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/incomplete-import-into-mp3tag/17967 "2016-05-22T11:20:20Z")

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I have about 3700 tracks in my iTunes Media (subfolder Music). MP3TAG reads in only about 3100. I run MP3TAG on a Mac; version is 2.77. What could be the reason for incomplete import?

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## [Problem with version 2.77](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-version-2-77/17973)

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**Author:** [@iain.kitt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/iain.kitt)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-version-2-77/17973 "2016-05-22T11:19:01Z")

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Since installing ver 2.77 I have encountered 2 problems: access to some tracks is denied when trying to save tags. Not all tracks are affecterd but some tracks in every directory are when using the ‘convert tag to file…

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## [Help on export multi-artist as multi-value html link](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-on-export-multi-artist-as-multi-value-html-link/17972)

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**Author:** [@imanish](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/imanish)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 22, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-on-export-multi-artist-as-multi-value-html-link/17972 "2016-05-22T06:41:42Z")

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hi every one my collection have Artists as: ARTIST A, ARTIST B, ARTIST C, , , nth artist want to export as: ARTIST A, ARTIST B, ARTIST C, ARTIST NTH I had asked previously help on export artists as HTML link and got…

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## [How do I copy Number from Filename to Track](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-copy-number-from-filename-to-track/17969)

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**Author:** [@c627627](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/c627627)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-copy-number-from-filename-to-track/17969 "2016-05-21T12:29:02Z")

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01 Filename.mp3 would have the Track field populated with 01 101 ArtistExample - NameExample.mp3 would have the Track field populated with 101

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## [More Tagging and Actioins](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-tagging-and-actioins/17965)

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**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 20, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-tagging-and-actioins/17965 "2016-05-20T06:30:35Z")

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Trying to get on a roll. Trying to create and Action for The Beatles to Beatles, The and keep getting Beatles , The also Trying to create an Action for Emile Ford & The (or the) Checkmates which will leave the “The” o…

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## [Help with a Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-tag/17964)

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**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-a-tag/17964 "2016-05-19T17:13:31Z")

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I have some Various Artist files (about 1000) in which the track Title is given as: Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley I would like to extract from this the Artist as Elvis Presley saving it to Artist and leaving Jailhouse…

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## [Windows properties shows tags not seen in MP3TAG](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-properties-shows-tags-not-seen-in-mp3tag/17963)

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**Author:** [@Mach\_5](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mach_5)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 19, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-properties-shows-tags-not-seen-in-mp3tag/17963 "2016-05-19T13:00:33Z")

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Windows 7 Home Premium I am able to search in Windows Explorer for files using something like the following (return files with 0 in the comment field) comment:~=0 The comment contents can be seen if the field is added…

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## [Reordering featured artist info in the TITLE tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-featured-artist-info-in-the-title-tag/17923)

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**Author:** [@LISH](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LISH)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-featured-artist-info-in-the-title-tag/17923 "2016-05-18T15:59:40Z")

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Hello All. I’ve been playing around with Mp3Tag for a few days now. It’s an extremely powerful tool, but I still have so much to learn. Once thing I haven’t found the answer to yet, is how to rearrange the order of infor…

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## [replacing any \_FILENAME with an action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-any-filename-with-an-action/17959)

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**Author:** [@jordanm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jordanm)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 18, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-any-filename-with-an-action/17959 "2016-05-18T13:46:17Z")

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Hi, I have looked through the forums but could only find solution to the problem where a filename, or part of it are specified. What I’d like to do is to create an action that copies information from tags to create a n…

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## [Getting rid of pauses - in brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-rid-of-pauses-in-brackets/17943)

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**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [May 17, 2016, 8:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-rid-of-pauses-in-brackets/17943 "2016-05-17T08:35:58Z")

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I have this code Format value: $trim($replace(%TITLE%,’ ‘,’’))which removes all pause from my TITLE tag How it should be modified so that it would only removes pauses that happen to be inside brackets? When there could…

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## [Action Commands](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-commands/17953)

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**Author:** [@iYeku182](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/iYeku182)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-commands/17953 "2016-05-16T16:53:21Z")

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Hello, I’m interested finding out how i can change Ex. Artist - Rihanna Feat. Eminem, to remove the “Feat. Eminem” or (Feat. Eminem) in ARTIST section and put it to the TITLE section at the end of the Title name with in…

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## [Featuring Artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/featuring-artists/17950)

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**Author:** [@Finu96](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Finu96)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/featuring-artists/17950 "2016-05-16T01:59:15Z")

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Hi! I’m trying to move the feat. Artist in the title to theArtist tag… Something like this: Title: Breaking Inside ( Feat. Lzzy Hale ) Artist: Shinedown Change to: Title: Breaking Inside Artist: Shinedown Feat. Lzz…

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## [If a big png image applied as album cover, mp3tag lost ability to read tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-a-big-png-image-applied-as-album-cover-mp3tag-lost-ability-to-read-tags/17937)

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**Author:** [@fullinu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fullinu)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-a-big-png-image-applied-as-album-cover-mp3tag-lost-ability-to-read-tags/17937 "2016-05-13T19:29:40Z")

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If a big png image applied as album cover, mp3tag lost ability to read tags from this file anymore (till deleting of cover by another 3rd party program). This bug applied to, at least, lossless m4a alac files 16-bit/441…

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## [Filenames VS Titles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filenames-vs-titles/17946)

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**Author:** [@sanQ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sanQ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 8:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filenames-vs-titles/17946 "2016-05-13T08:09:25Z")

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So here’s what I’ve been doing. For the last 4 hours I’ve meticulously named all my mp3’s using the filename so that I can load my Zune with mp3s that have cover art and proper names. So I looked up the albums on the zu…

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## [Import photo as cover from folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-photo-as-cover-from-folder/17944)

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**Author:** [@HankD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HankD)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 13, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-photo-as-cover-from-folder/17944 "2016-05-13T06:25:10Z")

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For my library of concert recordings I mainly use artist photos as album covers. I have a lot of artist photos in a folder on my computer, they are .png or .jpg and named with artists name. I am looking for an action t…

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