# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=243 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 244 --- ## [Variable Filename to Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/variable-filename-to-tags/16507)
**Author:** [@Sera](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sera)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/variable-filename-to-tags/16507 "2015-01-16T11:19:38Z")
My filenames have the following pattern: ‘artists’\[a number of spaces\]-\[a number of spaces\]‘title’\[a number of spaces\]’(album)’ The problem is that the title can also be something like “abc (def)” followed by a number … --- ## [Remove Titel from Artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-titel-from-artist/16509)
**Author:** [@Rmortensen84](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rmortensen84)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2015, 8:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-titel-from-artist/16509 "2015-01-15T08:37:59Z")
Hello :slight\_smile: I have a Artist tag look like that : Christina Aguilera - Beautiful I Want to remove the “String” song name from the Artist tag so it looks like: Christina Aguilera What should the Replace with … --- ## [Exporting playlists limited by winamp rating per album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-playlists-limited-by-winamp-rating-per-album/16506)
**Author:** [@jaap424](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jaap424)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-playlists-limited-by-winamp-rating-per-album/16506 "2015-01-14T17:35:54Z")
Hi everybody, stupid question incoming. I recently put an ssd in my Ipod classic and flashed it with Rockbox everything works fine except for the ratings, which i write into the id3 tag with Winamp. There currently doe… --- ## [Merge tags of several files into one](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-tags-of-several-files-into-one/16498)
**Author:** [@sruxd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sruxd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-tags-of-several-files-into-one/16498 "2015-01-11T16:55:41Z")
My idea: I have multiple folders containing charts from various dates. This results in somtimes very many copys of the same title, using up much space (especially on portable devices) and messing up my libary. However t… --- ## [tag %year% (First and Last album)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-year-first-and-last-album/16500)
**Author:** [@Tolyak26](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tolyak26)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-year-first-and-last-album/16500 "2015-01-11T15:10:29Z")
Hello! I’m having problems with the tag %year%. By default the tag %year% shows year of the last album in folder. I need to show the date in this format: %year\_of\_the\_first\_album% - %year\_of\_the\_last\_album% Example: … --- ## [Filling the COMMENT field with data using REPLACE](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filling-the-comment-field-with-data-using-replace/16494)
**Author:** [@Yosemite\_Sam](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Yosemite_Sam)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filling-the-comment-field-with-data-using-replace/16494 "2015-01-10T17:37:37Z")
I have a music collection comprising several thousand titles. I want to place redundant information into the empty COMMENT field of several hundred files using the REPLACE command. I have been unsucessful in my attempts… --- ## [\[Convert \> Tag - Filename\] Get Full YYYY-MM-DD Into Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tag-filename-get-full-yyyy-mm-dd-into-filename/16491)
**Author:** [@PodcastPoser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PodcastPoser)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tag-filename-get-full-yyyy-mm-dd-into-filename/16491 "2015-01-10T15:53:10Z")
A few podcasts I have downloaded do not include an Episode number in the Filename. Previously I went through getting the date from MediaMonkey (Media Organizer/music player I use) then manually adding the date to the fi… --- ## [... cannot be opened for writing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-be-opened-for-writing/16492)
**Author:** [@disfunktor](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/disfunktor)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 11:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-be-opened-for-writing/16492 "2015-01-10T11:26:49Z")
Until yesterday, I was using mp3tag for a long time. I’m not sure, but I think I was using Mp3tag 2.64. Everyting seemed to work fine with it. Yesterday I upgraded my computer, and reinstalled Windows 8.1. Since then, Mp… --- ## [Filename don't change after editing in MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-dont-change-after-editing-in-mp3tag/16490)
**Author:** [@Waves\_from\_Holland](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Waves_from_Holland)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-dont-change-after-editing-in-mp3tag/16490 "2015-01-10T08:29:00Z")
In the last version I notice when I change the tag and after that the filename in MP3Tag, the filename is not changed in the explorer of Windows. When I go back to MP3Tag I see that indeed the filename is not changed. T… --- ## [Splited albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splited-albums/16485)
**Author:** [@olegrych](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/olegrych)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splited-albums/16485 "2015-01-09T14:27:49Z")
Recently I have bought a new smartphone and installed in it my SD card with the musical collection. As it has turned out certain albums have been split in several parts. In my old phone these albums were played as a sing… --- ## [Double zeros](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/double-zeros/16488)
**Author:** [@wheelman5](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wheelman5)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2015, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/double-zeros/16488 "2015-01-08T21:48:25Z")
hi, (i searched the forums and google, but could not find an answer to my question.) when i add podcasturl to a podcast episode, it also adds two 0’s to the beginning of my track file name. i.e. “morning\_sun.ext” (b… --- ## [Help replacing characters based on how many times it appears](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-replacing-characters-based-on-how-many-times-it-appears/13022)
**Author:** [@vphreeze](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vphreeze)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2015, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-replacing-characters-based-on-how-many-times-it-appears/13022 "2015-01-08T20:06:39Z")
ok, i guess the easiest way to explain this is just explain what results i want. in the composer field, if there is a single “/”, i want it converted to " & " (this I can do), but if there is more than one “/” i want to … --- ## [Converting YYYYDDMM to YYYY.MM.DD](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-yyyyddmm-to-yyyy-mm-dd/16471)
**Author:** [@moomin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/moomin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-yyyyddmm-to-yyyy-mm-dd/16471 "2015-01-08T19:36:47Z")
Hi after tagging my songs in mediamonkey with the proper date i refresh mp3tag an the following fields are updated: Date and Year My problem is, the field date is populated with DDMM What i want is to move values in … --- ## [Tracknumber and File Directory Issues](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumber-and-file-directory-issues/16489)
**Author:** [@pritzker8](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pritzker8)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2015, 7:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumber-and-file-directory-issues/16489 "2015-01-08T07:42:18Z")
I have .mp3 files with album basis. These have decimal number in %track% fields but have no information how many tracks in a album. But I have all songs in a album. I want to modify it into %track%/total number of tracks… --- ## [Does the moving of %APPDATA%\\Mp3tag to the installation directory make it portable?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-the-moving-of-appdata-mp3tag-to-the-installation-directory-make-it-portable/16487)
**Author:** [@Masutin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Masutin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-the-moving-of-appdata-mp3tag-to-the-installation-directory-make-it-portable/16487 "2015-01-07T22:52:46Z")
If I move the contents of %APPDATA%\\Mp3tag to the installation directory, can I, or do I need to, instruct MP3tag to save the settings in the installation directory from now on, to make it portable? --- ## [Cover Art for Movie Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-for-movie-files/16463)
**Author:** [@rm001](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rm001)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-for-movie-files/16463 "2015-01-07T16:08:51Z")
I am no longer able to drag cover art files onto my movie files using this program. Is this a settings issue? --- ## [Export tag rating](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-tag-rating/16486)
**Author:** [@jvinders](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jvinders)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-tag-rating/16486 "2015-01-07T15:20:49Z")
I’m trying to define a csv file containing the tags of my mp3 collection for onward processing in Excel. I’m able to get most of the tags I’m interrested in, except the rating (MM, WMP and Winamp) tags. Any idea how to… --- ## [cannot edit in list view](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-edit-in-list-view/16479)
**Author:** [@SBStouched](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SBStouched)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 7:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-edit-in-list-view/16479 "2015-01-07T07:18:08Z")
Hi, I am not new to MP3tag. Until now I was able to edit tags in my .flac files by typing in list view. I haven’t used Mp3tag for some time, so I updated to 2.66. I can edit all tags via the tag-panel or by actions, b… --- ## [identify special character in folder name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identify-special-character-in-folder-name/16483)
**Author:** [@wakey05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wakey05)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2015, 7:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/identify-special-character-in-folder-name/16483 "2015-01-07T07:09:40Z")
hi I’m trying to find out what this character is which looks like a longer dash – I found it whilst inspecting my music folders. A normal dash looks like this - and an em dash created by alt 0151 looks like this — Now… --- ## [Tag Sources writes to files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-writes-to-files/16472)
**Author:** [@Bamster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bamster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-writes-to-files/16472 "2015-01-04T19:54:36Z")
I’ve read the FAQs but cant seem to find the answer. Does the Tag Sources option actually write the information found, to the file?. I ask because when using it to find compilation information, it works like a treat, b… --- ## [Write error on m4a and a feature request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-error-on-m4a-and-a-feature-request/16466)
**Author:** [@chucklepie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chucklepie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2015, 10:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-error-on-m4a-and-a-feature-request/16466 "2015-01-04T10:43:48Z")
Hello, All my files are writable, can be deleted and have no permission issues, nor are they locked. Tagging is working fine for all files except mp4 (m4a). Every time I try and tag one of these I get fail to open for w… --- ## [Disc Number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disc-number/16467)
**Author:** [@carstencoach](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/carstencoach)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disc-number/16467 "2015-01-03T19:48:01Z")
I am currently tagging my Karaoke Collection and I was wondering if anybody can help me with some scripting. I want to use the “SC1021” from the directory “Sound Choice Karaoke SC1021” as disc number. Is this possible? … --- ## [; Changing to \\\\ without my concent](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-to-without-my-concent/16458)
**Author:** [@ExiledLife](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ExiledLife)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-to-without-my-concent/16458 "2015-01-03T02:25:41Z")
Something in Mp3tag is causing ; to change to \\. I have tested using all the automatic actions and nothing causes this. This issue also does not happen to all my music. What happens is that it changes ; to \\ on the Arti… --- ## [Copying Multi Field Tag to Comments Field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-multi-field-tag-to-comments-field/16460)
**Author:** [@ExiledLife](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ExiledLife)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-multi-field-tag-to-comments-field/16460 "2015-01-02T19:48:58Z")
I am trying to setup my music library so that it displays properly on all devices. I have setup a custom tag, %VOCALS%, to displaying the singer and sometimes there are multiple singers. If I have one field tagged under … --- ## [passing multiple selected items to external tool](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/passing-multiple-selected-items-to-external-tool/16451)
**Author:** [@tezza](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tezza)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2015, 9:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/passing-multiple-selected-items-to-external-tool/16451 "2015-01-01T09:39:48Z")
Okay so I am adding xrecodeII.exe as an external tool. It has a fairly rich set of command line invocation options. http://xrecode.com/cmdline.txt I am invoking it thusly at the moment /sendto "%\_path%" but that mean… --- ## [Help with smart truncating of long filenames](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-smart-truncating-of-long-filenames/16455)
**Author:** [@LaurenBacall](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LaurenBacall)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-smart-truncating-of-long-filenames/16455 "2014-12-31T16:20:13Z")
I’ve noticed with my regular filename Action that occasionally the full Windows path + filename output will be too long and return an error within Mp3Tag. For example here’s one such path that would be too long for Wind… --- ## [Discogs authorization setup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization-setup/16278)
**Author:** [@mexicanus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mexicanus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authorization-setup/16278 "2014-12-29T00:37:09Z")
Mod: topic split Im sorry to bother you guys, but am i the only who cant authorize mp3tag for discogs? \[:unsure:\] \[:unsure:\] --- ## [Add Space After Certain Word](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450)
**Author:** [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-space-after-certain-word/16450 "2014-12-28T23:06:53Z")
Hi everyone, I can’t seem to make this work. I have a huge amount of songs that I want to add a space after “ft”. I use ft to mean featuring. So this is what I have "DJ Khaled - Hold You Down (Ftchris Brown) I need to … --- ## [Changing Discogs API key](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-discogs-api-key/16308)
**Author:** [@Blimey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Blimey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-discogs-api-key/16308 "2014-12-27T20:59:06Z")
Hi, Pretty self-explanatory question I’ve got here: How do you change your Discogs API key on 2.65a? Cheers, Blimey --- ## [How to identify a word after "@" as an %artist%?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-identify-a-word-after-as-an-artist/16449)
**Author:** [@tes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-identify-a-word-after-as-an-artist/16449 "2014-12-27T17:03:44Z")
This is filename @Artist\_name\_1 feat @Artist\_name\_2 pres SingleName - Title.mp3 I want to add to %artist% tag only the first word inmediately after “@” and separate it with a “;”: %artist%: Artist\_name\_1; Artist\_name\_2… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=242) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=244)