# Support

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## [How to add last word to %Artist% tag by guessing\_pattern](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-last-word-to-artist-tag-by-guessing-pattern/16448)

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**Author:** [@tes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-last-word-to-artist-tag-by-guessing-pattern/16448 "2014-12-27T16:22:52Z")

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Hi, this is my filename: Artist1; Artist2 - Title \[Artist3\].mp3 I want to add Artist3 to %Artist% tag to have: %Artist%: Artist1; Artist2; Artist3 %Title%: Title I have tried this guessing\_pattern: %artist% - %titl…

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## [Looking for help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-help/16447)

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**Author:** [@ktuckett](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ktuckett)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-help/16447 "2014-12-27T11:50:04Z")

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I’ve been looing around on the forums trying to solve my own problem… I am looking to create a list of my mp3’s in excel by using artist, title, album, key, etc. Thank you :flushed:

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## [Newbie needing scripting help please :)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-needing-scripting-help-please/16444)

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**Author:** [@TheMightySpud](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TheMightySpud)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-needing-scripting-help-please/16444 "2014-12-26T15:41:03Z")

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Hi all, Firstly, I would like to say that I’m a brand new user (as of this morning) as I have decided that it’s way past time to organise the tags on my Big Finish audio drama collection. I’ve spent a while looking aro…

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## [Dedicated app for Mac OSX](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dedicated-app-for-mac-osx/15801)

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**Author:** [@TechX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TechX)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dedicated-app-for-mac-osx/15801 "2014-12-26T08:16:11Z")

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Hi! I would like to ask about any works being conducted under development of MP3tag version for Mac OSX only? As a MAC user, I would really appreciate, of your app could have been available for my system regardless of …

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## [Full song name in Title field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/full-song-name-in-title-field/16445)

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**Author:** [@Falenone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Falenone)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2014, 10:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/full-song-name-in-title-field/16445 "2014-12-25T10:33:38Z")

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Hello again. Facing another, bit more frustrating problem Got a lot of audio files. Some have proper Artist and Title field, some have full artist name and title in Title field. How can I sort out only the ones which ha…

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## [how to change en masse tagged album art to one image file?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-en-masse-tagged-album-art-to-one-image-file/16442)

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**Author:** [@will279](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/will279)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2014, 10:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change-en-masse-tagged-album-art-to-one-image-file/16442 "2014-12-24T10:57:50Z")

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all of my lossless music is in one large folder, and currently I have album art tagged to every track in the album. I know how to put the audio files into sub directories for each album, but when I move the cover art to…

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## [change the filenames of a parallel structure](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-filenames-of-a-parallel-structure/16441)

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**Author:** [@Tomptez](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tomptez)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2014, 10:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-filenames-of-a-parallel-structure/16441 "2014-12-24T10:39:31Z")

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So, I have a little problem and not really an idea how to solve it, but maybe you have. I have a large music library and all the files were .wav files. Over time some of the file name and folder structures became a litt…

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## [Viewing Vorbis comments in a FLAC file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-vorbis-comments-in-a-flac-file/16443)

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**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2014, 8:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-vorbis-comments-in-a-flac-file/16443 "2014-12-24T08:42:20Z")

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I do not understand what I see when I view the metadata in a Vorbis commented FLAC file using a hex editor application such as HxD. First of all, media players and mp3tag seem to always display the correct values for Vo…

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## [How can I get a list of files that changed after any action?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-get-a-list-of-files-that-changed-after-any-action/16429)

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**Author:** [@bigcitydealer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcitydealer)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-get-a-list-of-files-that-changed-after-any-action/16429 "2014-12-22T20:16:10Z")

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Hi When I select an action I get a message saying x number of tags have been changed. How can I get a list of which files they are? Thanks

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## [Paste a short muted mp3 with special tags in every folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/paste-a-short-muted-mp3-with-special-tags-in-every-folder/16428)

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**Author:** [@mecaiste](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mecaiste)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/paste-a-short-muted-mp3-with-special-tags-in-every-folder/16428 "2014-12-22T20:00:17Z")

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Hello: I have an audio car system with very few characters in its display and I am step by step improving the way I browse my music. I was wondering if mp3tag can help me to do this: I have this tree structure: -Musi…

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## [Scan for mp3-files not ending with /.mp3/](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scan-for-mp3-files-not-ending-with-mp3/16435)

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**Author:** [@Hackej](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hackej)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scan-for-mp3-files-not-ending-with-mp3/16435 "2014-12-21T09:26:35Z")

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Hi! I would like to be able to scan and include audio-files that contain different audio file extensions, but not placed at the end of the filename. I have a bunch of files that are used for a website and for security …

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## [Tags from Windows Media Player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-from-windows-media-player/16433)

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**Author:** [@boogie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/boogie)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-from-windows-media-player/16433 "2014-12-20T12:15:48Z")

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Hello, I’m ripping my CDs into FLAC format with FOOBAR. I’m using Mp3Tag to find TAG informations (freedb). But sometime, freedb doesnt find the information while the Windows Media Pllayer finds them \[:angry:\] ! Why…

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## [Spaces between - mark and links in song description](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/spaces-between-mark-and-links-in-song-description/16431)

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**Author:** [@Falenone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Falenone)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/spaces-between-mark-and-links-in-song-description/16431 "2014-12-20T11:03:04Z")

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Hello How can I add spaces before and after - mark? Some songs are like Artist-Title And some are normal Artist - Title And what can I do with the links? I have some songs that has www.retardedsite.com and so on in …

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## [Billboard/iTunes Top 100](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/billboard-itunes-top-100/16424)

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**Author:** [@swindmiller](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swindmiller)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2014, 7:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/billboard-itunes-top-100/16424 "2014-12-19T07:26:06Z")

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I am not sure if this is even possible but I figured I would ask here. I want to be able to create a playlist using songs in my own library but based off of either Billboards or iTunes Top 100 songs. Is there a way to …

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## [Chronology with more than one album per year](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chronology-with-more-than-one-album-per-year/16426)

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**Author:** [@SyrinxGC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SyrinxGC)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/chronology-with-more-than-one-album-per-year/16426 "2014-12-18T18:47:11Z")

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I guess this is a newbie question but after hours of googling - I’m still stuck. I’m using Ipeng 8, Squeezebox Receiver and Logitech Media Server for playback of my collection. On FLAC files I have tried to add a month…

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## [update only one tag from filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-only-one-tag-from-filename/16425)

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**Author:** [@geopgin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/geopgin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-only-one-tag-from-filename/16425 "2014-12-18T18:14:57Z")

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Hey All, I no this is pretty simple but here it goes. i have filenames that are artist - title (year). I want to update only the the year tag with the filename and not the artist and title tags? Any help would be appr…

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## [Conditional block](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-block/15045)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-block/15045 "2014-12-18T14:04:07Z")

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Is there any trick to make multiple actions conditional on a single test? E.g. the highlighted block here, where the same test is repeated in each action expression: Any other suggestions to simplify this code are wel…

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## [Convert Artists name into Initials](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-artists-name-into-initials/16415)

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**Author:** [@mecaiste](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mecaiste)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2014, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-artists-name-into-initials/16415 "2014-12-17T12:01:05Z")

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Hello there: I have an audio car system with a display that shows very few characters…thats way I need to convert artists with more than one word into its initials letters. Example: Allan Holdsworth Band Into: AHB Ac…

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## [Slow tag reading over SMB](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-tag-reading-over-smb/16421)

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**Author:** [@Haldi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Haldi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 16, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-tag-reading-over-smb/16421 "2014-12-16T17:06:43Z")

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Hi, Sometimes i have this crazy idea to scan my whole music library to check for unfitting genres. This worked quite well when i hade the whole thing local on my computer, but as my music keeps increasing and i like to…

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## [Use Directory in Album name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409)

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**Author:** [@poyntzj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poyntzj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409 "2014-12-14T10:50:54Z")

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I am looking to change the Album field on a few thousand tracks. Not to hard as all the files are in sequential folder album series\\01 album series\\02 and so on I want to amend just the album using this folder as th…

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## [How To Transfer Mp3tag CD Metadata To Exact Audio Copy (EAC)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-transfer-mp3tag-cd-metadata-to-exact-audio-copy-eac/16410)

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**Author:** [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2014, 9:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-transfer-mp3tag-cd-metadata-to-exact-audio-copy-eac/16410 "2014-12-14T09:48:16Z")

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I am re-ripping numerous CD’s with Exact Audio Copy (EAC) to another format. The metadata for these is unavailable at the usual online sources, but I do still have it available from the previous rip, and I can open it in…

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## [Reversing Folder names](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reversing-folder-names/16408)

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**Author:** [@spud](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/spud)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 14, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reversing-folder-names/16408 "2014-12-14T07:27:27Z")

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Hi I am a new member, but have used MP3tag to reverse all artist and albumartist names. eg Bruce Springsteen = Springsteen, Bruce. As I add new music since doing this, I am ending up with 2 FOLDERS. The original as Br…

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## [Album Artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist/16405)

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**Author:** [@fernandofg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fernandofg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist/16405 "2014-12-12T04:19:54Z")

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Hi all, I want to ask if there is an action to invert ‘‘Artist’’ with ‘‘Album Artist’’ By invert I mean to put what I have on Artists into Album Artist and in the same action put what I have in Album Artist into Artist …

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## [Format Value of multiple tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-of-multiple-tags/16403)

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**Author:** [@MDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MDE)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-of-multiple-tags/16403 "2014-12-11T21:55:34Z")

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I am trying to create a new tag PERFORMERINST from existing tags PERFORMER and INSTRUMENT. The existing tags may have multiple values (separated by semi-colons). I want PERFORMERINST to look like “Performer1 (Instrument1…

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## [New user, help with basic tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-user-help-with-basic-tagging/16402)

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**Author:** [@Becko](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Becko)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-user-help-with-basic-tagging/16402 "2014-12-11T16:37:55Z")

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Hello, using the program for the first time, probably a stupid question for a basic thing, but I can’t figure it out (and I read the help first) My problem is the following: \[image\] Please tell me how to fix this is…

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## [Formatting FILENAME](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-filename/16395)

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**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2014, 5:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-filename/16395 "2014-12-08T05:50:07Z")

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Using this string in the Tag–\>Filename action give the desired results for formatting the filename of a FLAC file: $num(%tracknumber%,2)-%artist% - %title% which results in this example: 01-Bob Wills and His Texas Pla…

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## [Discogs and Oauth](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-and-oauth/16388)

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**Author:** [@anajonda](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anajonda)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-and-oauth/16388 "2014-12-07T14:28:00Z")

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I can’t get Discogs and MP3tag to register with each other. I keep reading somewhere that MP3tag is supposed to trigger some kind of token that will register MP3tag with Discogs… or something like that. I just want bot…

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## [A Problem with Album Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-problem-with-album-art/16385)

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**Author:** [@GameAddict](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GameAddict)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/a-problem-with-album-art/16385 "2014-12-07T11:50:47Z")

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So I have an OCD and want all the music files in y phone to have the proper BASIC Tags (Title, Artist, Album, Album Art,etc.) and to do it, I use Mp3Tag to provide all the necessary details, but I’m having some problems …

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## [Case conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion/16391)

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**Author:** [@confidential](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confidential)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion/16391 "2014-12-05T17:42:01Z")

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Hi, I would like to organize my music by applying the standard Mixed Case standard for all the languages to them. For English this is quite simple, because you only have to exclude articles and conjunctions from being …

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## [import export to sqlite](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-export-to-sqlite/16390)

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**Author:** [@ForSSound](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ForSSound)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-export-to-sqlite/16390 "2014-12-05T11:04:31Z")

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Hi tere, I have a folder with over 100.000 songs. Unfortunately all metadata resides in a sqlite database. I can read fine the database but was wondering if there wasn’t a way to import data from the database directly…

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