# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=247 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 248 --- ## [Folder rename from id3 tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-rename-from-id3-tag/16240)
**Author:** [@ner](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ner)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-rename-from-id3-tag/16240 "2014-10-22T18:42:54Z")
Hi, I searched the forum but didn’t find anything related to what I want to do. I have a large library of mp3’s filed like this: Artist —Album1 —Album2 What I’d like to do is rename the album folder using the year t… --- ## [Title and file name are %artist% - %title% - %album%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-and-file-name-are-artist-title-album/16255)
**Author:** [@mmarks](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mmarks)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-and-file-name-are-artist-title-album/16255 "2014-10-22T13:05:44Z")
I have made a big mistake and managed to copy the file name of all my music files (over 6000 of them) to the %TITLE% tag. This means that the title of all my music is %ARTIST% - %TITLE% - %ALBUM% for example the title ta… --- ## [%year% returning two different values for the same file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-returning-two-different-values-for-the-same-file/16254)
**Author:** [@Tre0n](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tre0n)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-returning-two-different-values-for-the-same-file/16254 "2014-10-22T04:45:49Z")
I’m working on a filter to reorganise a massive music library, which is currently this (still WIP): F:\\Music\\$left($if2(%albumartist%,%artist%),1)\\$if2(%albumartist%,%artist%)\\%year%$if(%date%,-$cutLeft(%date%,2)$if($eq… --- ## [Renaming file having same "Title"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-file-having-same-title/16253)
**Author:** [@kular64](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kular64)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-file-having-same-title/16253 "2014-10-22T03:30:13Z")
I have near about 20000 songs and some songs have same ‘title’. When I try to convert ‘title’ to filename, sometimes it says – “cannot rename filename as that file already exists”. Can I use some command or script where … --- ## [discogs catalog# into comment field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-catalog-into-comment-field/16248)
**Author:** [@djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djeurotraxx)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-catalog-into-comment-field/16248 "2014-10-21T18:50:05Z")
Hi folks, New to the forum. Using discogspone 4.4. Trying to get the comment field to automatically populate with catalog# from discogs, but havent had any luck. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! --- ## [Multiple files at once?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-files-at-once/16250)
**Author:** [@Ehx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ehx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-files-at-once/16250 "2014-10-21T14:00:25Z")
I am using web sources and I just downloaded mp3tag. I know how to use it for single files but is it possible to modify metadata with web sources on more than one file at a time. There are obviously options but I believe… --- ## [Select capital words containing more then 3 letters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-capital-words-containing-more-then-3-letters/16235)
**Author:** [@ForSSound](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ForSSound)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-capital-words-containing-more-then-3-letters/16235 "2014-10-21T12:27:52Z")
Hi There, I would like to select and keep in my Genre tag only capital words containing more then 3 letters. I thought a (\[A-Z\]{3,}) would do the trick but it doesn’t. Can anybody help me out here? Thanks in advance … --- ## [Regular expression Flavor](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-flavor/16238)
**Author:** [@ForSSound](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ForSSound)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-flavor/16238 "2014-10-20T11:25:35Z")
Hi There, For all noobs like me I would like to know wich Flavor of Regular Expressions is spoken here. It seems they all differ …Ruby, Python, Javascript etc With this information we could Google a online reg express… --- ## [FLAC cover remove](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-cover-remove/16245)
**Author:** [@kamilooo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kamilooo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-cover-remove/16245 "2014-10-18T09:41:47Z")
Welcome. The latest version of Mp3tag (do not know how it was in earlier) after removing the cover from the FLAC file’s size is not reduced, and it should. This problem does not occur in the case of MP3 files. Regards --- ## [Action bug (cant be acessed)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-bug-cant-be-acessed/16239)
**Author:** [@herioz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/herioz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 17, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-bug-cant-be-acessed/16239 "2014-10-17T08:46:07Z")
I tried to add cover via action as i always did. Suddenly i got this message. I tried to change the path but it didnt worked out. Any thoughts? --- ## [Removing 3.1 tags when present](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-3-1-tags-when-present/16243)
**Author:** [@johnaalex](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johnaalex)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-3-1-tags-when-present/16243 "2014-10-16T14:13:52Z")
I have a number of MP3s with 3.1.and 3.2 tags, how can I strip out the 3,1 tags using your software? Thanks for your help and a very useful application. John Alexander --- ## [newbie here: is this possible?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-here-is-this-possible/16237)
**Author:** [@musicoholic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/musicoholic)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2014, 2:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-here-is-this-possible/16237 "2014-10-16T02:27:18Z")
Hello, I do have a weekly music service that provides mp3 files without any tag info named like this: ARTIST\_title\_ISSUE#-TRACK# i.e.: CLEAN\_BANDIT\_FEAT.\_JESS\_GLYNNE\_Rather\_Be\_1109DA-02.mp3 DAVID\_GUETTA\_FEAT.\_SAM\_MAR… --- ## [Move any 'featuring' tags from Artist to Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-any-featuring-tags-from-artist-to-title/16236)
**Author:** [@cmpagreg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cmpagreg)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2014, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-any-featuring-tags-from-artist-to-title/16236 "2014-10-14T15:09:35Z")
Hey there, wondering if anyone knows how I’d go about moving any parts of Artists tags that contain a ‘featuring’ (or similar, ft/feat/etc.), and appending them to the end of the Title of that track. Thanks in advance. :… --- ## [Issue with the comment field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-the-comment-field/16115)
**Author:** [@laurent.pialoux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/laurent.pialoux)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-the-comment-field/16115 "2014-10-12T15:42:59Z")
Hello, I am a “brand new user” of this software. I want to change the value of “comment”. I know how to do it in MP3Tag (2.63). I can check the change is ok when opening WINAMP. But not when using Windows Files : th… --- ## [Remove Old Directory Entries](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-old-directory-entries/15919)
**Author:** [@trainwreck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/trainwreck)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-old-directory-entries/15919 "2014-10-12T03:35:41Z")
I’ve changed where/how I store my music files. I now have several old directories that appear in the Directory field drop down list (most recently used) that I don’t use again. To clean these up, is there some registry… --- ## [Grab Folder Name for Genre when using tagging multiple folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grab-folder-name-for-genre-when-using-tagging-multiple-folders/16228)
**Author:** [@devouk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/devouk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grab-folder-name-for-genre-when-using-tagging-multiple-folders/16228 "2014-10-11T14:05:50Z")
Hi I wonder if someone can point me in the direction of what i need to do to accomplish the following I have a folder called WEEK XX in that folder there are subfolders HOUSE DEEP HOUSE RNB POP DANCE So i will s… --- ## [Script to insert album year into album name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-to-insert-album-year-into-album-name/16227)
**Author:** [@gary1001](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gary1001)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-to-insert-album-year-into-album-name/16227 "2014-10-11T07:48:00Z")
Hi All, I use a Cowon X7 player, while it has great sound it lacks on navigation/ interface design. The thing is, if the music is grouped by artist it will only display albums based on alphabetical order. For example, … --- ## [Can't add album cover (WMP)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-album-cover-wmp/16224)
**Author:** [@lebullet](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lebullet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 11:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-add-album-cover-wmp/16224 "2014-10-09T11:10:52Z")
Hello guys. I have a little problem. Why I can’t add a album cover to my song with mp3tag? Well, I can actually but Windows Media Player is not working then. If I use VLC, jetAudio or Winamp, it works, it shows the album… --- ## [The Case Conversion Option ::: Title Case vs Mixed Case](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-case-conversion-option-title-case-vs-mixed-case/16220)
**Author:** [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2014, 8:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-case-conversion-option-title-case-vs-mixed-case/16220 "2014-10-09T08:13:58Z")
Hello Everyone The Case Conversion option provides several ways to display the final sentence letter case. The one that I find lacking, is the Title Case, which requires the correct language case format. Although Mixed … --- ## [Want to use filename as the title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/want-to-use-filename-as-the-title/16218)
**Author:** [@Flipside](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Flipside)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/want-to-use-filename-as-the-title/16218 "2014-10-08T16:02:03Z")
Hi All New to this forum, which looks like its going to be very useful. Just a quick one if somebody can help. I would like to copy my filename to the title field is this easy to do, unfortunately i have no idea, t… --- ## [Need a script to rename LOG/CUE files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-a-script-to-rename-log-cue-files/16206)
**Author:** [@Phixion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Phixion)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-a-script-to-rename-log-cue-files/16206 "2014-10-05T16:09:29Z")
As per topic, I’m looking for a script that renames .CUE and .LOG files using the tags from an album. My music collection is so big it would take forever to manually rename these files. I want to use the naming scheme:… --- ## [Discogs "Error connecting to server" with 2.64](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-error-connecting-to-server-with-2-64/16201)
**Author:** [@Libarch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Libarch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2014, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-error-connecting-to-server-with-2-64/16201 "2014-10-05T08:54:19Z")
Hello, I am a new user so not reporting this as a bug as I may have a problem with my setup. Am using latest version 2.64 and have successfully authorised MP3Tag against my Discogs account (also checked this on my Discog… --- ## [File "blah.mp3" cannot be opened for writing... reoccuring issue!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-blah-mp3-cannot-be-opened-for-writing-reoccuring-issue/6332)
**Author:** [@seedoubleyou](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/seedoubleyou)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-blah-mp3-cannot-be-opened-for-writing-reoccuring-issue/6332 "2014-10-04T05:05:45Z")
I am in the midst of using mp3tag 2.40 to re-organize my entire mp3 collection so that it is viewable by Zune social thanks to the new Zune market place source files. However, it is becoming quite a frustrating show st… --- ## [Create Shortcuts for Selected Items](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-shortcuts-for-selected-items/16209)
**Author:** [@rko31415](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko31415)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-shortcuts-for-selected-items/16209 "2014-10-03T21:47:25Z")
I can right-click on items and copy them, then create shortcuts in Windows XP. It would be nice to right-click and create shortcuts in one operation. I can do this in Windows with c:\\Program Files\\Shortcut.exe /F:%1.lnk… --- ## [Make separate Disc # folders and move files to them?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-separate-disc-folders-and-move-files-to-them/16210)
**Author:** [@krissasaur](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/krissasaur)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-separate-disc-folders-and-move-files-to-them/16210 "2014-10-03T14:23:40Z")
Is it possible to automate this with actions? Right now I have all my files in one folder: \[image\] What I would like it to do is automatically create new folders like so: \[image\] This is what I have tried so far: \[i… --- ## [Default mp3 Player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-mp3-player/5347)
**Author:** [@Iggy64](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Iggy64)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-mp3-player/5347 "2014-10-03T11:29:57Z")
My normal default mp3 player is MediaMonkey. When I view my files in Windows Explorer, the MediaMonkey icon appears next to each file. If I click on the file in Windows Explorer, the file plays in MediaMonkey. In Mp3t… --- ## [Creating Multiple Actions and saving to configuration](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-multiple-actions-and-saving-to-configuration/16203)
**Author:** [@Trapper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Trapper)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-multiple-actions-and-saving-to-configuration/16203 "2014-10-01T22:41:25Z")
Have created a number of Actions to move and format files to different mapped drives on my server, e.g CD singles to J:\\Singles Single artists to K:\\Artists Compilations to L:\\Compilations. I would like to add and sa… --- ## [Big icons](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/big-icons/16202)
**Author:** [@barbudo2005](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barbudo2005)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/big-icons/16202 "2014-10-01T21:40:29Z")
Hi, first of all I have to thank you for Mp3Tag. Mp3Tag is the BEST program to manage tags free or not. I want to know is there is a method to increase the size of the icons. They are to small for presbyopia. http://f… --- ## [Where is Filter/Search history stored?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-filter-search-history-stored/16199)
**Author:** [@exm8000](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/exm8000)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-filter-search-history-stored/16199 "2014-10-01T14:51:42Z")
The Filter/Search function stores previously used search strings. I understand I can edit, add, and delete those stored search strings through the GUI, but would like to edit those strings more directly. So I was wonderi… --- ## [Advanced Regex Request (move "(Feat. variable)" to end of title)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/advanced-regex-request-move-feat-variable-to-end-of-title/16191)
**Author:** [@sparkyumr98](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sparkyumr98)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/advanced-regex-request-move-feat-variable-to-end-of-title/16191 "2014-10-01T06:31:32Z")
Dear Regex gurus… I have reached the limit of my regex knowledge, and cannot figure this problem out. I have titles such as: Song Title (Feat. Guest Artist) (Deejay Mix) Song Title 2 (Remix version) Song Title 3 (Fe… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=246) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=248)