# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=256 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 257 --- ## [Not reading tag from mp3 file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-reading-tag-from-mp3-file/15660)
**Author:** [@1955walkerjr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/1955walkerjr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-reading-tag-from-mp3-file/15660 "2014-04-18T06:56:17Z")
I have customized the columns to include the %publishers% field and have added this field to the tag panel. However, the program doesn’t save the information to the publishers field. I have even manually added the info… --- ## [Change text from Artist to Album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657)
**Author:** [@barbudo2005](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barbudo2005)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-text-from-artist-to-album/15657 "2014-04-17T11:25:49Z")
Please help with this problem. I want to change text from Artist to Album: FROM: Artist: Eva Cassidy & Chuck Brown Album: The hat´s back TO THIS: Artist: Eva Cassidy Album: The hat´s back feat. Chuck Brown Thank … --- ## [Adding space between and symbol and opening bracket](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-space-between-and-symbol-and-opening-bracket/15656)
**Author:** [@Kantrael](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kantrael)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-space-between-and-symbol-and-opening-bracket/15656 "2014-04-17T07:32:45Z")
Hello! Help me with adding space between and symbol and opening bracket… Example: ‘sample(1)’ must corrected to ‘sample (1)’ ‘1(’ to ‘1 (’ ’((()’ to ‘( ( ()’ --- ## [Album Art & Track Numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-track-numbers/15655)
**Author:** [@PFL](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PFL)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2014, 10:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-track-numbers/15655 "2014-04-16T10:48:17Z")
Hi everyone, I've been searching for a while for info with no avail (+ half of it is Deutsh :slight\_smile:. Maybe my keywords weren't good enough, anyhow, here I am with two small requests, if you can help me: 1- My s… --- ## [Filter disable in edit mode can mistag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-disable-in-edit-mode-can-mistag/15647)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-disable-in-edit-mode-can-mistag/15647 "2014-04-15T21:43:35Z")
Anyone else find that pressing F3 for Filter disable when in edit mode can cause the current field value to be written to the wrong track? --- ## [mp3tag on windows 7](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-on-windows-7/15653)
**Author:** [@nicolaas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nicolaas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-on-windows-7/15653 "2014-04-15T16:17:31Z")
I have MP3TAG on my old Windows XP computer with no problems, now I have a new computer with Windows 7. I have installed MP3TAG and after I changed the titles I can’t finish it. --- ## [How to make a cue file from MP3 with added up time index](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-make-a-cue-file-from-mp3-with-added-up-time-index/15649)
**Author:** [@Crypt545](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crypt545)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-make-a-cue-file-from-mp3-with-added-up-time-index/15649 "2014-04-14T07:13:08Z")
I need to generate a .txt file from a folder with MP3 in this format: “Time to Relax” 00:00 “Nitro (Youth Energy)” 00:25 “Bad Habit” 02:52 “Gotta Get Away” 06:36 “Genocide” 10:28 “Something to Believe In” 14:01 “Come O… --- ## [Batch Changing How Songs Are Identified](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-changing-how-songs-are-identified/15650)
**Author:** [@Terry\_Washburn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Terry_Washburn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-changing-how-songs-are-identified/15650 "2014-04-13T18:07:50Z")
Have lots of songs in my library that are identified by track number, artist, name of song. Want to shorten it to only track number, and name of song, such as “01 Take it Easy”. Any way to do that in a batch operation wi… --- ## [Regex problem - Shortening multiple field entries](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-problem-shortening-multiple-field-entries/13560)
**Author:** [@kiboy6](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kiboy6)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-problem-shortening-multiple-field-entries/13560 "2014-04-12T15:47:56Z")
I use the following replace with regex to shorten multiple entries in the ARTIST field to only the first artist. When I have multiple artists they are always saparated by " / " so i use the following regex Regex ARTIST… --- ## [Possibility to export BPM?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possibility-to-export-bpm/15641)
**Author:** [@wingo395](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wingo395)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possibility-to-export-bpm/15641 "2014-04-12T13:30:51Z")
Hi, I set about creating an export template to include the contents of the BPM tag field, but I discovered not all tags can be exported. Why is this? Is it possible to loop through files and export the BPM field along… --- ## [adding isrc codes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-isrc-codes/1882)
**Author:** [@mtmatthew](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mtmatthew)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-isrc-codes/1882 "2014-04-11T18:50:29Z")
Hello, I’m a new user of Mp3tag and run a small independent lable that produces a lot of original music. I’m wondering if someone could give me a suggestion for how to easily add isrc codes to my mp3s. Can I change the … --- ## [Tool Trouble. How to preview tool output?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tool-trouble-how-to-preview-tool-output/15640)
**Author:** [@nhtrader](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nhtrader)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tool-trouble-how-to-preview-tool-output/15640 "2014-04-11T17:14:33Z")
v2.58 I'm exploring a feature of MP3tag - tools. So I would like to create a tool that goes to www.elyrics.net and show me the list of songs from an artist (lyrics that are available) So I need to accomplish the follow… --- ## [MP4 tags - TVSHOW tag not available?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-tags-tvshow-tag-not-available/15627)
**Author:** [@ImmortalWarrior](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ImmortalWarrior)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-tags-tvshow-tag-not-available/15627 "2014-04-09T05:10:57Z")
Hey everyone. I looked through the FAQ and searched the forums but was unable to find an answer for this. Hopefully someone can help out. When I go to edit the extended tags of an MP4 file I am able to select TVEPISOD… --- ## [Combine Tracknumber and Title as Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/combine-tracknumber-and-title-as-title/15635)
**Author:** [@ldries46](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ldries46)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2014, 10:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/combine-tracknumber-and-title-as-title/15635 "2014-04-08T10:40:29Z")
I have a Buffalo NAS which has also a DLNA server. The problem is that on my TV that server presents as name of the track the title of that track and not the file name of the track. while the order of the tracks is alp… --- ## [File... cannot be opened for writing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/15631)
**Author:** [@Jens\_Solvang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jens_Solvang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/15631 "2014-04-05T18:43:50Z")
I have uset mp3tag half a year using XP and Vista. Now I have bought at new PC using windows 8.1 pro and it is a 64 bit machine. I have installed mp3tag. Unfortunately I get the following message, when I try to change th… --- ## [Find and Replace list of Album tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace-list-of-album-tags/15613)
**Author:** [@AMJF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AMJF)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2014, 5:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace-list-of-album-tags/15613 "2014-04-02T05:18:47Z")
I have a set of MP3 albums bought from Amazon, but one thing I’ve noticed is that my MP3 players tend to sort them by the album name only, which is quite frustrating as the genres and artists are all over the place. What… --- ## [Having problems tith FLAC files.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/having-problems-tith-flac-files/15624)
**Author:** [@hurleyc33](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hurleyc33)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/having-problems-tith-flac-files/15624 "2014-04-01T21:30:08Z")
I have successfully edited MP3 tags without trouble, however when I edit FLAC files using the same procedures I am having problems. I would like to put album art in individual FLAC files. I am making a compilation disk a… --- ## [how to copy album artist to composer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623)
**Author:** [@Florio60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florio60)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-album-artist-to-composer/15623 "2014-03-31T14:06:02Z")
I want to transfer or at least copy the details I have in the Album Artist column to the Composer column. I believe I know how to do this, but it isn’t working. I go to Actions (Quick) --\>Format value --\> Field: Album A… --- ## [Created original MP3s, want to associate different album art with each-but challenges remain](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/created-original-mp3s-want-to-associate-different-album-art-with-each-but-challenges-remain/15621)
**Author:** [@kjkroha](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kjkroha)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/created-original-mp3s-want-to-associate-different-album-art-with-each-but-challenges-remain/15621 "2014-03-30T18:30:15Z")
Hello, and thank you! I am producing mp3 from webinars, where I record the audio track and produce individual mp3s for each training session. Each mp3 should have a different piece of album art associated with it. If … --- ## [I need to verify that \_FILENAME consists of "%artist% - %title%"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-to-verify-that-filename-consists-of-artist-title/8356)
**Author:** [@jamesbor](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jamesbor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-need-to-verify-that-filename-consists-of-artist-title/8356 "2014-03-28T17:38:15Z")
Hi there, It would be very useful to be able to filter a list of files to verify that they confirm to a certain naming convention. I have read other posts suggesting using something like “.\* - .\*” to verify that all of… --- ## [$GetEnv in Mp3Tag 2.48a](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getenv-in-mp3tag-2-48a/11774)
**Author:** [@pone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pone)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2014, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getenv-in-mp3tag-2-48a/11774 "2014-03-27T11:50:15Z")
Just saw the new $getenv(x) function. Translated form the German help file of the development build: $getenv(x) returns the value of the environment variable x. Never heard of environment variables before, so some que… --- ## [Remove leading and trailing spaces from all fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-leading-and-trailing-spaces-from-all-fields/15606)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-leading-and-trailing-spaces-from-all-fields/15606 "2014-03-24T17:02:54Z")
Is there a way to do this in a way that works regardless of what fields are in the tracks? Action “Format value” would require a copy for each field name. --- ## [Filtering on any field matching a regexp](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-on-any-field-matching-a-regexp/15607)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-on-any-field-matching-a-regexp/15607 "2014-03-23T22:14:33Z")
How can one filter to show only the tracks in which any field matches a regexp? This was possible before the change of filter format, but with the new format I cannot find a placeholder equivalent to ALL. Thanks. --- ## [Editing hidden metadata in iTunes M4A purchases?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-hidden-metadata-in-itunes-m4a-purchases/15597)
**Author:** [@Fascion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fascion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-hidden-metadata-in-itunes-m4a-purchases/15597 "2014-03-21T02:05:33Z")
Recently I decided to sit down and organize my music collection in a way that would make accessing it on my iPod touch much easier. Well, I’ve encountered a bit of a problem along the way… it would appear that M4A files… --- ## [Blinking mouse cursor when using Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blinking-mouse-cursor-when-using-actions/15516)
**Author:** [@Bran\_Dragon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bran_Dragon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blinking-mouse-cursor-when-using-actions/15516 "2014-03-20T12:43:17Z")
Hia peepz :slight\_smile: I’ve restored my actions from a back-up and now when I click on the actions-button or menu (both have the same issue) my mouse cursor blinks reaaaally fast for a couple of seconds before opening… --- ## [Cover.X,Cover.Y\ **Author:** [@CC-GoE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CC-GoE)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-x-cover-y-z/15598 "2014-03-19T05:49:32Z") HI! Is it possible to filter for cover X.Y values less than some Z pixels? Want to check the dimensions… --- ## [Multiple artist edit fail](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artist-edit-fail/15599)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artist-edit-fail/15599 "2014-03-18T22:26:20Z")
If I enter multiple artist fields in the track list (using the undocumented \\\\ trick - I know no other way), I get: Fine. If I then make an edit there, Mp3tag combines the artists into a single field: This also hap… --- ## [Not sure if this is even possible, but...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-sure-if-this-is-even-possible-but/15601)
**Author:** [@ExitRitual](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ExitRitual)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-sure-if-this-is-even-possible-but/15601 "2014-03-18T21:05:37Z")
Ahoy all. Long time. The easy part: Looking to rename album folders so that they’re as so: (%year%) %album% That i can do. Easy. The harder part: There may be artist folders with tracks in the root / not in an album… --- ## [Apply one file's tag to all files using actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apply-one-files-tag-to-all-files-using-actions/15594)
**Author:** [@aax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aax)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apply-one-files-tag-to-all-files-using-actions/15594 "2014-03-18T16:47:39Z")
Is this possible? Specifically, I wrote an action group that adds A-side and B-side track-info to comments for albums ripped from vinyl. Currently, I have to select tracks from side A (1-#) and apply it, which then also… --- ## [Multiple same-name field export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-same-name-field-export/15600)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-same-name-field-export/15600 "2014-03-18T14:54:43Z")
Is there an official documented way of exporting multiple fields of a single given name? E.g. multiple ARTIST fields as here: For some unfathomable reason, %artist% returns only one of the fields. Thanks. [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=255) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=257)