# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=262 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 263 --- ## [Padding of ID3v2 Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/padding-of-id3v2-tags/15239)
**Author:** [@Iggy64](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Iggy64)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/padding-of-id3v2-tags/15239 "2013-11-26T00:09:32Z")
I have read in this forum that, by default, Mp3tag pads ID3v2 tags to 2048 bytes. I wonder if this mean that Mp3tag adds 2048 bytes of padding (extra null bytes), or if it means that it sets the entire tag size (header … --- ## [Only add text via an Action if the field is empty?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-add-text-via-an-action-if-the-field-is-empty/15240)
**Author:** [@Jezz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jezz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-add-text-via-an-action-if-the-field-is-empty/15240 "2013-11-25T12:06:53Z")
Hi, is it possible for me to configure an Action such that it will only add text to an empty field, but won’t override a field that already contains text? (Using “format action” I guess). I want to have an Action that w… --- ## [Column for cover dimensions?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/column-for-cover-dimensions/15241)
**Author:** [@Jezz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jezz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/column-for-cover-dimensions/15241 "2013-11-25T11:49:05Z")
Hi, is it currently possible to have a column that shows the dimensions of the cover image? Eg. if I have a cover image (JPG) with dimensions of 600x600 - I can see that information already in the Tag Panel on the left,… --- ## [Sort by Album Art Resolution?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-by-album-art-resolution/15236)
**Author:** [@wandersfar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wandersfar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-by-album-art-resolution/15236 "2013-11-25T11:48:20Z")
Is there any way to sort by the resolution of the cover art? I see that it’s displayed in the sidebar next to the actual picture, but under columns it looks like you can only sort by the number of pictures. I’m trying … --- ## [Default directory for adding Album Art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-directory-for-adding-album-art/15237)
**Author:** [@pmbAustin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pmbAustin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-directory-for-adding-album-art/15237 "2013-11-24T19:19:46Z")
I swear this used to work, but after re-installing on a new PC, it’s not. Before, when I’d select some tracks (all in the same folder) and right-click the “Album Art” tag, it would open up a File Open dialog right in t… --- ## [Adding text to end of filename?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-text-to-end-of-filename/15235)
**Author:** [@tehloxely](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tehloxely)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-text-to-end-of-filename/15235 "2013-11-24T14:11:44Z")
How do I add text to the end of a file? Say I have: 01-artist-trackname.flac I would like: 01-artist-trackname-releaser.flac --- ## [Automating Music Collection with Mp3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-music-collection-with-mp3tag/15238)
**Author:** [@Skythe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Skythe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-music-collection-with-mp3tag/15238 "2013-11-24T13:58:33Z")
Hello all, I’ve got a few questions around automating my mp3tag collection. Some of these may or may not be possible, and I could certainly spend a lot of hours hunting around trying to find the answers, but I thought i… --- ## [MEDIATYPE Gone?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mediatype-gone/15233)
**Author:** [@skywalka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skywalka)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2013, 9:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mediatype-gone/15233 "2013-11-23T09:27:30Z")
Hi guys, Recently I had some music with vinyl in the release title. I wanted to clean things up so looked in the Extended Tags section for something appropriate. There was a tag called MEDIATYPE so I added the value o… --- ## [simple find and replace](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-find-and-replace/15228)
**Author:** [@sdelong](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sdelong)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-find-and-replace/15228 "2013-11-21T17:53:43Z")
Hi All, I searched for a bit, but couldn’t find anything that I could really do… I am sorry if this is old news, but I can’t figure out how to do a simple find and replace inside the artists tag. On about 1000 mp3’s I… --- ## [Change the Artist Name Format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-artist-name-format/15219)
**Author:** [@bertiepr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bertiepr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 21, 2013, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-artist-name-format/15219 "2013-11-21T09:17:41Z")
I need to change the artist name format from this: Jackson, Michael to this: Michael Jackson. How do I do that ? Thanks --- ## [How to import txt tracklist to file name?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import-txt-tracklist-to-file-name/15204)
**Author:** [@jackantony](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jackantony)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import-txt-tracklist-to-file-name/15204 "2013-11-20T19:05:16Z")
Hello, I always download some music which without track number in the tag, and the files have no track number before the file name. it’s just like “AAAAA”, not “01 AAAAA”. So, I want to import the tracklist to file nam… --- ## [Tag - Filename Trouble](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-trouble/15224)
**Author:** [@frequency](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/frequency)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2013, 8:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-trouble/15224 "2013-11-20T08:08:30Z")
Hello, I'm having issues trying to tag files named in a specific way. It seems that if an album has parentheses and another field is surrounded with parentheses also, the tags aren't detected correctly. For example, if… --- ## [Changing Double Quotes In Title to Single Quote In Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-double-quotes-in-title-to-single-quote-in-filename/15211)
**Author:** [@Estlin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Estlin)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-double-quotes-in-title-to-single-quote-in-filename/15211 "2013-11-19T21:48:59Z")
Try as I may I cannot sort out how to convert the existing Double Quotes in a Title to Single Quotes in the Filename. For example: If the Title is: My Generation \[Live On “The Smothers Brothers Show”\] I would like t… --- ## [Ogg vorbis cover art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ogg-vorbis-cover-art/14976)
**Author:** [@Walen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Walen)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ogg-vorbis-cover-art/14976 "2013-11-18T17:33:59Z")
How does mp3tag support cover art in vorbis comments? I am still only vaguely familiar with the format but I think it can be done twofold: inside stream and as separate tag field. I ask because for one album my winamp se… --- ## [SAMSUNG INTENSITY U450](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/samsung-intensity-u450/15212)
**Author:** [@BOSSTAGGER930](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BOSSTAGGER930)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/samsung-intensity-u450/15212 "2013-11-17T18:07:06Z")
I just switched from an LG RUMOUR TOUCH to a SAMSUNG U450 INTENSITY PHONE. The settings that worked for the RT are not working for the 450 as I see no TAGS. To possibly save me HOURS of trail and error, does anyone ELS… --- ## [change part of TITLE](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-part-of-title/15214)
**Author:** [@Maarten\_Swart](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Maarten_Swart)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-part-of-title/15214 "2013-11-17T17:20:48Z")
How to remove parts of the TITLE? For example titles: cd 2 Track 1 cd 2 Track 2 I want to have removed ‘cd 2’ in the TITLE --- ## [cannot be opened for writing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-be-opened-for-writing/15040)
**Author:** [@Incognito56](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Incognito56)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-be-opened-for-writing/15040 "2013-11-17T10:56:25Z")
I came across a very vexing issue. When I tried to change the metadata on a number of my files, I would get the error message “cannot be opened for writing”. I see from a number of posts that others have been having th… --- ## [Deleting leading zero for 01.1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-leading-zero-for-01-1/15208)
**Author:** [@Pedrozo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pedrozo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-leading-zero-for-01-1/15208 "2013-11-16T18:00:31Z")
I try change 01.1 to 1.1 with script, but when I use \[$num(%track%,1)\] I get returned 1 01.1 \>\> 1.1 02 \>\> 2 (not 2.0) Who can help? --- ## [Function Evaluation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/function-evaluation/15203)
**Author:** [@mheitm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mheitm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/function-evaluation/15203 "2013-11-14T21:01:47Z")
I have some cluttered up tags and would like to, for example, separate out the conductor so that the tag to tag operation moves the part of Album Artist, "Rafael Kubelik, Berliner Philharmoniker" that comes before the… --- ## [Text File \> Tag: help required](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-file-tag-help-required/15202)
**Author:** [@AMJF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AMJF)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-file-tag-help-required/15202 "2013-11-14T20:45:56Z")
I’ve been hoping to find a simple means of modifying MP3 tags with new artists or titles, to correct mistakes, and I was hoping that the Text File \> Tag command would help me, but I can’t seem to get it to work. I creat… --- ## [match some words from comment and put them in genre](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/match-some-words-from-comment-and-put-them-in-genre/15199)
**Author:** [@ForSSound](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ForSSound)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/match-some-words-from-comment-and-put-them-in-genre/15199 "2013-11-13T17:43:06Z")
Hi There, I would like to populate Genre with certain words from the comment field. example Comment =“Brass Band, drums, anthem, charming, guitar” I would like to check this comment against a list and only put the wor… --- ## [Need to validate tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-to-validate-tags/15198)
**Author:** [@AMJF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AMJF)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 11:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-to-validate-tags/15198 "2013-11-13T11:31:21Z")
I need to check my MP3 tags to make sure that they match the way they were originally created, with the “Filename \> Tag” format string I used. This is so I can make sure that none have been changed since, as I like consi… --- ## [Add different values to tracks.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-different-values-to-tracks/15197)
**Author:** [@jackantony](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jackantony)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 9:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-different-values-to-tracks/15197 "2013-11-13T09:27:38Z")
I want to add different values to different tracks. e.g. : I have values in a text file: ABCDE BCDEF CDEFG DEFGH . . . I want to add the values above into the following tracks: Track 01 Track 02 Track 03 Tr… --- ## [Itunes LP tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-lp-tag/15181)
**Author:** [@emshicks321](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/emshicks321)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2013, 5:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-lp-tag/15181 "2013-11-13T05:54:48Z")
I’m having trouble getting the “iTunes LP” tag along with my CD rips. Just to make it looked purchased. It’s one of those things I have. I’ve been able to set the Explicit/Clean tag for all ACC’s. Is there something I ne… --- ## [APETAGEX not handled?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apetagex-not-handled/15190)
**Author:** [@gamez](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gamez)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apetagex-not-handled/15190 "2013-11-11T20:58:20Z")
Hello there, it seems to me that APETAGEX (APEv2 tags) are not correctly processed by Mp3tag. As you can see in attachment 2, the “Erweiterte Tags…” menu function does only show 4 tags, while the first attachment (hex … --- ## [M4A Mode Descriptions Requested](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-mode-descriptions-requested/15187)
**Author:** [@William](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/William)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-mode-descriptions-requested/15187 "2013-11-10T16:58:16Z")
When dealing with M4A files, the uses I usually see are Mode 1 & Mode 2. How do I interpret these? I know M4A can handle up to 48 channels: is this related? I mean, does Mode 1 = mono & Mode 2 = stereo & so on up the … --- ## [Comments Tag Field Problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comments-tag-field-problem/15183)
**Author:** [@meskeels](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/meskeels)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comments-tag-field-problem/15183 "2013-11-08T21:00:46Z")
I have some mp3 files with text in the comment field of the tag. Some programs, like VLC Media Player, can see the data in the comment field, but MP3Tag cannot. Any idea why and can it be corrected, short of editing th… --- ## [mp3tag not working with Samsung galaxy s4](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-working-with-samsung-galaxy-s4/15182)
**Author:** [@Orangelion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Orangelion)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 9:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-working-with-samsung-galaxy-s4/15182 "2013-11-08T09:35:47Z")
Hi , I have a music folder on my Samsung galaxy S4 which I want to edit with mp3tag. The phone supports two usb modes. MTP and PTP, but when I try to select the folder (or for that matter any other folder on the phone… --- ## [Embedded Album Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-album-art/15180)
**Author:** [@flashrus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/flashrus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2013, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-album-art/15180 "2013-11-08T09:25:06Z")
Hello, I would like to ask if embedded album art inside .mp3 or .flac files has a filename… For example if the image was art.jpg will it have the same name inside the song? \[:huh:\] Thanks for those who take the time t… --- ## [Missing Title & Artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-title-artist/15176)
**Author:** [@DJSPATEY](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJSPATEY)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-title-artist/15176 "2013-11-07T22:12:54Z")
In the Filename field I have the artist and the title of the song. In the Title field this is blank. In the Artist field this is blank. I want to change all 63 songs in one go so In the Filename field I have only the… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=261) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=263)