# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=264 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 265 --- ## [Anything to fix header](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anything-to-fix-header/15109)
**Author:** [@rmadd101](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rmadd101)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anything-to-fix-header/15109 "2013-10-16T06:36:41Z")
For several years now I've used my media player (WMP12 currently, as I have Win7) to rip CDs I own. I used to be okay with ripping using the vague bit-rate options the player provided, but I've lately decided to begin r… --- ## [Retrieve tag from another file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-tag-from-another-file/15105)
**Author:** [@mp3tagger2013](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3tagger2013)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retrieve-tag-from-another-file/15105 "2013-10-15T09:12:47Z")
Hi All I was wondering if it was possible to easily retrieve a tag from another file. For example if A.FLAC had a tag “RATING = 1”, and I wanted B.FLAC to be able to have that same rating as A.FLAC. How would I do it? … --- ## [Display Multiple Composers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-composers/15106)
**Author:** [@Tarkus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tarkus)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-multiple-composers/15106 "2013-10-14T18:47:40Z")
Hello, I’m new to this forum and am trying to use mp3tag to organize my music. I use dbPoweramp to rip my CDs to FLAC. I noticed that dbPoweramp places a “\\” between the name of the composers of the songs. When I vie… --- ## [Save/backup format strings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-backup-format-strings/15100)
**Author:** [@cyraxote](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cyraxote)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-backup-format-strings/15100 "2013-10-12T00:01:03Z")
I’m moving to a new PC, and I’ve spent a good deal of time crafting my format strings, so I don’t want to lose them. Are they included in the configuration backup? If not, is there any way to back them up short of scree… --- ## [ID3v2.3 TYER/TDAT now merged into one YEAR field formatted](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-3-tyer-tdat-now-merged-into-one-year-field-formatted/15097)
**Author:** [@mville](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mville)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-3-tyer-tdat-now-merged-into-one-year-field-formatted/15097 "2013-10-11T20:20:16Z")
I am disappointed to see the following change in version 2.58: CHG: reverted change: ID3v2.3 TYER/TDAT now merged into one YEAR field formatted as YYYY-MM-DD (due to popular request). Although I understand the need fo… --- ## [How to remove format strings from "Tag - Filename" option](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-format-strings-from-tag-filename-option/15094)
**Author:** [@moontear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/moontear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-format-strings-from-tag-filename-option/15094 "2013-10-11T14:08:04Z")
I have quite a few wrong format strings in my Tag - Filename conversions. I would like to delete a few, but couldn’t find an option to delete them. I also tried hitting \[DEL\] while in the list. Any possibility to remov… --- ## [Make TITLE Feat. YYY -\> TITLE (Feat. YYY)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-title-feat-yyy-title-feat-yyy/15089)
**Author:** [@MadShot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MadShot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-title-feat-yyy-title-feat-yyy/15089 "2013-10-09T19:33:46Z")
Hey ! I have a an issue I have to deal with very often when I’m editing tags. I wanted to capitalize the first letter of “feat.” -\> SOLVED I also would like to add an opening ( and a closing ) to the featuring part T… --- ## [Combining actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/combining-actions/15086)
**Author:** [@tinpanalley](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tinpanalley)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/combining-actions/15086 "2013-10-08T14:27:15Z")
I have several tags I like to add to my music files to prepare them for use. I have two questions… Can I string together any series of tag edits? In this string of edits, how would I get a selected series of tracks to … --- ## [changed track numbers don't seem to be saved...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changed-track-numbers-dont-seem-to-be-saved/15052)
**Author:** [@Florio60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florio60)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changed-track-numbers-dont-seem-to-be-saved/15052 "2013-10-07T20:31:11Z")
I’m a fairly inexperienced Mp3tag user, so please bear with me \[:rolleyes:\] I have a lot of classical music boxed sets which I’m putting onto my smartphone to listen to. Rather than have them catalogued as, let’s say, A… --- ## [Import from file name without using dashes or space](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-from-file-name-without-using-dashes-or-space/15082)
**Author:** [@hotdak3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hotdak3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-from-file-name-without-using-dashes-or-space/15082 "2013-10-06T18:37:21Z")
Import from the file name, Example: Smith, Fred - 99 Red Cars & trucks - AC1997 (My LP309) Just AC Into Genre & 1997 Into Year without having to rename the file with dashes or spaces Thank you --- ## [Searching for files with Unicode tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118)
**Author:** [@sba](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sba)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-for-files-with-unicode-tags/11118 "2013-10-06T07:20:03Z")
Hi, I own a very old but still working Noxon 1 player from Terratec. It doesn’t accept Unicode tags, only ISO8859-1. I know how to fix files to replace the Unicode tags with ISO8859-1 tags using Mp3Tag 2.46a, but how c… --- ## [FLAC files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files/15073)
**Author:** [@rattyjunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rattyjunk)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-files/15073 "2013-10-05T20:34:53Z")
I was recommended this program for the purpose of converting all my tags. Having read up a bit on tag conversion, I understand that you just need to load up your files and select what tag type you want in the save sectio… --- ## [File Attribute update time does not change](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-attribute-update-time-does-not-change/15078)
**Author:** [@mp3tag1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3tag1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2013, 7:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-attribute-update-time-does-not-change/15078 "2013-10-05T07:20:08Z")
HI, I am using owncloud to sync my files. Unfortunately my mp3 are not synched once tags are updated. After analysis of this, I found out, that mp3tag is not updating the file attribute for the update time (german Win7… --- ## [How to Set the Comment Field Value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-set-the-comment-field-value/15072)
**Author:** [@eStearns](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eStearns)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-set-the-comment-field-value/15072 "2013-10-04T18:50:24Z")
How can I set all the COMMENT field values to “This is my comment” regardless of what’s currently in the fields through an action? I can’t figure out how to do it with replace or replace with regular expression. I want t… --- ## [using $if($meta(...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-if-meta/15075)
**Author:** [@Ydope](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ydope)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-if-meta/15075 "2013-10-04T18:18:35Z")
Why does this expression always return “no”? $if($meta(x),yes,no) The $if condition is never met even if an explicit use of $meta(x) has a result. I wanted to use something like this with $meta(x,1) to find (filter) a… --- ## [I want to seperate my music in to respective album folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-want-to-seperate-my-music-in-to-respective-album-folders/15074)
**Author:** [@Giri\_Babu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Giri_Babu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-want-to-seperate-my-music-in-to-respective-album-folders/15074 "2013-10-04T15:51:45Z")
Hi friends! I have thousands of music files in one folder and it’s sub-folders. I want to copy my songs in to separate songs folders as per albums. My album names are proper in album tag. So how can I use MP3Tag for se… --- ## [Meta tag for URL removal](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/meta-tag-for-url-removal/15069)
**Author:** [@Oleg32](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oleg32)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/meta-tag-for-url-removal/15069 "2013-10-03T15:08:17Z")
What is Meta tag from URL removal? --- ## [Search numbers in single line](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-numbers-in-single-line/15065)
**Author:** [@monet60707](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/monet60707)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-numbers-in-single-line/15065 "2013-09-27T15:40:27Z")
Hi, I’d like to search for a numbers in a single line only e.g. “some text, some more text 123 some text, some more text some text, some more text 124” etc. For now I came up with this (\[^\\d\]|^)\\d{3}(\[^\\d\]|$) but… --- ## [More complicated action questions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-complicated-action-questions/15059)
**Author:** [@pbright](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pbright)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-complicated-action-questions/15059 "2013-09-26T03:30:00Z")
FileName: Gunsmoke 52-04-26 (001) Billy the Kid The file name has the track number embed inside always …three numbers surrounded by (xxx) I want to extract out the track number and put it in the track field So this i… --- ## [Best practices](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/best-practices/15057)
**Author:** [@chinni](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chinni)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/best-practices/15057 "2013-09-25T19:31:31Z")
Before running juke box tool like Dune Music Manager, I want to make sure data is valid. I have these in my list. Replace using regular expressions values for all tags (\_tag I believe) any trailing and leading space Re… --- ## [Simple Action Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-question/15058)
**Author:** [@pbright](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pbright)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-action-question/15058 "2013-09-25T17:16:54Z")
I want to replace the title with the File name Field: TITLE Original: %title% Replace with: %\_filename% The above doesn’t work so I guess I don’t know what I’m doing …lol --- ## [Compilations tag recognizable in iTunes?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilations-tag-recognizable-in-itunes/15054)
**Author:** [@percepto](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/percepto)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compilations-tag-recognizable-in-itunes/15054 "2013-09-24T21:36:20Z")
Is there a way of creating a compilations tag which iTunes will recognize? I want to edit all my compilation albums at once (I have a lot!) and then import them into iTunes so they automatically remain in the correct al… --- ## [Using action to replace](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-action-to-replace/15055)
**Author:** [@chinni](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chinni)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-action-to-replace/15055 "2013-09-24T13:11:48Z")
I tried using an action to replace a string in artist field. It says it is formatted tags in 242 out of 442 files. I see the change, but there are only 6 files. Why does it says it is formatted so many files? Is it po… --- ## [MP3Tag-Help file won't open in Windows 8](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-help-file-wont-open-in-windows-8/15053)
**Author:** [@Muntra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Muntra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-help-file-wont-open-in-windows-8/15053 "2013-09-23T16:08:31Z")
… and then I’m told to go look in Windows’ App Store… No help there! Going via the Mp3Tag Help-link in my Classic Start Menu works perfectly, the problem is only with the program shortcut / F1. Seems to be a generel Wi… --- ## [Does Mp3tag only do integer math?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-mp3tag-only-do-integer-math/15050)
**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/does-mp3tag-only-do-integer-math/15050 "2013-09-23T10:09:30Z")
I was looking for a way to take floating point values with two decimal places such as the following and round them to the closest integer: 97.54 -\> 98 122.00 -\> 122 90.98 -\> 91 144.19 -\> 144 Ideally, something like … --- ## [The System cannot find the specified path.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-system-cannot-find-the-specified-path/15049)
**Author:** [@krissasaur](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/krissasaur)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-system-cannot-find-the-specified-path/15049 "2013-09-21T18:28:42Z")
Does anyone know what is causing this? I want to make a folder inside a folder... and this action has worked for me perfectly in the past, but now I always get this error? I checked if the files are read only, and they … --- ## [Auto Numbering Wizard oddities](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-numbering-wizard-oddities/15047)
**Author:** [@Ydope](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ydope)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2013, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-numbering-wizard-oddities/15047 "2013-09-21T09:20:14Z")
The track counter sometimes resets within the directory, leading to wrong numbering. I ran the wizard on a large number of folders at once \[settings: start with 1, all boxes checked\] and I noticed the reset can be cause… --- ## [No cover art showing on iPhone?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-cover-art-showing-on-iphone/15046)
**Author:** [@dontomaso](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dontomaso)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-cover-art-showing-on-iphone/15046 "2013-09-19T03:37:25Z")
I have had this problem for ages but thought that would be sorted out in iOS7. It didn’t. I’m using “manually manage music and videos” in iTunes, and I add music to the phone by drag-amd-drop. I’m positive that each mp3… --- ## [Adding a Custom Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-custom-action/15037)
**Author:** [@chevellejnj72](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chevellejnj72)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-custom-action/15037 "2013-09-17T15:34:41Z")
Hey MP3Tag Forum! I wrote a post WAY WAY in the past and cannot seem to find it even under my posts. I was hoping the fourm could help me write 3 custom actions once more. TrackNumber - TrackTitle - AlbumArtist - Albu… --- ## [Changing Cover Art if it is below 600x600 pixels](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-cover-art-if-it-is-below-600x600-pixels/15010)
**Author:** [@KGriff](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KGriff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-cover-art-if-it-is-below-600x600-pixels/15010 "2013-09-17T11:28:51Z")
I keep all my music in iTunes and use the excellent MP3Tag to correct my .mp3 and .m4a tags and Cover Art usually prior to import. However I have some rather old music files/folders within iTunes which were in my librar… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=263) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=265)