# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=268 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 269 --- ## [Bulk moving of MP3 tag info to WMA/FLAC files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-moving-of-mp3-tag-info-to-wma-flac-files/14833)
**Author:** [@wbrells](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wbrells)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-moving-of-mp3-tag-info-to-wma-flac-files/14833 "2013-06-26T21:31:17Z")
Folks, I’ve spent many hours with Mp3tag cleaning up the tags (and cover images) for about 100 albums. Now that all the MP3 files are in good shape I’m hoping to transfer as much of the tag information as possible to an… --- ## [Removing all disc numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-all-disc-numbers/14844)
**Author:** [@J\_van\_E](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/J_van_E)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-all-disc-numbers/14844 "2013-06-26T17:31:18Z")
First of all: thanks for such an awesome program!!! Up to now I used various music player to edit the tags but over time little errors crept in or things were different in various mp3’s, so I decided to have a good look … --- ## [Newbie question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-question/14837)
**Author:** [@car313](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/car313)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2013, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-question/14837 "2013-06-25T14:33:38Z")
Dear People, I am a newbie to this wondeful program as well as to the forum. I was able to get simple operations like remove double spaces and digits, change the case, and fill empty tag filds. Now I am finding it dif… --- ## [Case Conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion/14830)
**Author:** [@CHDuelund](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CHDuelund)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion/14830 "2013-06-24T12:54:28Z")
Hi, I know that there are TONS of topics covering this, but I haven’t had any luck finding just what I’m looking for. Maybe my english isn’t good enough, when it comes to the more technical terms, I don’t know. What I … --- ## [www.src doesn't work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/www-src-doesnt-work/14836)
**Author:** [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/www-src-doesnt-work/14836 "2013-06-24T11:52:01Z")
I’ve noticed recently the Direct By URL (www.src) doesn’t work. I get “Error Connecting To Server” message Any updates… --- ## [Auto fill artist section when looking up tags via source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-fill-artist-section-when-looking-up-tags-via-source/14834)
**Author:** [@robwoolly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/robwoolly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-fill-artist-section-when-looking-up-tags-via-source/14834 "2013-06-23T17:49:27Z")
first post, so apologies if this is an easy question. Just wondered if there is a quick and easy way to auto fill in the Artist field when looking up an album through a web source i.e amazon.co.uk. Currently once I hav… --- ## [Exporting / Importing Tag Data](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-importing-tag-data/14818)
**Author:** [@Beluna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beluna)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-importing-tag-data/14818 "2013-06-23T06:18:37Z")
Have not really used the export / importing tag feature, but i have a need to now and a little confused on the matter. I have several mp3’s which i need to convert to 192 kbs, however, when i convert the mp3 it wipes ou… --- ## [What is the purpose of Field in replace action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-field-in-replace-action/14823)
**Author:** [@mrpeanutshell](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrpeanutshell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-the-purpose-of-field-in-replace-action/14823 "2013-06-22T20:10:21Z")
I won't bother everybody with my initial post which went deep down into the REPLACE action and much confusion. Bottom line is that if you want to COPY a tag to another tag, you create an Action type of Format value The… --- ## [Replacing blank tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-blank-tags/14822)
**Author:** [@hdnrs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hdnrs)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2013, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-blank-tags/14822 "2013-06-21T21:42:33Z")
I’d like to replace all blank disc numbers with a one, but am unable to figure out how to match a blank… In vi i’d just use ^$ but this doesn’t seem to work. How can I pattern match a blank field? Thanks --- ## [Api.beatport.com down?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/api-beatport-com-down/14820)
**Author:** [@DJEXMO](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJEXMO)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/api-beatport-com-down/14820 "2013-06-21T11:17:19Z")
Hello, does anybody know about the api of beatport. Since today the site is down? Does they shotdown the service? I didn't found anything in the web. Thanks for response! Greetz Chris --- ## [How ID filename w/o extension?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-id-filename-w-o-extension/14821)
**Author:** [@mrpeanutshell](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrpeanutshell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-id-filename-w-o-extension/14821 "2013-06-20T20:24:25Z")
For inserting image tag, all I read is using expressions like %album% and %artist%, but not just the filename without extension (apparently \_FILENAME is the whole thing, e.g. joe - songA.mp3). Q1) What do I use to decla… --- ## [Track number from .m3u?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-from-m3u/14813)
**Author:** [@Robscire](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Robscire)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-from-m3u/14813 "2013-06-17T17:59:03Z")
Is it possible to get track number tag from a line number in m3u file? I've got it formatted like this: --- ## [Default language identifier](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-language-identifier/14810)
**Author:** [@krypmar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/krypmar)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2013, 6:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-language-identifier/14810 "2013-06-15T06:31:11Z")
Is there another way to change lyrics language than manually changing the language identifier “eng||” in the lyrics field? For eg. I use polish as default Mp3Tag language but “english” identifier always appears when I i… --- ## [Removing/Strip Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-strip-tag/14803)
**Author:** [@RealPetChicken](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RealPetChicken)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-strip-tag/14803 "2013-06-14T03:41:21Z")
All my files are like “S01E01 - Hello World” “S01E02 - Back Again for Another Round” How can i strip it just so i can have “S01E01” “S01E02” Reason why, i am putting the stripped titles in a Episode ID Tag. Thank you … --- ## [Filter failure](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-failure/14800)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2013, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-failure/14800 "2013-06-13T16:42:07Z")
Anyone know why this filter GILBERT AND SULLIVAN is not excluding tracks that don't contain GILBERT and AND and SULLIVAN? It is as if AND is being misinterpreted as an operator. esp. since changing to ANd worksaround.… --- ## [Can't pin MP3tag window towards sides](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-pin-mp3tag-window-towards-sides/14802)
**Author:** [@MP3tag\_fan89](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MP3tag_fan89)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-pin-mp3tag-window-towards-sides/14802 "2013-06-11T20:12:57Z")
Hi, everyone. For some reason, MP3tag 2.55a won't let me pin the application main window towards the sides. I'll explain: since Windows 7, if you click and drag a window title bar and move it toward either sides, the win… --- ## [Set a custom path tag for non conforming albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/set-a-custom-path-tag-for-non-conforming-albums/14796)
**Author:** [@ginjaninja](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ginjaninja)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2013, 11:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/set-a-custom-path-tag-for-non-conforming-albums/14796 "2013-06-11T11:11:33Z")
I was trying to populate a custom attribute with the subpath to an album, only for albums which dont conform to a standard defined as W:\\Music\\AlbumArtist(Year) Album\[Disks\]\\Tracks … (where ‘the albumartist’ is stored … --- ## [One file per directory in Export doesn't work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/one-file-per-directory-in-export-doesnt-work/14794)
**Author:** [@MasterKaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MasterKaster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/one-file-per-directory-in-export-doesnt-work/14794 "2013-06-10T06:49:01Z")
I tried this option on several directories. Example, I have 2 directories: (2002) - A Album (2003) - B Album I drag and drop the directories to mp3tag window I select all songs I click "Export" button on toolbar I c… --- ## [Regular Expression to Extract Album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-to-extract-album/14790)
**Author:** [@ginjaninja](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ginjaninja)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-to-extract-album/14790 "2013-06-09T16:02:29Z")
Hope someone can help please I am trying to clean up my album names for multi disc albums, by using the discnumber tag rather than a suffix on the album name When i format value album with $regexp(%album%,(.)(disc|cd)… --- ## [Cleaning Down Tags to just ID3v2](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cleaning-down-tags-to-just-id3v2/14791)
**Author:** [@ginjaninja](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ginjaninja)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cleaning-down-tags-to-just-id3v2/14791 "2013-06-09T16:00:53Z")
Would it be a bad idea to remove all multiple tag formats and standardise down to just the mp3tag default.(id3v2-16) all my hardware plays this version. i am thinking there is less room for confusion, the data is tidie… --- ## [Want to rename and retag just a few MP3s across multiple copies](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/want-to-rename-and-retag-just-a-few-mp3s-across-multiple-copies/14792)
**Author:** [@AMJF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AMJF)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/want-to-rename-and-retag-just-a-few-mp3s-across-multiple-copies/14792 "2013-06-09T14:36:25Z")
Hi. At the moment I have almost 2000 MP3s, three copies each, across a hard drive, MP3 player and USB stick, all (hopefully) identical to each other, paths and all. The thing is, when I’ve wanted to rename and retag MP… --- ## [Move album folders to their correspondent Artist folder in another HD](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-album-folders-to-their-correspondent-artist-folder-in-another-hd/14787)
**Author:** [@eqblues](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eqblues)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-album-folders-to-their-correspondent-artist-folder-in-another-hd/14787 "2013-06-08T00:59:14Z")
Hello everyone! I’ve been using Mp3tag for years now and I love it. I hope you can help me out. I have a bunch of downloaded albums, one folder for each album. What I want to do, if at all possible, is to move each al… --- ## [Sort by track number doesn't sort number formats](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-by-track-number-doesnt-sort-number-formats/14783)
**Author:** [@say170](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/say170)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2013, 9:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-by-track-number-doesnt-sort-number-formats/14783 "2013-06-05T09:52:00Z")
I am trying to renumber my MP3s so they all have two digits. If I short by track number, I end up with: 01 01 01 1 01 1 01 01 1 Is it possible to sort this so all the 1’s and all the 01’s are grouped. This wo… --- ## [Convert \> Text File - Tag Greyed Out](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-text-file-tag-greyed-out/14780)
**Author:** [@skipcave](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skipcave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-text-file-tag-greyed-out/14780 "2013-06-04T16:00:53Z")
I have several hundred .wma files with file names such as: Track 1.wma, Track 2.wma, … Track 29.wma, Track 30.wma… Track 205.wma, Track 206.wma, etc. I have a tab-delimited text file with the following structure: Track… --- ## [Help with trimming leading characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-trimming-leading-characters/14779)
**Author:** [@Aluminari](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aluminari)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-trimming-leading-characters/14779 "2013-06-04T05:36:49Z")
Hi guys, I tried to follow the tutorial to remove leading characters but it doesn’t seem to work when I try it. It only works on some files. I am currently using: Replace with regular expression Field: \_FILENAME Reg.… --- ## [not work this code](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-work-this-code/14778)
**Author:** [@cron0sYX58](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cron0sYX58)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-work-this-code/14778 "2013-06-03T14:58:08Z")
Hi, If I use this code don’t work: $num(%\_counter%,$len(%\_total\_files%)) I have this in track tag: 1 2 3 … I want get this: 01 02 03 … If I use the code I get this: 1 2 3 … can you solve it? thank you … --- ## [Cannot open file for writing error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-open-file-for-writing-error/14765)
**Author:** [@jackerbes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jackerbes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-open-file-for-writing-error/14765 "2013-06-02T00:03:23Z")
I frequently get the subject error when trying to write tags to blank fields or end tags that are already in place. The files are mp3 and mp4 files downloaded from public sources like LibriVox. I have read the previous… --- ## [Mp3tag shows Korean, Japan etc language texts as squares](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770)
**Author:** [@seamoon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/seamoon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-shows-korean-japan-etc-language-texts-as-squares/14770 "2013-05-31T06:26:59Z")
Mp3tag shows Korean, Japan etc language texts as squares while I can see these tags with Jaikoz or Picard correctly. I tried utf-16 and utf-8 settings but no help. --- ## [How Do I Change Embedded Cover Art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-change-embedded-cover-art/14772)
**Author:** [@MalakaiSPSC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MalakaiSPSC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-change-embedded-cover-art/14772 "2013-05-30T19:20:37Z")
Hey Guys, I have added cover art to some of my files using Amazon.com and now I would like to change it. I open MP3Tag v.255 and I right clicked on the original image and selected remove and it disappeared as expected… --- ## [Track number not saved correctly](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-not-saved-correctly/10416)
**Author:** [@aslaksen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aslaksen)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-not-saved-correctly/10416 "2013-05-30T18:41:27Z")
Hi, I have a strange problem. I have a bunch of MP3 files, and I used the auto-number tool to change the track numbers. It looks fine, but then I opened Windows Media Player, and I realized that some of the track numbers… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=267) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=269)