# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=271 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 272 --- ## [User-defined variables](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-variables/14637)
**Author:** [@avecchia](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/avecchia)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-variables/14637 "2013-04-15T07:21:35Z")
Hi, I’m trying to export a list (in txt format) of the tracks in an album of classical music that has multiple composers and multiple interpreters. In order to get this result, I need to use some user-defined variables,… --- ## [Update track from title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-track-from-title/14633)
**Author:** [@broodmdh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/broodmdh)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2013, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/update-track-from-title/14633 "2013-04-13T14:37:56Z")
I have a large number of files with the title (and filename) formatted like the following: Episode 10 - Blah blah blah How can I update the track field to reflect the number found in the title? Is this track field pic… --- ## [Help:music tagging For Xbmc not working](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-music-tagging-for-xbmc-not-working/14623)
**Author:** [@Paynemaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paynemaster)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-music-tagging-for-xbmc-not-working/14623 "2013-04-11T22:19:06Z")
Hello iam trying to get my music tagged with MP3TAG but its not working. maybe iam doing something wrong. don’t understand me wrong, it is tagging my music but for some way its not working in xbmc. it almost seems the ta… --- ## [Export column view](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-column-view/14626)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Wolf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mr_Wolf)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-column-view/14626 "2013-04-10T16:57:51Z")
Hi to all! First of all: many thanks for this program, that’s what I was looking for to manage my MP3s. :laughing: I need to install Mp3tag in several computers: is there a way to export the column view? I mean the co… --- ## [Add LYRICS tag value and field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-lyrics-tag-value-and-field/14622)
**Author:** [@bert57](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bert57)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-lyrics-tag-value-and-field/14622 "2013-04-09T17:35:02Z")
True beginner at this. Trying to learn as I go. I am using foobar2000 and plugins to automatically add lyrics to flac files. In order to do it I need a tag “LYRICS” for it to do what I us it for. When I try to add “L… --- ## [Filename automatically changed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-automatically-changed/14620)
**Author:** [@Anonie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Anonie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-automatically-changed/14620 "2013-04-08T17:30:43Z")
Hi all, first I’m sorry if I don’t speak english very good, I’m french, so I hope you will understand my problem : I use often Mp3tag to change the basic tag of my music easily but sometimes, I don’t know why, after I c… --- ## [itunes and filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-and-filename/14612)
**Author:** [@hshrader](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hshrader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-and-filename/14612 "2013-04-07T05:07:59Z")
Appreciate some help to impact on the file names for iTunes Currently i have situations like this: – Artist is Rachmaninov, Album is Russian Album, Album Artist is Anna Netrebko. The file is: Music\\Anna Netrebko\\Russ… --- ## [automatic detect multidisk in "tag to filename" conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-detect-multidisk-in-tag-to-filename-conversion/14599)
**Author:** [@fers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fers)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-detect-multidisk-in-tag-to-filename-conversion/14599 "2013-04-06T06:17:54Z")
Hi all, im starting a new thread with a followup question based on garym’s recommendation. As the title suggests im creating folder structures from my tags and am going for the structure of: For single or 2 disc albums… --- ## [Incorrect Information Being Displayed in WMP](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/incorrect-information-being-displayed-in-wmp/14616)
**Author:** [@MalakaiSPSC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MalakaiSPSC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2013, 6:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/incorrect-information-being-displayed-in-wmp/14616 "2013-04-06T06:16:09Z")
Hello All, I just discovered MP3Tag a few days ago and I have been learning how to use it ever since. Let me start at the beginning that will eventually lead me to this point. I have a large CD collection and ordered … --- ## [User-defined Field Mappings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-field-mappings/14614)
**Author:** [@jpetrula](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jpetrula)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2013, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-field-mappings/14614 "2013-04-05T20:51:21Z")
Using the Mp3tag Options dialog | Tag Panel menu item, you can add “Name in Mp3tag” fields to the Tag Panel like DISCNUMBER. The “Name:” you can call anything. The “Field” is a drop down list of “Name in Mp3tag” fields. … --- ## [Sondtracks by multiple artists - where to put them?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sondtracks-by-multiple-artists-where-to-put-them/14604)
**Author:** [@fers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fers)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sondtracks-by-multiple-artists-where-to-put-them/14604 "2013-04-03T17:44:40Z")
Going through my collection and i’ve hit a snag, what to do with soundtracks and various artists. For compilations its easy, a folder called compilations, containing all compilation albums. My issues is with soundtrack… --- ## [Extract pattern from filename to tag field (subtitle)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-pattern-from-filename-to-tag-field-subtitle/14603)
**Author:** [@pqsc.user](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pqsc.user)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2013, 3:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-pattern-from-filename-to-tag-field-subtitle/14603 "2013-04-03T03:56:10Z")
I have a similar question / problem. I'm sure it's quite easy but new to regular expressions. I'd like to extract from %\_filename% certain patterns (a code) and assign them to %subtitle% Examples: 1985-07-14 S-1972 … --- ## [Re-formatting the ARTIST field based on info from ALBUM](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-formatting-the-artist-field-based-on-info-from-album/14602)
**Author:** [@forbin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/forbin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-formatting-the-artist-field-based-on-info-from-album/14602 "2013-04-01T21:38:27Z")
I love MP3Tag, i’ve been using it for years, but have hit the wall while making some big changes to my music collection. I want to replace the ARTIST field with info after the ‘-’ gleaned from the ALBUM field. All the … --- ## [Approaches to folder structure for multi-disc albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/approaches-to-folder-structure-for-multi-disc-albums/14595)
**Author:** [@fers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fers)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/approaches-to-folder-structure-for-multi-disc-albums/14595 "2013-04-01T19:10:10Z")
Hello, wondering if i could get peoples thoughts on the following: What are peoples approaches to organising folders for multi-disc albums. Is it better to seperate the discs into seperate folders i.e: Artist/Album/disc… --- ## [Song Length Format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/song-length-format/14598)
**Author:** [@bizzydawn74](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bizzydawn74)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2013, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/song-length-format/14598 "2013-03-31T22:37:34Z")
I enjoy audio books & I prefer to combine the tracks for listening on my MP3 player. However, some of them can be quite long, i.e.: more then 24 hours long. If the incorrect amount of time is not correct, it wont allow m… --- ## [Batch](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch/14593)
**Author:** [@bkej](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bkej)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch/14593 "2013-03-28T17:04:21Z")
Hello, I want to do a batch for 10 000 MP3s (that I would do very often): 1/ Import parts of the filename+folder structure into the tag =\> I use the "Converter \> Filename - Tag" 2/ Delete some fields all in one step … --- ## [Issue with Undo Function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-undo-function/14592)
**Author:** [@deckard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/deckard)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2013, 3:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-undo-function/14592 "2013-03-28T03:30:49Z")
I looked around and didn’t see anything like what I am experiencing, so forgive me if this has already been covered. I will sometimes open my entire library (50k+ files) at once to search for a specific title/string, et… --- ## [converting id3 tags to unicode?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-id3-tags-to-unicode/10575)
**Author:** [@sir-knight](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sir-knight)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-id3-tags-to-unicode/10575 "2013-03-26T21:06:24Z")
I have myself a (large) number of files all tagged with who knows what character sets… some work in windows when not in the locale of origin, some don’t. Is there a way to batch convert all the contents of the id3 tags t… --- ## [Mark items as default](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mark-items-as-default/14587)
**Author:** [@mtas1306](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mtas1306)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mark-items-as-default/14587 "2013-03-26T21:04:15Z")
Hi friends! I’m a long user of MP3Tag. I envoy it very much. I’d like knowing if there is a possibility that when reading a folder for the mp3 items, they were marked as a default and not to do everytime Ctrl+A. Thank… --- ## [File name before the dash to the artist section?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-before-the-dash-to-the-artist-section/14588)
**Author:** [@Bakgrund](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bakgrund)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-before-the-dash-to-the-artist-section/14588 "2013-03-26T14:10:48Z")
Hi, i am new to this progam and i just managed to copy the file name to the song-name. The problem is that it just copied the name that was after the - in the file name. For example, if a songs filename is "Scooter - 4 A… --- ## [customize columns - id3v1 data only](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customize-columns-id3v1-data-only/14582)
**Author:** [@mmcinally](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mmcinally)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2013, 7:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/customize-columns-id3v1-data-only/14582 "2013-03-26T07:55:17Z")
I would like to add a column that displays ONLY the year in my id3v1 tag. I have tried: %year\_id3v1% %YEAR\_ID3v1% Please advise, M. --- ## [ALBUMARTIST, BPM, COMMENT, COMPOSER, ENCODEDBY, LANGUAGE, GENRE, MEDIATYPE, ORIGALBUM, ORIGARTIST, ORIGFILENAME, ORIGYEAR, PUBLISHER, RELEASETIME, ETC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartist-bpm-comment-composer-encodedby-language-genre-mediatype-origalbum-origartist-origfilename-origyear-publisher-releasetime-etc/14585)
**Author:** [@jjshinobi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jjshinobi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumartist-bpm-comment-composer-encodedby-language-genre-mediatype-origalbum-origartist-origfilename-origyear-publisher-releasetime-etc/14585 "2013-03-25T23:22:35Z")
(title cont:) UNSYNCEDLYRICS, WWW, WWWARTIST, WWWPUBLISHER, WWWRADIOPAGE, YEAR, TRACK, are not exporting to CSV. It was tagged using ID3v2.4. Found solutions: http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopi…l=not+exporting … --- ## [problem with writing tags in .m4b](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-writing-tags-in-m4b/14577)
**Author:** [@Tivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tivan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-writing-tags-in-m4b/14577 "2013-03-24T21:30:05Z")
I have problem with writing tags to .m4b file. I have Mp3tag 2.54. Windows XP sp3. Never had any problems with .m4b before but 6 files (books series) looks like have block for changing title and album. When I changing i… --- ## [Extract text from the middle of Title field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-text-from-the-middle-of-title-field/70124)
**Author:** [@mrmalibu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrmalibu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2013, 8:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-text-from-the-middle-of-title-field/70124 "2013-03-24T08:25:45Z")
I have a same problem, I think. My Title is TEWS: Over the moon: 1 Feb 2013 I'd like the results to look like: Over the moon. I love this program but it the string seem hard to me. --- ## [Insert Character at the end of a Field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-character-at-the-end-of-a-field/14572)
**Author:** [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/insert-character-at-the-end-of-a-field/14572 "2013-03-23T15:37:04Z")
Good day all, I was reading through the documentation for MP3Tag but couldn’t quite grasp what I was doing. But anyways, support is here :slight\_smile: Thank you in advance. What I would like to do is create an action … --- ## [Homemade Album Artwork](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/homemade-album-artwork/14447)
**Author:** [@dluhop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dluhop)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/homemade-album-artwork/14447 "2013-03-23T10:54:45Z")
I have several “albums” for which I have created my own cover art. These cover art files reside on my hard drive as .jpg files. These files don’t seem to convert to tags like regular cover art downloaded from the interne… --- ## [Creating new lines in a "Format value" action??](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-new-lines-in-a-format-value-action/14565)
**Author:** [@sigrun](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sigrun)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-new-lines-in-a-format-value-action/14565 "2013-03-22T19:41:07Z")
How do I create a new lines in a “Format value” action?? I wanted to arrange some tags in the lyrics field, something like this: Artist - Album (Year) (Grouping) --------------------------------------- Track. Title Sub… --- ## [local freedb "An unexpected error occured."](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562)
**Author:** [@piecat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/piecat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-an-unexpected-error-occured/14562 "2013-03-22T11:42:30Z")
I received “An unexpected error occured.” error message while trying to read CD data from my local freedb (created with EAC 0.99pb5). I am using Win7, and the local freedb uses Unix format (each CD has a separate file). … --- ## [Replacements in Folder Path?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacements-in-folder-path/14560)
**Author:** [@mwidunn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mwidunn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacements-in-folder-path/14560 "2013-03-20T19:07:48Z")
How do I use the ACTION button to make replacements in a file’s Path? There is nothing in the Field drop-down menu that seems to address this. Even after I modify the names of Albums in MP3Tag, I notice that in the fol… --- ## [Extract specific number of characters from filename for tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-specific-number-of-characters-from-filename-for-tag/14557)
**Author:** [@scottyb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/scottyb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2013, 5:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-specific-number-of-characters-from-filename-for-tag/14557 "2013-03-20T05:47:47Z")
Love the program, but have never done any scripting. I’ve read the FAQ and help files, and searched the forum posts, but not finding exactly what I’m looking for. Sorry to ask what is probably a very simple question for … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=270) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=272)