# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=275

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## [Mp3tag auto-load mp3 files at startup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-auto-load-mp3-files-at-startup/14376)

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**Author:** [@gjera](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gjera)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-auto-load-mp3-files-at-startup/14376 "2013-01-22T21:31:49Z")

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Hi everyone. How does one disable that feature? It's pretty annoying, that everytime I open mp3tag, previously opened mp3 files get automatically loaded. It's especially problematic, when in previous session I had more…

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## [Move folder.jpg along with MP3 files to new directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-folder-jpg-along-with-mp3-files-to-new-directory/14375)

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**Author:** [@iridius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/iridius)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-folder-jpg-along-with-mp3-files-to-new-directory/14375 "2013-01-22T05:44:25Z")

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I am using MP3Tag organize my files, I have an Action set up using the following: D:+ Music+Tagged%albumartist%%album% (%year%)%track%. %albumartist% - %title% and that works fine for the music files. But I would like …

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## ["Only as whole word" operation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-as-whole-word-operation/14378)

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**Author:** [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 22, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/only-as-whole-word-operation/14378 "2013-01-22T05:08:04Z")

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When running the Replace action, if a word is followed by a comma or full stop then it is not accepted as a whole word. Is this intentional? If so a note could be made in the help file that “whole words” must have space…

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## [Help me migrate my library from MediaMonkey (back) to iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-me-migrate-my-library-from-mediamonkey-back-to-itunes/14368)

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**Author:** [@WimYogya](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/WimYogya)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-me-migrate-my-library-from-mediamonkey-back-to-itunes/14368 "2013-01-19T18:03:46Z")

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Hello, In the past I have briefly used MP3TAG, I think I will/must use it again, to migrate my big 100.000+ tracks music library successfully back to iTunes. I started it in iTunes, moved it to MediaMonkey when it beca…

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## [Mixed uppercase exception](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mixed-uppercase-exception/14367)

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**Author:** [@ptbeau](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ptbeau)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mixed-uppercase-exception/14367 "2013-01-19T17:25:34Z")

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I would like to uppercase the first letter of every word except in specific case. Here is an example: Herbert von Karajan - Dg Recordings - 159-01 - (1981) - Wagner - Parsifal - II - Komm, komm, holder knabe!.mp3 and o…

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## [\[Feature Request\] New variables requested](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-new-variables-requested/14365)

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**Author:** [@RevRagnarok](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RevRagnarok)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-new-variables-requested/14365 "2013-01-18T22:15:36Z")

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Since my previous feature request is pretty pie-in-the-sky, I could really use some new variables. I have some Actions that extensively use “%\_counter%” and “%\_total\_files%”. I would like the equivalent of those but one…

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## [Program font and color schemes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/program-font-and-color-schemes/14362)

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**Author:** [@kittmaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kittmaster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/program-font-and-color-schemes/14362 "2013-01-18T15:34:01Z")

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Does anyone know if there are plans to allow customization of these aspects of the program? I’d like it to use the same fonts and color schemes that Serato ITCH uses, I consistently find that things that look fine in MP…

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## [Portable install issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install-issue/14354)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/portable-install-issue/14354 "2013-01-16T21:49:12Z")

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Florian, the procedure at Installation & Backup is perhaps missing a step. If you try just this, you find there is no directory %APPDATA%\\Mp3tag. To create it, you have to run the app first.

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## [Installation instructions?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-instructions/14351)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation-instructions/14351 "2013-01-16T12:42:03Z")

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Can anyone tell me the location of the installation instructions for Mp3tag? None found at http://help.mp3tag.de/. Thanks. PS Anyone finding installation fails on Windows 7 may like to know here running the installer …

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## [Loosing album tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loosing-album-tag/14349)

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**Author:** [@ptbeau](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ptbeau)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loosing-album-tag/14349 "2013-01-15T20:50:46Z")

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I have used MP3tag to set the tags of a serie of flac file including artist, album, title,… when I convert the flac files to mp3 files if using “Switch Sound File Converter” I obtain all tags except "album" If I use db…

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## [Translate file extensions to tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/translate-file-extensions-to-tags/14350)

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**Author:** [@bjbp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bjbp)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/translate-file-extensions-to-tags/14350 "2013-01-15T18:58:59Z")

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Hi. I have two questions about MP3Tag. I’ve been using it for a few months now, and I like it a lot, but I have a bit of a problem. You see, I batch downloaded all the MP3’s for an extremely long song, and since they are…

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## [Not showing the Year, Comment, Copyright and Web address details.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-showing-the-year-comment-copyright-and-web-address-details/14343)

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**Author:** [@Giri\_Babu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Giri_Babu)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-showing-the-year-comment-copyright-and-web-address-details/14343 "2013-01-14T19:04:45Z")

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I have Nokia E7 phone with Symbian Belle (refresh) operating system. When I try to see my music details, the device cann’t showing the Year, Comment, Copyright and Web address details. I think actually it is not the dev…

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## [How do i organize? Or Sort by ....?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-organize-or-sort-by/14346)

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**Author:** [@pcfalanga](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pcfalanga)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2013, 7:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-organize-or-sort-by/14346 "2013-01-14T07:46:47Z")

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Hello people, how are you? A have a question: How do I sort in “html standard” for a column? Example: :: VIEW STANDARD :: ARTIST TRACK ALBUM YEAR GENRE Bon Jovi Miracle …

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## [keep seperator in two segment filename to tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-seperator-in-two-segment-filename-to-tag/14344)

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**Author:** [@ptbeau](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ptbeau)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-seperator-in-two-segment-filename-to-tag/14344 "2013-01-12T18:39:37Z")

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my file name is like this: Herbert von Karajan - DG Recordings - 069-01 - (1970) - Beethoven - Musik zu Goethes Trauerspiel Egmont - Op 84 - Ouvertüre.flac and I would like to have in %track% = 069-01 and in the title…

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## [divide different values from title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/divide-different-values-from-title/14342)

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**Author:** [@killertomatoketchup](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/killertomatoketchup)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/divide-different-values-from-title/14342 "2013-01-12T14:24:44Z")

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Hey Everyone! I got some mp3s. They’re named p.e. AdaJonesBillyMurray-SmileSmileSmile1908\_64kb, they got no tag written and I want to extract Artist, Title and Year from theyr names… I really got confused by the script…

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## [Mystery bad tags (!BAD ID3v2)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mystery-bad-tags-bad-id3v2/14340)

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**Author:** [@RobLinx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RobLinx)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mystery-bad-tags-bad-id3v2/14340 "2013-01-12T02:24:11Z")

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I’ve been working with my library, which is about 15,000 tracks; a mix of MP3 and other stuff. Much of my CD collection was ripped with iTunes v6, which seems to be where the problems began, though as I say, this is sti…

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## [Year Field Appears Twice in Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-field-appears-twice-in-tag-panel/14086)

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**Author:** [@Iggy64](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Iggy64)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-field-appears-twice-in-tag-panel/14086 "2013-01-11T15:45:05Z")

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Kind of embarrassing, since I could swear I’ve asked this before, and can’t remember the answer or find it in the forums. I’m browsing through the tags on some old tracks, and - for some reason - the “Year” in the Tag P…

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## [Tag details of '128kbs bitrate albums' to '320kbs bitrate album'](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-details-of-128kbs-bitrate-albums-to-320kbs-bitrate-album/14341)

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**Author:** [@Giri\_Babu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Giri_Babu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 8:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-details-of-128kbs-bitrate-albums-to-320kbs-bitrate-album/14341 "2013-01-11T08:00:11Z")

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Hi friends… I have lots of music albums with Bitrate: 128kbs. Tag details are well formatted. I have the above same music albums with Bitrate: 320kbs also. But no proper tag details except track number. Now my questio…

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## [Merge 'Lyricist: xyz' into Artist field through TEXT file.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-lyricist-xyz-into-artist-field-through-text-file/13059)

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**Author:** [@Giri\_Babu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Giri_Babu)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 5:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-lyricist-xyz-into-artist-field-through-text-file/13059 "2013-01-11T05:18:57Z")

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I like to merge “Lyricist: xyz” into Artist field through TEXT file. In text file I typed: Lyricist: xyz from Convert menu selected 'File name - Tag’ File Name: I selected save text file path. Format string: %artist% …

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## [Tagging can not find artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-can-not-find-artists/14282)

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**Author:** [@oldschool](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/oldschool)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-can-not-find-artists/14282 "2013-01-10T18:17:16Z")

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Why is the auto tagging thing not working? I click on it and it gives me a list of artists, some in Chinese and the rest are all the wrong one’s. It can’t find any of the artists or info I am trying to work with. I don’…

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## [cannot edit tags for certain files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-edit-tags-for-certain-files/14337)

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**Author:** [@mcfloyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mcfloyd)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-edit-tags-for-certain-files/14337 "2013-01-10T00:12:05Z")

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Hey guys, ill be short and to the point. originally i thought this was an issue with tagscanner (which is what i normally use). now, i think there are issues with my files. i can change the tags in tagscanner, but it …

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## [how to export genre without repeating track](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-export-genre-without-repeating-track/14334)

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**Author:** [@sepreta](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sepreta)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2013, 8:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-export-genre-without-repeating-track/14334 "2013-01-09T08:48:22Z")

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so i formatted my whole mp3 tag with this software i categorised my tracks in different language by genre. eg : indian (abc.mp3 , abc2.mp3) american (def.mp3 , def2.mp3) in different folder now i want to export my l…

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## [Using "MOVE"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-move/14294)

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**Author:** [@fanleaf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fanleaf)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-move/14294 "2013-01-08T23:51:36Z")

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Hi, I am just getting into MP3Tag and I think I need some direction. I have a number of song titles that I wish to move to different directories. I right click on a song name and choose MOVE. A window pops up allowin…

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## [Create playlist based on Modified value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-playlist-based-on-modified-value/14330)

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**Author:** [@unclemonty](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/unclemonty)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-playlist-based-on-modified-value/14330 "2013-01-08T21:56:15Z")

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Hi - can anyone advise me on this please - I want to create a playlist of albums in descending Modified order, ie latest album would appear at the top of the list. I have a directory of flac and m4a albums, stored as ar…

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## [HTML sorting artist albums by year](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-sorting-artist-albums-by-year/14333)

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**Author:** [@Ldog16](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ldog16)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-sorting-artist-albums-by-year/14333 "2013-01-08T17:46:03Z")

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I’ve been looking around the forum for days and haven’t been able to locate the solution I’m looking for about an HTML export question. Help with this would be greatly appreciated. I’m using a modified version of html\_…

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## [TOTAL TRACKS NUMBER](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-tracks-number/14327)

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**Author:** [@spanglish](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/spanglish)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-tracks-number/14327 "2013-01-08T12:48:12Z")

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Hello Everybody! Although I have been using this (excellent) software for years now, I’m new on this message board. I would like to ask if anyone can point me out which string shall I use in order to add the “total tra…

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## [Remove total track number from x/y format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-total-track-number-from-x-y-format/14322)

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**Author:** [@cableguy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cableguy)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-total-track-number-from-x-y-format/14322 "2013-01-07T20:07:56Z")

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Hi. I have searched the forums for my answer and can’t find an exact reply. Apologies if it is listed. Here’s my problem: Most music app mobile players/streamers sort their tracks alphabetically using the track “title” …

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## [automatic track numbering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-track-numbering/14323)

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**Author:** [@randalhoctor](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/randalhoctor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-track-numbering/14323 "2013-01-07T02:35:24Z")

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I did search and check FAQ. Seems giving 650 tracks a track number should be trivial like generating a sequential number string in Excel cells is. I was up to track 250 and thought this is stupid, this app surely has a …

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## [Do I need to tag in order for what I want to do?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/do-i-need-to-tag-in-order-for-what-i-want-to-do/14321)

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**Author:** [@php111](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/php111)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/do-i-need-to-tag-in-order-for-what-i-want-to-do/14321 "2013-01-06T19:07:10Z")

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Hey everyone, I haven’t been on here since last time I think in the summer. I’m not sure if the Support section is the right place for me. If not, then I’m kindly asking if someone could move my thread to a more approp…

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## [Tag file import with FLAC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-file-import-with-flac/14313)

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**Author:** [@R0manonair](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/R0manonair)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-file-import-with-flac/14313 "2013-01-04T18:18:59Z")

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Hi MP3Tagger’s :slight\_smile: I’d like to build up a complex mp3tag action to connect a totally different kind of tag system to that of our web radio station using mp3tag. All new songs are in the same folder named wit…

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