# Support

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## [Capitalizing names with Mc/Mac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/capitalizing-names-with-mc-mac/13838)

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**Author:** [@Moshi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moshi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/capitalizing-names-with-mc-mac/13838 "2012-09-09T00:51:08Z")

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I was sure there was once topic about this already and I searched the forum, couldn’t find it… So now I’m asking here. I got this action from this forum for renaming names from, for example, Mcdonalds to proper McDonald…

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## [dont know what im doing...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dont-know-what-im-doing/13844)

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**Author:** [@xchris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xchris)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dont-know-what-im-doing/13844 "2012-09-08T22:34:20Z")

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okay so ive read the FAQ and everything and i just simply dont understand what im doing… all i know is that i have a folder filled with music files that are horrible to look at… and i just want to clean it all up… can s…

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## [Tag - Filename format string help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-format-string-help/13849)

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**Author:** [@Parnodna](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Parnodna)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-format-string-help/13849 "2012-09-07T13:14:24Z")

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Hi, just discovered this great tool earlier today. I am trying to come up with a format string for Tag - Filename, but being a bit slow I can’t figure out exactly how to do what I want. Basically, what I want is for th…

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## [Problems with blocking music](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-with-blocking-music/13850)

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**Author:** [@Cids](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cids)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-with-blocking-music/13850 "2012-09-07T13:08:14Z")

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Hello everybody, I love the program, this being very useful and I have spent hours renaming songs so I can use the voice control with my new Ford Sync system, but after I made the changes with Mp3tag the stereo system o…

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## [Can i add other tagging site source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-add-other-tagging-site-source/13846)

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**Author:** [@zykl0](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zykl0)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-add-other-tagging-site-source/13846 "2012-09-07T05:27:37Z")

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Actually none of the included site can find few of my albums… however amazon.fr and amazon.ca got some of the albums i have (no clue why amazon.com does not have it) is there a way to add a new search engine? or a way…

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## [Read Tag-data from XML-file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814)

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**Author:** [@ruedigers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ruedigers)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 7, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814 "2012-09-07T04:10:34Z")

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Hallo folks, we have a set of mp4 files with an accompaning xml-file that holds the meta-data about the clip, like title, language etc. TEST00619\_dh.mp4 (hires clip) TEST00619\_dl.mp4 (lores clip) TEST00619.XML We wou…

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## [Cover Dimensions Info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-dimensions-info/13847)

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**Author:** [@daniel.ok](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daniel.ok)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 6, 2012, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-dimensions-info/13847 "2012-09-06T07:54:28Z")

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Hey guys: Here is what I want to do: I want to have all my files with cover dimensions 500px x 500px. Since MP3tag can’t resize by itself covers, I have to export them resize and import them back. But in Cover Column …

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## [Multiple ID3 entries in a single file?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-id3-entries-in-a-single-file/13843)

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**Author:** [@unclev](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/unclev)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-id3-entries-in-a-single-file/13843 "2012-09-05T15:55:12Z")

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I run into weird problem while trying to import WMP library to Google Music: A number of mp3 files show different title/album tags in mp3tag/wmp and in google music page. Upon closer inspection (i.e. looking at the file…

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## [Copying over artist information](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-over-artist-information/13842)

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**Author:** [@Kittycat\_159](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kittycat_159)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 5, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-over-artist-information/13842 "2012-09-05T11:24:03Z")

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Hi all, I’m new to using this programme, and although Ive looked for answers to my question, I can’t seem to find anything to help me. Basically, I have a folder full of mp3s on my desktop and for some reason I am not ab…

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## [Regular Expression - remove dates - Simple?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-remove-dates-simple/13831)

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**Author:** [@Confuzed](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Confuzed)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-remove-dates-simple/13831 "2012-09-04T02:22:23Z")

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I have many files where someone has added the song’s year, in brackets, to the end of the song title in the Title tag, such as: I Am The Walrus \[1965\] I’d like to remove the \[1965\] (including the space leading it). I …

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## [Modify Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modify-tag/13785)

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**Author:** [@jimvgill](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jimvgill)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 7:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modify-tag/13785 "2012-09-03T07:26:56Z")

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This is probably easy but I can’t make it work. I want to take the contents of the Comment field, and add it to the Title such as – Title (Comment). Can someone help?

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## ["VA" removal](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/va-removal/13833)

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**Author:** [@Moshi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moshi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/va-removal/13833 "2012-09-03T05:10:23Z")

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So I have lots of mp3s who come tagged as Artist: VA, Title: Artist - Title. VA - Artist - Title So whats the fastest and easiest way to remove VA in artist field and put Artist in title field to artist field while re…

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## [Export Unique Artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-unique-artists/13829)

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**Author:** [@graemepearce](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/graemepearce)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2012, 8:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-unique-artists/13829 "2012-09-02T08:58:56Z")

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How do I export a list of unique artist from my collection. that is just a list of the different artists without trepeating artists if they occur more than once

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## [Remove track of tracks tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-of-tracks-tag/13825)

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**Author:** [@marcusj0015](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marcusj0015)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2012, 6:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-track-of-tracks-tag/13825 "2012-09-02T06:44:22Z")

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Basically, I want to keep the track number, but remove the of tracks field. here’s an example. Foster the People Track 4 of 21, how can I remove the 21 part? Thanks in advance.

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## [FLAC: DISCNUMBER and TRACKNUMBER](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-discnumber-and-tracknumber/13822)

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**Author:** [@HansBKK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HansBKK)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-discnumber-and-tracknumber/13822 "2012-09-01T08:53:54Z")

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I’ve decided I’d like to use the ID3-style syntax for Track and Disc numbering: 01/18, 02/18 1/2, 2/3 even in my FLAC DISCNUMBER and TRACKNUMBER tags. My understanding is that this is somewhat unusual, but it seems t…

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## [Publishing useful example regular expression actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/publishing-useful-example-regular-expression-actions/13817)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/publishing-useful-example-regular-expression-actions/13817 "2012-08-30T15:33:09Z")

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Since “Regular Expressions, Examples of actions with Regular Expressions” http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=1204 is now locked, is there some other place to post useful example regular expression actions? Thank…

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## [Action Request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-request/13810)

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**Author:** [@chevellejnj72](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chevellejnj72)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-request/13810 "2012-08-30T15:05:13Z")

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I am looking for a way to swap data between two columns. For example, I want to switch all of the data in Artist with Album Artist so after running an ‘Action’, the text that was once in Album Artist is now in Artist and…

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## [FLAC Disc & Track numbering fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-disc-track-numbering-fields/13811)

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**Author:** [@HansBKK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HansBKK)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2012, 8:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-disc-track-numbering-fields/13811 "2012-08-30T08:17:12Z")

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This post pertains to the mapping feature in general, not just the specific fields discussed here, and follows in a way this thread, which I wanted to stop hijacking. I think I'm starting to get a handle on mapping, bu…

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## [filename to title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-title/13801)

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**Author:** [@les972](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/les972)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-title/13801 "2012-08-27T23:13:20Z")

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I have approximately 5000 songs in my folder and when I updated Mp3Tag all my titles are showing correctly in “filename” but over half are missing from the “title” column. I have removed the update and gone back th versi…

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## [removing "Cover Description"?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-cover-description/13598)

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**Author:** [@djatwork](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djatwork)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 27, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-cover-description/13598 "2012-08-27T15:00:28Z")

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Is it possible to remove the cover description? I started using MuvUnder Cover to bulk search for new cover art, and when I save the files and then inspect them in MP3tag, I notice that it adds “Added by MuvUnder Cover” …

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## [Option to add to right click context menu?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-add-to-right-click-context-menu/13802)

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**Author:** [@yemenal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yemenal)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/option-to-add-to-right-click-context-menu/13802 "2012-08-26T21:50:07Z")

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I’ve just re-installed mp3tag due to an HDD failure. I used to select a group of files, right click and select mp3tag from the context menu, but I cant find the option to add mp3tag to this menu in my re-installed versio…

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## [Problem with embedded cover art in TAK files (APEv2).](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-embedded-cover-art-in-tak-files-apev2/13796)

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**Author:** [@QEMMiKAL.PSYBREAkS](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/QEMMiKAL.PSYBREAkS)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-embedded-cover-art-in-tak-files-apev2/13796 "2012-08-26T14:10:45Z")

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Hello everyone., When I want to assign a different type of cover art to an image, other than Front or Back, the program just wouldn’t let me. It’ll save images classified as Media or Artist for example, only as Front (o…

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## [changing the export delimiter](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-the-export-delimiter/13795)

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**Author:** [@aferdman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aferdman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 8:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-the-export-delimiter/13795 "2012-08-26T08:24:54Z")

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Hello, First thanks for a great product. I wish to replace the semi colon with another character. Say the ‘+’ symbol. Some of my album titles seem to have the ; character within them and this leads to a mixed up output …

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## [Year and Title issues](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-and-title-issues/13797)

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**Author:** [@bpin85](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bpin85)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-and-title-issues/13797 "2012-08-26T06:50:20Z")

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Ok this may seem like a really basic question so I apologize in advance but I have been at this for 3 hours and cannot figure it out and could not find any examples for exactly what Im looking for. Lets say I have sever…

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## [An odd issue with the export \> APPEND data](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/an-odd-issue-with-the-export-append-data/13764)

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**Author:** [@kittmaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kittmaster)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/an-odd-issue-with-the-export-append-data/13764 "2012-08-21T23:37:52Z")

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Couple of things, first, I'm having an issue when I export data a second time to the same file, it is adding a funky "y" to the prepended data. Second, is there way to prevent the fixed constants from being exported mor…

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## [Add own cover art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-own-cover-art/13778)

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**Author:** [@Glyn\_Foster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Glyn_Foster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-own-cover-art/13778 "2012-08-20T17:45:58Z")

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I’ve got a large number of vinyl LPs that have been ripped as FLACs, to which there is no cover art available on Amazon. I thought that it would be fun to add my own 300x300 photos as cover art to these flacs, but can’t …

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## [Title and Album columns](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-and-album-columns/13779)

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**Author:** [@JCSullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JCSullivan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-and-album-columns/13779 "2012-08-20T11:53:22Z")

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Please excuse me if this is a dumb or dumber question. What’s the difference between the Title and Album columns - I mean if I have the Album name, is the Title name necessary? Thank you

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## [Replace dot in title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-dot-in-title/13770)

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**Author:** [@leffedeffel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/leffedeffel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2012, 8:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-dot-in-title/13770 "2012-08-20T08:38:08Z")

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Hi, I cant find the answer of this problem. In title, filename and artist there is no space at all, only dots. For example: Michael.Jackson - Billie.Jean I want to have this: Michael Jackson - Billie Jean But i ca…

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## [Audio track sequence](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audio-track-sequence/13715)

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**Author:** [@Tom303](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tom303)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/audio-track-sequence/13715 "2012-08-19T11:45:40Z")

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I have transfered some multiple disc ebooks to my San Disk Sansa player but the tracks do not sequence properly. It was suggested that I try MP3tag, which I have downloaded (v 2.51). I have searched through the FAQ’s b…

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## [File view missing column info for FLAC files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-view-missing-column-info-for-flac-files/13765)

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**Author:** [@shawnthewoman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shawnthewoman)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-view-missing-column-info-for-flac-files/13765 "2012-08-19T01:28:37Z")

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Really strange occurrence. I’ve been using this program faithfully for years and never had a problem too big to figure out myself - until now. Opened up Mp3tag (the last time I used it, everything was fine and normal) …

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