# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=295 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 296 --- ## [How to append tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-append-tags/12887)
**Author:** [@Om\_Audio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Om_Audio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-append-tags/12887 "2012-01-01T10:10:48Z")
I have a collection of fles from 2011- all diff albums/artists- I want to add to existing album field something like “BEST OF 2011” to make a sort of compilation that will get cued up together in Winamp. Thanks for any … --- ## [help with regex to remove parts of the title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-regex-to-remove-parts-of-the-title/12879)
**Author:** [@666JTK666](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/666JTK666)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-regex-to-remove-parts-of-the-title/12879 "2011-12-31T18:29:04Z")
hi folks I would apreciate a little help. ok i have a bunch of mp3’s whith the title tag like this. 001 - nameofsong - album example 001 - bozo - bozo’s greatest hits I want to get rid of the track# and the album thus… --- ## [How to remove from file name all characters that are out from a set](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-from-file-name-all-characters-that-are-out-from-a-set/12886)
**Author:** [@walkman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/walkman)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-from-file-name-all-characters-that-are-out-from-a-set/12886 "2011-12-31T16:06:44Z")
Hi all. I need help about Regular Expression. I’ve already read the FAQ and other topics about this argument without resolve my problem. My target is remove from the file name all characters that are different from let… --- ## [Unable to Add Tag to WAV Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-add-tag-to-wav-files/12877)
**Author:** [@Grayson\_Lee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Grayson_Lee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-add-tag-to-wav-files/12877 "2011-12-30T22:08:07Z")
Hello: I am a new user of Mp3tag. When I attempt to add tags to an album of WAV files, I get an error message “No MPEG header found in file . . . \*.wav” for the first file. I have been able to retag FLAC and M4A file… --- ## [Problem with %discnumber% between mp3tag and foobar](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-discnumber-between-mp3tag-and-foobar/12844)
**Author:** [@rodrigomartinho](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rodrigomartinho)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-discnumber-between-mp3tag-and-foobar/12844 "2011-12-30T15:43:59Z")
I have been trying for a long time to consistently match the behavior of tags between mp3tag and foobar. When editing tags in mp3tag, I am saving both id3v2.4 and apev2 tags. Now I am facing a problem with disc numbers… --- ## [Command Line Interface](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/command-line-interface/12881)
**Author:** [@jezbo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jezbo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/command-line-interface/12881 "2011-12-30T12:35:04Z")
Is there a CLI (or API) to control mp3tag externally? I have a music database which holds all my edited attributes and I want to push these to the id3 tags for all the mp3, ape & flac files. If not can I generate a scrip… --- ## [Album Artist VS. Artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-vs-artist/12774)
**Author:** [@chevellejnj72](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chevellejnj72)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-vs-artist/12774 "2011-12-29T17:56:29Z")
I apologize in advance if this has been covered a ton of times but I could not find it via searching. I have just started making a brand new music library and I wish to have all of the correct information which is why i… --- ## [mass lyric tagger](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-lyric-tagger/12875)
**Author:** [@m.comin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/m.comin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-lyric-tagger/12875 "2011-12-29T13:28:19Z")
Hello Everyone. I use MP3TAG for many months, I think it’s one of the best around. Now I would like to add lyrics to my mp3, I would not do it one by one, but in a massive. I’ve found a program that performs the “mass… --- ## [Using Windows 7 64 but program can't find files.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-windows-7-64-but-program-cant-find-files/12828)
**Author:** [@hubbell23](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hubbell23)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-windows-7-64-but-program-cant-find-files/12828 "2011-12-28T18:51:41Z")
I recently downloaded mp3tag on my machine running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. When I open the program and choose a directory, no audio files are displayed. It has always worked fine on my other computer running XP. … --- ## [Where are MTA files Stored?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-are-mta-files-stored/12871)
**Author:** [@cldcp00](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cldcp00)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-are-mta-files-stored/12871 "2011-12-28T17:10:06Z")
I have upgraded my machine form Windows XP to Windows 7 64bit and forgot to export my Actions. fortunately for me I did a complete image backup of the old Windows XP system before zapping it. The theory is to find the a… --- ## [ID3v2.3 tags visible in MP3TAG but not in Explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-3-tags-visible-in-mp3tag-but-not-in-explorer/12874)
**Author:** [@ianc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ianc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v2-3-tags-visible-in-mp3tag-but-not-in-explorer/12874 "2011-12-28T12:31:05Z")
I messed up my collection and have used Mp3Tag to retag all my music. However, while it has worked with most files - some files look like they are updted in Mp3Tag but the tag info is not visible in either WMP or Explor… --- ## [Brackets HELP](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/brackets-help/12867)
**Author:** [@Juice25](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Juice25)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2011, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/brackets-help/12867 "2011-12-26T16:28:45Z")
I have a bunch of music MP3 files in a folder. Some of them have their title tag set as, for example: Back Up (Feat. xx) (Album Version) I want to create an action that will define, if title tag has two pairs of round … --- ## [rg2sc questions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rg2sc-questions/12865)
**Author:** [@drmrbrewer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drmrbrewer)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rg2sc-questions/12865 "2011-12-26T07:22:05Z")
Does it matter that the $rg2sc function puts a leading blank space at the start of the data it outputs? Thanks. --- ## [Export BPM field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-bpm-field/12864)
**Author:** [@http](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/http)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-bpm-field/12864 "2011-12-25T21:35:10Z")
Hi, Is it possible to export the bpm fied ? If yes how would the config look like in the csv template ? Thanks --- ## [bulk tag field replace](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-tag-field-replace/12861)
**Author:** [@dixitr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dixitr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2011, 11:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-tag-field-replace/12861 "2011-12-25T11:56:17Z")
i have close to 500 folders with one album in each folder now, i want to bulk edit the mp3 tags, so that the %albumartist% field of each and every file is equal to the the %album% field i have been trying to formulate … --- ## [memory usage](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/memory-usage/12858)
**Author:** [@dgrainge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dgrainge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/memory-usage/12858 "2011-12-24T19:55:25Z")
As my collection has grown, mp3tag takes much longer to load, export, import tags, doubling the number of files has meant a lot more than twice the time taken. There are likely causes for slowness: changing ID1 to I… --- ## [Album Artist problems](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-problems/12857)
**Author:** [@TerryB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TerryB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-problems/12857 "2011-12-24T12:19:27Z")
I am having problems with Album Artist since upgrading to 2.49a. I can’t manually change album artists. I highlight a track, enter an album artist (usually ‘various’) in the field, and nothing saves. I can auto fill from… --- ## [replace %artist% (tag) and %title% (tag)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-artist-tag-and-title-tag/12856)
**Author:** [@haroov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/haroov)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-artist-tag-and-title-tag/12856 "2011-12-24T11:24:27Z")
I have a problem with my TAGS the %artist% tag - contains - songs titles the %title% tag - contain - Artists Names I would like to replace the content between this tags … how can I do it ? --- ## [Remove compilation=0 from m4a?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-compilation-0-from-m4a/12849)
**Author:** [@moley6knipe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/moley6knipe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 9:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-compilation-0-from-m4a/12849 "2011-12-24T09:28:25Z")
Hi. Recently ripped some CDs to apple lossless with iTunes. By default, iTunes tags these rips as compilation=0. These rips also have Album Artist tags, and the combination of Album Artist tags and Compilation=0 means … --- ## [Is it possible to prepend part of the file name to the existing title tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-prepend-part-of-the-file-name-to-the-existing-title-tag/12854)
**Author:** [@Sarcophagus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sarcophagus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-prepend-part-of-the-file-name-to-the-existing-title-tag/12854 "2011-12-24T05:40:09Z")
Hello, and thank you for the wonderful program! Just discovered it, and it's amazing! :slight\_smile: Is it possible to systematically prepend an excerpt of MP3 files' names to their existing title tag? Here's the sce… --- ## [Auto update of file list](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-update-of-file-list/12846)
**Author:** [@dgrainge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dgrainge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-update-of-file-list/12846 "2011-12-23T18:15:17Z")
I have a collection of some 75000 tracks organised in about 5000 folders. I have been re-tagging a lot of files off-line, and I started a text file -\> tag running. That’s working well, but will take some time to comp… --- ## [front cover](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/front-cover/12851)
**Author:** [@rahulborele](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rahulborele)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/front-cover/12851 "2011-12-23T16:32:27Z")
i want to change front cover image but it takes previous image which i use, suggest me how to change image on every new song --- ## [Replace Accents](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-accents/6298)
**Author:** [@Lare2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lare2)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-accents/6298 "2011-12-23T06:20:59Z")
Is there a way to remove accents without creating a replace action for each letter. I want to replace all “á é í ó ú” with “a e i o u” Is creating replace actions for each letter under an action group the only way to … --- ## [Display all duplicate songs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-all-duplicate-songs/11571)
**Author:** [@reydeoros](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reydeoros)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2011, 5:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-all-duplicate-songs/11571 "2011-12-23T05:53:17Z")
This might be a Rookie question but… I guess I’m a rookie… LOL… I would like to have mp3tag display all my duplicate songs, similar to Itunes… is there a way? Please help… --- ## [Handling non-standard tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/handling-non-standard-tags/11950)
**Author:** [@tenbob](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tenbob)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/handling-non-standard-tags/11950 "2011-12-22T23:28:06Z")
Hi. Can someone please help me understand the syntax for non-standard MP3 tags. By experiment I found that I can add my own tag to a file (eg XBOB). I can see it in the extended tags pane as XBOB and its value. I can al… --- ## [filename to tag help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-help/12843)
**Author:** [@mrralan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrralan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-help/12843 "2011-12-21T05:09:47Z")
I store music in the following folder structure… Artist\\Title I have been using %artist%%title% but now I also want the artist to fill in the album field. What string do I use that will put the artist folder in both t… --- ## [Mass renaming folders?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-renaming-folders/12407)
**Author:** [@PlasmaShock](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PlasmaShock)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-renaming-folders/12407 "2011-12-20T16:51:46Z")
Currently I have all the folders in my music library with the album name as the directory. How can I rename all of them to “Year - Album” or “Year - Current\_Filename”? --- ## [Extract album art : hidden by default?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-album-art-hidden-by-default/12841)
**Author:** [@Psydux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Psydux)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2011, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-album-art-hidden-by-default/12841 "2011-12-20T15:31:45Z")
Hello everyone, When I’m extracting the album art (Windows 7), it seems that by default it is extracted but hidden. How could I make it visible by default? Thanks a lot, I’m loving this software more and more. --- ## [Quick Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/quick-question/12839)
**Author:** [@cwhite](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cwhite)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/quick-question/12839 "2011-12-19T14:29:12Z")
\[:unsure:\] I recently installed MP3Tag and was doing just fine until my little girl managed to get a hold of my mouse or keyboard…now the box that was to the left that I entered the Title, Artist, Album, etc…is gone. Ho… --- ## [How can I replace characters in the file name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838)
**Author:** [@kilohurtz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kilohurtz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2011, 12:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-replace-characters-in-the-file-name/12838 "2011-12-19T12:35:37Z")
Hello Friends Does anyone know how I can achieve the following In the filename box I want to replace the following "character\_character to " " without the " example taylor\_dayne to taylor dayne “character-character”… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=294) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=296)