# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=305 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 306 --- ## [Copy tag field to another if blank](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tag-field-to-another-if-blank/12201)
**Author:** [@lestat0109](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lestat0109)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tag-field-to-another-if-blank/12201 "2011-06-26T23:51:55Z")
I want to copy the artist field to the album field only if the album field is blank. Please help. --- ## [tag with blank name - help!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-with-blank-name-help/12200)
**Author:** [@rungumprun](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rungumprun)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-with-blank-name-help/12200 "2011-06-26T17:11:34Z")
I have a tag with key information in it that has a blank tag name. The only way I can see that this is by looking at the “extended tag” information box. I’ve tried many ways to copy the information in the tag with the … --- ## [Working with multiple value tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/working-with-multiple-value-tags/11990)
**Author:** [@thelordsmurf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thelordsmurf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/working-with-multiple-value-tags/11990 "2011-06-26T14:52:46Z")
Hi everyone- Had some questions about working with tags with multiple values. I am trying to use multiple artist tags instead of adding a “featuring” thing to either the artist or title tag to avoid “dirtying” up the wr… --- ## [Loss of Action Groups custom order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loss-of-action-groups-custom-order/12197)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 10:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loss-of-action-groups-custom-order/12197 "2011-06-25T22:16:35Z")
Suddenly for reason unknown the Action Groups custom order has been lost - the list has changed to ascending name order. Can Mp3tag recover my custom order? Can I prevent recurrence? Thanks. --- ## [Placeholders documentation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholders-documentation/12195)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholders-documentation/12195 "2011-06-25T21:32:13Z")
Please could https://docs.mp3tag.de/format be completed? It has been years since this was first requested, yet still it there are placeholders missing e.g. %rating wmp% and %rating mm%. --- ## [Sources and Actions missing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sources-and-actions-missing/12181)
**Author:** [@ryandigweed](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryandigweed)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sources-and-actions-missing/12181 "2011-06-25T08:45:17Z")
Im running Mp3tag v2.49 Portable. Been using the portable version for years, and this way i cary my settings (actions and sources) along with me on any computer. But recently i downloaded some sources from this website, … --- ## [Release Date removed from tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-date-removed-from-tag/12192)
**Author:** [@Paz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/release-date-removed-from-tag/12192 "2011-06-24T21:40:02Z")
I used to put the release date for mp3s in the field RELEASE DATE, but recently changed it to the RELEASETIME field, as that is the only way for it to show in iTunes (and comply with standards). But if a tag is changed … --- ## [Not a problem, but a curious question about loading up large amounts of files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-a-problem-but-a-curious-question-about-loading-up-large-amounts-of-files/12189)
**Author:** [@kittmaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kittmaster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-a-problem-but-a-curious-question-about-loading-up-large-amounts-of-files/12189 "2011-06-24T16:56:38Z")
My collection is rather large, its around 43K songs, when I right click on the directory and send them to MP3TAG, the bar load shows X of XXXXX tracks counting up as it loads…and typically moves very fast. Then in certa… --- ## [Moving contents including parentheses to another field with append](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-contents-including-parentheses-to-another-field-with-append/12187)
**Author:** [@kittmaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kittmaster)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2011, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-contents-including-parentheses-to-another-field-with-append/12187 "2011-06-24T15:14:53Z")
I have some file that look like this: ARTIST: YOUNG JEEZY TITLE: SOUL SURVIVOR (FEAT. AKON) I want to move the contents including the parentheses to the artist field and append it to the end of the artist field with a… --- ## [file name & title name fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-title-name-fields/12165)
**Author:** [@Sossity](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sossity)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-title-name-fields/12165 "2011-06-23T19:49:23Z")
When I try to change all the 1st letters in the names in the file name & title name fields through the quick action case change to mixed case, I get a message saying these already exist & will not let me make the adjustm… --- ## [Add submenus in menu 'Actions'](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-submenus-in-menu-actions/12183)
**Author:** [@WimYogya](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/WimYogya)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-submenus-in-menu-actions/12183 "2011-06-23T16:48:43Z")
Hi, Quite new in MP3TAG and LOVE it! Appreciate the enormous flexibility of creating my own tag actions. But I make so many that my dropdownlist is getting too long. I have seen (by coincidence) an example of submenus,… --- ## [Convert \> Text file - Tag: format string](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-text-file-tag-format-string/12161)
**Author:** [@dgrainge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dgrainge)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-text-file-tag-format-string/12161 "2011-06-22T14:18:50Z")
I have a collection of about 7000 tracks, coded by a musician, who has made loads of mistakes tagging the files. Did you know that Schubert was a Blues composer? It is much easier to export tags into Excel, where I ca… --- ## [Open file location in explorer?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/open-file-location-in-explorer/12178)
**Author:** [@lakecityransom](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lakecityransom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/open-file-location-in-explorer/12178 "2011-06-21T07:57:35Z")
I am very surprised not to see this option in the context menu. Is there a way to do this? I realize mp3tag tries to be an all-in-one and provide copy, delete, move, etc. but I often need to browse around the folders and… --- ## [regex to take the first, last and middle separated by "-"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-to-take-the-first-last-and-middle-separated-by/12171)
**Author:** [@msdobrescu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/msdobrescu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2011, 6:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-to-take-the-first-last-and-middle-separated-by/12171 "2011-06-20T06:46:53Z")
Hello, I have a huge collection in form: - - or - - - I would need to transform these in: \ - \ - () using one regex expression (it is really hard to select the right folders of thoscategories … --- ## [How to swap tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-swap-tag-fields/12173)
**Author:** [@Chris\_Ryan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Chris_Ryan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2011, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-swap-tag-fields/12173 "2011-06-19T16:50:57Z")
Hi…i’ve read thru the forums and have not quite found the answer i can understand. I am trying to figure out how to simply copy a single field’s info and move it over to another field. Specifically the info from the “C… --- ## [Converting fields tagged in UTF-8 to ANSI?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-fields-tagged-in-utf-8-to-ansi/12168)
**Author:** [@Muntra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Muntra)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-fields-tagged-in-utf-8-to-ansi/12168 "2011-06-18T15:41:23Z")
Hi there Anybody who knows to do this? I would have thought, that formatting the TITLE-field with a value of $ansi(%title%) should convert e.g. the Sweedish title “Fulla För Kärlekens Skull” to “Fulla För Kärlekens Sk… --- ## [Four questions from an enthousiastic newbie](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/four-questions-from-an-enthousiastic-newbie/12157)
**Author:** [@WimYogya](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/WimYogya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/four-questions-from-an-enthousiastic-newbie/12157 "2011-06-18T02:41:09Z")
Hi, Looking for a way to edit my music filenames and tags I was first recommended TagScanner. Looks fancy but for me it was a bewildering jungle. MP3Tag immediately proved to be MUCH more intuitive: within 10 minutes I … --- ## [Can MP3tag recognise MP3 V0, MP3 V2, etc...?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-recognise-mp3-v0-mp3-v2-etc/12145)
**Author:** [@sigrun](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sigrun)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-recognise-mp3-v0-mp3-v2-etc/12145 "2011-06-17T05:54:09Z")
Foobar seems to be able to tell what MP3’s are V0, V2, etc, I was wondering is there a way for MP3tag to do this? Rather than just recognising an MP3 as VBR. --- ## [Extract title part for track no.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-title-part-for-track-no/12148)
**Author:** [@daanodinot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daanodinot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-title-part-for-track-no/12148 "2011-06-15T19:54:36Z")
Hi, I though it was about time to properly tag my audio files, so a few days back I found mp3tag. It’s a great program, with some interesting features. However, today I stumbled upon several episodes of a radio play, wh… --- ## [Same file appears twice on squeezebox under two different artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/same-file-appears-twice-on-squeezebox-under-two-different-artists/12070)
**Author:** [@lennyw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lennyw)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/same-file-appears-twice-on-squeezebox-under-two-different-artists/12070 "2011-06-15T04:44:39Z")
Hi all. New here, and felt the need to register etc in order to ask for help as I just can’t work out what’s happening with my tags. I have some FLAC files which were converted from APE files, and I am having difficulti… --- ## ["Auto scroll" and text selection](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-scroll-and-text-selection/12150)
**Author:** [@flavenstein](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/flavenstein)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-scroll-and-text-selection/12150 "2011-06-14T19:50:32Z")
Greetings I’ve been using mp3tag for a while now, but I have noticed a couple things that have bugged me from the beginning. I apologize if these have been addressed before or if there are really obvious solutions. 1.)… --- ## [Unique Album Category ID](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unique-album-category-id/12054)
**Author:** [@necrosis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/necrosis)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unique-album-category-id/12054 "2011-06-13T14:43:35Z")
Hi everyone! I have been working on getting my script up and running , but cant seem to figure out how to give an album an unique ID number. The script i have so far: $loop(%\_folderpath%)%title%;$ifgreater($strstr($lo… --- ## [Making Actions (suggestion)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-actions-suggestion/12143)
**Author:** [@TheArkive](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TheArkive)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-actions-suggestion/12143 "2011-06-13T03:02:30Z")
Just wondering if you can do the following: When editing actions, it is not possible to save what I edited unless I check one and actually run it. Sometimes all I want to do is design a series of actions for future use… --- ## [How do I download/lookup tags given that file name is song name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-download-lookup-tags-given-that-file-name-is-song-name/12029)
**Author:** [@evets451](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evets451)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-download-lookup-tags-given-that-file-name-is-song-name/12029 "2011-06-12T17:29:20Z")
I have many music files with no tags or missing tag information. The only thing I know is correct is the file name is the song name. Is there a way to search or look up possible tag information based on the file name b… --- ## [Delete " - " at end of field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-at-end-of-field/12144)
**Author:** [@KaraokeK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KaraokeK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-at-end-of-field/12144 "2011-06-12T17:18:21Z")
In the process of renaming lots of mp3. Got lots of actions going on. For some reason in some fields I am left with a hyphen - at the end of the field. So I need an action that will globally remove - if the - is the last… --- ## [Text file lines not being parsed during import](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-file-lines-not-being-parsed-during-import/12137)
**Author:** [@MusicRevolution](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MusicRevolution)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-file-lines-not-being-parsed-during-import/12137 "2011-06-11T21:34:04Z")
I’ve cleaned all quotation marks, slash marks etc. out of the attached .txt file, but I still keep getting “Cannot Parse Line 1, Cannot Parse Line 2, etc” when I try to import. The exact format string I used is: %albu… --- ## [Simple title replacement or so it should be](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-title-replacement-or-so-it-should-be/12092)
**Author:** [@sergec10](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sergec10)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2011, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-title-replacement-or-so-it-should-be/12092 "2011-06-11T08:02:06Z")
I have a very simple job to accomplish in that I have to replace all the words "cassette " in the Title to “Ca” I have tried the alt5 option but it does not work for me… What am I doing wrong? This is such a great pro… --- ## [Multiple disc releases and Musicbrainz](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-disc-releases-and-musicbrainz/12132)
**Author:** [@TomP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TomP)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-disc-releases-and-musicbrainz/12132 "2011-06-10T19:31:14Z")
I’ve some trouble finding an efficient way to tag double albums or cd boxes. I’m using the Musicbrainz-search functionality because it gives me the best results so far. However, I was under the impression that some time… --- ## [Replace (---) with -](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-with/12120)
**Author:** [@chranimei](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chranimei)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-with/12120 "2011-06-09T07:16:03Z")
I have a lot of files that include (radio edit) for example. I want to delete that. Example: Judas (radio edit) - Lady GaGa I want to change this to: Judas - Lady GaGa Is there an easy way to change this, or do I h… --- ## [Regular Expressions, change from 2.47? to 2.49](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions-change-from-2-47-to-2-49/12118)
**Author:** [@Zoofield](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zoofield)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions-change-from-2-47-to-2-49/12118 "2011-06-08T19:19:32Z")
there appears to have been a change in using character classes with anchors within negative lookbehind assertions. example, around 2.47 this worked (?\