# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=324 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 325 --- ## [Automatic cover tagging.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-cover-tagging/10594)
**Author:** [@H.N](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/H.N)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2010, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-cover-tagging/10594 "2010-06-27T11:25:07Z")
Hi, All my music library is organized following this rules: .../Library/Artist - year - Album/ containing piste - Tittle.mp3 and cover.jpg Is it possible to automatically tag cover in metadata? Thank you very muc… --- ## [How can I swap text before and after a character? (see example)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-swap-text-before-and-after-a-character-see-example/10590)
**Author:** [@scottyb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/scottyb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-swap-text-before-and-after-a-character-see-example/10590 "2010-06-26T18:51:31Z")
Hi guys On a bunch of sermon mp3s (that were already tagged when I got em), I want to swap text before and after a character: Original titles: God’s Intent for Marriage Part 1 = Matthew 19’3-6 God’s Intent for Marria… --- ## [Help making filename ALL CAPS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-making-filename-all-caps/10589)
**Author:** [@houstdark4life](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/houstdark4life)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2010, 1:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-making-filename-all-caps/10589 "2010-06-26T01:05:10Z")
with an action (without having to type \[replace “a” with “A”\]) etc? THANKS! --- ## [Font Size](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/font-size/10581)
**Author:** [@druidbroga](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/druidbroga)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/font-size/10581 "2010-06-25T18:36:41Z")
Hi, Version: MP3tag 2.46a I have looked to see if this topic exists - my apologies if I have missed it. I cannot read the MP3tag screen at all well. I do not have very bad eyesight and only wear moderate reading spect… --- ## [ID3v1 !BAD ID3v2](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-bad-id3v2/10549)
**Author:** [@dfollis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dfollis)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-bad-id3v2/10549 "2010-06-25T16:57:59Z")
Hello- Have been using MP3TAG for a long time and have donated. I will again if this can be resolved. I have a large MP3 collection; 40K. I spent a lot of time using MP3TAG and DBPOWERAMP ripping CDs from scratch. I… --- ## [Editing A File Name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-a-file-name/10578)
**Author:** [@DK99](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DK99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-a-file-name/10578 "2010-06-24T17:38:37Z")
Hi Everyone, Thanks For the Help. I had another query. Most Songs i have, have a file name with the artist, album, song title. Any action or in-built function that allows just to keep the song title and delete the rest. … --- ## [Mp3tag GDS Audio Indexer 1.05 details?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-gds-audio-indexer-1-05-details/10583)
**Author:** [@paulgj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/paulgj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-gds-audio-indexer-1-05-details/10583 "2010-06-24T06:49:39Z")
Hi there, is there somewhere that lists the metadata that this cool plugin indexes for Google Desktop Search? It would be nice if it could index the composer tag and possibly the publisher tag (where I store label info… --- ## [Calculate Total Time](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/calculate-total-time/10566)
**Author:** [@ron\_spencer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ron_spencer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/calculate-total-time/10566 "2010-06-22T08:02:56Z")
Hey all… Is it possible to create a field (action) that will calculate the total time of a CD in minutes and store it? I cannot seem to figure it out. Maybe an action? thanks!! --- ## [Editing or renaming file names](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-or-renaming-file-names/10567)
**Author:** [@markeh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markeh)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 21, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-or-renaming-file-names/10567 "2010-06-21T03:20:40Z")
I can’t seem to get anything to work in changing file names. Neither replace, regular expressions, or format. When I select what tag to edit, I’m given three choices: %\_FILENAME% %\_FILENAME\_EXT% %FILENAME% I’m not s… --- ## [Replacing A FIELD Entry](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-field-entry/10559)
**Author:** [@DK99](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DK99)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-field-entry/10559 "2010-06-19T19:12:41Z")
Hi Everyone, Thanks for Mp3tag. It really is a great software, especially when you have 4000 unorganized songs like I Do. Well, My Question is: How do we replace an exisiting field entry with the one we want, using Act… --- ## [String to change song titles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/string-to-change-song-titles/10557)
**Author:** [@caboose607](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/caboose607)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2010, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/string-to-change-song-titles/10557 "2010-06-19T12:56:57Z")
Is there a string you can enter in the actions to replace X with x, but ONLY if its not the first word of the song, or following certain characters? eg. Xxx Of the yyy ----\> Xxx of the yyy Of xxx —\> Of xxx (ignores b… --- ## [Special characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/special-characters/10554)
**Author:** [@brok3n](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brok3n)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/special-characters/10554 "2010-06-17T16:09:48Z")
how can i save the symbol :heart: or any other special character in tags? instead of anything like :heart: there’s a default windows square. \[\<\_\<\] --- ## [remove different types of tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-different-types-of-tags/10548)
**Author:** [@Lorken](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lorken)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-different-types-of-tags/10548 "2010-06-16T23:10:09Z")
hey everyone! iv been using this program for a long time and i reckon its great, i dont don anything flash with my music, all i want is for it to come up with the information i want on itunes. but the reason im here to… --- ## [non commercial cds traded bootlegs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/non-commercial-cds-traded-bootlegs/10540)
**Author:** [@dalmar6677](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dalmar6677)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/non-commercial-cds-traded-bootlegs/10540 "2010-06-12T06:03:48Z")
I have a couple hundred of bootleg cds that the id tags are messed up or the files have no name. Will this software help me and if it can , can someone help me? Thanks Dale \[\<\_\<\] --- ## [Adding Text To Title (Sorted)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-text-to-title-sorted/10534)
**Author:** [@JayLaFunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JayLaFunk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-text-to-title-sorted/10534 "2010-06-11T06:41:26Z")
Hi, Have used search but nothing is coming back to what I want to do. Have a load of audio book (MP3) files that are named 1 of 400 up to 400 of 400, how do I rename them to include title of book in the title - Dune 1 … --- ## [Including auto-renumber in an action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/including-auto-renumber-in-an-action/10528)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 7:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/including-auto-renumber-in-an-action/10528 "2010-06-10T07:49:22Z")
Is there currently any way to do this? --- ## [Please help all mp3's now have same info!!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-help-all-mp3s-now-have-same-info/10524)
**Author:** [@nanllyn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nanllyn)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-help-all-mp3s-now-have-same-info/10524 "2010-06-10T03:45:10Z")
I thought this program was to find the lost information such as artist, album, album art, etc. So I highlighted all of the files to have them go through mp3tag program and find the correct information, or at least that i… --- ## [switching text encoding for Tag Source parser](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-text-encoding-for-tag-source-parser/10464)
**Author:** [@mp3outie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3outie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/switching-text-encoding-for-tag-source-parser/10464 "2010-06-09T16:31:42Z")
I’m modifying dano’s vgmdb.net script so that I can import the Japanese song titles. The charset according to the html is UTF-8. The debug output file that’s generated is in UTF-16 little-endian. I need to parse the htm… --- ## [autonumber tracks in multiple albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumber-tracks-in-multiple-albums/10527)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2010, 9:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autonumber-tracks-in-multiple-albums/10527 "2010-06-09T09:09:56Z")
I have tracks from multiple albums loaded. How can I autorenumber them so each track gets the tracknumber from its order in the album as sorted by Artist then Title ? Thanks. EDIT: Albums are indicated by Album property… --- ## [Strip all tags except the main ones...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715)
**Author:** [@TPJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TPJ)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2010, 4:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-all-tags-except-the-main-ones/2715 "2010-06-08T04:40:57Z")
I’d like to clean up my MP3s by removing all tags except the ones I need (Artist, Album Artist (Band), Title, Year, Genre, Track #). What is the best way to handle this? --- ## [Physically moving files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/physically-moving-files/10522)
**Author:** [@lyster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lyster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2010, 3:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/physically-moving-files/10522 "2010-06-07T03:18:14Z")
I have currently organized all of my files into directories based upon the artist’s name. I’ve been told that Squeezebox Server prefers to see compilation albums in their own directories (thus, the album is the name of … --- ## [Embedding of art into .flac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedding-of-art-into-flac/10520)
**Author:** [@daktari](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daktari)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 9:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedding-of-art-into-flac/10520 "2010-06-06T09:25:46Z")
I was certain I had done this previously, but it appears as if I did not. You can see in the image that the option to browse for an image is not available. I’ve searched ‘embed flac’ in the forums and found a few topics … --- ## [Drag/Drop files into Mp3tag window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-drop-files-into-mp3tag-window/5996)
**Author:** [@dug](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dug)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-drop-files-into-mp3tag-window/5996 "2010-06-06T00:42:16Z")
Just started using Vista Home Premium and I’ve got Mp3tag v.2.39 working fine now except for one problem: In order to have permissions to actually tag a file on an external drive (connected by USB) I had to choose to “R… --- ## [Template tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/template-tagging/10518)
**Author:** [@tinpanalley](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tinpanalley)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/template-tagging/10518 "2010-06-05T14:51:27Z")
Hello all, This is my first post. Quick question… is there any way to arrange templates to fill in tags? For example I like all my albums to have the songs labeled like this… XX - TRACK NAME where XX is always a 2-dig… --- ## [Extract album name from path name with string operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-album-name-from-path-name-with-string-operations/10519)
**Author:** [@cruder](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cruder)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-album-name-from-path-name-with-string-operations/10519 "2010-06-05T13:03:28Z")
Hi everyone, I have tons of MP3s organized in folders like this \[CATNO\] Artist - Album Name (Year) for instance: \[FRD127\] Tony Lionni - Treat Me Right (2009) It would be great if I'd be able to extract the album (for t… --- ## [Winamp not reading Mp3tag artwork](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/winamp-not-reading-mp3tag-artwork/9913)
**Author:** [@trh22](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/trh22)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/winamp-not-reading-mp3tag-artwork/9913 "2010-06-04T19:42:59Z")
Hi, thank you for this nice tool mp3tag, I have recently embedded some art work using mp3tag for several albums and when adding the albums to Winamp, it does not detect the album art. I did post at Winamp, but have not… --- ## [Order of actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/order-of-actions/10504)
**Author:** [@Jac74](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jac74)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/order-of-actions/10504 "2010-06-04T18:41:28Z")
Hi! I have defined some actions, and I’d like to group them. However, they should be processed in a certain order, i.e. first action 1, then action 2, etc. In my case, action 1 sets all words to lowercase and action 2 c… --- ## [Moving the a featured artist from the artist field to the song field!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-the-a-featured-artist-from-the-artist-field-to-the-song-field/10515)
**Author:** [@jimarib](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jimarib)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2010, 11:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-the-a-featured-artist-from-the-artist-field-to-the-song-field/10515 "2010-06-04T11:23:30Z")
Hi guys, I’m not exactly sure how to do this but here goes. I want to change a whole bunch of songs which say in the Artist Field: X ft. Y to just Artist: X and the Song Title instead to Say Z (ft. Y). For example: FR… --- ## [Tag Scubbing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-scubbing/10512)
**Author:** [@WWJDFTW](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/WWJDFTW)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-scubbing/10512 "2010-06-03T17:01:55Z")
Hey! First off, inexpressible gratitude to Florian for creating such a powerful, accessible, multi-functional tag editor. Since I got it this morning I’ve already batched and tweaked almost all the ID3Tag issues that hav… --- ## [Omit Track Number from Filename\>Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/omit-track-number-from-filename-title/10467)
**Author:** [@david.mays](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/david.mays)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/omit-track-number-from-filename-title/10467 "2010-06-03T16:52:46Z")
Hi All, First post so please help. I’m trying to find a simple way to create title information from the filename. When I use the automated tool it (obviously) also picks up the full filename; 01-Song Name.mp3 (become… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=323) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=325)