# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=328 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 329 --- ## [All tags gone after playing with WMP - what happened?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/all-tags-gone-after-playing-with-wmp-what-happened/10313)
**Author:** [@pingo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pingo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/all-tags-gone-after-playing-with-wmp-what-happened/10313 "2010-04-21T15:32:02Z")
Hi all, it’s happened several times now that I played a song directly from within MP3Tag (with Windows Media Player) and afterwards the file I played had a new changed date and ALL the tags of the file were gone. :fr… --- ## [APE tags in WAV files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-tags-in-wav-files/10321)
**Author:** [@rlevis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rlevis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-tags-in-wav-files/10321 "2010-04-21T05:35:18Z")
Hi. Some software I use writes APEv2 tags to all audio files it supports playing including WAV files. I want to encode thousands of WAV files to FLAC but retain the file tags. I was going to use MP3Tag to export the A… --- ## [Help options not working/Tutorial](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-options-not-working-tutorial/10315)
**Author:** [@EdPell](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/EdPell)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-options-not-working-tutorial/10315 "2010-04-19T12:26:28Z")
Using Mp3tag v2.46a on Win XP Pro SP3 The only link under the Help option that is working is “Check for new version …” and pressing F1 does nothing. Because I often refer to Help files, I would like to fix this. Also, … --- ## [Batch change of cover art type](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-change-of-cover-art-type/10311)
**Author:** [@CadErik](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CadErik)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2010, 3:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-change-of-cover-art-type/10311 "2010-04-19T03:10:07Z")
I recently found out that one reason that my mobile phone did not display the covert art of the wma files was that the cover art type was set as “Other” and simply changing it to “Front Cover” fixed the display on my pho… --- ## [Auto-deletion of certain fields?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-deletion-of-certain-fields/10269)
**Author:** [@Thorpe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Thorpe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-deletion-of-certain-fields/10269 "2010-04-18T20:32:59Z")
I would like Mp3tag to auto-delete any non-standard fields (ones that media players don’t often recognise). Is there a way to do this so only track, artist, band, title etc only get kept in the tags? Maybe there’s a filt… --- ## [Shell Extension](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shell-extension/10304)
**Author:** [@patou247](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/patou247)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shell-extension/10304 "2010-04-18T18:20:54Z")
Hi. In Windows with the shell extension you can right click on a folder and choose Mp3tag to tagg it. This functionality is very good. I just moved on Ubuntu which don’t have a tag tool like Mp3tag, so I use it with w… --- ## [Changing default player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-default-player/10308)
**Author:** [@ianpollington](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ianpollington)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-default-player/10308 "2010-04-18T13:28:10Z")
I couldn’t find anything else on this topic. I want to change the default player which is used when right clicking and then “Play”. I prefer to use J River Media Center rather than MS Media Player. Is this possible? T… --- ## ["Deleted" info keeps coming back](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleted-info-keeps-coming-back/10306)
**Author:** [@Don\_Pablo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Don_Pablo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleted-info-keeps-coming-back/10306 "2010-04-18T07:14:59Z")
I have been plowing throught the topics and couldn’t find an answer: Among all the information about an mp3 file I want to keep there’s also often, as we all know, the “composer” (of the particular song) information. Tr… --- ## [Regular Expression To Replace '\['](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-to-replace/10298)
**Author:** [@freekey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/freekey)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression-to-replace/10298 "2010-04-16T13:53:29Z")
Why I can’t get this work? $regexp(%album%,'\[',test) I’ve also tried several others like $regexp(%album%,\[,test) But still it doesn’t work, :frowning: It gives me error message: Regexp Error: Regular Expression Ch… --- ## [Convert from tag to filename makes spaces](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-from-tag-to-filename-makes-spaces/10301)
**Author:** [@blu3ski](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blu3ski)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-from-tag-to-filename-makes-spaces/10301 "2010-04-16T13:17:53Z")
Underlined red, where comes spaces. If this is not a bug (then how to remove spaces?), please move to proper section. --- ## [Getting wrong titles from Amazon](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-wrong-titles-from-amazon/10300)
**Author:** [@QBA](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/QBA)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-wrong-titles-from-amazon/10300 "2010-04-16T12:53:15Z")
Hi First let me say thanks for this wonderful software :slight\_smile: I’m a first time users so I could be doing something wrong. All my mp3s have the right song title and artist name under it’s tag, So I’m mainly usi… --- ## [Writing Album Art to FLAC very slow over LAN](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/writing-album-art-to-flac-very-slow-over-lan/10293)
**Author:** [@microUgly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/microUgly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/writing-album-art-to-flac-very-slow-over-lan/10293 "2010-04-15T21:25:21Z")
I have all my CD’s ripped to FLAC file per album. Each FLAC file varies from 200MB to over 500MB. They are all stored on my NAS which has a Gigabit connection. I think because the NAS is rather full, it writes at a spe… --- ## [Multiple fields in actions?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-fields-in-actions/3246)
**Author:** [@llaammuuss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/llaammuuss)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-fields-in-actions/3246 "2010-04-15T15:56:13Z")
Hi! I searched around the forum, but couldn’t find anything related to this, so I’m making a thread. Can I apply an action on multiple fields? For example, I want to apply case conversation to all fields, except Comment… --- ## [Forcing Tag Through Customize Column](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forcing-tag-through-customize-column/10282)
**Author:** [@freekey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/freekey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2010, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/forcing-tag-through-customize-column/10282 "2010-04-15T15:42:36Z")
My objective if simple, if the year is NULL, then I want it to put the current year i.e. 2010. So, what I’ve done right now in Customize Column is this: Name: Year Value: $if($len(%year%)\<\>0,%year%,2010) Field: %year… --- ## [Format Comment Field with Bitrate?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-comment-field-with-bitrate/10291)
**Author:** [@AlphaWave](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlphaWave)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2010, 7:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-comment-field-with-bitrate/10291 "2010-04-13T07:23:01Z")
Is it possible to set an action to format the comment field with the mp3 Bitrate? --- ## [Using \_file\_mod\_datetime to change file's mod timestamp?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-file-mod-datetime-to-change-files-mod-timestamp/10277)
**Author:** [@edrikk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/edrikk)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-file-mod-datetime-to-change-files-mod-timestamp/10277 "2010-04-12T15:33:37Z")
Hi, I tried setting up a couple of actions to do as the title states, and well in short, it didn’t work… Just taking a stab in the dark to ask whether it is possible to use \_file\_mod\_datetime (or any other attribute) t… --- ## [VBR vs. constant bitrate](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vbr-vs-constant-bitrate/10280)
**Author:** [@kozinao](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kozinao)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vbr-vs-constant-bitrate/10280 "2010-04-10T17:19:17Z")
Hello, I have a question - my collection of mp3s is organized like this: Folder name:"artist - album name (bitrate)" bitrate is either number (128kbps, 192kbps) or variable (VBR). For MP3Tag to rename my folders of al… --- ## [Tags Been Reset!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-been-reset/10279)
**Author:** [@freekey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/freekey)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2010, 11:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-been-reset/10279 "2010-04-10T11:28:05Z")
Hi all. Actually this problem has been encountered long time ago since mp3tag Mp3tag v2.38 (2007) if I’m not mistaken. But now I could not take it any longer. The link below is the sample mp3 that its tag will be rese… --- ## [custom converting fills %date%-tag with weird numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-converting-fills-date-tag-with-weird-numbers/10267)
**Author:** [@delusion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/delusion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2010, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-converting-fills-date-tag-with-weird-numbers/10267 "2010-04-09T15:29:22Z")
hello there, like a bunch of you, i really enjoy using mp3tag a lot! now i stuck at one point, maybe a bug…? because of using foobar2000 on Windows for managing and rating my music and TraktorScratch on MacOSX to pla… --- ## [Can't edit filename :-(](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-edit-filename/10262)
**Author:** [@gebak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gebak)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-edit-filename/10262 "2010-04-08T16:47:11Z")
08 - She’s Got Soul - Jamestown Ft. Jocelyn Brown - Turn Up The Bass 19.mp3 I want to delete the album part in the filename but it won’t work. It seems that the %title% field has al information (track, title, artist, a… --- ## [Get track number tags in two-digit format from Amazon.com](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-track-number-tags-in-two-digit-format-from-amazon-com/10264)
**Author:** [@jfromeo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jfromeo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-track-number-tags-in-two-digit-format-from-amazon-com/10264 "2010-04-08T16:31:14Z")
Hello there. I’m retagging my collection against amazon.com database and I’d like to ask if I could get track numbers in two-digit format (01, 02…10) instead of one (1, 2…10) as they mess up on MediaMonkey while sorting… --- ## [Mixed up artist and titles in Windows Media Player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mixed-up-artist-and-titles-in-windows-media-player/10242)
**Author:** [@squallheart](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/squallheart)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mixed-up-artist-and-titles-in-windows-media-player/10242 "2010-04-07T17:40:22Z")
Usually this is the process i would use to edit my tags. I would go to File then Change Directory Open where the album is at. I would select all the files and edit common fields IE: Album, artist etc Then i would cli… --- ## [How to use Filter field to rename/correct words in ID3 tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-filter-field-to-rename-correct-words-in-id3-tags/10257)
**Author:** [@Dolphine](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dolphine)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2010, 10:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-filter-field-to-rename-correct-words-in-id3-tags/10257 "2010-04-07T10:18:13Z")
I’m noticing a lot of my mp3’s have spelling mistakes or need corrections - sometimes in the ARTIST field and sometimes in TITLE field - sometimes in both! Most of the times it is grammar/punctuation I need to replace an… --- ## [Discogs Tag Sources Script](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-sources-script/10253)
**Author:** [@chayes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chayes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-tag-sources-script/10253 "2010-04-05T21:55:00Z")
Hi All I’m using the Discogs src. I’m finding that it sometimes identifies the wrong issue when I input artist and titles from the mp3tag dropdown. On exit , this then would put the wrong tag info into my file. When t… --- ## [Copy Titlename to empty Albumfield](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-titlename-to-empty-albumfield/10247)
**Author:** [@rapanuy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rapanuy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2010, 11:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-titlename-to-empty-albumfield/10247 "2010-04-05T11:38:54Z")
Hi. I try to copy the titlename of 50 dj mixes to the empty albumfield. MY songs are all in one folder. I imported them to mp3tag. I tried to set up a new action, but: I don´t get the point. Is there any easy help? T… --- ## [wma to itunes conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wma-to-itunes-conversion/10230)
**Author:** [@pevvey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pevvey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2010, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wma-to-itunes-conversion/10230 "2010-04-04T13:19:26Z")
Hi, I’m using WMP11 and I’m about to try an convert all my music to AAC in iTunes, however when I use the inbuilt file converter, I loose all my track ratings. Does anyone know of any way of hard writing the rating dat… --- ## [Title to Filename ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-to-filename/10203)
**Author:** [@BB3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BB3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-to-filename/10203 "2010-04-03T14:10:47Z")
Hello: I am new to MP3tag…have hundreds of CDs that I’m finally converting to MP3 and so far love what MP3tag does! However, having one difficulty? After capturing track info from online sources I always get correct t… --- ## [Time Display](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/time-display/10233)
**Author:** [@Didier](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Didier)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/time-display/10233 "2010-04-03T11:50:57Z")
Hello, Having one track (which is a track obtained by concatenating a live album is its entirety) whom length is longer than one hour, I can’t do a correct sorting based on time : time is correctly displayed (01:17:26),… --- ## [discogs not getting track titles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-not-getting-track-titles/10220)
**Author:** [@porcus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/porcus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-not-getting-track-titles/10220 "2010-04-03T10:01:18Z")
Track titles no longer retrieved here. Temporary glitch or not? Tried: 2.46 and 2.46a. --- ## [Having MP3Tag accepting 3-character ID3V2 fields?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/having-mp3tag-accepting-3-character-id3v2-fields/10225)
**Author:** [@JWH](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JWH)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/having-mp3tag-accepting-3-character-id3v2-fields/10225 "2010-04-02T15:38:55Z")
Hi, I have files that show the ID3V2.3 information fine in e.g. Itunes. In Mp3tag the tag information is shown as “(!BAD ID3v2)”. I have found that the problem is caused by 3 character tag fields. Is there any way to… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=327) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=329)