# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=342 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 343 --- ## [Reserved characters in properties](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reserved-characters-in-properties/8947)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reserved-characters-in-properties/8947 "2009-09-22T09:43:19Z")
Could someone direct me to any documentation of the Mp3tag-proprietary reserved characters/strings in property values? Even the one I know about - \\ - I cannot find documented. Thanks. --- ## [Counting tracks by each artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counting-tracks-by-each-artist/8903)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counting-tracks-by-each-artist/8903 "2009-09-22T09:23:58Z")
I want an action that appends to %artist% the quantity of the selectedtracks that are by that artist. I can’t see a way to do this. Anyone know one? --- ## [Run action, then tool, then action from one click?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/run-action-then-tool-then-action-from-one-click/8981)
**Author:** [@moley6knipe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/moley6knipe)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 9:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/run-action-then-tool-then-action-from-one-click/8981 "2009-09-22T09:13:35Z")
Hi. Scenario: I rip to apple lossless and embed a 1000 x 1000 ish dpi image in each file (for AppleTV, hence the need to embed and not use e.g. folder.jpg). I batch convert them to mp3 for my iPod, after which they too… --- ## [Please help! Changing all instances of Feat. Ft. to ft](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-help-changing-all-instances-of-feat-ft-to-ft/8999)
**Author:** [@bolts88](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bolts88)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 9:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-help-changing-all-instances-of-feat-ft-to-ft/8999 "2009-09-22T09:08:30Z")
Hi I have planned out the steps I need in order to rename my music but in order to get the ball rolling I need to know how to change all instances of Feat., Ft., Featuring to ft (lower case, no dot) Example: David Gu… --- ## [Add Directory and Change Directory problem - simple fix?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-directory-and-change-directory-problem-simple-fix/8987)
**Author:** [@Grant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Grant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-directory-and-change-directory-problem-simple-fix/8987 "2009-09-22T01:19:29Z")
Readers, I am using Mp3tag 2.44 and Windows Vista. In the past, I’ve had no problems viewing my mp3 files by going to File -\> Change Directory or Add Directory. Now, when I browse to the folders where my mp3s are stor… --- ## [MAX function?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/max-function/8998)
**Author:** [@pilaar39](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pilaar39)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/max-function/8998 "2009-09-21T15:43:41Z")
I want to use Mp3tag to automatically change the file name according to the track number. Currently, I use the Tag-\>Filename tool in this manner: %artist% - %album% - $num(%track%,2)-14 but first changing the last num… --- ## [check compatibility](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-compatibility/8994)
**Author:** [@herold](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/herold)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2009, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-compatibility/8994 "2009-09-21T11:52:51Z")
hi can someone check whether this site http://www.raaga.com can be added to sources. i am not sure if it is a java based thing … can someone confirm and suggest any alternative to get meta tags from this site. thanks … --- ## [ID3Tag read problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3tag-read-problem/8983)
**Author:** [@Paz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3tag-read-problem/8983 "2009-09-20T17:38:25Z")
Can anybody explain what is happening here? This is the first time I had a problem like this. This file (see link below) has an ID3v2 tag, but in Mp3tag and foobar it only shows the ID3v1 tag, but in Windows Explorer a… --- ## [Tags not changing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-not-changing/8982)
**Author:** [@thrill91](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thrill91)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2009, 8:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-not-changing/8982 "2009-09-20T08:08:34Z")
i have been folowing the instructions in the faq but when i save the tag it saves but dosnt changein the tag editor where you select the file! any idea? --- ## [Show Cover in Ipod classic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-cover-in-ipod-classic/8976)
**Author:** [@Rantanplan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rantanplan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-cover-in-ipod-classic/8976 "2009-09-19T06:04:05Z")
Hi everyone, after crawling through the forum I couldn’t find an answer so I’m posting it. I have just tagged some songs with MP3TAG v2.44 and added as well the covers. They are shown in Windows Media Player but after … --- ## [Filename - Filename, Remove parantheses](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-filename-remove-parantheses/8971)
**Author:** [@OlaDunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/OlaDunk)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-filename-remove-parantheses/8971 "2009-09-18T16:36:34Z")
The OK button is grayed out when tries to remove parantheses and it’s contents. Is there another way? \[image\] \[EDIT\] Found out. I had to select those files that HAD parantheses in their file name. What about mp3tag… --- ## [Creating track numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-track-numbers/8193)
**Author:** [@dw3123](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dw3123)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-track-numbers/8193 "2009-09-17T21:21:38Z")
I am working with audio books which have a very large amount of files per book. Can MP3TAG create track numbers for all these files without me having to do each one manually? Dan --- ## [Change files without changing modification dates](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-files-without-changing-modification-dates/8966)
**Author:** [@feroxity](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/feroxity)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-files-without-changing-modification-dates/8966 "2009-09-17T04:32:44Z")
Hi, I am attempting a grand embedding of the folder.jpg covers into all the files. I have figured out how to set this up. However, I use Squeezecenter, which sorts new music by the date when the files were last modifie… --- ## [sorting export result %\_counter% bust?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-export-result-counter-bust/4945)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-export-result-counter-bust/4945 "2009-09-16T00:27:43Z")
I’m fairly sure in an Export config the line loop(%\_counter%) used to produce lines in File List order. Now the list is in some jumbled order. Is it possible that %\_counter% got bust in a recent release? --- ## [Seperate the Title field into it and Artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/seperate-the-title-field-into-it-and-artist/8957)
**Author:** [@Darfyddi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Darfyddi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/seperate-the-title-field-into-it-and-artist/8957 "2009-09-15T15:49:13Z")
Hi, I thought this would be a common problem but I can’t not find an easy workaround for it despite many hours of searching here (though I am new and therefore a complete noob to all of this). I have about 2,000 songs … --- ## [Removing Artist out of the Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948)
**Author:** [@dirtbag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dirtbag)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-artist-out-of-the-title/6948 "2009-09-15T15:46:44Z")
Example Filename: ACDC - Hells Bells Title: ACDC - Hells Bells Artist: (blank) How can I remove "ACDC - " out of the Title and just “ACDC” Into the Artist Result I want Filename: ACDC - Hells Bells Title: Hells … --- ## [Warning: hidden \\ in filename format string tag placeholders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/warning-hidden-in-filename-format-string-tag-placeholders/8944)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/warning-hidden-in-filename-format-string-tag-placeholders/8944 "2009-09-13T19:06:12Z")
Anyone using format string tag placeholders in Tag-Filename or Export “Export file name” might like to know of this hazard. If you use a string $validate(%band% ~ %album%.htm,\_) (as I do to create an album info file in… --- ## [Is it MP3Tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-mp3tag/8894)
**Author:** [@OhHeySlim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/OhHeySlim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-mp3tag/8894 "2009-09-13T18:50:35Z")
I’m using V2.44 with iTunes 8 on Vista and after I make changes/add cover/number tracks I drag them into the iTunes library and they don’t show up. Then I try to play them in Winamp. They play, but they show up with a ti… --- ## [Change to Tag-Filename validation?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-to-tag-filename-validation/8938)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-to-tag-filename-validation/8938 "2009-09-13T18:47:39Z")
Has there been a recent change to the behaviour of Tag - Filename w.r.t. filename-disallowed characters in placeholders? Because this shows it doing one thing to a placeholder value and something different to the literal… --- ## [Album Artwork](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artwork/8923)
**Author:** [@Class](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Class)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artwork/8923 "2009-09-13T17:52:18Z")
I was wondering if it’s possible for mp3tag to write the album art i already have from itunes into ID3 tag album art? I know mp3tag does a great job downloading album art but when you have a lot of music and itunes have … --- ## [What's the best way of including a comment in an Action Group?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-best-way-of-including-a-comment-in-an-action-group/8927)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2009, 10:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-best-way-of-including-a-comment-in-an-action-group/8927 "2009-09-13T10:15:41Z")
Thanks. --- ## [Making a MP3 a Podcast](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-a-mp3-a-podcast/4731)
**Author:** [@blakela](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blakela)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2009, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-a-mp3-a-podcast/4731 "2009-09-12T13:43:17Z")
I have some MP3 files that I want to make show in iTunes under “Podcast”. From digging around I learned that Mp3tag would set an extended tag “ITUNESPODCAST” to the value of 1 and this would fix my files. But when I do … --- ## [Extract Cover Working Dir](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-cover-working-dir/8929)
**Author:** [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-cover-working-dir/8929 "2009-09-12T09:21:46Z")
Hi I have a small problem with extract cover. Steps to reproduce: Open a folder with Audio files Extract Cover Notice directory and file name and click save Same thing but Audio files located on a different driv… --- ## [Export Cover to File](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-to-file/8917)
**Author:** [@Stomper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stomper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-to-file/8917 "2009-09-11T17:04:48Z")
Hi all, Simple problem Whenever i use the export cover to file with the string “folder.jpg” i get the output saved as folder.jpg.png How do i just et a jpg output ? Cheers Gav --- ## [Load Playlist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/load-playlist/8899)
**Author:** [@huskerjim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/huskerjim)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/load-playlist/8899 "2009-09-08T20:55:24Z")
Mp3tag 2.44 Load playlist/cuesheet option displays the desired playlist file (.m3u) format. However, Open push button produces no results. --- ## [Boolean script help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/boolean-script-help/8905)
**Author:** [@Dovla](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dovla)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/boolean-script-help/8905 "2009-09-08T13:50:48Z")
Hello there, I recently discovered MP3Tag and I am amazed at how good this program is, still being a n00b however I have a certain problem that I can’t figure out how to fix…I’ve read the help but I still can’t wrap my h… --- ## [Mp3 device (sony e436f) not recognized](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-device-sony-e436f-not-recognized/8892)
**Author:** [@wolfymozart](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wolfymozart)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-device-sony-e436f-not-recognized/8892 "2009-09-07T14:23:15Z")
Hi everybody, sorry for my english (i’m italian). This is my problem: when i connect my mp3 portable device to my pc (win xp), it recognizes the device, but i can’t find it in the list of computer resources if i try to… --- ## [Modifying Tag from Tag (without using Filename)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modifying-tag-from-tag-without-using-filename/8902)
**Author:** [@sonicblue](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sonicblue)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modifying-tag-from-tag-without-using-filename/8902 "2009-09-07T14:14:07Z")
Hello, Love the program. It’s incredibly powerful and there’s so much I can do with it. I have run into a problem though. I’m trying to modify the title of my MP3’s utilizing the %ORIGALBUM% tag. Let me explain. The %… --- ## [Anyone know how to pass a constant into a loop?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anyone-know-how-to-pass-a-constant-into-a-loop/8901)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2009, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anyone-know-how-to-pass-a-constant-into-a-loop/8901 "2009-09-06T13:02:37Z")
I have a script that refers to the same contant value a few times, in loops, and rather than have each reference be a literal, I want a single constant that I can change in one place. Given http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.… --- ## [Anyone know a workaround for this $get bug?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anyone-know-a-workaround-for-this-get-bug/8897)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anyone-know-a-workaround-for-this-get-bug/8897 "2009-09-05T15:18:17Z")
Export config: $filename($get\_bust.txt,ansi)$puts(x,45)$get(x)$loop(%dummy%) {$get(x)}$loopend() expected: 45 45 45 … observed: 45 {} {} … Thanks. [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=341) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=343)