# Support

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## [embed cuesheet](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embed-cuesheet/8884)

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**Author:** [@paul666](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/paul666)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embed-cuesheet/8884 "2009-09-03T17:31:50Z")

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Hi, If I have a flac and a cuesheet for it I can see the individual tracks if I load the cue into mp3tag. However if I just load the flac I cannot see the individual tracks even though the flac has an embeded cue sheet …

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## [MD5Audio Hash](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5audio-hash/8867)

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**Author:** [@Stevest](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stevest)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5audio-hash/8867 "2009-09-03T17:27:43Z")

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As I know, %\_md5audio% is the md5 hash of the audio part of the files, so %\_md5audio% should be identical before and after removing or editing the tag infos, but it’s not. Did I missed something? Is there a way to read t…

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## [Automatiucally switch \[first name\] \[last name\] by script?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatiucally-switch-first-name-last-name-by-script/8885)

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**Author:** [@deus62](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/deus62)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatiucally-switch-first-name-last-name-by-script/8885 "2009-09-03T03:09:25Z")

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Hi everyone, I have the following question. I’ve ripped a huge multi-artist collection with over 100 CDs and want to automatically do the following: In the artist tag field I have the following name: Marv\[space\]Johns…

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## [Swapping text in %title%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/swapping-text-in-title/8886)

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**Author:** [@nickgray](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nickgray)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 3, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/swapping-text-in-title/8886 "2009-09-03T02:57:32Z")

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Ok, so I’ve tried searching and reading faq to find the solution to this thing, but failed, unfortunately. What I need is this, basically: Etude Op.10, No.11 In E-Flat Major - Allegretto switched to Etude No.11 In E-F…

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## [Cannot Connect To Web Sources](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-connect-to-web-sources/8861)

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**Author:** [@reznikk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reznikk)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-connect-to-web-sources/8861 "2009-09-02T17:29:40Z")

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Hi! I’ve tried for a while to find a solution to this, but no luck. Basically I can’t connect to any web source (those built-in, and extras) – they all fail to connect to the relevant server. I’ve tried disabling the …

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## [Help! Never-Ending Columns!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-never-ending-columns/8876)

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**Author:** [@coastsurfer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/coastsurfer)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 2, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-never-ending-columns/8876 "2009-09-02T04:16:17Z")

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Hello, This is my first post, I am really enjoying using MP3Tag and expect to donate as I think the program is very useful to my daily computing, but can anyone help with with a small problem I am having first that limi…

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## [Getting /last/ track in loop group](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-last-track-in-loop-group/8878)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-last-track-in-loop-group/8878 "2009-09-01T16:28:26Z")

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How can I get $loop(%album%%discnumber%,1) to give the last rather than first track in the loop group? E.g. inverting %album%%discnumber%?? I am trying to export only the top track on each disc. Thanks.

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## [Part of Title field to Artist field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/part-of-title-field-to-artist-field/8873)

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**Author:** [@bert003](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bert003)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 1, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/part-of-title-field-to-artist-field/8873 "2009-09-01T08:27:16Z")

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I like to move information from the Title field to the Artist field. Example: -Album Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne -Artist Tim “Ripper” Owens -Title Mr. Crowley (feat. Yngwie Malmsteen, Tim Bogert, Tom…

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## [export L\_albumlist\_js\_ex](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-l-albumlist-js-ex/2790)

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**Author:** [@The\_Dragon\_NL](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Dragon_NL)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-l-albumlist-js-ex/2790 "2009-08-31T20:32:31Z")

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Hi I got a problem with the export mte file L\_albumlist\_js\_ex. I have a numerous amount of mp3 files \>15.000 Now the problem is that the numbers off albums isn’t right. But i got no problems with that. The problem l…

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## [Mp3tag v2.44 download problems](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-44-download-problems/8779)

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**Author:** [@olodam](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/olodam)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [August 31, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-44-download-problems/8779 "2009-08-31T19:48:18Z")

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Hi! The link says v.2.43 instead of 2.44 and it dosn’t work. Best Regards

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## [Select all files of an album or artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853)

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**Author:** [@bert003](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bert003)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-all-files-of-an-album-or-artist/8853 "2009-08-30T12:59:24Z")

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Hi, Is there a fast way to select all files from 1 Artist, or from 1 Album? Ofcoarse given those tags are present. I have to put in Genre tags for many tracks. At this moment I first sort by artist, then select the fir…

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## [Replace \[\] with 「」](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-with/8859)

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**Author:** [@naast](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/naast)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2009, 11:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-with/8859 "2009-08-30T11:04:32Z")

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Hi guys. I want to replace some characters in my songs’ tags, but I don’t have a clue on how to do this (even after reading the help, and the FAQ). Actually, some of my japanese songs are named like this: Blahblah \[Bl…

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## [Sharing the "actions" folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-the-actions-folder/8842)

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**Author:** [@Pegleg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pegleg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sharing-the-actions-folder/8842 "2009-08-29T04:38:24Z")

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Actions are currently stored in (for XP) C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\Application Data\\Mp3tag\\data\\actions Is it possible to store them somewhere else, like on the home network drive so everyone else on the home netw…

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## [Convert Filename to Tag showing wrong data](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-tag-showing-wrong-data/8851)

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**Author:** [@twiddlebug](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/twiddlebug)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-to-tag-showing-wrong-data/8851 "2009-08-28T00:08:15Z")

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Hello All, I’ve used MP3Tag for about 2 years and it is the best app for tagging songs IMHO. Recently, I tried Windows 7 and installed MP3Tag. I am doing my usual convert filename to tag. I select all tracks, right-cl…

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## [Multi Artist Tagging Problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multi-artist-tagging-problem/8849)

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**Author:** [@saidas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/saidas)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multi-artist-tagging-problem/8849 "2009-08-26T19:11:15Z")

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I’ve made two compilation folders of files from two different artists called IEM 1 & IEM2. I’ve tagged all of the files under Artist & Album IEM1 or IEM2 instead of the original names. The only place the original artist …

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## [Ho to shorten date info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ho-to-shorten-date-info/8843)

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**Author:** [@bert003](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bert003)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2009, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ho-to-shorten-date-info/8843 "2009-08-26T12:50:36Z")

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Hi, First question: Does anybody want to help me with a regular expression to shorten the “Year” fiels in my tags. A lot of my year tags are as: 1998-10-12 or 2008-10. But I only want to use the year without month a…

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## [Whats the difference between ID3v2.3 utf-16 and iso 8859](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-difference-between-id3v2-3-utf-16-and-iso-8859/8844)

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**Author:** [@eboyer93](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eboyer93)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 25, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-difference-between-id3v2-3-utf-16-and-iso-8859/8844 "2009-08-25T20:46:15Z")

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question is in the title Also, which one is more compatible?

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## [rg2sc is removing the itunnorm field in mp4 files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rg2sc-is-removing-the-itunnorm-field-in-mp4-files/8832)

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**Author:** [@j8ee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/j8ee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rg2sc-is-removing-the-itunnorm-field-in-mp4-files/8832 "2009-08-24T05:08:57Z")

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When trying to convert the replaygain to soundcheck values on mp4/m4a files, I first noticed that no field was written, but then I discovered that the ITUNNORM field is removed if it’s already there to start with… I have…

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## [Rename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename/8834)

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**Author:** [@Varden](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Varden)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename/8834 "2009-08-23T21:48:27Z")

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I am sorry for my English =). How can I put “\_” instead of " " in filename. And if I have names in Russian language can it rename it with English letters like “я” - “ya”, “Свобода” - “svoboda”. Thanks for answers.

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## [problem with codpage](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-codpage/8835)

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**Author:** [@mla](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mla)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-codpage/8835 "2009-08-23T16:50:37Z")

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Hello, I have some russian songs that are not displayed correctly (weird characters). In your Help file I found: \*\*\*To convert these tags from a specific codepage to Unicode, simply create a new action Convert codepag…

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## [Display grid lines at file view](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-grid-lines-at-file-view/8833)

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**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-grid-lines-at-file-view/8833 "2009-08-23T15:30:45Z")

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The Help says: The grayed out checkbox, "real" grid lines work fine. But I'm not sure what "alternate colors" is supposed to mean. Is it supposed to be alternating background color or text colors or something else? …

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## [Win 7 Date Sorting Very Wrong](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827)

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**Author:** [@nemo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nemo)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827 "2009-08-22T11:10:40Z")

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So I just installed Win7 (I understand it may or may not be supported yet, but I wanted to bring it to the attention of the devs either way), and I create a new column (as I have on XP and Vista, which work fine) to sort…

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## [names reverting back to the previous name after being saved....](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/names-reverting-back-to-the-previous-name-after-being-saved/8821)

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**Author:** [@dtroitred](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dtroitred)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/names-reverting-back-to-the-previous-name-after-being-saved/8821 "2009-08-21T01:16:33Z")

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I downloaded Mp3tag about a week ago and so far most everything is going really well. After the first few days I started to run into problems with renaming some of my files. Album artist and Album name keep going back to…

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## [shorten file names](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-file-names/8789)

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**Author:** [@egbert\_se](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egbert_se)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-file-names/8789 "2009-08-20T13:11:33Z")

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Hello, I want to shorten my mp3 filenames to 46 chracters. It’s for my mobile phone. There’s an option to shorten filenames to 64 characters in convert/actions but i can’t edit that option. So if someone can help me i w…

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## [select many files and create a album /artist tag from the directory name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-many-files-and-create-a-album-artist-tag-from-the-directory-name/8805)

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**Author:** [@rclcmorin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rclcmorin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2009, 12:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/select-many-files-and-create-a-album-artist-tag-from-the-directory-name/8805 "2009-08-20T00:20:32Z")

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I am trying to put %directory% in the artist and album fields and click save tag? No matter the format it takes %directory% and puts it in the tag. Tried all versions of quotes. Read all the examples I could find??? …

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## [Action to count tag value occurences?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-count-tag-value-occurences/8813)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-count-tag-value-occurences/8813 "2009-08-19T22:32:33Z")

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I want an Action to add to the end of Artist a number indicating the quantity of tracks in the current operation that have that same value of Artist. E.g. before, Artist is A A A B C C After, it is: A 3 A 3 A …

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## [Covers edited by mp3tag - Help.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/covers-edited-by-mp3tag-help/8801)

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**Author:** [@CpX](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CpX)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/covers-edited-by-mp3tag-help/8801 "2009-08-19T10:39:04Z")

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Hello all. I will copy paste from my thread on xbmc forum :slight\_smile: Some guy may have some helpfull info for your guys to do mp3tag even better :smiley: http://www.xbmc.org/forum/showthread.php?p…ed=1#post388892 H…

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## [Search Amazon by %artist%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-amazon-by-artist/8807)

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**Author:** [@rtgjeg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rtgjeg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2009, 10:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-amazon-by-artist/8807 "2009-08-19T10:31:59Z")

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I know I’ve done this before, but when I upgraded to 2.44, it stopped working. When I retrieve tags from Amazon.com, it defaults to a search by %album%. if there is no existing album in the tag, I would like it to look …

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## [How to replace Round Brackets?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-round-brackets/3393)

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**Author:** [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 18, 2009, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-replace-round-brackets/3393 "2009-08-18T08:55:20Z")

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The need is to create a proper filename from %TITLE% tag to store the file up to a homepage server that only supports a filesystem charset limited to \[0-9a-zA-Z\_#~\]. In order to do this I’ve created an action rule for r…

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## [File permissions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-permissions/8792)

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**Author:** [@timw0987435](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/timw0987435)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 17, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-permissions/8792 "2009-08-17T19:05:04Z")

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I rip files to a “staging folder” outside of my Music folder, and I use Mp3tag to fix up tags and ultimately rename (Convert Tag - Filename) the files into my Music folder. Since I’ve begun to use Windows 7 RTM, I’ve not…

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