# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=348 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 349 --- ## [Help!! Genre numbers¿?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-genre-numbers/8434)
**Author:** [@ethan335](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ethan335)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-genre-numbers/8434 "2009-06-11T21:56:56Z")
I’m new to this program. I just multiple edited all my mp3 to erase comments, and now most of my files display numbers for the genre in Media Player…How can I make it displays the genre’s name again and not it’s number?? … --- ## ["black-slashes" ("/") & "semi-colons" (";") question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/black-slashes-semi-colons-question/8431)
**Author:** [@blueturtles](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blueturtles)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/black-slashes-semi-colons-question/8431 "2009-06-11T19:08:59Z")
Hi, I have a question regarding the use of “black-slashes” ("/") and “semi-colons” (";"). I use the “;” to separate the names \[example: Sting; Stewart Copeland; Andy Summers\] of several artists on the ‘artist’ and ‘art… --- ## [Is there a way to delete the information from a certain field for all the songs?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-delete-the-information-from-a-certain-field-for-all-the-songs/8425)
**Author:** [@cowfart](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cowfart)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-delete-the-information-from-a-certain-field-for-all-the-songs/8425 "2009-06-11T13:55:20Z")
I want to remove the information in “Album Artist” and “Composer” for all of the songs at one go. Is there a way to do that? Thanks :slight\_smile: --- ## [extracting word from tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-word-from-tag/8429)
**Author:** [@jukos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jukos)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-word-from-tag/8429 "2009-06-11T13:06:53Z")
Hi , have not been able to find a topic quite like what I’m after. I have downloaded podcasts that dont show up properly on my player so would like to modify the Album tag to fix this. the podcast comes with a tag like… --- ## [leading zero in \*.m4a](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/leading-zero-in-m4a/8420)
**Author:** [@BigBertrand](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BigBertrand)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/leading-zero-in-m4a/8420 "2009-06-09T12:43:18Z")
Hi, As the title says, I currently cannot save tags of \*.m4a files with a leading zero, as “01” to “09”. For some reasons it really helps me to use “01” etc. instead of “1” etc. I use currently use foobar2000 to workar… --- ## [Codepage convert doesn't work for Japanese ID3 tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/codepage-convert-doesnt-work-for-japanese-id3-tags/8110)
**Author:** [@Knocks](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Knocks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/codepage-convert-doesnt-work-for-japanese-id3-tags/8110 "2009-06-09T09:04:58Z")
I am using “convert codepage” with Japanese (932) option to fix some mojibake ID3 tags, but all Mp3tag does is convert the tag into another type of mojibake (with some random Japanese characters inserted). Here’s an exa… --- ## [Newbie question...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-question/8424)
**Author:** [@irousso](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/irousso)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-question/8424 "2009-06-09T08:15:33Z")
Hi, I am sorry if this has been discussed before… I am ripping my CD library into FLAC format files. I have several albums which have several CD’s (for example The Wall). Is it possible to rearrange the FLAC files - so… --- ## [Unable to drag folder into Mp3Tag in Win7 x64?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-drag-folder-into-mp3tag-in-win7-x64/8414)
**Author:** [@johnhardyiv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johnhardyiv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2009, 6:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unable-to-drag-folder-into-mp3tag-in-win7-x64/8414 "2009-06-09T06:24:20Z")
Hello, searched for this on the forums but may have missed it. I have Win7 RC x64 version and it appears to have lost the ability to drag a folder of music into the editing window. This worked fine in Vista x64. I’ve … --- ## [html\_nickless\_javasort\_popup doesn't works](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-nickless-javasort-popup-doesnt-works/8381)
**Author:** [@McBag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/McBag)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 7, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/html-nickless-javasort-popup-doesnt-works/8381 "2009-06-07T13:18:47Z")
Hello, • html\_nickless\_javasort\_popup Very nice music collection overview with sorting and details popup from nickless. Preview Download Download with Play link doesn’t work The other export files works fine. --- ## [MP3Tag missing from right clicking a file in Windows Explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-missing-from-right-clicking-a-file-in-windows-explorer/8412)
**Author:** [@gsa999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gsa999)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-missing-from-right-clicking-a-file-in-windows-explorer/8412 "2009-06-06T18:47:53Z")
Just installed MP3tag on a Vista machine, having previously used it on an XP machine. I am seeing a strange behaviour with the right clicking of a file in Windows Explorer. On the XP machine MP3tag used to come up as an… --- ## [Folder name -\> tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-name-tag/8411)
**Author:** [@pominator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pominator)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-name-tag/8411 "2009-06-06T16:44:50Z")
Hello, I switched to a tag-based only library audio player and need to tag a lot of my albums. I was wondering if it is possible to tag from the folder name the mp3 is actually within. All my albums are named like this … --- ## [Modifying File/Folder Dates](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modifying-file-folder-dates/8384)
**Author:** [@JustinB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JustinB)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modifying-file-folder-dates/8384 "2009-05-19T20:29:29Z")
Is there a way to change the file date through an action or some other means to a specific date found from an mp3 tag? If not, is there any chance the feature could be added or does anyone know of a tool that will do th… --- ## [Filter by embedded album art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-by-embedded-album-art/8382)
**Author:** [@Arathael](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Arathael)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-by-embedded-album-art/8382 "2009-05-19T17:47:41Z")
Hi there guys… i’ve been looking for this a while in the forums and no luck, i hope someone out there know the answer. How do you filter files by embedded album art? For example: i wanna display ONLY the files that i ha… --- ## [Gaining Album Tag From Artist / Title Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/gaining-album-tag-from-artist-title-tags/8398)
**Author:** [@rko500](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rko500)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/gaining-album-tag-from-artist-title-tags/8398 "2009-05-19T14:07:36Z")
Hi. i was wondering if its possible to automatically update the album fields of my mp3s based on the title and artist fields. because surely mp3tag or other mp3 tagging programs that use internet databases to find tags c… --- ## [tracktype.org (freedb2.org) no longer works as a tag source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracktype-org-freedb2-org-no-longer-works-as-a-tag-source/8397)
**Author:** [@Fisco1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fisco1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracktype-org-freedb2-org-no-longer-works-as-a-tag-source/8397 "2009-05-19T06:53:27Z")
EDIT: Sorry, after a few days not working, it does well again. freedb server: Address: tracktype.org Path: /~cddb/cddb.cgi Port: 80 Regards --- ## [Extended MP3 Tags ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-mp3-tags/8395)
**Author:** [@jce2005](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jce2005)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2009, 5:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-mp3-tags/8395 "2009-05-19T05:57:34Z")
Hi, I have a lot of Mp3’s and some of them have different “Extended Tags”. What I would like to accomplish is to make ALL the Extended tags from ALL the MP3’s the same. Is there a way to select like 5000 MP3’s at a tim… --- ## [Web Sources SearchBy Regular Expressions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-searchby-regular-expressions/8392)
**Author:** [@JustinB](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JustinB)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-searchby-regular-expressions/8392 "2009-05-18T21:53:32Z")
Is there a way to use replace or regular expressions in the SearchBy? For example I have an album titled “abc123 (disc 1)” and I want the SearchBy to default to “abc123”. --- ## [Too complicated to accomplish in Mp3tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/too-complicated-to-accomplish-in-mp3tag/2809)
**Author:** [@beaker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beaker)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/too-complicated-to-accomplish-in-mp3tag/2809 "2009-05-18T21:13:43Z")
I’d like to do the following in Mp3tag using regexp for filenames only. Split (tokenize) on the following characters: ~ ( ) { } \[ \] Ignore leading and trailing spaces for each token, but don’t remove them Always capit… --- ## [Playlist for Album List for Winamp](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-for-album-list-for-winamp/5513)
**Author:** [@wout\_van\_vucht](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wout_van_vucht)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-for-album-list-for-winamp/5513 "2009-05-18T20:26:23Z")
I use Album List for Winamp v2.06. When i create a playlist with this program it writes the following playlist: #EXTM3U #EXTART:Al Di Meola #EXTALB:Scenario #EXTGENRE:Jazz Fusion #EXTINF:366,Al Di Meola - Mata Hari … --- ## [Automated sort order tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automated-sort-order-tags/8385)
**Author:** [@dpotts](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dpotts)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2009, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automated-sort-order-tags/8385 "2009-05-18T15:44:12Z")
Is anybody interested in how to write a script for automatically generating a sort order tag from an artist tag? I have written a script to do it, part of which I’ll reproduce below. (It is too bad that you can’t export … --- ## [cannot be opened for writing.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-be-opened-for-writing/8393)
**Author:** [@cswalker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cswalker)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-be-opened-for-writing/8393 "2009-05-17T17:44:02Z")
Hello, I tried searching, but it returns an error everytime, so if this has been posted before, I apologize. I have just installed 2.43. I added my Music directory, and I started editing by album with the TAG SOURCES\>A… --- ## [Is there an easy way to add/include letters in the track field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-add-include-letters-in-the-track-field/8391)
**Author:** [@Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marcabove)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-an-easy-way-to-add-include-letters-in-the-track-field/8391 "2009-05-17T14:38:38Z")
Sometimes on something like “the greatest hits of the …” you’ll have 25A, 25B, 25C. I can manually edit the file name but is these and easier way to do this? --- ## [No "Album Artist" field available for action?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-album-artist-field-available-for-action/8324)
**Author:** [@Nattal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nattal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-album-artist-field-available-for-action/8324 "2009-05-17T11:27:16Z")
Hey all, new user here, congrats on the software, looking great so far. Having some trouble with creating a new action. I want to do a mass rename on Album Artist, so I figure I need to create a “replace” action. As I… --- ## [Need your help ...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-your-help/8383)
**Author:** [@bigcheez](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigcheez)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2009, 3:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-your-help/8383 "2009-05-17T03:13:52Z")
Sorry, I usually hate asking someone to do the work for me except I cannot figure this out. I am a ReplayAV user that recently upgraded. My custom conversions did not carry over to the new version. I since corrected t… --- ## [discogs - full albums choice](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-full-albums-choice/8374)
**Author:** [@torty](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/torty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-full-albums-choice/8374 "2009-05-16T12:48:06Z")
I’ve been using mp3tag for several for tagging files with the discogs connexion. Recently (I think since I upgraded the mp3tag version), when I use teh discogs source (default by artist), the software takes me directly … --- ## [Debug Mode](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/debug-mode/8380)
**Author:** [@mbrabson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrabson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/debug-mode/8380 "2009-05-16T05:58:18Z")
Hi Guys and Girls, Last problem for now. 3.) Is there a debug mode available? I get a “Syntax Error” on some operations and it usually turns out to be an un-escaped single quote (" ’ ") somewhere. But there is never an… --- ## [Master List Of Export Fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/master-list-of-export-fields/8379)
**Author:** [@mbrabson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrabson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/master-list-of-export-fields/8379 "2009-05-16T05:55:22Z")
Hi Guys and Girls, I’m trying to do a couple of things that aren’t quite coming out right and I hope one or more of you can help. 2.) I have been studying some of the mte files for clues on how to build my own and I ha… --- ## [Exporting Cover Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-cover-art/8378)
**Author:** [@mbrabson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrabson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-cover-art/8378 "2009-05-16T05:51:18Z")
Hi Guys, I’m trying to do a couple of things that aren’t quite coming out right and I hope one or more of you can help. 1.) All my song files contain their album covers. Now I want to export random groups of these song… --- ## [Delete HTML code automatically](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-html-code-automatically/8377)
**Author:** [@chin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-html-code-automatically/8377 "2009-05-15T20:36:02Z")
If I use “Guess Value” to copy “SUBTITLE” to “UNSYNCEDLYRICS” , HTML code are generated. Is there any command to delete html code automatically? THX --- ## [Key Code Field Aside From InitialKey?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/key-code-field-aside-from-initialkey/8376)
**Author:** [@fcastro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fcastro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/key-code-field-aside-from-initialkey/8376 "2009-05-15T14:35:34Z")
Hi I was wondering if there was some other official field for keys aside from %IntialKey%? I guess I was wondering if there was some standards site that maintained standards for tags like the WWC for the web? \[:rolleyes… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=347) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=349)