# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=353

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## [UNSYNCEDLYRICS: Char limit?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unsyncedlyrics-char-limit/8013)

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**Author:** [@XTr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/XTr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unsyncedlyrics-char-limit/8013 "2009-02-27T23:09:37Z")

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Hello. Trying to the field UNSYNCEDLYRICS with Windwows (File\>Properties) i’ve found there’s a character limit. About 1100 I think it was. Windows doesn’t tell me “YOU ARE OVER THE LIMIT” but just something like “Readi…

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## [Album Name from Directory Name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-name-from-directory-name/7792)

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**Author:** [@SAU](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SAU)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-name-from-directory-name/7792 "2009-02-27T19:48:19Z")

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Hi My songs do not have accurate tag information. The only information which is reliable is the folder names they are into. I want to update the tag information based on the file path as follows: Album = File’s Directo…

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## [Copy files rather than move/replace them?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-files-rather-than-move-replace-them/8010)

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**Author:** [@quasimojo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/quasimojo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-files-rather-than-move-replace-them/8010 "2009-02-27T15:45:33Z")

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Hi this is a great product, much more capable and robust than EasyTag in my opinion. This may be ignorance on my part, but is there no way to essentially ‘replicate’ your library with changes to another disk, without ch…

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## [Convert fieldnames to uppercase](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-fieldnames-to-uppercase/8009)

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**Author:** [@Silverwing](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Silverwing)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-fieldnames-to-uppercase/8009 "2009-02-27T15:40:57Z")

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Hi, I want all field names (title, artist, album, etc) to be uppercase (TITLE, ARTIST, ALBUM, ETC). Can this be done by an action? Silverwing

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## [How to add a leading zero for tracknumbers via regexp](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-leading-zero-for-tracknumbers-via-regexp/8006)

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**Author:** [@zazamark](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zazamark)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-a-leading-zero-for-tracknumbers-via-regexp/8006 "2009-02-26T18:07:46Z")

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Very cool! How can this be changed to add a leading zero to single digit track numbers? TIA

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## [Remove fields except cover & rename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-fields-except-cover-rename/8004)

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**Author:** [@Silverwing](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Silverwing)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-fields-except-cover-rename/8004 "2009-02-26T18:04:08Z")

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Hi, I’m trying to automate my tag/renaming proces as much as possible. I’ve created an Action to remove all tag fields except: TITLE;ARTIST;ALBUM;YEAR;TRACK;GENRE;COMMENT;DISCNUMBER;ALBUMARTIST;LABEL;CATALOG ;COUNTRY …

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## [Adding artwork to zune marketplace](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-artwork-to-zune-marketplace/7990)

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**Author:** [@minneola24](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/minneola24)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-artwork-to-zune-marketplace/7990 "2009-02-25T22:56:07Z")

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In mp3tag I have the artwork set to front cover and it shows in there, I put the songs into the zune software and the album artwork isnt there, why?

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## [Renaming Tags WITHOUT renaming files...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-tags-without-renaming-files/7984)

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**Author:** [@muff7](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/muff7)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-tags-without-renaming-files/7984 "2009-02-24T11:13:15Z")

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Evening all, I was wondering if there is a way to re-tag the title and artist fields with what is inside the title field WITHOUT renaming the files. for example, I want to rename the track with the tags; %track% - %ti…

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## [How to find/filter \*.wma songs with missing album art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-find-filter-wma-songs-with-missing-album-art/7985)

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**Author:** [@johnhardyiv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johnhardyiv)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-find-filter-wma-songs-with-missing-album-art/7985 "2009-02-24T08:26:09Z")

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Is this possible with MP3Tag? If I drag and drop in a bunch of folders worth of \*.wma files, how can I use the filter option \[regular expression?\] at the bottom to determin which individual files are lacking embedded al…

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## [How should I configure MP3tag for Flac files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-should-i-configure-mp3tag-for-flac-files/7982)

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**Author:** [@pedr0](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pedr0)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-should-i-configure-mp3tag-for-flac-files/7982 "2009-02-23T12:20:35Z")

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Hello, apologies if this has already been covered - I haven’t been able to find a post which fills all the gaps in my (very limited) understanding. I’ve been using MP3tag to tag my FLAC files, but I’ve just read on the …

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## [Adding a space behind the TITLE in Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-space-behind-the-title-in-tag/7758)

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**Author:** [@marco\_pas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marco_pas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2009, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-space-behind-the-title-in-tag/7758 "2009-02-22T13:45:32Z")

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Hello everyone! I’m new to MP3tag and like it very much. As my MP3 device is “eating” the last character of every TITLE in the tag, I would like to add a space after each TITLE in the Tag. It’s probably simple, but I h…

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## [MP3TAG Maths](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-maths/7887)

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**Author:** [@jonhayre](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jonhayre)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-maths/7887 "2009-02-18T11:31:57Z")

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I have a formula that i would like to use with mp3 tag, but i can’t seem to get it to work… I am a DJ and keep my files tagged nicely with mp3 tag and it does a brill job… what i want to do tho is to calculate a percent…

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## [Search for Non-Standard Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-for-non-standard-tags/7923)

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**Author:** [@Nucleus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nucleus)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-for-non-standard-tags/7923 "2009-02-18T11:26:29Z")

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Hello everyone… I just found this program and I do like it very much. Now, is it possible to search ID3 tags for all non-standard fields, such as COMMENT XXXXX or even other fields that may begin with ITUN, etc.? I’m …

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## [Remove semicolon character from LYRICS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-semicolon-character-from-lyrics/7947)

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**Author:** [@trainwreck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/trainwreck)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-semicolon-character-from-lyrics/7947 "2009-02-17T22:17:39Z")

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I don’t know how this ocurred but I have several thousand of my .mp3 files have semicolons at the end of every line in the LYRICS tag. I’ve tried to do a replace action or regular expression but it doesn’t seem to work.…

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## [Creating playlists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-playlists/7944)

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**Author:** [@snorkyller](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/snorkyller)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 17, 2009, 2:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-playlists/7944 "2009-02-17T02:25:40Z")

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When you want to create a playlist with mp3 files from different directories, you can’t add them one by one as you would do with windows media player because Mp3tag change the “current folder” everytime. (when you add a …

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## [Mp3Tag and Album Art...Syntax error?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-and-album-art-syntax-error/7933)

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**Author:** [@oobergeek](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/oobergeek)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-and-album-art-syntax-error/7933 "2009-02-16T15:19:13Z")

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Hey all… Newbie to Mp3Tag and this forum so hopefully I won’t be asking too many stupid questions…:slight\_smile: I do have one regarding adding album art to my tags. I’ve been doing it rather effortlessly for the last …

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## [Convert Filenames for the Samsung Glyde](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filenames-for-the-samsung-glyde/7940)

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**Author:** [@david31262](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/david31262)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2009, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filenames-for-the-samsung-glyde/7940 "2009-02-16T12:39:06Z")

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I think I can get there eventually (with a series of actions), but I’m hoping someone has done this already. The Samsung Glyde is picky about filenames: files names have to be 32 characters OR less no puncuation marks…

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## [Car Radio](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/car-radio/7733)

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**Author:** [@slytry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slytry)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/car-radio/7733 "2009-02-16T11:05:28Z")

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Hi to all! I have a problem with my car player, it shows only the first letter of each tag. I mean: “p” rather than “pink floyd” in artist field or “c” rather than “comfortably numb” in title field. Can anyone help me…

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## [Is Mp3tag Reporting The Codec Correct?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-mp3tag-reporting-the-codec-correct/7927)

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**Author:** [@DasFox](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DasFox)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-mp3tag-reporting-the-codec-correct/7927 "2009-02-15T16:57:37Z")

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I'm using Kid3 because it shows extended tags that mp3tag doesn't, but one other thing I noticed for the same songs is that Kid3 is reporting some songs as MPEG-1 Audio Layer 1 while Mp3tag is reporting it as MPEG-1 Audi…

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## [Extract and reformat date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-and-reformat-date/7922)

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**Author:** [@kaokulk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kaokulk)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-and-reformat-date/7922 "2009-02-13T08:23:36Z")

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This should be straightforward, I just don’t understand the syntax of the scripting language yet… In the field “Comments”, I have text like this… “Debuted on 12/25/1980 on the Top 100 charts.” I want to extract the da…

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## [How to convert disc to track number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-convert-disc-to-track-number/7916)

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**Author:** [@mnrbig](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mnrbig)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 7:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-convert-disc-to-track-number/7916 "2009-02-12T07:03:21Z")

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Hi I have the disc no as 01 0r 1/2 for all multiple cd albums. Does anyone have a suggestion of how I can add the disc no to the tack number. ie T=forever tr=01 dn=5/5 ( 5 of 5 discs) in some cases I just have 05 to …

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## [Play option](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/play-option/7915)

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**Author:** [@Chris\_Morag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Chris_Morag)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2009, 7:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/play-option/7915 "2009-02-12T07:00:32Z")

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Can anyone advise me how to change the player used to play back tracks? I am currently unable to use Mediaplayer which it defaults to.

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## [Detaching a part from the Filename and adding to another field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/detaching-a-part-from-the-filename-and-adding-to-another-field/7896)

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**Author:** [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/detaching-a-part-from-the-filename-and-adding-to-another-field/7896 "2009-02-11T20:47:37Z")

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I have got a filename as" I like you very much(platinum collection)" The first part is the filename and the words inside the brackets denotes the album name. is it possbile to detach the bracketed parts along with the …

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## [Filenaming with songs with the same title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filenaming-with-songs-with-the-same-title/7911)

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**Author:** [@goodlukeing](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/goodlukeing)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filenaming-with-songs-with-the-same-title/7911 "2009-02-11T19:38:59Z")

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Because I love hearing alternative versions and live versions of songs I often have a lot of songs with the same name. So when I try to use Tag - Filename on the songs where the title is the same then it comes up with: F…

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## [Duplicate tags problem.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906)

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**Author:** [@sdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sdb)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906 "2009-02-10T08:04:54Z")

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I’m a bit new to this - I am using FLAC encoding, and was hoping to add tags for Composer, Performer, Conductor, Orchestra, and hopefully a few of each. I have read that it is recommended to have several of these tags, a…

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## [Mp3tag crashes when changing the directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-crashes-when-changing-the-directory/7907)

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**Author:** [@FireFreek](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FireFreek)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-crashes-when-changing-the-directory/7907 "2009-02-10T08:02:59Z")

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When I change the directory to My Music, it loads most songs up, but then crashes. Any help?

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## [PUBLISHER tag in flac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/publisher-tag-in-flac/7903)

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**Author:** [@morrison](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/morrison)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2009, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/publisher-tag-in-flac/7903 "2009-02-09T13:54:34Z")

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please help my player (j river MC13) read “publisher” tag from mp3 and flac, and don’t read (by default) “organization” tag from FLAC. any way for write PUBLISHER tag instead ORGANIZATION from mp3tag? i try write to “…

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## [How do I rename multiple files and...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-rename-multiple-files-and/7890)

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**Author:** [@d\_headshot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d_headshot)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-rename-multiple-files-and/7890 "2009-02-08T01:00:28Z")

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Add more information to the orignal file names? For example, I would like to add more to the file name(adding more information infront the current file name) of several files without having to go through 900 files one by…

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## [Filename -\> Tag Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-tag-question/7894)

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**Author:** [@thenomadicsoul](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thenomadicsoul)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2009, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-tag-question/7894 "2009-02-07T12:29:26Z")

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Hello all- Happy to find forums for this fantastic program. My question is this. I have a series of files that all have the information I need in the file name. Unfortunately, not all of the fields are separated by h…

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## [how remove 00 from 001 and leaving 1?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-remove-00-from-001-and-leaving-1/7899)

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**Author:** [@bagzilla](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bagzilla)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-remove-00-from-001-and-leaving-1/7899 "2009-02-07T12:20:38Z")

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How can I remove the 00 from 001, leaving 1, etc. The number of songs? For example 001\> 1 012\> 12 095\> 95, etc.

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