# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=356 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 357 --- ## [mp3tag for WIN98SE OS?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-win98se-os/7725)
**Author:** [@south\_pacific](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/south_pacific)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2009, 7:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-win98se-os/7725 "2009-01-08T07:22:05Z")
Hi there. Quick question for any of you that can answer it. I am running an older computer using Windows 98SE OS and wanted to know which (if any) versions of mp3tag is supported by this OS. Typically I would like to r… --- ## [Renaming directories](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-directories/7710)
**Author:** [@b\_rad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/b_rad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-directories/7710 "2009-01-06T23:32:58Z")
I’d like to replace the parenthesis with brackets in every album’s folder, as follows: currently: %artist% - %album% (%year%)%filename% to: %artist% - %album% ‘\[’%year%’\]’%filename% Is this possible? I’ve b… --- ## [Help req'd merging fields...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-reqd-merging-fields/7709)
**Author:** [@prxone](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/prxone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-reqd-merging-fields/7709 "2009-01-06T21:27:29Z")
I would like to merge the “comments” field with “genre” field of my music library, separated with a “-”. Each the value/input under the comments & genre field varies. For example: Artist: anto vitale Tiltle: majico … --- ## [Artist Sort problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-sort-problem/7706)
**Author:** [@timmorris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/timmorris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-sort-problem/7706 "2009-01-06T21:23:29Z")
I’m using the following expression to set the artistsort field ^(.+)\\s(.+)$ with the field being set to $2, $1. This doesn’t work for say Bob Marley & the Wailers - it generates Wailers, Bob Marley & The. It looks like … --- ## [Did I just delete all of my album art? T.T](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/did-i-just-delete-all-of-my-album-art-t-t/7704)
**Author:** [@xellos246](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xellos246)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/did-i-just-delete-all-of-my-album-art-t-t/7704 "2009-01-06T19:32:22Z")
hello, i am quite worried i just deleted all of my album art on accident. i was trying to delete every field except filename, title, artist, album, track, and year. i created a new action to do this with, using Remove f… --- ## [Edit default tag parameters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-default-tag-parameters/7705)
**Author:** [@steviegt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/steviegt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-default-tag-parameters/7705 "2009-01-06T19:00:26Z")
I tried to search for this and didn’t find anything. Please excuse this newbie if I missed it. How do I edit the default tag parameters? What I mean by that is, how do I change the setup order of the filename? artist… --- ## [Program crashing on startup - access violation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/program-crashing-on-startup-access-violation/7691)
**Author:** [@Bree](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bree)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/program-crashing-on-startup-access-violation/7691 "2009-01-05T20:48:30Z")
I’m getting the following message when trying to run the program: “access violation at address 005A0A3D” and then it quits out. Any help would be appreciated. --- ## [Folder rename - add info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-rename-add-info/6930)
**Author:** [@Woodenhead](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Woodenhead)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-rename-add-info/6930 "2009-01-05T00:25:18Z")
Hey guys. I’m just looking to rename my music folders. Here’s the current structure: Music/Artist/Album/whatever.mp3 I’d like to do a minor change, to this: Music/Artist/\[Year\] Album/whatever.mp3 Mucked around a bit… --- ## [Regex help needed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-help-needed/7698)
**Author:** [@Nickodemos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nickodemos)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-help-needed/7698 "2009-01-04T17:55:40Z")
What I would like is to have in the drop down of the Tag - Filename is a string that would allow me to move my files. IE: d:\\musicWork\\Boston - 1978 - Don’t Look Back - 01 - Don’t Look Back.mp3 to d:\\Music\\B\\Boston\\Bo… --- ## [Reformatting Composer tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reformatting-composer-tag/7677)
**Author:** [@MrRalph](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MrRalph)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2009, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reformatting-composer-tag/7677 "2009-01-01T09:21:06Z")
Hi all, My music library is tagged with COMPOSER being the full name of the composer (Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Maria von Weber, Gustav Mahler etc). I’d like to rename this to Beethoven, Ludwig van or Weber, Carl Maria… --- ## [Filtering on missing album art in wma files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-on-missing-album-art-in-wma-files/7679)
**Author:** [@johnhardyiv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johnhardyiv)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-on-missing-album-art-in-wma-files/7679 "2008-12-31T19:46:28Z")
Hi, I’m trying to find songs in my 45,000+ collection that do not have embedded album cover art, so I can add it to them. They’re all wma files. I saw another thread \[which I can’t find now\] that suggested creating a n… --- ## [Format Strings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings/7678)
**Author:** [@strider](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/strider)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2008, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings/7678 "2008-12-31T19:02:10Z")
Hi, I have a newbie question which I can’t seem to find in any of the documentation. How do I add format strings to my format string lists? For example I want to have a list of differing format strings in my convert fil… --- ## [More on discnumbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-on-discnumbers/7658)
**Author:** [@timmorris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/timmorris)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-on-discnumbers/7658 "2008-12-30T14:20:05Z")
For someone who read Computer Science at University I really should be able to cope with Regex, but it just does my head in! For Multi-Disc Sets the Album field comes out of my ripper (EAC and MAREO) as ALBUM NAME CD%N%… --- ## [Change Mulitple Files at same time](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-mulitple-files-at-same-time/7670)
**Author:** [@japapoe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/japapoe)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-mulitple-files-at-same-time/7670 "2008-12-30T12:10:37Z")
I’ve been messing around for a while with this new great program and I’ve spent some time reading the forum as well but can’t seem to find the answer to such a simple question. I have 20 files that I want to rename the … --- ## [Transpose Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transpose-action/7648)
**Author:** [@Jardry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jardry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transpose-action/7648 "2008-12-30T08:54:37Z")
Depending on the source of my MP3’s from Compilation albums, I end up with song titles in the format of Artist / Song Title or Song Title / Artist in the Title field. Could someone more proficient with actions please ex… --- ## [Creating or converting to different tag versions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-or-converting-to-different-tag-versions/7665)
**Author:** [@Andy\_Clay](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Andy_Clay)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-or-converting-to-different-tag-versions/7665 "2008-12-30T06:32:05Z")
I keep a copy of all my CD’s on my Windows moble phone. One of the programs on the phone requires that the ID tag be ID3v1 and nothing higher. Some of my tracks have version ID3v2 as well as ID3V2. MP3Tag does a good jo… --- ## [Getting parens and brackets into the filter field.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-parens-and-brackets-into-the-filter-field/7663)
**Author:** [@johnhardyiv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johnhardyiv)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2008, 7:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-parens-and-brackets-into-the-filter-field/7663 "2008-12-29T07:31:52Z")
Hi, was wondering how to get “(” or “\[” into the filter box on the bottom for title so I will catch items like: 03 Depeche Mode Halo (Live).wma 04 Depeche Mode Strangelove \[Live\].wma Enclosing the characters in double… --- ## [Renaming directory on Samba share fails](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-directory-on-samba-share-fails/7633)
**Author:** [@Meradan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Meradan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2008, 1:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-directory-on-samba-share-fails/7633 "2008-12-24T13:22:57Z")
I’m trying to rename directories on a Samba share using “Format value”, and the renaming fails with the message that the file can not be found. It seems from the Samba log that Mp3tag does some kind of file operation tha… --- ## [Multiple covers embedded - which player to show them](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-covers-embedded-which-player-to-show-them/7645)
**Author:** [@Zeno](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zeno)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-covers-embedded-which-player-to-show-them/7645 "2008-12-24T13:13:06Z")
Hello and a great thank you for your powerful program. Until I discovered it I did not know it is possible to embed multiple covers (ex. front+inside+inlay+cd+back) in a mp3 file. I wonder which software player is capab… --- ## [Converting btwn Traditional and Simplified Chinese](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-btwn-traditional-and-simplified-chinese/7563)
**Author:** [@awkm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/awkm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2008, 11:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-btwn-traditional-and-simplified-chinese/7563 "2008-12-24T11:51:29Z")
Hey everyone, I’ve stumbled across interesting problem. Before I realized it was too late, I’ve converted a batch of files using the Convert Codepage function so that they are legible Simplified Chinese. However, I’d … --- ## [Convert ID3v1 to ID3v2 by script only from case to case](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-id3v1-to-id3v2-by-script-only-from-case-to-case/7543)
**Author:** [@orbis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/orbis)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-id3v1-to-id3v2-by-script-only-from-case-to-case/7543 "2008-12-24T11:43:49Z")
Hi all, normally, all my tags are ID3v2. But sometimes older files only have IDv1 and no IDv2 tags. The problem is in MP3TAG I can’t see both or could I? Is there a trick? So my question is: How can I convert only this… --- ## [Removing common words on a batch](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-common-words-on-a-batch/7622)
**Author:** [@strich](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/strich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2008, 9:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-common-words-on-a-batch/7622 "2008-12-24T09:27:59Z")
If i’ve got a dozen different songs that I’m altering to set a particular format (song title, artist, album title, etc) from different artists, is there a way mp3tag can look for and remove common words from those titles… --- ## [Windows Media Player 11 Format String](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-media-player-11-format-string/7628)
**Author:** [@likuid.fire](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/likuid.fire)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2008, 9:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-media-player-11-format-string/7628 "2008-12-24T09:10:50Z")
Hi, I am using Windows Media Player 11. My album art is downloaded from the WMP11 in the format “AlbumArt\_{0C2xxxx}\_Large.jpg” etc. Thing is, I have a single folder for all of my mp3’s. And all of these album art files … --- ## [iTunes Show Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-show-tag/7642)
**Author:** [@eea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-show-tag/7642 "2008-12-23T15:31:19Z")
iTunes has a show tag. Is this a iTunes feature or can it be edited in mp3tag? --- ## [Vista64 - no rightclick context menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vista64-no-rightclick-context-menu/7638)
**Author:** [@andrewh13](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/andrewh13)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vista64-no-rightclick-context-menu/7638 "2008-12-23T14:49:19Z")
Hi, just put on new PC and the ability to right click on a folder or file and open in MP3tag has gone. Can someone with Vista64 please confirm whether this should work or is a problem in my setup or program? --- ## [Using the splitting action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-the-splitting-action/7641)
**Author:** [@Tchuvak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tchuvak)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2008, 7:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-the-splitting-action/7641 "2008-12-23T07:40:36Z")
Hi, This is a repost, because it seemed that my post was lost inside a cold topic. No one was reading it, even though it wasn’t solved. So here it is. I tried the split action (split fields by seperator) on some of my… --- ## [AAC question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/aac-question/7625)
**Author:** [@Bytales](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bytales)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/aac-question/7625 "2008-12-19T04:42:23Z")
Ok, i have mpr tag 2.42, tagscanner 5.0 build 5.25 And lots of aac music files, aacPlus, 56kbit parametric stereo AS DESCRIBED by the encoder that i created them with, AND MPEG-2 HE-AAC (Implicitly signalled), sample ra… --- ## [id3 tag error - 0xC00D0026](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3-tag-error-0xc00d0026/5901)
**Author:** [@Kaius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kaius)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3-tag-error-0xc00d0026/5901 "2008-12-18T11:39:34Z")
group - i tried to batch-modify id3 tags for like 100 songs in 1 folder (filename -\> tag). looking at the tags in mp3tag it seems to have worked fine, so does it when i look at the folder in winamp. if i look at the song… --- ## [Are batch actions possible ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/are-batch-actions-possible/7614)
**Author:** [@Eddie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Eddie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/are-batch-actions-possible/7614 "2008-12-16T18:06:50Z")
I’m new to Mp3Tag; I read the help, searched the forum, but couldn’t find a solution to my problem. I have a lot of files (podcasts) whose Title tag is not useful (just a number…) but which use the Comment tag to store … --- ## [Custom Tag Drop Down Lists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-tag-drop-down-lists/7574)
**Author:** [@fortissimo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fortissimo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-tag-drop-down-lists/7574 "2008-12-16T10:18:35Z")
One of my custom tags is “subgenre” for my classical collection. I’d like to have things like “Piano - Solo” or “Concerto - Flute”, but I don’t want to have to memorize the exact formatting of every new subgenre I creat… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=355) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=357)