# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=358 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 359 --- ## [Regular Expressions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions/7489)
**Author:** [@Dwntwn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dwntwn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2008, 11:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions/7489 "2008-11-19T11:26:35Z")
At one time in the help files, there was a listing of Regular Expressions you could use with MP3tag. Does anyone know if it exists? I can’t find it :frowning: Michael --- ## [Filter on discnumber](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-on-discnumber/7123)
**Author:** [@Thg6276](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Thg6276)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-on-discnumber/7123 "2008-11-17T22:07:09Z")
Hello, I am new with Mp3tag and I would like to know how to use the filter for having for example the discnumber from 1 to 40. I’ve tried with -40 , \<40 but without anu success If somebody has the solution, it should b… --- ## [Source tags using Discogs release ID?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/source-tags-using-discogs-release-id/7479)
**Author:** [@Monstermunch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Monstermunch)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/source-tags-using-discogs-release-id/7479 "2008-11-16T15:59:59Z")
Hi I’ve been using mp3tag for a couple years now and I’ve just put a clean install of XP on my PC. I’ve installed v2.42 and have noticed that the search by Discogs release ID option is missing. I’ve searched the forum … --- ## [Regular expression](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression/7482)
**Author:** [@vkostas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vkostas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expression/7482 "2008-11-16T13:45:47Z")
I want to use first letter of one tag (band) to format another tag and want to replace the first letter to # if not alphabet character using regular expression $regexp($left(%band%,1),(?(\[A-Z\])$0|#)) The result is bla… --- ## [Comment tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-tags/7468)
**Author:** [@brucesee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brucesee)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-tags/7468 "2008-11-15T19:13:04Z")
I just installed version 2.42 and have run into a problem w/regard to the Comment tag. I populate the Comment tag w/the various musicians who perform on a particular track. With the prior version of the software, I cou… --- ## [Adding autonumbers to the title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-autonumbers-to-the-title/7390)
**Author:** [@kaokulk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kaokulk)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2008, 7:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-autonumbers-to-the-title/7390 "2008-11-15T07:59:31Z")
I have over a thousand Christmas songs, gathered from my LPs, cassettes, CDs, and purchased MP3s. Problem is, the same songs by the same artists appear on LOTS of the CDs I buy (I can’t tell you how many copies of “Than… --- ## [Action: remove cover](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-remove-cover/7472)
**Author:** [@cell](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cell)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-remove-cover/7472 "2008-11-14T20:04:45Z")
hi everybody; i want to create a set of action that would include: \[…\] export cover art remove it from tags \[…\] i found the first action, but not the latter. is there any chance to simlate it by “remove field” acti… --- ## [Replace blanks with underscores](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-blanks-with-underscores/7469)
**Author:** [@Messcalin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Messcalin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-blanks-with-underscores/7469 "2008-11-13T21:14:42Z")
Hi guys, I am not really familiar with regular expressions and I need someones help in this case. example: Folder: The Beach Boys - Super Album Filename: The Beach Boys - First Track.mp3 Output should be Folder: Th… --- ## [change name of file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-name-of-file/7471)
**Author:** [@keithet](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/keithet)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-name-of-file/7471 "2008-11-13T15:49:07Z")
Disregard question. I figured it out myself… Little wonders still happen! \[:rolleyes:\] I have a bunch of files that are incorrectly named such as azzx.mp3 with a title of Keith for instance I would like to rename it to… --- ## [Batch Renaming other filetypes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-renaming-other-filetypes/7459)
**Author:** [@planetWayne](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/planetWayne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-renaming-other-filetypes/7459 "2008-11-11T21:52:54Z")
Hi all, I might be having a thick here or just not seeing the option, but can I use MP3Tag’s ‘actions’ features to rename files that ARE NOT audio file formats, for example avi’s etc… Obviously these dont have ‘tags’ i… --- ## [Questions about Replace with regular expression and excepting specified filed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/questions-about-replace-with-regular-expression-and-excepting-specified-filed/7448)
**Author:** [@donghaerang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/donghaerang)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/questions-about-replace-with-regular-expression-and-excepting-specified-filed/7448 "2008-11-09T09:49:29Z")
At first, sorry for my poor English. I have tried to understand but I can’t still now. I have 2 questions. Q1. I want to change AA@55555@BB@666666 to AA@@@55555\_BB@@666666 with Replace with regular expression. A,… --- ## [Copying from one field to another](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-from-one-field-to-another/7446)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2008, 1:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-from-one-field-to-another/7446 "2008-11-09T01:28:50Z")
I’ve learned a lot about mp3tag in the last week and I’ve figured out more things myself but one thing that eludes me is the ability to duplicate information to multiple fields. Here’s the issue at hand: I’ve recently … --- ## [Auto-Tagging from FreeDB?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-tagging-from-freedb/7443)
**Author:** [@ye110man](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ye110man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2008, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-tagging-from-freedb/7443 "2008-11-08T14:20:35Z")
I do not keep albums, only individual songs. They are all tagged with artist and title but nothing else. I want to add the “year” tag and that tag only. I have thousands of songs so I need some sort of automated process … --- ## [Opening multiple files from batch/command-line](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/opening-multiple-files-from-batch-command-line/7436)
**Author:** [@lee321987](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lee321987)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/opening-multiple-files-from-batch-command-line/7436 "2008-11-07T17:32:25Z")
Hello. I’m trying to write a batch file that will open multiple files into Mp3Tag, but only the last file ever gets loaded. Example: “C:\\Program Files\\Mp3tag\\Mp3tag.exe” “C:\\a.mp3” “C:\\b.mp3” Only “b.mp3” is loaded w… --- ## [How to add search scripts under crossover](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-search-scripts-under-crossover/7429)
**Author:** [@the\_alien](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/the_alien)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-search-scripts-under-crossover/7429 "2008-11-07T13:49:33Z")
Hi I’m trying to run MP3Tag with CrossOver under Mac OS X… not trying, it is working. But the normal bundled discogs search wont work, amazon and freedb are working. So I thought I should add my scripts I’m using with … --- ## [Did I mess up?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/did-i-mess-up/7437)
**Author:** [@Buck\_nekid](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Buck_nekid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/did-i-mess-up/7437 "2008-11-07T12:03:27Z")
Hello all, A little background info about how I like my tags. I am a little obsessive about them all ‘being the same.’ So, for me to get them that way I do them Filename & Name and Title (tags) in UPPERCASE. Easy eno… --- ## [Backup Changes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/backup-changes/7434)
**Author:** [@Jalynch68](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jalynch68)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2008, 10:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/backup-changes/7434 "2008-11-07T10:46:56Z")
My question is this- Can I save changes to 2 directories at once, ie, my primary storage drive and my backup? I’m running Vista and have a second vista machine that i use as a network backup. I would like to save cha… --- ## [Clearing entries in the Convert pull down menus](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-entries-in-the-convert-pull-down-menus/7430)
**Author:** [@MDickert](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MDickert)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-entries-in-the-convert-pull-down-menus/7430 "2008-11-05T23:17:18Z")
I’ve learned a lot using this program… Now I’d like to clear the pull down menus of the messed up tag conversions… you know thw %album%%track% one when all you need is the %album%-%track% version. --- ## [Convert - Action - Case conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-action-case-conversion/7417)
**Author:** [@RussellRay](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RussellRay)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 11:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-action-case-conversion/7417 "2008-11-03T23:50:13Z")
Hello all I’ve looked through the FAQs for this but couldn’t find exactly what I want. I have used “Mixed case” on all the ALBUM entries in my tags and this has worked very smoothly. But I would like to make a l… --- ## [Help with tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tagging/7416)
**Author:** [@Ianmac](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ianmac)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 11:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tagging/7416 "2008-11-03T23:41:08Z")
I am a new member and not a computer expert. I have started audio streaming from my PC to DAC using squeezebox duet. I have transferred my CD’s to Wav using exact audio copy. I am now transferring to Flac and then taggi… --- ## [possible addition to FAQ section 9 (?)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-addition-to-faq-section-9/7419)
**Author:** [@bobkoure](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bobkoure)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-addition-to-faq-section-9/7419 "2008-11-03T14:50:13Z")
Might I suggest you add to section 9 in the FAQ (titled How do I transfer tag information from one tag format to the other?) …Please remember that if you keep both APE and ID tags, some music applications will give pref… --- ## [Moving compilation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-compilation/7410)
**Author:** [@cubancigar11](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cubancigar11)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-compilation/7410 "2008-11-02T13:11:26Z")
Hi! I want to move a compilation, but cannot I am unable to find an option for it. For example, I have 2 files with 2 different artists - one for each. But they are part of same album, so I want to move them to somethi… --- ## [Text file encoding](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-file-encoding/7397)
**Author:** [@cryptoz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cryptoz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2008, 12:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/text-file-encoding/7397 "2008-10-31T00:03:40Z")
When I do text file to tag conversion, the program treat the file encoding as ASCII. It would be great if the program can recognize UTF8 encoded files. (or the feature is already supported?). Thanks. --- ## [Amazon tag data contaminated?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amazon-tag-data-contaminated/7399)
**Author:** [@park](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/park)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amazon-tag-data-contaminated/7399 "2008-10-30T20:07:49Z")
I’ve been working on retagging my mp3 collection over the past few months. I had a nice routine going getting album art off of Amazon.com. Lately though, I’ve noticed that more and more albums are showing up with the art… --- ## [MP3tag in windows XP context menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-in-windows-xp-context-menu/7402)
**Author:** [@garym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/garym)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-in-windows-xp-context-menu/7402 "2008-10-30T18:00:07Z")
I’m a long-time mp3tag user. Since updating to 2.42 I’ve noticed that when I’m in file explorer in windows (XP, SP3, all updates), when right clicking on an audio file, mp3tag is no longer one of my program options. I c… --- ## [Tag Discrepancy](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-discrepancy/7396)
**Author:** [@Hubird](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hubird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-discrepancy/7396 "2008-10-30T10:47:05Z")
I have an mp3 file which I used mp3tag's "Extended Tag dialog" to remove all unwanted tags. I am now left with only the following: But when I check the tags in Vista I see the following: Why doesn't the "Album Art… --- ## [Length of the Tag "Filter Field" field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/length-of-the-tag-filter-field-field/7389)
**Author:** [@thursday](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thursday)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/length-of-the-tag-filter-field-field/7389 "2008-10-29T21:35:51Z")
Hey there, Awesome program btw; thanks Florian! Just wondering if there's some way of extending the length of the tag "Filter Field" field since many of my tag field-names are longer than the ~12 caps locked characters… --- ## [Formatting Directory structure](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-directory-structure/7386)
**Author:** [@BaronLSN](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BaronLSN)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-directory-structure/7386 "2008-10-29T19:06:20Z")
Hi guys, I’m new to mp3tag, was forced to use it due to my new mp3 player not supporting APE tagging that I used in foobar… so all my music is properly tagged, but unreadable in my player. Anyway, I’ve found what I need… --- ## [World Countries (Mixed Case) script](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/world-countries-mixed-case-script/7394)
**Author:** [@Harakiri](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Harakiri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/world-countries-mixed-case-script/7394 "2008-10-28T20:18:34Z")
Hello! I’ve managed to waste some of my time by creating this case convertion script for “almost” all the world countries. (at least the ones i could find listed) It basically toggles Mixed Case for a country listed in… --- ## [MP3Tag is freezing re-tagging a file and locking up my computer.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-is-freezing-re-tagging-a-file-and-locking-up-my-computer/7388)
**Author:** [@Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marcabove)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-is-freezing-re-tagging-a-file-and-locking-up-my-computer/7388 "2008-10-27T12:51:49Z")
This is the second time that this has happened in less than a week. Last time I finally deleted the file and unzipped it again. This time I tried the same thing only I had to re-download the file but the same problem. … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=357) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=359)