# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=365 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 366 --- ## [Need help with IF function script](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-if-function-script/5624)
**Author:** [@TheChipstar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TheChipstar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-if-function-script/5624 "2008-05-18T19:21:20Z")
I am wanting to help iTunes sort properly. At the moment (default sorting) iTunes sorts like this: If Artist name starts with either “A” or “The” (are there more? I only know of these two) iTunes ignores these. Exampl… --- ## [how to delete all tags from one column?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-all-tags-from-one-column/6817)
**Author:** [@darrin1973](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/darrin1973)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2008, 11:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-all-tags-from-one-column/6817 "2008-05-18T11:58:26Z")
Is there a way to delete all the tags from just one column, such as comments? Also, how can I add other items such as copyright or encoded to my columns shown? Thanks in advance Darrin --- ## [Column to show named ID3 tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/column-to-show-named-id3-tag/6790)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/column-to-show-named-id3-tag/6790 "2008-05-16T17:54:12Z")
How do I get a Column to show a named ID3 tag? E.g. Value %TDAT% shows blank, instead of the same as %date% (for MP3) as expected. Thanks. --- ## [How to copy artist AND titel to titel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-artist-and-titel-to-titel/6807)
**Author:** [@Ficus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ficus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-copy-artist-and-titel-to-titel/6807 "2008-05-16T16:06:20Z")
Hello! Just started using MP3tag and its great software!! Now for al my albums i have no problems and everiting is going fine. But my problem is with all my compilation cd’s. I hate it that my portabel mp3 for example… --- ## [How to enter lyrics (FLAC, MP3)?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-enter-lyrics-flac-mp3/6694)
**Author:** [@alxwz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alxwz)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-enter-lyrics-flac-mp3/6694 "2008-05-16T12:53:54Z")
Hi, sorry for posting such a stupid question, but I don’t quite get how to enter lyrics into their appropriate tag. The field mapping table in the help section doesn’t mention FLAC at all, and I don’t quite understand … --- ## [Adding album art to FLAC files very slow?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-album-art-to-flac-files-very-slow/6801)
**Author:** [@barsk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/barsk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2008, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-album-art-to-flac-files-very-slow/6801 "2008-05-14T18:30:08Z")
I have used the functionality to add album art to flac tags and that works very well, but it is extremely slow. It seems as mp3tag rewrites the whole FLAC file just to add the album art tag. Is this really necessary? It … --- ## [Gibberish tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/gibberish-tags/5860)
**Author:** [@login](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/login)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/gibberish-tags/5860 "2008-05-14T15:37:30Z")
I have quite a few songs with tags in cyrillic alphabet. Some of them are displayed fine in mp3tag See this example while others appear like gibberish. See example here Any idea how I can make the gibberish ones app… --- ## [Roman Numerals case conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/roman-numerals-case-conversion/5520)
**Author:** [@sminc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sminc)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/roman-numerals-case-conversion/5520 "2008-05-13T17:27:02Z")
I'm using the regex example to convert roman numerals to upper case but I'm having a problem with it. For some reason it is deleting commas out of the tag / filename / directory which makes no sense as the only replace … --- ## [Filter filenames that don't conform to set format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-filenames-that-dont-conform-to-set-format/6778)
**Author:** [@gsa999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gsa999)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-filenames-that-dont-conform-to-set-format/6778 "2008-05-13T17:14:59Z")
I have over 11,000 mp3’s and noticed a couple of filenames that did not conform to my standard which is Artist - AlbumTitle - TrackNo - TrackTitle Is it possible to create a filter that will show me the filenames that … --- ## [Remove part of a field and save it to another field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-a-field-and-save-it-to-another-field/6792)
**Author:** [@lee321987](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lee321987)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-part-of-a-field-and-save-it-to-another-field/6792 "2008-05-13T08:40:32Z")
Hello. I have some files that contain both the artist and song title in one field (the title field) with space-forwardSlash-space in between (artist / song title). I’m wondering if there is a way to use an action to cu… --- ## [Conditional filtering on TAG contents?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-filtering-on-tag-contents/6777)
**Author:** [@egd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conditional-filtering-on-tag-contents/6777 "2008-05-10T17:33:55Z")
Is it possible to specify a conditional filter along the lines of FIELD=Artist, ARTIST contains “&”, ie list only tracks that whose artist entry contains an ampersand anywhere in that field? --- ## [Loading custom action groups...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loading-custom-action-groups/6780)
**Author:** [@LeifPederson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LeifPederson)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loading-custom-action-groups/6780 "2008-05-10T16:35:24Z")
I created a non-trivial action on a laptop machine and I want to move the action to my desktop machine to run it on 17000+ audio tracks. I see how to create the .mtg file on the laptop but I can’t seem to figure out how… --- ## [Removing numbers from FILENAME](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757)
**Author:** [@Viper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Viper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-from-filename/6757 "2008-05-09T20:01:24Z")
I’m sure there’s a more efficient way to do this but my method seems to work up to a point. I use "REPLACE FILENAME n with “” ", where n is the numbers 0-9 and is repeated individually for each number. However, here’s t… --- ## [How to switch Artist firstname/lastname?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-switch-artist-firstname-lastname/6773)
**Author:** [@park](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/park)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-switch-artist-firstname-lastname/6773 "2008-05-09T11:50:54Z")
Hello, Is it possible to use an Action to switch an artist’s first name and last name? In other words, if an artist’s name is listed as Mike Jones, switch it to Jones, Mike? On a single artist album it’s not so hard to … --- ## [Convert Filename-Tag. Two fields with same value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-two-fields-with-same-value/6744)
**Author:** [@drmusic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drmusic)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 7:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag-two-fields-with-same-value/6744 "2008-05-09T07:48:21Z")
Hi! I do a lot of auto-tagging using the Convert Filename-Tag function. I recently added %ALBUMSORTORDER% to my normal tagging routine as I want to put the year in it so the albums show up chronologically on my iPod. H… --- ## [adding track # to title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-track-to-title/6667)
**Author:** [@brandoncol](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brandoncol)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2008, 6:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-track-to-title/6667 "2008-05-09T06:35:29Z")
I want the track number to be included in the title (ex: 01 My name is Jonas). I have been able to go to “customize colums” then change the “title” value and field to: “$num(%track%,2) %title%” or simply “%track% %title%… --- ## [regex question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-question/6738)
**Author:** [@Erik](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Erik)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-question/6738 "2008-05-06T16:17:38Z")
How do you change this: 01\_The Beatles - 01\_Love Me Do In this: The Beatles - Love Me Do Thanks a lot !! --- ## [How to define PREVIOUS\_ALBUM/NEXT\_ALBUM in export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-previous-album-next-album-in-export/6760)
**Author:** [@mp3me](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3me)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-define-previous-album-next-album-in-export/6760 "2008-05-06T14:10:55Z")
This same question was posted to the developer forum but was not getting answered so I will try here. I have been playing with html\_milka\_album\_overview.mte but I can not figure out how to make a html link referring to… --- ## [Removing a tag that has whitepace as its first character eg % artist%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-tag-that-has-whitepace-as-its-first-character-eg-artist/6756)
**Author:** [@egd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egd)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-a-tag-that-has-whitepace-as-its-first-character-eg-artist/6756 "2008-05-05T03:54:34Z")
I’ve been cleaning up my collection and standardizing tags across all albums and in the process discovered that some albums (which I don’t know) have an " ALBUM" as well as an “ALBUM” tag. Rather than unleash a remove t… --- ## [Not seeing audio tracks all of a sudden](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-seeing-audio-tracks-all-of-a-sudden/6730)
**Author:** [@amcrebelfan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/amcrebelfan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-seeing-audio-tracks-all-of-a-sudden/6730 "2008-05-04T15:47:22Z")
I was using ver 2.41 today and I tagged about 20 albums when all of sudden any album I open has no tracks listed. They are all there but mp3tag doesn’t see them. I uninstalled and reinstalled to still nothing, this is … --- ## [Zune tag problems](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/zune-tag-problems/6747)
**Author:** [@darkmanx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/darkmanx)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/zune-tag-problems/6747 "2008-05-04T12:09:12Z")
I’m having some issues with the Zune picking up my songs the “right” way… In Vista, there is a tag when you select the song that is called “Album Artist” - All my 2Pac songs are being named 2 Pac (with a space) in that… --- ## [mass album quering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-album-quering/1660)
**Author:** [@vad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2008, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-album-quering/1660 "2008-05-04T11:25:09Z")
Hello, The program is the greatest I’ve ever seen. Especially I love the function to emulate audio cd to query the freedb database. It works great. I just have a question. I have almost 1000 cds ripped into mp3 on the … --- ## [ACTION to mimic the REMOVE TAG function?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-mimic-the-remove-tag-function/6751)
**Author:** [@Viper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Viper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-mimic-the-remove-tag-function/6751 "2008-05-04T11:13:57Z")
Dano, here’s another request… What ACTION do I need to create to mimic the REMOVE TAG function? Thanks --- ## [Mp3tag not showing my TXXX tag (report V2!)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-showing-my-txxx-tag-report-v2/6737)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-showing-my-txxx-tag-report-v2/6737 "2008-05-03T20:24:31Z")
I have MP3 files (see attached sample) having what I believe to be a legal TXXX tag (name CJJTMP - see attached hex display) but Mp3tag doesn’t see it (see attached Extended Tags display). Any ideas, please? --- ## [Import-Export tag association](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-export-tag-association/6750)
**Author:** [@mp3me](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3me)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-export-tag-association/6750 "2008-05-03T19:36:44Z")
When I perform an export tag/import tag cycle on two tracks the tag associations are swapped between tracks. If I redo the cycle a second time the tags are properly written to correct tracks. What is current mechanism… --- ## [Create Converter functionality via an Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-converter-functionality-via-an-action/6749)
**Author:** [@Viper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Viper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-converter-functionality-via-an-action/6749 "2008-05-03T18:21:53Z")
I’m sure that there is a solution out there but after much effort and experimentation, I have given up trying to search/read this forum looking for what I need. Here is what I now do: I have a whole bunch of Actions to … --- ## [Trouble exporting tags to file with mte files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-exporting-tags-to-file-with-mte-files/6746)
**Author:** [@mp3me](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mp3me)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2008, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-exporting-tags-to-file-with-mte-files/6746 "2008-05-03T15:51:03Z")
I am trying to learn how to export my tags to a file in various formats. I downloaded various html format .mte files and placed them in the export folder and then ran export function. For several that I tried I consis… --- ## [Extracting cover art, change \*.png (default) to \*.jpg (default)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-cover-art-change-png-default-to-jpg-default/6713)
**Author:** [@Scallywagfr78](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Scallywagfr78)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2008, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-cover-art-change-png-default-to-jpg-default/6713 "2008-05-02T13:50:43Z")
Hello, I would like to add to my folders a cover art file extracted from embedded iTunes MP3 files. When I click on the picture of album art the following menu proposes automatically (nine times out of 10) \*.png as def… --- ## [Filtering by folderpath](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-by-folderpath/6688)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-by-folderpath/6688 "2008-04-30T15:48:51Z")
Filter works fine for filename and folderpath, but I want to filter by filepath e.g. .\*\\artist\\track ? Anyone know a trick to do this? Thanks. --- ## [What's the key shortcut to call up the right-click menu?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-key-shortcut-to-call-up-the-right-click-menu/6720)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-key-shortcut-to-call-up-the-right-click-menu/6720 "2008-04-29T16:39:59Z")
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