# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=367

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## [Combine Artist and Title With One Click](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/combine-artist-and-title-with-one-click/6598)

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**Author:** [@eLMo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eLMo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/combine-artist-and-title-with-one-click/6598 "2008-04-09T07:56:51Z")

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Hey guys, I’m a noob to this. But how would I go about combining the title and artist under one column like title. It’s for cds where I have various artists. Like lets say I have the CD House Techno and the Artist is Tie…

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## [MP3Tag not releasing from memory.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-releasing-from-memory/6518)

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**Author:** [@Nonreality](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nonreality)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 6, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-releasing-from-memory/6518 "2008-04-06T05:27:17Z")

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I found while trying to reinstall MP3tag that I had 4 instances of it in memory. All ranging from 10k to 15k. I ended all of the processes and reopened MP3tag and closed it. Everyone stayed in memory for hours. Never…

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## [Deleting The Whole Song](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-the-whole-song/6274)

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**Author:** [@Jatolo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jatolo)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/deleting-the-whole-song/6274 "2008-04-04T18:52:04Z")

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How can I remove a song from my PC using MP3TAG, some of them are dupicates. I Tried DELETE, but they just disapered temporaly… Tks \[:angry:\]

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## ["Remove tags" removes too much!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-tags-removes-too-much/5942)

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**Author:** [@Moonbase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonbase)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-tags-removes-too-much/5942 "2008-04-04T17:02:51Z")

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Under “Tools/Options/Tags/…” we can specify which tags to remove when pressing CTRL+R. At least for “Mpeg” and “Ape, Mpc …” type files (which are these, exactly?). So I decided to finally get rid of my ID3v1 tags, since…

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## [How to change](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change/6575)

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**Author:** [@Erik](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Erik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-change/6575 "2008-04-04T16:59:42Z")

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Please how do you change: Bar-keys in Bar-Keys or All-stars in All-Stars ect… THX !

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## [Can Change Drop Down Menus?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-change-drop-down-menus/6265)

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**Author:** [@djtavo03](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djtavo03)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [April 4, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-change-drop-down-menus/6265 "2008-04-04T09:06:31Z")

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ok here is what i want to see if i can do with this great program… On the left imput fields where u have the title: artist: album: year: ect … i was wondering if i can change the drop down options with one of my own… E…

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## [Label&Publisher](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/label-publisher/6522)

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**Author:** [@maeda](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/maeda)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 3, 2008, 10:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/label-publisher/6522 "2008-04-03T10:24:09Z")

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I like to add publisher tag to my files, i can add Publisher and Label field in tag panel. I think Publisher is standard tag, but what does Label stands for? tnx

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## [Converting Tags in Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-tags-in-filename/6563)

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**Author:** [@JOAO](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JOAO)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converting-tags-in-filename/6563 "2008-04-02T20:02:54Z")

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Hello, I would like converting TAGS in FILENAME to make them to be like in this example: TITLE \[ARTIST\].mp3 However, I do not get to add \[ \]. It is written in the help topics that I “have to put the single quote …

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## [Default action for opening drive been set to MP3Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-action-for-opening-drive-been-set-to-mp3tag/6557)

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**Author:** [@MaxDamage](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MaxDamage)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/default-action-for-opening-drive-been-set-to-mp3tag/6557 "2008-04-01T14:25:27Z")

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hello all, I used this womderfull program before with no troubles(older version on older machine) but since i recently installed it it gives me a weird problem which i cant resolve. version 2.40 OS WinXP SP2 install…

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## [Changes in 2.40 in handling](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changes-in-2-40-in-handling/6555)

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**Author:** [@soulman247](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/soulman247)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2008, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changes-in-2-40-in-handling/6555 "2008-04-01T13:51:50Z")

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Hi, I recently upgraded from v2.39 to v2.40 - I have two areas that I need help with and hopefully someone can assist. I notice that the "Tag to Filename" function now requires user confirmation where I am positive tha…

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## [Is there a limited number of Tools one can create?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-limited-number-of-tools-one-can-create/6536)

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**Author:** [@Chosco](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Chosco)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-limited-number-of-tools-one-can-create/6536 "2008-03-31T21:31:15Z")

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Hi, I researched through the Help file, through the “Tools, Examples of different Tool configurations” post under the “Mp3tag - International \> Support \> FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)” forum, but I found no solution f…

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## [Writing BOM with id3v2.4 UTF-8](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/writing-bom-with-id3v2-4-utf-8/6542)

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**Author:** [@Greg\_G](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Greg_G)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/writing-bom-with-id3v2-4-utf-8/6542 "2008-03-30T13:59:10Z")

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Hello, I’m currently running into a problem with a java mp3 tag library that doesn’t seem to be stripping the BOM from either v2.3 or v2.4 tags. However, when researching the problem, I noticed the following in the id3…

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## [Disappearing Tags in XP](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-tags-in-xp/6529)

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**Author:** [@saremington](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/saremington)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disappearing-tags-in-xp/6529 "2008-03-28T21:12:04Z")

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Hi, I am trying out v2.40 to edit tags and have noticed that whenever I save a tag, some or all of the part disappear when viewed using Windows Explorer in XP. MP3tag and other editors say the information is still ther…

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## [$puts failure?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/puts-failure/6524)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2008, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/puts-failure/6524 "2008-03-26T23:43:52Z")

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Can anyone tell me why running this Export config on one file: $puts(v,AAA)$loop(%album%)$puts(v,BBB)$loopend()$get(v) outputs AAA rather than BBB as expected?

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## [is there a way to preview actions?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-preview-actions/6487)

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**Author:** [@bucky](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bucky)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2008, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-to-preview-actions/6487 "2008-03-26T21:30:36Z")

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Is there a way to preview actions before executing them? Or another way could be to get a log of changes after executing actions. This way, I can see if there are subtle changes that I didn’t expect.

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## [Filters and actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filters-and-actions/6493)

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**Author:** [@KaraokeK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KaraokeK)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2008, 4:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filters-and-actions/6493 "2008-03-26T04:53:40Z")

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I am in the process of a major overhaul of my karaoke collection. In the early days I was not as careful with my tagging as I should have been, I am about to use a Karaoke player that relies on filenames, so I need to ge…

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## [Tag several files from filenames](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-several-files-from-filenames/6514)

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**Author:** [@Stevenrw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stevenrw)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-several-files-from-filenames/6514 "2008-03-25T14:29:58Z")

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I can’t get this to work. Ive got a batch of files which have the filename format “songtitle - artist.mp3” and I’m trying to tag several files to give me the track title, the artist, the album name and the year, plus at…

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## [newbie question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-question/6090)

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**Author:** [@tiggerlou](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tiggerlou)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-question/6090 "2008-03-25T09:22:37Z")

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Hello! I have just installed mp3tag, after seeing lots of great comments and reviews about it :slight\_smile: Now I’m ready to use it and I have a newbie question. I have never used anything to assign tags to music, unt…

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## [tell mp3tag to use the filename as "title"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tell-mp3tag-to-use-the-filename-as-title/6506)

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**Author:** [@zippo2007](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zippo2007)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tell-mp3tag-to-use-the-filename-as-title/6506 "2008-03-24T20:16:21Z")

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Hi there, How do I get mp3tag to take the name of all my filenames and put that into into the “title” field in mp3tag ? I have a bunch of mp3 and do not want to do this manually for 60+ files. thanks. Dano, are you o…

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## [Unknown album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unknown-album/6502)

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**Author:** [@gamber](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gamber)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/unknown-album/6502 "2008-03-24T17:58:42Z")

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Greetings from a newbie. I have a problem with tagging. No matter what I do, I have a selection of 4 files that when in my mp3 player ALWAYS show up as “unknown album”. Worst part is, this is an audio book and I need …

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## [Recently year shows in year//year fromat in Tag-Panel? Why?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recently-year-shows-in-year-year-fromat-in-tag-panel-why/6448)

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**Author:** [@SerialK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SerialK)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recently-year-shows-in-year-year-fromat-in-tag-panel-why/6448 "2008-03-24T04:26:13Z")

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Hi, The years saved in the tags used to show as e.g. “1994” in the year column of the filelist, as well as in the tag-panel for the selected file. Lately my Mp3Tag shows it as e.g. “1994//1994” in the tag-panel, but in…

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## [Rename folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-folder/6492)

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**Author:** [@eojohans](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eojohans)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-folder/6492 "2008-03-21T22:58:24Z")

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I want to rename folders based on tags. Example: Artist: The Beatles Album: Abbey Road Year: 1969 I want to rename the folder to “Beatles, The - \[1969\] Abbey Road” Based on this thread: http://forums.mp3tag.de/inde…

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## [Appending Exported Data With Milka Exporter](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/appending-exported-data-with-milka-exporter/6496)

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**Author:** [@raggs008](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/raggs008)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 21, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/appending-exported-data-with-milka-exporter/6496 "2008-03-21T11:01:40Z")

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Hello, So I have been using one of Milka’s exporting tools, which is amazing, but have one little question about it. I have a lot of music and I am updating it constantly. The problem is, when using Milka’s exporter, w…

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## [ID3/APE tags + Zune 8GB](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3-ape-tags-zune-8gb/6481)

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**Author:** [@nyydynasty](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nyydynasty)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3-ape-tags-zune-8gb/6481 "2008-03-19T17:28:19Z")

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Hey guys, this has been eating up a LOT of my time lately and its been VERY frustrating to say the least \[\<\_\<\] anyway, as the title states, I have an 8GB Zune that I just purchased about 4-5 days ago. I have about 2 …

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## [Help with ML reorganization](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-ml-reorganization/6472)

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**Author:** [@MarcoakaP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MarcoakaP)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-ml-reorganization/6472 "2008-03-19T15:27:50Z")

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Hi all guys, I’d like to reorganize my music library but I’m a real noob when it comes to regexs. Well, all my mp3s are in a big folder and are properly tagged. I would like to put them in a directory structure like th…

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## [Concatenate A Field With Another](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/concatenate-a-field-with-another/6480)

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**Author:** [@ff.eternal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ff.eternal)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/concatenate-a-field-with-another/6480 "2008-03-19T11:13:55Z")

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Hi I want to put information from another field into the album field like so: %ALBUM% - Album name %DISCOGS\_FORMAT% - Format of release New Album name: %album% \[’\[’\[%DISCOGS\_FORMAT%’\]’\] I’ve tried everything I know …

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## [Convert | Textfile - Tag Preview repetition](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-textfile-tag-preview-repetition/6478)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 10:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-textfile-tag-preview-repetition/6478 "2008-03-19T10:37:31Z")

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I’m seeing massive repetition of entries in the Convert | Textfile - Tag Preview. I expect file1 file2 file3 file4 etc. but see file1 file1 file2 file1 file2 file3 file1 file2 file3 file4 etc.

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## [renaming of files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-of-files/5759)

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**Author:** [@tuxnowar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tuxnowar)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-of-files/5759 "2008-03-19T01:49:06Z")

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i am setting up my music collection to have the right tags stored in each file, and this program (mp3tag) is maybe the best. is it possible to rename files with an action? i would like to rename all the files in my col…

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## [Convert | Textfile - Tag concern](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-textfile-tag-concern/6476)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 19, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-textfile-tag-concern/6476 "2008-03-19T00:26:27Z")

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I imported a playlist, selected all the 1302 .WMA files, and did Convert | Textfile - Tag with a 1302-line file, but got the completion message: Tag extracted from text file and saved in 1281 of 1302 files. and sure en…

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## [Is there away in "Tag Source" to change from the file names...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-away-in-tag-source-to-change-from-the-file-names/6473)

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**Author:** [@Marcabove](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marcabove)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 18, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-away-in-tag-source-to-change-from-the-file-names/6473 "2008-03-18T20:04:01Z")

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to the titles? Often the file name doesn’t sort correctly while the title can be sorted by alphabetizing. On smaller albums this isn’t a problem but on box sets this is really a pain. I do love the new Tag source inte…

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