# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=371 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 372 --- ## [What regex engine does mp3tag use?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-regex-engine-does-mp3tag-use/6109)
**Author:** [@timmy2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/timmy2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-regex-engine-does-mp3tag-use/6109 "2008-01-21T21:01:45Z")
Please tell me the regex engine used in mp3tag? Given that I assume I can find out which expressions will work. Thank you! --- ## [Information from directory name to tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/information-from-directory-name-to-tag/6100)
**Author:** [@Mihey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mihey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/information-from-directory-name-to-tag/6100 "2008-01-20T09:23:03Z")
Hi, I have a bunch of mp3s with empty YEAR tag, but each of the singles is contained in “Artist - Year - Title” folder. How do I extract the year from it into the YEAR tag? By the way, I tried Actions, particularly Rep… --- ## [Making songtitle identical to filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-songtitle-identical-to-filename/6092)
**Author:** [@marcmarc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marcmarc)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 19, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-songtitle-identical-to-filename/6092 "2008-01-19T08:04:39Z")
Hi, it’s a nice program, there’s one thing that I can’t seem to find out though. I’m sure the answer is very easy. I have changed the filenames of all my mp3’s to include the tracknumber (so “Bohemian rhapsody” has chang… --- ## [I have exported the tag data. Now where's the 'Import' function?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-have-exported-the-tag-data-now-wheres-the-import-function/6091)
**Author:** [@fluffy-chick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fluffy-chick)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-have-exported-the-tag-data-now-wheres-the-import-function/6091 "2008-01-18T17:43:00Z")
I have a double album and the tracks from CD1 are labelled as though they were CD2 and vice versa. This is how they are set up on freedb. I thought the easiest fix would be to export the tag data from each disc and the… --- ## [01title to 01.title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/01title-to-01-title/6082)
**Author:** [@chtchan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chtchan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/01title-to-01-title/6082 "2008-01-18T17:00:13Z")
As said in title, I have filenames that are TrackTitle, I would like to change to Track.Title. I have tried this method but without success, please tell me how I can do it. I have tried doing: Action:Replace with regu… --- ## [Need regex to remove all \[yyyy digital remaster\]](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-regex-to-remove-all-yyyy-digital-remaster/6086)
**Author:** [@timmy2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/timmy2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-regex-to-remove-all-yyyy-digital-remaster/6086 "2008-01-18T15:38:58Z")
I’ve figured out a few regex but this one is beyond my ability. Please advise. Thanks! --- ## [Removing (.mp3) from filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-mp3-from-filename/6088)
**Author:** [@treuben](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/treuben)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2008, 9:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-mp3-from-filename/6088 "2008-01-18T09:56:06Z")
Hello, I have combed this site and the user guide trying to find out: If I have a filename that looks like this: Artist - Track Name.mp3 How do I change it to read: Artist - Track Name (without the .mp3) I tried go… --- ## [Case Conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion/6047)
**Author:** [@Hubird](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hubird)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion/6047 "2008-01-17T13:03:51Z")
How do I make the case conversion not turn U.S.A. into U.s.a. ? I think it would be a good idea to build in some sort of rules for cases like this. --- ## [Failure to write BOM](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/failure-to-write-bom/6081)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/failure-to-write-bom/6081 "2008-01-17T12:21:09Z")
I have Tools | Options… | Export, \[X\] Write BOM yet File | Export is not writing a BOM to .txt files. Any ideas? --- ## [How to swap Artist/Title to Title - Artist?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-swap-artist-title-to-title-artist/6083)
**Author:** [@fluffy-chick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fluffy-chick)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-swap-artist-title-to-title-artist/6083 "2008-01-17T11:11:11Z")
If I import info from freedb I get a title of: Karen Ramirez / Looking For Love I would prefer Looking For Love - Karen Ramirez What do I need to do? --- ## [How to use freedb to change title to "Title (Artist)"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-freedb-to-change-title-to-title-artist/6079)
**Author:** [@fluffy-chick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fluffy-chick)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-freedb-to-change-title-to-title-artist/6079 "2008-01-16T16:31:11Z")
I have dozens of compilations that are tagged as only ‘Various Artists’. I would like the track titles to have the artists name in brackets after the track title. How do I do this using freebd? --- ## [Check for year tag if exist or not](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-for-year-tag-if-exist-or-not/6077)
**Author:** [@mike2089](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mike2089)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-for-year-tag-if-exist-or-not/6077 "2008-01-16T12:38:04Z")
Hi I am using an action to move my music to my storage location, in the process I use the following action. Is there any way in an expression to check if the year field exists, if it does then append the ‘\[’%year%’\]’ po… --- ## [Genres not being read correctly with WMAs and MP3s](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genres-not-being-read-correctly-with-wmas-and-mp3s/6075)
**Author:** [@General\_Crespin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/General_Crespin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2008, 2:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genres-not-being-read-correctly-with-wmas-and-mp3s/6075 "2008-01-16T02:41:43Z")
G’morning all, I hope the answer isn’t glaringly obvious. I’ve browsed the forums, haven’t seen anything. I’m running Vista 64-bit. This problems does not change if XP compatibility mode is selected. A lot of my songs… --- ## [Strip last 4 characters away from Title field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-last-4-characters-away-from-title-field/6073)
**Author:** [@christian\_s](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/christian_s)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2008, 11:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-last-4-characters-away-from-title-field/6073 "2008-01-15T11:44:43Z")
Hi, I’m importing tags from a txt file and I would like to exclude the last 4 charecters that currently goes into the title field. I’ve been trying something like this in Actions $left(%title%, $len(%title%)-4) my id… --- ## [Copy & Paste between tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-paste-between-tags/6069)
**Author:** [@pianowow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pianowow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2008, 3:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-paste-between-tags/6069 "2008-01-15T03:39:38Z")
My problem: I have an iPod, and a lot of “various artists” albums, all tagged with the artist on each track. Apple for some stupid reason, has decided to sort coverflow album art by artist, and repeats the cover for ea… --- ## [Keep Artist and Title, delete everthing else?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-artist-and-title-delete-everthing-else/6065)
**Author:** [@chooch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chooch)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-artist-and-title-delete-everthing-else/6065 "2008-01-15T02:53:17Z")
I’m new to all this. I have about 14,000 songs and have been dreading organizing/cleaning up my music. A coworker recommened the MP3Tag software and I love it, but the more I learn the more I realize how messed up my m… --- ## [exluding extension when renaming removing numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exluding-extension-when-renaming-removing-numbers/6055)
**Author:** [@Rusherman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rusherman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2008, 11:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exluding-extension-when-renaming-removing-numbers/6055 "2008-01-13T23:45:17Z")
Hi I just got this program today and already have it surpassing the programs I was using. My last and only problem is I want it to hunt down and delete all numbers 0-9. When I try doing this with replace My extension MP3… --- ## [tracks not sorted after number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracks-not-sorted-after-number/6049)
**Author:** [@igroucho](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/igroucho)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2008, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracks-not-sorted-after-number/6049 "2008-01-13T12:10:52Z")
I’ve had a few flac files which wont sort after track# in the mp3tag window and no matter what I do they still wont sort but retain original positions. I have checked in win xp “Properties” and the track# is there and co… --- ## [filenames and titles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filenames-and-titles/6051)
**Author:** [@Ardroth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ardroth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filenames-and-titles/6051 "2008-01-12T12:03:24Z")
hi, I’m new to using MP3 tag. Well… I finished tagging hundreds of files, and thought I had figured out how to use this program 100%. But something is not quite write. When I play the files, the filename is correct, t… --- ## [erratic tagging - how to find](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/erratic-tagging-how-to-find/6050)
**Author:** [@igroucho](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/igroucho)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/erratic-tagging-how-to-find/6050 "2008-01-11T16:44:38Z")
When going thru my library I find quite a few occurances where the title doesn’t match the file name, often the file name will emerge as the correct data. How can I find all occurances with this discrepancy? --- ## [Filtering tag types](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-tag-types/5231)
**Author:** [@paulgj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/paulgj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-tag-types/5231 "2008-01-11T16:37:53Z")
Hello, I can’t figure out how to filter my FLAC file view so that only the ones with a libflac version NOT equal to 1.2.0 are displayed, I tried a filter on \_TAG but couldn’t figure out how to make it work. I converted… --- ## [Batch-Converting of Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-converting-of-tags/6032)
**Author:** [@Robbi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Robbi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-converting-of-tags/6032 "2008-01-09T14:53:41Z")
Hello, I have a problem of converting tags. Is it possible to convert Tag-Fields from “PERFORMER”, supported in Foobar2000 to “ARTIST” and to keep the values? I want transfer files on my IPod with Rockbox. Rockbox doesn… --- ## [Drag & drop in v2.39 - one file instead all of them?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-drop-in-v2-39-one-file-instead-all-of-them/6025)
**Author:** [@fancy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fancy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2008, 12:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-drop-in-v2-39-one-file-instead-all-of-them/6025 "2008-01-07T00:41:01Z")
Just installed the latest MP3tag, v2.39 on XP SP2 and noticed one different behaviour to the one I am used to. When I drop a file into MP3tag only that file is displayed in the file view window, whereas in the previous … --- ## [Failure on applying action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/failure-on-applying-action/6003)
**Author:** [@garym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/garym)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/failure-on-applying-action/6003 "2008-01-05T11:55:00Z")
In applying an action to a large number of files mp3tag crashes and tells me to send the error log to support. The action I’m applying is as follows (and if I apply the action to a handful of files, say 20 or 30, it work… --- ## [Creating Equal Fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-equal-fields/6018)
**Author:** [@iced\_maggot](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/iced_maggot)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-equal-fields/6018 "2008-01-05T10:20:52Z")
Hi guys, sorry if this has already been answered but I did a quick search and I couldnt find anything. Because of the way My MP3 player groups songs and because it conflicts with the way I want them to be grouped (it gr… --- ## [How do i convert all my tags to ID3v2.4 (ID3v1 ID3v2.4)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-convert-all-my-tags-to-id3v2-4-id3v1-id3v2-4/6013)
**Author:** [@Major\_Disaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Major_Disaster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-convert-all-my-tags-to-id3v2-4-id3v1-id3v2-4/6013 "2008-01-04T20:32:25Z")
Hi, I was noticing that some of the tag changes i made where being reverted back to what they were in iTunes. Reading on the net i think its something to do with different tag versions. So, im trying to convert all my … --- ## [MD5 in FLAC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5-in-flac/6015)
**Author:** [@kockroach](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kockroach)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5-in-flac/6015 "2008-01-04T14:50:31Z")
Hello, I apologize if this has been addressed, but I could not find anything in the search. Is it possible to pull out the MD5SUM from the STREAMINFO Block in FLAC files? This would be the actual MD5 created during th… --- ## [Name of ID3v2 tag Album Artist field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/name-of-id3v2-tag-album-artist-field/6012)
**Author:** [@vixxi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vixxi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2008, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/name-of-id3v2-tag-album-artist-field/6012 "2008-01-04T14:14:22Z")
Hello. I am a huge fan of mp3tag as I have begun cataloging all my mp3s together for a portable mp3 device (aka zune)… i need to have all the miscellaneous songs just so as well as my soundtracks with various artists… S… --- ## [Quotation Marks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/quotation-marks/6006)
**Author:** [@plucker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/plucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/quotation-marks/6006 "2008-01-03T12:55:51Z")
I am finding this program a little confusing…is there a way that I can write a command that will always name my ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags like this: Title: "Title" Artist: ARTIST Album: Album Name Year: #### Genre: Com… --- ## [Write more than one field with same name to Flac/Ogg/Ape](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-more-than-one-field-with-same-name-to-flac-ogg-ape/6007)
**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2008, 8:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/write-more-than-one-field-with-same-name-to-flac-ogg-ape/6007 "2008-01-03T08:46:47Z")
With Flac files, I’m looking for a way to separate the contents of a field into multiple fields with the same name. Can’t see how to do it. GENRE=Jazz;Vocal to: GENRE=Jazz GENRE=Vocal I tried a Replace action, repl… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=370) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=372)