# Support

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## [How to auto embed WMP art ONLY in imageless id3v2s?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-embed-wmp-art-only-in-imageless-id3v2s/5374)

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**Author:** [@ChrisOTR](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChrisOTR)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-auto-embed-wmp-art-only-in-imageless-id3v2s/5374 "2007-08-29T21:38:30Z")

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Hi, Mp3tag is an amazing program! Thanks to all involved. When I view my albums in WMP they all show album art. Some have embedded art and some are showing it from WMP’s downloaded art stored in a separate file. As th…

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## [Counter doesn't work - need help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-doesnt-work-need-help/5365)

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**Author:** [@Stevest](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stevest)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-doesnt-work-need-help/5365 "2007-08-29T15:50:49Z")

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Hi, if use this simple script $filename(test.txt) $loop($num(%track%,2))$loopend()%\_max\_counter%$loop(%artist%,1)$loopend() - %\_max\_counter%$loop(%year%,1)$loopend() - %\_max\_counter% in a file list of 12 files with t…

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## [Action : copy filename to %title% or to %work%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-copy-filename-to-title-or-to-work/5370)

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**Author:** [@Rarotonga](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rarotonga)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 11:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-copy-filename-to-title-or-to-work/5370 "2007-08-29T11:27:02Z")

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In order to use my classical library on Slimserver… \[ http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Se…c\_to\_SlimServer \] …the %work% tag must be filled. I managed to swap tags on multiple lines, but not to copy them. I t…

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## [How do you Convert Tag - Tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-convert-tag-tag/5371)

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**Author:** [@Manno](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Manno)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 29, 2007, 10:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-you-convert-tag-tag/5371 "2007-08-29T10:16:33Z")

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Hi, I have an album which has the following tag structure: %title% : Incredible - General Levy.mp3 %artist% : Soundtrack I’d like to cover this %title% - %artist format to %title% : Incredible %artist% : General Le…

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## [exporting html](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-html/5356)

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**Author:** [@philtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/philtag)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-html/5356 "2007-08-28T22:01:31Z")

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I had successfully exported an html file displayable by IE but now even after upgrading to 2.39, all I get is IE error about parsing errors in the xml I found on the web instruction of adding the following to the DTD an…

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## [Can I add a column to indicate whether a file has embedded album art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-add-a-column-to-indicate-whether-a-file-has-embedded-album-art/5360)

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**Author:** [@chuck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chuck)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-add-a-column-to-indicate-whether-a-file-has-embedded-album-art/5360 "2007-08-28T16:30:07Z")

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I would like to be able to detgermine which of my files do not have embedded album art in them. Ideally, I would like to have a column in mp4 that inidcates this. I saw in another thread that it was suggested I create …

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## [Undo "remove tags" does not work with ID3 tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/undo-remove-tags-does-not-work-with-id3-tags/5359)

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**Author:** [@Cookie\_Monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cookie_Monster)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 28, 2007, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/undo-remove-tags-does-not-work-with-id3-tags/5359 "2007-08-28T14:57:34Z")

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I sometimes do mistakes. I press CTRL-R although I still haven’t saved metadata in another tag. One typical example: I have some MP3 tracks, they have ID3v1 & ID3v2.2 tags which I want to convert to APEv2. My default s…

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## [Mp3tag not reading both id3v1 and id3v2 tags in some files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-reading-both-id3v1-and-id3v2-tags-in-some-files/4685)

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**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-reading-both-id3v1-and-id3v2-tags-in-some-files/4685 "2007-08-24T13:55:21Z")

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I have some mp3s that I downloaded, so I don’t know how they were tagged (dbpoweramp shows the encoder as LAME 3.90a). When I open the files in Mp3tag, it shows that they have only an id3v1 tag. In Winamp, though, I se…

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## [altering track numbers by batch](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/altering-track-numbers-by-batch/5332)

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**Author:** [@zantzinger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zantzinger)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/altering-track-numbers-by-batch/5332 "2007-08-22T19:12:00Z")

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Maybe this can be done directly when you rip a CD (and if so how??!) but instead of having Album CD1, Album CD2 etc I like to have \\Album\\01 - track name right up to \\Album\\45 - track name.mp3 etc. But when I rip each CD…

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## [Shorten filename to variable number of characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filename-to-variable-number-of-characters/5336)

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**Author:** [@kf\_man](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kf_man)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filename-to-variable-number-of-characters/5336 "2007-08-22T19:10:13Z")

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I don’t know if this has been requested before, but would it be possible to shorten the filename to a variable number of characters instead of just 64? My cell phone can only handle files with up to 32 characters in the…

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## [Change track numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-track-numbers/5340)

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**Author:** [@scottp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/scottp)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 22, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-track-numbers/5340 "2007-08-22T19:06:37Z")

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Renumbering file names and track numbers from multiple CD so the track numbers are consecutive from first to last disk. Copy all disks to PC, putting in separate folders; Example: If the story name is MARY’S LAMB, an…

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## [Get IDTAG Data from a .cue sheet file with MP3Tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-idtag-data-from-a-cue-sheet-file-with-mp3tag/5327)

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**Author:** [@Da\_maniaC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Da_maniaC)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-idtag-data-from-a-cue-sheet-file-with-mp3tag/5327 "2007-08-21T20:41:24Z")

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Hi there, Lately i have been using this great program more and more to organise my mp3 collection. Now with quite a few albums i came across the problem that there were no tag resources available. However they did hav…

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## [How do I remove part of a tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-remove-part-of-a-tag/5325)

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**Author:** [@ChrisWad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChrisWad)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 21, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-remove-part-of-a-tag/5325 "2007-08-21T06:03:46Z")

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How do I remove part of a tag after a certain character. For example, this is what the artist tag is currently set to: Oceanic / Insanity Blue Pearl / Naked In The Rain What I want to do is delete all characters befo…

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## [Changing album info to the name of the directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-album-info-to-the-name-of-the-directory/5319)

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**Author:** [@zantzinger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zantzinger)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2007, 10:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-album-info-to-the-name-of-the-directory/5319 "2007-08-20T22:57:00Z")

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I want to rename the album fields with whatever the directory is called. e.g. C:…\\My Music\\Bob Dylan\\1966 Blonde on Blonde\\01 - Rainy Day Women.mp3 C:…\\My Music\\Black Keys\\2002 Thickfreakness\\06 - Midnight in Her Eyes…

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## [And not and](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/and-not-and/5323)

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**Author:** [@KaraokeK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KaraokeK)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2007, 11:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/and-not-and/5323 "2007-08-20T11:31:26Z")

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In title tag I prefer ‘And’ to be ‘and’. The exception is if ‘and’ is the first word of the title. How can I capitalise ‘and’ but only if it is the first word of the title. Cheers

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## [Slide screen missing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slide-screen-missing/5316)

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**Author:** [@jack\_DANIEL\_39\_s](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jack_DANIEL_39_s)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2007, 11:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slide-screen-missing/5316 "2007-08-19T11:43:44Z")

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Hello I recently upgraded mp3 tag to version 2.39. Many good changes have been introducted, but I also noticed that, when renaming lots of songs, apart from version 2.24, when I rename the last song appearing in the bot…

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## [Remove cover art using "Actions -\> Remove fields" ???](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-cover-art-using-actions-remove-fields/3570)

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**Author:** [@Zoofield](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zoofield)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [August 16, 2007, 4:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-cover-art-using-actions-remove-fields/3570 "2007-08-16T04:28:58Z")

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How do I remove cover art using “Actions -\> Remove fields” ???

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## [Mp3tag (v2.39) not reading existing tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-39-not-reading-existing-tags/5300)

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**Author:** [@CAaronL](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CAaronL)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-39-not-reading-existing-tags/5300 "2007-08-14T20:40:23Z")

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I’m sooooo frustrated. This problem seems to have occurred after running my whole MP3 library (approximately 400GB worth of files) through MP3Gain’s track gain function… My files are tagged. I can tell because the “De…

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## [How to remove space in ID3 title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-space-in-id3-title/5298)

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**Author:** [@ashlymix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ashlymix)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2007, 8:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-space-in-id3-title/5298 "2007-08-14T08:26:00Z")

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Hi, I have about 100 titles that have a space as their first character in their ID3 tag’s title. For example: title instead of title (ok, my example isn’t translating correctly… just imagine a space in front of the…

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## [Copy ID3v1 tag to ID3v2 tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-id3v1-tag-to-id3v2-tag/5299)

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**Author:** [@ashlymix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ashlymix)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 13, 2007, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-id3v1-tag-to-id3v2-tag/5299 "2007-08-13T22:18:30Z")

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I have some mp3s that are only tagged with ID3v1. How do keep the ID3v1 tag info and copy it to ID3v2 ? (Other than converting the file) Thanks.

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## [Album Art & Directory Structure Copy/Export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-directory-structure-copy-export/5281)

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**Author:** [@lazybum](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lazybum)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-directory-structure-copy-export/5281 "2007-08-11T13:11:21Z")

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Hello Everyone, First of all I’d like to thank all the members of this forum for their previous helpful posts, and give great praise to the best MP3 tagger around! I have a question about album art exporting. I have a …

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## [Display both ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags at the same time?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-both-id3v1-and-id3v2-tags-at-the-same-time/5257)

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**Author:** [@miro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/miro)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-both-id3v1-and-id3v2-tags-at-the-same-time/5257 "2007-08-10T15:44:05Z")

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Hi all… Slick little app! But I was wondering if it’s possible to display both the ID3v1 and ID3v2 tags at the same time while editing. The dvd player in my car only reads the ID3v1 tags but obviously Winamp (and pretty…

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## [How to get "Composer" Tag Automatically through a database?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-composer-tag-automatically-through-a-database/5293)

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**Author:** [@fizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fizzle)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 10, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-get-composer-tag-automatically-through-a-database/5293 "2007-08-10T15:31:09Z")

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hi all so, how does that work…auto via a cd database? itunes does it auto… thx for any help in advance

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## [RegEx Remove from FileName](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-remove-from-filename/5265)

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**Author:** [@studley](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/studley)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 7, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-remove-from-filename/5265 "2007-08-07T19:05:13Z")

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I wish to remove xyz or 256 and everything AFTER it in a filename. Can someone help me? Thanks, David

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## [Need help reading id3v2 tag (binary/hex read,programming)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-reading-id3v2-tag-binary-hex-read-programming/5264)

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**Author:** [@Saww](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Saww)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-reading-id3v2-tag-binary-hex-read-programming/5264 "2007-08-05T23:24:13Z")

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Hello i am trying to read id3v2 tag format, but i’m having a few problems with it. I have a few files i’m testing the format specifications from www.id3.org , but from some reason it doesn’t seem to match.(i am very co…

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## [Creating a listing of my CD's](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-listing-of-my-cds/5261)

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**Author:** [@alokeprasad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alokeprasad)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 10:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-listing-of-my-cds/5261 "2007-08-05T10:13:35Z")

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I have my CD’s ripped into mp3’s and arranged in subdirectories (Windows XP) as Genre - Artist - CD - Tracks For example, one Track is I:\\My Music CDs\\Hindustani Classical Vocal\\Bhimsen Joshi\\First LP Record\\01 - Bhim…

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## [difficulties creating action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/difficulties-creating-action/5260)

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**Author:** [@dynamis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dynamis)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 5, 2007, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/difficulties-creating-action/5260 "2007-08-05T08:54:04Z")

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Am not sure where to start with this… having looked over the forums the range of actions that can be created it amazing - but i haven’t a clue how to get this working. I’ve got 2 actions i’m after creating… I’ve got…

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## [Replacing a Title with Title + Artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-title-with-title-artist/5250)

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**Author:** [@tagger3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tagger3)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 4, 2007, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-title-with-title-artist/5250 "2007-08-04T14:01:58Z")

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Hi folks Is there a way of adding the value in the Artist tag to the end of the Title field. For explanation - I have numerous albums which are compilations and have lots and lots of different Artists in them, I want t…

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## [My Save option is greyed out. What happened please?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-save-option-is-greyed-out-what-happened-please/5246)

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**Author:** [@sondan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sondan)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 3, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/my-save-option-is-greyed-out-what-happened-please/5246 "2007-08-03T03:05:45Z")

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Hello, I have downloaded and played around with the program and it is great. I had tried about 7 or 8 other freeware tag editors and so far this has been the best and I think it will be a keeper. But just today all of …

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## [Replacing a character in the Title Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-character-in-the-title-tag/5243)

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**Author:** [@ken](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ken)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-character-in-the-title-tag/5243 "2007-08-02T14:11:27Z")

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I would like to change the Title tag in my audio files. I’d like to replace all spaces between numbers with a colon. Examples: abc 232 3 sd BECOMES abc 232:3 sd alk sdfwe wer 3 32 sdf asdf BECOMES alk sdfwe wer 3:32…

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