# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=38 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 39 --- ## [Left right gets same thing. Format value "YEAR" $right(%year%,4)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/left-right-gets-same-thing-format-value-year-right-year-4/66811)
**Author:** [@ianwat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ianwat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/left-right-gets-same-thing-format-value-year-right-year-4/66811 "2024-12-11T19:00:38Z")
Bought some new music For some reason they have put the year of the album and the song together. So 2020\\\\2005 for a song from the 2020 album that was release in 2005 2020\\\\1990 for an 1990 song on the same album. So … --- ## [Adding ratings tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-ratings-tag/66802)
**Author:** [@timsheils](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/timsheils)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-ratings-tag/66802 "2024-12-11T13:45:20Z")
Hi. Just joined and was assuming that the ratings tag was something of a given and yet I could not find much that referred to the rating, which is what has driven me to this site. I have thousands of mp3 (and a few hund… --- ## [Replace The Artist Name with Artist Name, The](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-artist-name-with-artist-name-the/66800)
**Author:** [@sjkiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sjkiss)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-artist-name-with-artist-name-the/66800 "2024-12-10T19:42:10Z")
Hi there, how do I set the albumartistsort field to be Artist Name, The if the Album Artist is The Artist Name. I tried this: Format Tag Field $regexpr(%albumartist%, (^The )(.+), $2, $1) But it just replaces the artis… --- ## [Ignoring characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ignoring-characters/66789)
**Author:** [@GerrySeely](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/GerrySeely)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ignoring-characters/66789 "2024-12-09T21:24:08Z")
Didn't you used to be able to ignore characters after putting a ";"? I went back to look at some folders I had used MP3TAG on a few years ago and it don't work anymore! --- ## [MP4 has no audio when Tagged](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-has-no-audio-when-tagged/66792)
**Author:** [@ITes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ITes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-has-no-audio-when-tagged/66792 "2024-12-09T20:21:27Z")
Hi I've been using this tag editor for a long time now. But now for some odd reason when I I edit a Mp4 tag and save it, the video plays without Audio. When I play it with VLC the audio is there but not with any other… --- ## [Writing an ORGANIZATION Vorbis-Comment in a FLAC file creates a PUBLISHER tag instead](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/writing-an-organization-vorbis-comment-in-a-flac-file-creates-a-publisher-tag-instead/66749)
**Author:** [@LazloNibble](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LazloNibble)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/writing-an-organization-vorbis-comment-in-a-flac-file-creates-a-publisher-tag-instead/66749 "2024-12-09T18:26:59Z")
I'm seeing this behavior in the tag panel, the column view, and the Extended Tags panel: When trying to create an ORGANIZATION tag in a FLAC file, the value is written as a PUBLISHER tag instead. If there already is a PU… --- ## [Rounding BPM value up or down](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rounding-bpm-value-up-or-down/8980)
**Author:** [@Windjammer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Windjammer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rounding-bpm-value-up-or-down/8980 "2024-12-07T21:41:09Z")
Hi Forum, I use MixMeister to add BPM (Beats per Minute) information to all my tracks in the %BPM%-tag. This BPM value always comes out as a 2 decimal number in this format xxx.xx (ex. 123.45 or 12.34). iTunes will al… --- ## [MP3 damaged or Mp3Tag missing something?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-damaged-or-mp3tag-missing-something/66772)
**Author:** [@rh005](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rh005)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-damaged-or-mp3tag-missing-something/66772 "2024-12-07T09:57:04Z")
Hi! at this URL https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/fruechte-des-zorns-john-steinbecks-roman-als-hoerspiel-serie/fruechte-des-zorns-1-12/ard/13891599/ there is a download for an MP3. (Click the three dots then select "… --- ## [Not able to edit track number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766)
**Author:** [@tomx2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomx2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-able-to-edit-track-number/66766 "2024-12-07T07:01:48Z")
Hello, i recently upgraded to newer version. I am now unable to edit the track number(s) in the columns. Mp3tag will however allow editing of track numbers in the tag panel. How might i regain this function? Thanks --- ## [Some covers don't get recognized](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-covers-dont-get-recognized/66764)
**Author:** [@gamebeaker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gamebeaker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-covers-dont-get-recognized/66764 "2024-12-06T17:01:47Z")
Hello, i created a custom column like here described: What is the pixel size of the cover image? - #4 by astrohip tldr: value: %\_cover\_width% x %\_cover\_height% Most of the time it works but sometimes it doesn't. I c… --- ## [Tools: Difference between %\_path% & %\_directory% #& debugging?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools-difference-between-path-directory-debugging/66699)
**Author:** [@Cantello](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cantello)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools-difference-between-path-directory-debugging/66699 "2024-12-06T13:07:29Z")
I recently tried to enter a specific tag in a non-standard way to cater for some third-party software (see and found it to be impossible with mp3tag. However, one user (hi Sergius!) told me about a command-line tool … --- ## [Mp3 has two tags that are the same](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-has-two-tags-that-are-the-same/66754)
**Author:** [@dd919](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dd919)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 8:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-has-two-tags-that-are-the-same/66754 "2024-12-06T08:33:22Z")
I have an mp3 file and I am trying to change the way "Grouping" shows up in Serato and Virtual DJ. I am using kid3-cli. MP3 is ID3v2.4 (ID3v1 ID3v2.4) according to mp3tag UI What does it mean that there are two GRO… --- ## [Trouble with accented characters (Android music app)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-with-accented-characters-android-music-app/66750)
**Author:** [@CubicCigar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CubicCigar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trouble-with-accented-characters-android-music-app/66750 "2024-12-06T06:59:52Z")
Hello, I'm posting here in the hopes that this community has experience working with multiple character sets in Android. I have a pair of Android music apps: one for playing music (Simple Music Player) and one for edit… --- ## [Problem creating a $if string that allows you to locate word that isn't alone in the field and is surrounded by other words](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-creating-a-if-string-that-allows-you-to-locate-word-that-isnt-alone-in-the-field-and-is-surrounded-by-other-words/66736)
**Author:** [@Jellyroll](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jellyroll)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-creating-a-if-string-that-allows-you-to-locate-word-that-isnt-alone-in-the-field-and-is-surrounded-by-other-words/66736 "2024-12-06T06:49:26Z")
Hi I’m struggling to find a way to create a format string that is using "If" and "contains” commands. Or more specifically commands that “automatically fill other fields with specific identifier tags when a specific ta… --- ## [Tools: Using env variable in Path](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools-using-env-variable-in-path/66743)
**Author:** [@ReefHound](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ReefHound)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2024, 12:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools-using-env-variable-in-path/66743 "2024-12-06T00:14:36Z")
I am using MP3Tag as portable and my tools are also portable. As the drive letter is not consistent, I'm trying to use %PortableApps.comApps% environment variable as base path in Path but it is not working. If I replace … --- ## [Problem parsing a string with scripting functions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-parsing-a-string-with-scripting-functions/66747)
**Author:** [@Sexycowboy32](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sexycowboy32)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-parsing-a-string-with-scripting-functions/66747 "2024-12-05T22:17:31Z")
Hi resourceful people, I'm struggling a bit with an action. My files are organised in folders with a release ID and a subsequent version ID For example a release with the ID 12345 and a version ID of 012 would be in a… --- ## [Two Different Types of Single Apostrophes (US)?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/two-different-types-of-single-apostrophes-us/66713)
**Author:** [@MKM](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MKM)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/two-different-types-of-single-apostrophes-us/66713 "2024-12-05T15:52:13Z")
I am noticing that there are two different kinds of single apostrophes (’ and ') that can be used in mp3 tags and that there appears to be no consistent usage and as a result it causes weird sorting results and is gettin… --- ## [Possible to add custom TXXX tag (user-defined text)?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-to-add-custom-txxx-tag-user-defined-text/66656)
**Author:** [@Cantello](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cantello)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/possible-to-add-custom-txxx-tag-user-defined-text/66656 "2024-12-05T14:42:20Z")
I am in the process of adding my whole audiobook & audio drama collection to audiobookshelf (self-hosted audiobook server). During this process I found out that the built-in series detection of abs does not really work f… --- ## [Remove artist from title 2](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-from-title-2/66712)
**Author:** [@mbrazil05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrazil05)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2024, 6:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-from-title-2/66712 "2024-12-05T06:34:34Z")
I have a bunch of files that have the title and artist together such as this: The Humpty Dance Digital Underground (Sickmix Intro) (Clean) 104 how do i go about moving the artist name (Digital Underground) from file … --- ## [Cant Resize Artwork](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-resize-artwork/66730)
**Author:** [@ChipUK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChipUK)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-resize-artwork/66730 "2024-12-04T18:02:23Z")
Having trouble resizing artwork. If I right click the file, Adjust is greyed out. If I do it from the toolbar it gives the appearance of having worked but the file size remains unchanged. Am I missing something? --- ## [Ratings in MP3Tag - Where stored & how to display 1-5 Star values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ratings-in-mp3tag-where-stored-how-to-display-1-5-star-values/64303)
**Author:** [@lkantrov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lkantrov)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2024, 7:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ratings-in-mp3tag-where-stored-how-to-display-1-5-star-values/64303 "2024-12-04T07:18:09Z")
Sharing my trial and error learnings here in case it helps others in the future. I'll also share what I finally worked out to solve my issue in hopes it helps others and in case someone else has a better way. I wanted t… --- ## [Export Artwork to FOLDER](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-artwork-to-folder/66693)
**Author:** [@peetvanstaden](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/peetvanstaden)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-artwork-to-folder/66693 "2024-12-03T20:55:50Z")
I'd like to keep a copy of the artwork for every single song, as a backup, in a nominated folder. How do I extract the artwork in it's .jpg (or any other format) to a single folder. I am not looking to export to .txt f… --- ## [Track Number Format, Padding with 0](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-format-padding-with-0/66696)
**Author:** [@Whitburn\_Collector](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Whitburn_Collector)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-format-padding-with-0/66696 "2024-12-03T05:49:19Z")
Hello: I selected three video files in MP3Tag and attempted to write the track number "05" to each of the files. After saving the changes to the three files I noticed that only one of the three was updated showing "05"… --- ## [How to remove details from mp3](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-details-from-mp3/66702)
**Author:** [@The\_Tr00per](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/The_Tr00per)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-remove-details-from-mp3/66702 "2024-12-03T00:46:32Z")
How do I remove the data from the following that is shown in the "Properties" of the mp3 file? Origin/Publisher/????? Origin/Author URL/www Content/Group Description/????? Your help will be gratefully appreciated. … --- ## [In mp3tag v.3.27a, I can no longer enter track numbers in format xx/xx e.g. 04/10](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/in-mp3tag-v-3-27a-i-can-no-longer-enter-track-numbers-in-format-xx-xx-e-g-04-10/66685)
**Author:** [@wfeg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wfeg)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 8:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/in-mp3tag-v-3-27a-i-can-no-longer-enter-track-numbers-in-format-xx-xx-e-g-04-10/66685 "2024-12-01T08:17:22Z")
In mp3tag v.3.27a, I can no longer enter track numbers in format xx/xx e.g. 04/10. I used to be able to enter track numbers of the type XX/XX e.g. 04/10, but in the update to mp3tag v.3.27a, I can no longer do this. I … --- ## [ITUNMOVI](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunmovi/19087)
**Author:** [@j0na\_7an](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/j0na_7an)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunmovi/19087 "2024-12-01T00:23:25Z")
Hello, I am struggling to find what the ITUNMOVI for a specific song is. I have read previous posts which said that the value for ITUNMOVI, which is higlighted below, (10200433) was the size of the file but i found out … --- ## [Sony Walkman Tagging / Sorting Tags (albumsort, artistsort, titlesort, albumartistsort)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-walkman-tagging-sorting-tags-albumsort-artistsort-titlesort-albumartistsort/66654)
**Author:** [@vittorio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vittorio)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2024, 3:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sony-walkman-tagging-sorting-tags-albumsort-artistsort-titlesort-albumartistsort/66654 "2024-11-30T03:42:53Z")
Hi there! Currently I am planning to update and organize the music library on my Sony Walkman (NW-WM1Z and NW-ZX2) and playing around with some tags. I wonder if someone else here has a Walkman and like to know their s… --- ## [No shortcut to MP3tag in the context menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-shortcut-to-mp3tag-in-the-context-menu/66675)
**Author:** [@PC\_Maniac](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PC_Maniac)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-shortcut-to-mp3tag-in-the-context-menu/66675 "2024-11-29T18:10:50Z")
No shortcut to MP3tag in the context menu (although there was a shortcut in the previous version). I found in the discussion a suggestion to solve this prblem, but despite the introduced command in CMD (administrative m… --- ## [No files in any selected folder full of .mp3](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-files-in-any-selected-folder-full-of-mp3/66668)
**Author:** [@joob86](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/joob86)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 10:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-files-in-any-selected-folder-full-of-mp3/66668 "2024-11-29T10:35:49Z")
Hi, And in the forum I saw a mentionin 2012, and made sure to click "select this folder', but to no avail. On WIndows 11 having the latest updates. Any remedy? --- ## [Leading space in folder name removed on rename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/leading-space-in-folder-name-removed-on-rename/66660)
**Author:** [@woodfold](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/woodfold)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/leading-space-in-folder-name-removed-on-rename/66660 "2024-11-29T06:11:05Z")
This post was another report of a situation that has been replied to as NOT a bug as Mp3tag follows the Microsoft Specification of "File and Folder names that begin or end with the ASCII Space (0x20) will be saved withou… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=37) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=39)