# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=380 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 381 --- ## [seeing and modifying "album artist" tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/seeing-and-modifying-album-artist-tag/5138)
**Author:** [@markeh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markeh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2007, 4:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/seeing-and-modifying-album-artist-tag/5138 "2007-07-11T04:52:22Z")
I have a large number of files that have an “album artist” tag. Having looked at other postings, apparently this is complicated for people who use iTunes, but I never do. I use MediaMonkey for synchronizing, and album-a… --- ## [Popularimeter to 1-5 numeric rating](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/popularimeter-to-1-5-numeric-rating/5133)
**Author:** [@Kerensky97](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kerensky97)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/popularimeter-to-1-5-numeric-rating/5133 "2007-07-10T18:02:50Z")
With WMP10 or 11 WMP decided to switch from using the popularimeter tag to “Rating WMP” which is just a 1-5 rating. This is all very similar to what was discussed in this old thread except numeric instead of \*asterisks: … --- ## [Album Art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/5131)
**Author:** [@integra144](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/integra144)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art/5131 "2007-07-10T16:36:40Z")
I have come to the conclusion that the album art is not stored in mp3 as when I play the file on another computer the album art is not their. Also now all my music has the same album art. does anyone know where this stuf… --- ## [Remove Album Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-art/5130)
**Author:** [@integra144](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/integra144)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-art/5130 "2007-07-10T16:32:18Z")
I used Windows Media Player 11 and it messed up all my music re naming them and adding album art to the wrong music. ex I have mp3 called Lean Back by Terrror Squad WMP 11 renamed it to Bill Mathers and shows his album a… --- ## [cover art in files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-in-files/2734)
**Author:** [@videoguy66](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/videoguy66)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-in-files/2734 "2007-07-09T18:40:10Z")
I have a mp3 folder that I have already downloaded the cover art. I would like to add the cover art to each of the mp3 files in that folder. Is there any way that I can do with without connecting to the internet and ch… --- ## [Change file name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-file-name/5128)
**Author:** [@steve1k](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/steve1k)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-file-name/5128 "2007-07-09T18:25:30Z")
Can you tell me how to change the file name from ABBA - Arrival.mp3 ABBA - Dancing Queen.mp3 ABBA - Dum Dum Diddle.mp3 to 01 - Arrival.mp3 02 - Dancing Queen.mp3 03 - Dum Dum Diddle.mp3 and so on for the whole fi… --- ## [Tags truncated?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-truncated/5129)
**Author:** [@smholt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/smholt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-truncated/5129 "2007-07-09T18:23:33Z")
I wonder if there is a length limit on tags? If I have a long artistname, it is truncated by mp3tag to a shorter string length, so part of the original tag is missing. Is this an error or a limitation in mp3tag? If it… --- ## [Exporting album art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-album-art/4647)
**Author:** [@mainyak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mainyak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting-album-art/4647 "2007-07-09T17:06:29Z")
First of all, thanks for an amazing program! The first time I saw it I thought that I should search for a more advanced program because it looked so simple to use - but after two weeks of using it I am still discovering … --- ## [Make the mp3 title the filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-mp3-title-the-filename/5118)
**Author:** [@tubeyes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tubeyes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-mp3-title-the-filename/5118 "2007-07-09T15:14:34Z")
Hey, Pretty new to mp3tag, but I was wondering if there was an easy way to automatically make all mp3 “titles” the same as the filename. IE: I would want the title for song.mp3 to be “song”. Any easy way to tell mp3ta… --- ## [tags not appearing after FLAC-to-mp3 conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-not-appearing-after-flac-to-mp3-conversion/5117)
**Author:** [@litmus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/litmus)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-not-appearing-after-flac-to-mp3-conversion/5117 "2007-07-08T00:30:47Z")
sorry if this is something addressed elsewhere in the forum, but i couldn’t find it if it is… i record a lot of shows… i generally store the files locally as FLAC but make 192kbps mp3 files for my iPod and for a few fri… --- ## [action convert to capitalize proper names only](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-convert-to-capitalize-proper-names-only/5051)
**Author:** [@pintree3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pintree3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-convert-to-capitalize-proper-names-only/5051 "2007-07-08T00:23:47Z")
Hi, Some tags are way too long. For example: Johnny And The Screaming Purple Machines - His Mother Left Him When He Was Only Six - I Knew I Should Have Gone Back Home When She Said So. So to save space I would like to… --- ## [Embedded cover art not visible](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-cover-art-not-visible/5113)
**Author:** [@robsic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/robsic)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-cover-art-not-visible/5113 "2007-07-05T15:49:46Z")
Hi, this is probably a very simple question, so please bare with me. I have embedded cover art into my music files (mp3, wma, flac) using Mp3tag, and there is one annoying thing about this process. When I add a picture… --- ## [TPOS or DISCNUMBER](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tpos-or-discnumber/5105)
**Author:** [@lemmy999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lemmy999)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2007, 6:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tpos-or-discnumber/5105 "2007-07-05T06:44:54Z")
When I am tagging my FLAC files, I use DISCNUMBER and it works will with SlimServer. However on my MP3 files I am importing to Itunes, I was using TPOS and Itunes seems to be ignoring it. Should I still use DISCNUMBER … --- ## [MP3Tag on a USB Drive](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-on-a-usb-drive/5100)
**Author:** [@JamesK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JamesK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-on-a-usb-drive/5100 "2007-07-03T01:50:45Z")
Hi, I’ve searched the forums but been unable to find this question. Is it possible to “hack” MP3TAG so that it can be made to run independantly off a USB drive without being installed onto the host operating system? K… --- ## [Fixed inputs in aditional tagfield](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixed-inputs-in-aditional-tagfield/5095)
**Author:** [@jomei](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jomei)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fixed-inputs-in-aditional-tagfield/5095 "2007-07-02T15:11:50Z")
I created an aditional tagfield “PLL” for specific playlist informations. For this filed I have a list of 30 fixed inputs. To avoid input failures and to make work easier I am looking for a way how to choose these inputs… --- ## [Can mp3tag do this?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-do-this/5081)
**Author:** [@Dolphine](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dolphine)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2007, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-do-this/5081 "2007-06-30T14:33:56Z")
I have a folder - within this folder I have 390 sub folders - each one a separate album. Now when loading this - mp3tag loads all the mp3 files within these 390 folders - which is fine, however, these albums are split in… --- ## [Replace some chars to " - "](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-some-chars-to/5057)
**Author:** [@lingburg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lingburg)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-some-chars-to/5057 "2007-06-29T20:57:16Z")
Hi Im looking for some help, I want to change any of illegal filename chars (like “:”, “\*”, “”, “/”, etc) for a " - ". Some tags have this chars, and then when I convert Tag to Filename, they are replaced with “”. But … --- ## [Remove fields except problem with covers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-fields-except-problem-with-covers/5056)
**Author:** [@ratavaz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ratavaz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2007, 10:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-fields-except-problem-with-covers/5056 "2007-06-29T10:14:47Z")
Hi all, I’m trying to clean up my MP3 files by removing all tags except the most useful ones. It has all worked great until I tried to use the ID3 TAG embedded picture features. I’ve searched the posts and followed th… --- ## [2.38+ - does not load whole directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2-38-does-not-load-whole-directory/5070)
**Author:** [@WereWiking](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/WereWiking)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 10:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2-38-does-not-load-whole-directory/5070 "2007-06-28T10:07:52Z")
Hi there, since 2.37 keeps me alerting that there’s new version out, I switched to 2.38. I started using new version and immediately found one annoying thing - I used to drag only one file into MP3tag windows causing th… --- ## [Smart append to a field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/smart-append-to-a-field/5073)
**Author:** [@ffolke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ffolke)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/smart-append-to-a-field/5073 "2007-06-28T04:12:14Z")
I know that you can do Format Value (%comment% + extra word) to add things, but it can’t detect if the word is already there. For instance, say I want to add “live” to a comment that already has “random words” in it, an… --- ## [mp3 tag on top of folder?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-on-top-of-folder/5079)
**Author:** [@rudebwoi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rudebwoi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-on-top-of-folder/5079 "2007-06-27T15:55:57Z")
Hi people, got an important question (for me) ;-): I have i huge mp3 collection with lots of different genres in it. So it would be nice if there would be on top of every folder/album for example an info with size/gen… --- ## [Tag With Album & Artist Taken From Directory Structure](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-with-album-artist-taken-from-directory-structure/5069)
**Author:** [@attock](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/attock)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-with-album-artist-taken-from-directory-structure/5069 "2007-06-27T12:08:34Z")
This program has made my life very easy :smiley: Now I have got a question, have a look at the following filename D:\\somedire\\songs\\old songs\\artist1\\album3\\song.mp3 what whould be the best approach to have a tag wit… --- ## [Selecing Specific Track in Amazon.com Lookup](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selecing-specific-track-in-amazon-com-lookup/5076)
**Author:** [@brianbh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brianbh)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 8:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selecing-specific-track-in-amazon-com-lookup/5076 "2007-06-27T08:43:51Z")
Hi, I love the program! One question- I usually just tag 1 track (not the whole album) at a time. When looking up tags from Amazon.com, a listing of all the tracks on the album will come up, and then I highlight the s… --- ## [Downloading Tags for Albums with Multipule Discs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-tags-for-albums-with-multipule-discs/4795)
**Author:** [@matopping](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/matopping)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/downloading-tags-for-albums-with-multipule-discs/4795 "2007-06-27T02:22:19Z")
\[:unsure:\] When I have a Album with Multiple disc’s and try to download the track titles from Amazon It lists the tracks from say 1 to 50, and not as Disc 1, 2, or 3. I have tried re-numbering the files but this does no… --- ## [Export to locked file bug](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-locked-file-bug/5067)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-locked-file-bug/5067 "2007-06-25T20:34:50Z")
On Export, when the destination file is locked e.g. due to open in another process, the operation fails silently (though the absense of the “Do you want you open…” dialog is a clue). It would be better if it informed t… --- ## [Flac Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-tags/5024)
**Author:** [@mrmax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrmax)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-tags/5024 "2007-06-25T18:07:36Z")
I don’t know much about tags. I am now ripping and d/l FLAC music. When I rip a CD with EAC (Exact Audio Copy)using AutoFlac script, the flac files and the resulting tags are read by WMP (Windows Media Player, using th… --- ## [Is it possible to copy tags from one file to another?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/4917)
**Author:** [@aguida](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aguida)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-copy-tags-from-one-file-to-another/4917 "2007-06-25T16:39:10Z")
Hi, I have been using MP3Tag for some time but I am definetely not an expert in it. Is it possible to do some kind of mass copy (or export-\>import) of tags, including the cover art, from a set of mp3 files to another? C… --- ## [List of all possible tags... in french, please ?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/list-of-all-possible-tags-in-french-please/5058)
**Author:** [@SG1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SG1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 24, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/list-of-all-possible-tags-in-french-please/5058 "2007-06-24T15:56:35Z")
Hello, Please, translation list of possible tags… in french ? (See thumb below) And Help in french, it’s possible ? Thank Regards SG1 --- ## [character case in replace action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/character-case-in-replace-action/5050)
**Author:** [@FauDrei](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FauDrei)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/character-case-in-replace-action/5050 "2007-06-22T15:33:55Z")
Hi, just discovered something… Have an action wich searches for certain words with spaces (f.e. " the ") and replaces them with, seemingly the same, but lowercase variant of the word: \[#0\] T=2 F=\_ALL 1= the 2= the … --- ## [Shn Support](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shn-support/5049)
**Author:** [@Focker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Focker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shn-support/5049 "2007-06-22T15:17:45Z")
IS there a plugin available to support SHN (Shorten) format? [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=379) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=381)