# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=383

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## [How to access "Composer" tag?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-access-composer-tag/4822)

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**Author:** [@cstern](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cstern)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2007, 7:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-access-composer-tag/4822 "2007-05-06T07:38:07Z")

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I have some classical music files where I’d like to fill in the Composer Tag, e.g. Mozart. But this is not immediately possible in the UI. How would I go about to manually fill in the Composer tag, or extract the …

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## [ID3 Tag writing slow on network drives](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3-tag-writing-slow-on-network-drives/2061)

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**Author:** [@diesis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/diesis)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 6, 2007, 2:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3-tag-writing-slow-on-network-drives/2061 "2007-05-06T02:41:36Z")

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I noticed that any version of mp3tag is very slow when writing id3 tags on some files (I noticed that is happens with files without both id3v1 and v2 tags) located on network shares. It creates a temporary files .XXXX, …

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## [help pls with removing line](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-pls-with-removing-line/4786)

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**Author:** [@edwin1234](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/edwin1234)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-pls-with-removing-line/4786 "2007-05-04T19:23:29Z")

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hi, great program i cant figure out how to do this , ihave this: 1987\_015\[CD\]\[56\] Jackie Wilson - Reet petite and i want to remove everything untill the first space , so i get: Jackie Wilson - Reet petite and (if poss…

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## [copy a part of the line](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-a-part-of-the-line/4798)

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**Author:** [@edwin1234](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/edwin1234)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-a-part-of-the-line/4798 "2007-05-04T19:22:13Z")

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hi , i have a question,this is what i want to do: my title field is:“troggs-love is all around” the artist and album fields are empty,so i mean how to copy troggs to artist field and album field. so i go fom this: title…

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## [Problem with Filename to Tag conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-filename-to-tag-conversion/4821)

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**Author:** [@cstern](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cstern)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 4, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-filename-to-tag-conversion/4821 "2007-05-04T19:04:50Z")

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first question: I have a lot of files in the format: nnnn - Artist - Title - Year.mp3 (nnnn is the title number in 4-digit format, i.e. with leading zeros, e.g. 0032) I have tried to use the standard action “Convert”…

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## [Masscopy Filename To Title Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/masscopy-filename-to-title-tag/4810)

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**Author:** [@copyprotected](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/copyprotected)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2007, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/masscopy-filename-to-title-tag/4810 "2007-05-03T14:02:15Z")

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Hello Can anyone help me with this problem. As the title says I wan’t to masscopy different filenames to the title tag. I need to to this to play the files on my SansaDisk. Hope anyone can help me. Thank you.

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## [Export cover to file: 0kb jpeg file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-to-file-0kb-jpeg-file/4813)

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**Author:** [@tleish](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tleish)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-to-file-0kb-jpeg-file/4813 "2007-05-02T16:47:00Z")

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The export cover art function works perfect, but some of my mp3’s do not have cover art and therefore a blank 0kb jpeg file is produced. Is there a way to not export cover art at all if there is no cover art?

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## [Convert tags from aaa to Aaa](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tags-from-aaa-to-aaa/4803)

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**Author:** [@RoksVempire](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RoksVempire)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2007, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tags-from-aaa-to-aaa/4803 "2007-04-30T17:08:39Z")

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Hi everybody! I’m Italian, I hope u understand me… So, is there the possibilty to convert tags from aaa to Aaa? For example: Title: roksvempire Album: roks Artist: vempire I’d like IN AUTOMATIC convert to: Title:…

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## [Logging converter tag -\> filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/logging-converter-tag-filename/4802)

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**Author:** [@sundance](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sundance)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2007, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/logging-converter-tag-filename/4802 "2007-04-30T15:19:21Z")

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I’m looking for a way to generate a log file where all changes that mp3tag applies to a file are written. Background: I’ve got a large collection of lossless audio files (ripped my complete CD collection) that was built…

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## [Help! Tag info](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-tag-info/4793)

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**Author:** [@terramuffin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/terramuffin)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-tag-info/4793 "2007-04-29T16:24:41Z")

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Hi - I’m such a noob! Please be patient :flushed: I think I have for the most part have the tags how I want them, but when I go to play the song in my player, it looks like this: 2 Unlimited - Do What’s Good For Me(H…

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## [LG VX8100 problem reading ID3 tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lg-vx8100-problem-reading-id3-tags/4783)

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**Author:** [@mikejacobs99](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mikejacobs99)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2007, 2:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lg-vx8100-problem-reading-id3-tags/4783 "2007-04-26T14:48:33Z")

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I have an LG VX8100 which I’m using as an MP3 player. unlike my previous MP3 player, it uses the ID3 tags for sorting and browsing of the music, so the fact that half of my music collection was missing proper ID3 tags …

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## [Russian/Greek Characters  displayed in some tags.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/russian-greek-characters-displayed-in-some-tags/4777)

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**Author:** [@ian.smith7](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ian.smith7)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2007, 8:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/russian-greek-characters-displayed-in-some-tags/4777 "2007-04-26T08:53:46Z")

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Hi all I have used MP3tag to tag hundreds of files always with the same default settings mostly with info from Freedb or amazon. All the tags are the same english characters when viewed in MP3tag or WMP10 but when I loa…

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## [Export Problems](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-problems/4781)

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**Author:** [@blackbudget](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blackbudget)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 25, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-problems/4781 "2007-04-25T11:18:50Z")

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I’ve downloaded some of the export files from mika and others and placed them with my others in /export. However when using the export facility the new export files are not available/listed? Am I doing something wrong h…

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## [mp3tag context shell command on a folder but not files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-context-shell-command-on-a-folder-but-not-files/4624)

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**Author:** [@Hergest](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hergest)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 23, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-context-shell-command-on-a-folder-but-not-files/4624 "2007-04-23T15:32:49Z")

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I had mp3tag 2.37f installed on my WinXP pro machine. I could right-click on an mp3 or flac file and load that specific file into mp3tag. However, I have recently reinstalled WinXP and mp3tag 2.37h. I get the mp3tag c…

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## [Saved artist names are shown as Various Artists in WMP](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saved-artist-names-are-shown-as-various-artists-in-wmp/4747)

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**Author:** [@mart75](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mart75)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2007, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saved-artist-names-are-shown-as-various-artists-in-wmp/4747 "2007-04-21T22:20:03Z")

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Hi All, When I usually change someting in the tag with mp3Tag, it is (immediately) visible in WMP. However, now I want to change Artists names of songs, have done so and saved these, but in WMP they keep showing Various…

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## [POPULARIMETER](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/popularimeter/4769)

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**Author:** [@blamm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blamm)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 21, 2007, 8:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/popularimeter/4769 "2007-04-21T08:30:16Z")

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Hi. I recently discovered that MP3TAG automatically converts asterixes to the POPULARIMETER tag format. Unfortunately it only seems to work for MP3s. I have lots of FLAC and OGG files so was I was hoping it would work…

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## [Really embed artworks in mp3s](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/really-embed-artworks-in-mp3s/4758)

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**Author:** [@MarcoakaP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MarcoakaP)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/really-embed-artworks-in-mp3s/4758 "2007-04-20T15:34:03Z")

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I was a fan of folder hierarchy to organize my songs but creating lot of folders was causing low system performances so I switched to tags. One huge folder with more than 600 songs. How can I embed cover arts in each so…

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## [Replacing a word if possible](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-word-if-possible/4761)

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**Author:** [@mikhael](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mikhael)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 19, 2007, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-word-if-possible/4761 "2007-04-19T17:48:39Z")

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First and for most this Mp3tag program is the shizzle… okay however i would like to know if possible if i could replace the word “and” with "&" it may be a bit trivial … but i just would like to know Safety Mix

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## [Can I insert/append a string to a tag when using Convert FILENAME-TAG](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-insert-append-a-string-to-a-tag-when-using-convert-filename-tag/4757)

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**Author:** [@NiceEd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NiceEd)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 18, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-insert-append-a-string-to-a-tag-when-using-convert-filename-tag/4757 "2007-04-18T01:52:29Z")

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Hi Using the Convert FILENAME-TAG I am trying to append the featured artist to the Artist tag for filenames as follows ARTIST-TRACK#-TITLE\_ft.\_FEATURED ARTIST.mp3 I can append the artist tag using %artist%-%track%-%t…

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## [Copy and replace actions for tag field with multiple values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-and-replace-actions-for-tag-field-with-multiple-values/4744)

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**Author:** [@randym](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/randym)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-and-replace-actions-for-tag-field-with-multiple-values/4744 "2007-04-17T22:46:20Z")

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There are instances when I’d like to tag various artist alums with one artist but preserve the detailed artist information in a custom tag (TRACKARTIST). After ripping, the artist fields have multiple artists separated …

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## [Hosting cover art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hosting-cover-art/4756)

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**Author:** [@Keesmod](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Keesmod)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hosting-cover-art/4756 "2007-04-17T17:58:14Z")

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Hello all, I am part of a group of people running a website with free “radio” shows in MP3 and WMA formats. We use progressive download through .m3u and .wax files. In those files it’s easy to specify links to banners, …

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## [Cover : problem with iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-problem-with-itunes/4754)

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**Author:** [@Emma](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Emma)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2007, 10:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-problem-with-itunes/4754 "2007-04-17T10:20:38Z")

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I sometimes have a problem with the cover when I listen to my album in iTunes : the colors are different (ex. : green cover instead of a pink cover) Do you know how to solve this problem ? Thank you !

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## [Sorting files by date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-files-by-date/4752)

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**Author:** [@chelman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chelman)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-files-by-date/4752 "2007-04-17T09:58:57Z")

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It seems that sorting files by date doesn’t return files in logical order, Is there any consideration or assumption to be made when sorting by date?

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## [Mass Edits](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-edits/2793)

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**Author:** [@Willcain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Willcain)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [April 16, 2007, 9:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mass-edits/2793 "2007-04-16T09:19:43Z")

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Any one know how \[\<\_\<\] to change all the Band tags in one go to be the same as the artist, or better still to just change them if they are blank?

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## [Regex to export valid filenames](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-to-export-valid-filenames/4745)

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**Author:** [@lbardh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lbardh)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2007, 11:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-to-export-valid-filenames/4745 "2007-04-15T11:56:45Z")

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Hi, I’m fairly new to using regex in mp3tag. I’m trying to bulk export the cover art to all of my albums to directory using the ‘quick action’ -\> ‘export cover to file’ ‘c:\\Covers%artist%-%album%’ This works great unle…

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## [Standard actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/standard-actions/4746)

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**Author:** [@Armo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Armo)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2007, 8:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/standard-actions/4746 "2007-04-15T08:06:59Z")

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Hello. Please say me how looks standart actions such Tag-\>Filename, Filename-\>Tag in scripts with method of Replace with regular expression. P.S. Sorry for bad english, I’m from Russia

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## [Replace "Feat."](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-feat/4742)

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**Author:** [@Armo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Armo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 15, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-feat/4742 "2007-04-15T01:50:27Z")

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I want to make my music collection to format %artist% - %title(Feat. )% but i have music with format like %artist(Feat. )% - %title%.Please make script that can do it P.S.Mp3tag is the greatest program that i seen.

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## [Tips on User Defined Variables](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tips-on-user-defined-variables/4738)

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**Author:** [@AlMargheim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlMargheim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tips-on-user-defined-variables/4738 "2007-04-13T10:10:02Z")

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I want to join the chorus of acclaim from other MP3tag users and say that MP3Tag is a great program. As a professional programmer with 22 years experience, I would be proud to have written MP3Tag myself. I had to lea…

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## [Capitalize between brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/capitalize-between-brackets/4739)

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**Author:** [@Lucratia](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lucratia)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 13, 2007, 8:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/capitalize-between-brackets/4739 "2007-04-13T08:09:17Z")

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Hi I just started using Mp3tag and so far I absolutely love it. I do have a question that would make this program so much easier to use for me. I want to capitalize what is between parentheses () in my tag (ony tag no…

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## [Renamning Tracks in numerical order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renamning-tracks-in-numerical-order/4680)

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**Author:** [@johncharnock](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/johncharnock)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renamning-tracks-in-numerical-order/4680 "2007-04-12T05:57:50Z")

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Hi - I have a solisto MP3 player that I use in the car, it enables me to have up to 90 MP3 tracks on one virtual drive. I have a number of instructional MP3 files that I need to play in a sequential order. I think the s…

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