# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=397 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 398 --- ## [system date in actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/system-date-in-actions/3323)
**Author:** [@mhuessy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mhuessy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2006, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/system-date-in-actions/3323 "2006-05-15T14:59:09Z")
hi, would it be possible to add a variable for system date that would be available to action groups ? I need to enter version tracking numbers, and the date of a change would be useful in a tag. -mark --- ## [corrupt moodlogic database after using mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/corrupt-moodlogic-database-after-using-mp3tag/3314)
**Author:** [@henrik](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/henrik)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2006, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/corrupt-moodlogic-database-after-using-mp3tag/3314 "2006-05-15T14:46:50Z")
Hi I have just downloaded mp3tag and started to use it to edit the tags on my iriver h140 mp3 player. Everything seemed to be o.k. and moodlogic updated the database after the tag changes. However when I switch the m… --- ## [Export Progress](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-progress/3310)
**Author:** [@Michaelm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Michaelm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-progress/3310 "2006-05-12T18:38:25Z")
I’ve noticed that with some export configurations the progress indicator isn’t reliable. For instance it says writing tags 1 of 10000 and keeps counting up. But it doesn’t end like expected at 10000 but keeps going on. … --- ## [Advanced move and rename?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/advanced-move-and-rename/3307)
**Author:** [@cdysthe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cdysthe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/advanced-move-and-rename/3307 "2006-05-12T14:17:42Z")
Hi, I really like mp3tag as a masstagger. It’s simply the best. However, what I also would like to do is move files in a systematic way based on their tags. Let’s say I have mp3 titled “Money” by artist “Pink Floyd” fro… --- ## [Need help with iPod compilation tagging](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-ipod-compilation-tagging/3301)
**Author:** [@mute](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mute)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2006, 12:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-ipod-compilation-tagging/3301 "2006-05-11T00:02:55Z")
I’ve got a few compilations (albums with more than one artist) which I want to set so my iPod can regognize these albums as a compilation and display them in the compilation menu of the iPod. iTunes does this quite well… --- ## [MP3 tag illegal language - V2.35a.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-illegal-language-v2-35a/3298)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-illegal-language-v2-35a/3298 "2006-05-09T15:31:06Z")
I’m told (but have been unable to verify) that an interoperability failure between mp3tag and another program here is due to mp3tag putting all zeros in the comment tag language field. That’s a failure to conform to the … --- ## [Cancel "Reading Directory"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cancel-reading-directory/3285)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cancel-reading-directory/3285 "2006-05-08T16:22:54Z")
Suggestion: Since “Reading Directory” can take a very long time, please add a Cancel button! --- ## [Add "Album Tracks" Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-album-tracks-tag/3257)
**Author:** [@tberman333](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tberman333)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2006, 11:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-album-tracks-tag/3257 "2006-05-06T11:19:16Z")
I am looking to add a tag called “album tracks” to all my music files. This tag would tell me how many total tracks are on the album. Currently I just have the track number as 1, 2, 3… Also, all other tags standard ta… --- ## [Displaying album artwork](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-album-artwork/3243)
**Author:** [@aszure](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aszure)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-album-artwork/3243 "2006-05-06T05:58:27Z")
For starters, this is the single best dedicated tagging program out there, hands down. Now I realized that it will grab album artwork and add it to the tag. My question is though how can I tell (aside from looking in the… --- ## [Help With Export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export/3275)
**Author:** [@Lbird2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lbird2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2006, 6:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-export/3275 "2006-05-04T06:41:49Z")
When I apply the export expression below, only one album per artist is exported even though multiple albums per artist exist in the selected tags. What am I doing wrong? This happens whether or not the “allow duplicate… --- ## [Swap Title & Artist values?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/swap-title-artist-values/3280)
**Author:** [@ianwi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ianwi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/swap-title-artist-values/3280 "2006-05-03T19:16:14Z")
Sorry, I know this is easy to do but I couldn’t find out how in the help or the forums. I had it working once but wiped my partition and had no backup. What’s the script to swap Artist and Title values? You know, MP3Ta… --- ## [Inporting bpm information](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inporting-bpm-information/3278)
**Author:** [@Rastamikko](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rastamikko)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2006, 10:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inporting-bpm-information/3278 "2006-05-03T10:54:09Z")
I’m using Mixmeister bpm calculator to figure out bpm’s for my tunes. I use mp3tag in my other taging needs but one thing bothers me: I can’t seem to get the importing function scripted right for the bpm-info exported fr… --- ## [codepage converting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/codepage-converting/3259)
**Author:** [@ilq](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ilq)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2006, 12:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/codepage-converting/3259 "2006-04-29T12:23:11Z")
If I fetch the tags from freedb a dialog for converting the tags appears. There is possible to define the non-unicode source codepage for the proper converting to UTF16. It would be great to have an options to convert t… --- ## [WMA Rating](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wma-rating/3225)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wma-rating/3225 "2006-04-23T20:53:37Z")
Anyone know the placeholder for the WMA Rating metadata field? To get a column appear in the file list? Not %rating% or %\_rating% , for sure :frowning: Thanks. --- ## [Copying longer taginfo based on track](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-longer-taginfo-based-on-track/3234)
**Author:** [@Michaelm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Michaelm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-longer-taginfo-based-on-track/3234 "2006-04-23T16:33:33Z")
Well First, Thanks for a great programm ! Here’s my problem. I have downloaded 2 the same albums in different dirs. One album has the better bitrate so I want to keep those tracks and delete the other album. But the … --- ## [Feature request - Multiple Column Sorting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-multiple-column-sorting/3231)
**Author:** [@BLKMGK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BLKMGK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-multiple-column-sorting/3231 "2006-04-23T03:11:16Z")
I’m currently working through a TON of MP3 and WMA that are in Artist folders with albums under them. I drag\\drop from the top directory containing artists and MP3tag parses the various albums from the folders underneath… --- ## [Album art only?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-only/3211)
**Author:** [@twohorsepower](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/twohorsepower)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2006, 2:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-only/3211 "2006-04-23T02:42:10Z")
Hi, Sometimes Amazon can’t find the exact album (especially on older stuff) but they come up with an album with album art that’s close. How can I tag the Album Art only, without changing the track numbers, titles etc.? … --- ## [How do I copy ORIGARTIST to ARTIST](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-copy-origartist-to-artist/3210)
**Author:** [@Digitaldesi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Digitaldesi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2006, 4:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-copy-origartist-to-artist/3210 "2006-04-19T04:15:03Z")
How do I copy everything in ORIGARTIST field to ARTIST field? --- ## [Remote Cover Art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remote-cover-art/3200)
**Author:** [@JKeats](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JKeats)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remote-cover-art/3200 "2006-04-17T15:53:04Z")
When I tag files using amazon, I get the option to use “save image to tag” for the cover art. The image isn’t downloaded though, so I’m assuming that the cover art is the actual remote image on amazon. If this is the c… --- ## [Titles Incorrect](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/titles-incorrect/3070)
**Author:** [@Ghost96](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ghost96)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/titles-incorrect/3070 "2006-04-16T22:28:50Z")
Say I do a search for anything in from my music library to tag it…and I’ll use Amazon.com to tag, for instance. I’ll do a search for updating my tag information and Amazon finds it perfectly, and so do the other sources… --- ## [Some tracks refuse to accept album art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-tracks-refuse-to-accept-album-art/3160)
**Author:** [@BLKMGK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BLKMGK)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-tracks-refuse-to-accept-album-art/3160 "2006-04-16T22:19:51Z")
I’ve found that as I go through my HUGE collection of MP3 that some tracks simply refuse to allow album art to be injected into them, this occurs with both WMA and MP3 files. Sometimes if I try multiple times to add the … --- ## [Square in iTunes tag field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/square-in-itunes-tag-field/3184)
**Author:** [@michap](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/michap)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/square-in-itunes-tag-field/3184 "2006-04-14T07:05:19Z")
Thanks for a great program !!! :slight\_smile: I am currently using v2.35m, and have found what I believe is a bug, which has been introduced somewhere after version 2.35k (which did not have this bug). The bug consist… --- ## [feature request](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request/3141)
**Author:** [@cooterfrog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cooterfrog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request/3141 "2006-04-13T16:48:28Z")
one of 2 posibilities actions that are based upon a particular query or saveable filters for example I do the following extract album art export cover to file "%album%-cover but I only want to do it to songsd wher… --- ## [Preserve cover art when deleting other fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/preserve-cover-art-when-deleting-other-fields/3170)
**Author:** [@jack\_dougan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jack_dougan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/preserve-cover-art-when-deleting-other-fields/3170 "2006-04-13T05:49:09Z")
Hello, I have been searching the forums here but I cannot find the name of the COVER(s) field. I am trying to clean up the tags in my mp3 files and would like to remove all fields except certain ones. So I am using the … --- ## [tag an mp3 from folder name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-an-mp3-from-folder-name/3177)
**Author:** [@jdc442](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jdc442)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2006, 12:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-an-mp3-from-folder-name/3177 "2006-04-13T00:57:42Z")
i have all my mp3s named a certain way (track - artist - title), i have removed the tags from all mp3s to start clean, i have tagged them all with genre and then tagged by filename, but am wondering if i can tag the albu… --- ## [Filename -\> Tag Won't Run](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-tag-wont-run/3163)
**Author:** [@albinoazian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/albinoazian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-tag-wont-run/3163 "2006-04-11T07:26:32Z")
I am using version 2.35 and have loaded a bunch of files (~765) and have set up a custom format string, but the ok button is not active. When I go to filename -\> tag everything else works (preview, cancel, help), but no… --- ## [Show that a track has album art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-that-a-track-has-album-art/2976)
**Author:** [@badboyndsu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/badboyndsu)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2006, 9:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-that-a-track-has-album-art/2976 "2006-04-08T21:24:40Z")
How can I set it up so that I can see at a glance whether a track has album art embedded in the ID3v2 tag or not? Like an X or something in the “spreadsheet (main) view”? --- ## [Importing comments - 4dos-style descript.ion files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-comments-4dos-style-descript-ion-files/3152)
**Author:** [@rjharmon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjharmon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-comments-4dos-style-descript-ion-files/3152 "2006-04-07T16:44:09Z")
I’m not usually one to ask for support, as I’d much rather read docs and solve it more quickly myself. But I’ve run out of options, it seems; the docs, help, FAQ and forum searches aren’t producing helpful information. … --- ## [Tag Keywords](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-keywords/3122)
**Author:** [@rudy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rudy)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-keywords/3122 "2006-04-07T09:53:22Z")
Hello, First I would like to congratulate you for this very nice tool. It is the first tool I found that allow me to import a complete internal database of my own tags very easily :slight\_smile: I have the following … --- ## [Merging Different Fields?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merging-different-fields/3146)
**Author:** [@teedoff087](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/teedoff087)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2006, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merging-different-fields/3146 "2006-04-06T14:27:47Z")
Is this possible? I have a lot of soundtracks, so I want the album and artist to be the name of the movie soundtrack. I want the title field to contain the actual artist and track title. I can do this manually but it’s s… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=396) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=398)