# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=405 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 406 --- ## [How to add () arround feat. artist in Fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-arround-feat-artist-in-fields/2249)
**Author:** [@raerni](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/raerni)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-add-arround-feat-artist-in-fields/2249 "2005-08-31T19:44:41Z")
Hi there Like many users I haven’t been taking advantage of the most powerfull fatures of this incredible piece of software: Scripting in actions… Here’s what I’d like to do: I would like to add brackets in front of “… --- ## [Tag type help needed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-type-help-needed/2248)
**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-type-help-needed/2248 "2005-08-30T17:12:47Z")
Hi, I have inherited about 500 MP3, AAC, M4A files and the tagging is in a mess. Is there any way in which I can display the actual tag type (APE2 or whatever) in the right hand panel of MP3Tag. Thanks, auldyin --- ## [Weird tag problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/weird-tag-problem/2246)
**Author:** [@Madman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Madman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/weird-tag-problem/2246 "2005-08-30T06:18:09Z")
I’ll try to explain the best I can. Basically I have a MP3 encoded @ 192 blah blah It HAD what I thought was a ID3v2(checked with MP3TAG) tag on it but when I tried to load it on my ipod I discovered that the tag was n… --- ## [Slow Importing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-importing/2209)
**Author:** [@Amirali](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Amirali)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/slow-importing/2209 "2005-08-29T13:50:50Z")
After installing the Windows Media Format, to tag WMA files, the importing speed became very very slow. It took about 10 mins to import 2000 mp3s + 70 wmas.it used to take less than 10 secs to do so!..I’m using V.2.32.a … --- ## [Characters in Tag - Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/characters-in-tag-filename/2226)
**Author:** [@mjc2264](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjc2264)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/characters-in-tag-filename/2226 "2005-08-24T16:43:27Z")
I’m trying to rewrite my filenames using tag data. I’m doing fine with renaming the files but I also want to create a directory structure which is actually also working fine. But I’d like to add \[\] square bracket charact… --- ## [specific tag version support](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/specific-tag-version-support/2220)
**Author:** [@JDP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JDP)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/specific-tag-version-support/2220 "2005-08-23T17:21:24Z")
My car mp3 player only supports mp3 tags up to version 2.3. When MP3TAG writes the “mp3v2” tags is it writing version 2.3 or 2.4? Thanks! --- ## [File modification time](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-modification-time/2188)
**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2005, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-modification-time/2188 "2005-08-14T07:54:51Z")
I recently moved my music collection from a local hard drive on Windows XP to a networked attached storage device. The device is a ReadyNAS 600, the OS of which is based on some variant of Linux. In Mp3tag I have ‘Pres… --- ## [Custom file extension](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171)
**Author:** [@aboros](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aboros)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171 "2005-08-12T20:57:03Z")
Is there any way to load tags from custom extensions? For example all my mp3 files has extension bin. I tried to specify the \*.bin; in “restrict incoming files to:” field but without success. Any sugestion? --- ## [MP3Tag program does not show up when started.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-program-does-not-show-up-when-started/2183)
**Author:** [@RottGutt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RottGutt)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-program-does-not-show-up-when-started/2183 "2005-08-11T20:34:19Z")
I just did a fresh install of MP3Tag v2.32a after a full Windows Update including .Net with SP1. When I start the MP3Tag program I get the temporary pause, but then no program windows shows up. If I CTRL-ALT-DEL I can se… --- ## [freedb option not selectable](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823)
**Author:** [@Vernon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Vernon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 6:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-option-not-selectable/823 "2005-08-11T06:52:23Z")
I have a local copy of FreeDB. I set the local db path as the default option. I select mp3s from a directory and I choose “freedb ( local )” from the freedb menu, then I want to choose “determine from selected MP3-file… --- ## [Tagging Problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-problem/2181)
**Author:** [@erissiva](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/erissiva)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2005, 6:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-problem/2181 "2005-08-11T06:41:18Z")
Here’s my wierd problem - sorry to sound like a noob: I will update a file (using save tags) with the correct mp3 tags. When I view the file from WinXP, Mp3tag, or using a tag viewer - everything looks correct. However… --- ## [Filename and tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-and-tag/2179)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Garcia](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Robert_Garcia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-and-tag/2179 "2005-08-10T17:18:24Z")
Hello, I have one doubts with the options to pass the name of the file to the Tag. The name of the file is 01. song.mp3 The program by defect gives the name 01.song to the Tag, and I want to know if there is some way so… --- ## [user defined variables](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-variables/2175)
**Author:** [@rmg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rmg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 10:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-variables/2175 "2005-08-10T10:26:58Z")
Hi I’m trying to do smth like an avergage bitrate over a catalog. I tried looping all the mp3s and adding their bitrates to one variable, but if I want to display the result after the loop, the variable is empty? :frown… --- ## [Additional Parsing of AMG (Web Sources)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-parsing-of-amg-web-sources/2178)
**Author:** [@spunch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/spunch)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/additional-parsing-of-amg-web-sources/2178 "2005-08-10T07:25:52Z")
I’m trying to create a web sources script for AMG. Unlike the original script, i only am interested in parsing the AMG track picks (those little V signs aside of the track title, usually indicating the most notable/popul… --- ## [adding tracks to playlist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-tracks-to-playlist/2167)
**Author:** [@SteveO](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SteveO)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-tracks-to-playlist/2167 "2005-08-09T04:34:14Z")
Hello Firstly thanks for this great software, I have so far found it easy to use and definitely superior to any other tagging programs I’ve encountered. I find Mp3tag excellent for creating playlists for my iRiver H320… --- ## [Action to create ARTISTSORT tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-create-artistsort-tag/2166)
**Author:** [@JJ\_Johnson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JJ_Johnson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-create-artistsort-tag/2166 "2005-08-08T18:56:52Z")
I’m looking for help creating actions to do the following in flac files: Create an ARTISTSORT tag by either: \[1\] taking the ARTIST field and reversing first & last names, separated by a comma, as in \[lastname\], \[firstn… --- ## [newbie seeking gentle intro](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-seeking-gentle-intro/2169)
**Author:** [@lvirden](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lvirden)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2005, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbie-seeking-gentle-intro/2169 "2005-08-08T16:32:22Z")
I’m using mp3tag on a windows 98 system that has no access to the internet. We’ve a large number of mpegs on the system. I downloaded freedb and carried it, sneaker net style, and loaded it on the system as well. My d… --- ## [export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export/2163)
**Author:** [@singlehanded](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/singlehanded)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2005, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export/2163 "2005-08-07T17:27:54Z")
Hi, I want to make an export list of my MP3 Cd with a numbering in the first column that starts at the first tack in the first directory end ends with the last track in the last directory eg Anthony Braxton - 2 Composi… --- ## [MP3Tag Hangs Up On Large Libraries](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-hangs-up-on-large-libraries/2067)
**Author:** [@dblayout](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dblayout)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-hangs-up-on-large-libraries/2067 "2005-08-05T13:50:28Z")
When MP3Tag tries to read my mp3’s, it hangs up after reading the 577th MP3 file out of 9256 MP3’s. I have tried multiple times and it hangs up every time. Is this a know bug or what is the problem? Thanks --- ## [Nested Regular Expression Testing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nested-regular-expression-testing/2144)
**Author:** [@brucem0001](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brucem0001)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nested-regular-expression-testing/2144 "2005-07-31T11:01:25Z")
Is it Possible to perform regular expression operations on the “Find” from a previous regular expression search/replace? I have encountered many circumstance where it a specific string is needed to isolate the proper in… --- ## [pad filenames with spaces](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pad-filenames-with-spaces/2146)
**Author:** [@JDP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JDP)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2005, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pad-filenames-with-spaces/2146 "2005-07-30T14:17:39Z")
All my files have good ID tags but they are sorted into folders for the artitst so the filenames are just the titles of the songs. But in order to format the filenames for my car I need to pad them with spaces at the en… --- ## [Building A Tag with Substrings of the original Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/building-a-tag-with-substrings-of-the-original-tag/2137)
**Author:** [@brucem0001](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brucem0001)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/building-a-tag-with-substrings-of-the-original-tag/2137 "2005-07-28T22:10:45Z")
I am attempting to format portions of the tags in my music library. I would prefer to sort the artist’s name by Sir Name first, then First name, and If Applicable, the Middle Name. For example given the two composer’s … --- ## [Using Folder name for Title / Album Name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-folder-name-for-title-album-name/2142)
**Author:** [@bigb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-folder-name-for-title-album-name/2142 "2005-07-28T17:21:37Z")
I have manually sorted my MP3’s into fodlers based on Album Names How can I import these into the Album name for the files ? Thanks for a great product --- ## [Getting Data From The User](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-data-from-the-user/2143)
**Author:** [@brucem0001](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brucem0001)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-data-from-the-user/2143 "2005-07-28T17:04:15Z")
Is it possible for an Action to query the user for the value of a parameter at runtime? This would be very useful so that a custom action would not have to be written for every instance. For example, if I wish to fill … --- ## [Replacing pair of quotes while tag -\> file name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-pair-of-quotes-while-tag-file-name/2138)
**Author:** [@frozman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/frozman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2005, 11:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-pair-of-quotes-while-tag-file-name/2138 "2005-07-25T11:40:17Z")
Some of my mp3’s have pair of quotes within the title tags… I know I can use $validate() to strip them away… But I would like to replace them with pair of blankets instead. i.e. Title: Song featuring “Wow Wow” Artist… --- ## [file \> tag w/triple digit tracknumber](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-tag-w-triple-digit-tracknumber/2133)
**Author:** [@billyvnilly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billyvnilly)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-tag-w-triple-digit-tracknumber/2133 "2005-07-23T05:01:04Z")
I have files from a disk set. the filenames are structured 101-118, 201-218, etc. what command do you use in filename–\>tag to not insert first number into track. currently i am going through each CD and using 1%track% … --- ## [Case Sensitive with prepositions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-sensitive-with-prepositions/2125)
**Author:** [@robochief](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/robochief)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-sensitive-with-prepositions/2125 "2005-07-19T19:47:55Z")
I want Mp3tag to be able to transform the ID3 tags to Mixed Case, but I don’t want prepositions/connectors to start with a Capital letter, but a lowercase one. How I can do that? (the, of, from, a, an, etc…) Thank you… --- ## [WMA's not coming in](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmas-not-coming-in/2123)
**Author:** [@Grumb13](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Grumb13)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmas-not-coming-in/2123 "2005-07-18T23:20:10Z")
Hey Everyone, I was just wondering if anyone else has run across this problem. I have tagged many things with MP3Tag and everything has worked fine (awesome program), but I fired it back up tonight and none of the thin… --- ## [Track to Title (audio book)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-to-title-audio-book/2114)
**Author:** [@Robert\_Smith](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Robert_Smith)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2005, 10:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-to-title-audio-book/2114 "2005-07-17T10:06:05Z")
Is it possible to auto create Title (compare with track no) for audio book? I want the Title tag to be something like “Track # of (80)” is equal to track no. --- ## [All fields invisible in upgrades...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/all-fields-invisible-in-upgrades/2116)
**Author:** [@KaRaZyJeW](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KaRaZyJeW)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/all-fields-invisible-in-upgrades/2116 "2005-07-16T22:41:39Z")
I have been using 2.22 for while now… I wanted to upgrade… but when I install newer versions… the text which shows what is in the fields on the right side is all invisible (or white). Why is this and how can I fix it so … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=404) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=406)