# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=41 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 42 --- ## [Any way to set the cover type of all mp3s at once?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-set-the-cover-type-of-all-mp3s-at-once/66372)
**Author:** [@AllTnoPain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AllTnoPain)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-set-the-cover-type-of-all-mp3s-at-once/66372 "2024-10-29T23:58:03Z")
I have downloaded a lot of mp3s and would like the cover art to work properly, they all downloaded with it but in order for it to appear in rekordbox I have to set the cover to be the front cover. The only way I have … --- ## [Need format string to get data in front of first //](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-format-string-to-get-data-in-front-of-first/66377)
**Author:** [@Pigler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pigler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-format-string-to-get-data-in-front-of-first/66377 "2024-10-29T17:59:35Z")
I already tried my \*\*\* off. I want a format string that: if there is no " // " just copy everything in the tag "Artist" to "Album Artist" if there is " // " just copy everthing before the first " // " from "Artist… --- ## [Sort Sequence in main panel is not alphabetic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-sequence-in-main-panel-is-not-alphabetic/66375)
**Author:** [@powell](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/powell)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-sequence-in-main-panel-is-not-alphabetic/66375 "2024-10-29T14:21:40Z")
Hi, I opened a directory of tracks which were file named by a number and then descriptive text. I applied a sort by clicking on the filename. This was confirmed by the column having a circumflex added to the title. A… --- ## [Advice: Massive Grateful Dead Metadata Project](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/advice-massive-grateful-dead-metadata-project/55998)
**Author:** [@Temporal\_Dissident](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Temporal_Dissident)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/advice-massive-grateful-dead-metadata-project/55998 "2024-10-29T14:06:21Z")
MP3TAG Community, Hey now! New member. My first post. I want to outline a massive project I am embarking upon. Background/Context: In their 30+ year career, the Grateful Dead played over 2,300 live concerts. They perm… --- ## [Replace specific character in tags and filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-specific-character-in-tags-and-filename/48931)
**Author:** [@tomy91](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomy91)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-specific-character-in-tags-and-filename/48931 "2024-10-28T22:05:43Z")
Hello dear Mp3tag community, I purchased old Pioneer CDJ-200 turntables to practice mixing in my bedroom. It supports MP3 CDs, I burned a few and found out that the players stop with an 8304 error when the filename or a… --- ## [Get Album Recognised By Spotify](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-album-recognised-by-spotify/66358)
**Author:** [@CT04](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CT04)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-album-recognised-by-spotify/66358 "2024-10-27T17:26:51Z")
Hello, I am trying to import some mp3's to Spotify and I added my songs to an album (and put COMPILATION and DISCNUMBER of all songs to '1') via Mp3tag and while it does say on Spotify that the songs belong to an album,… --- ## [Setting year field with full incrementing date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/setting-year-field-with-full-incrementing-date/66363)
**Author:** [@NadCat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NadCat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/setting-year-field-with-full-incrementing-date/66363 "2024-10-27T14:26:16Z")
I have a program that requires my audio files to have their release date in YYYY-MM-DD format in their year tag in order to sort them. I do not care about the actual dates but I need to set this value for 140 files. Is t… --- ## [How to Delete String inside Parens and preceding space](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-string-inside-parens-and-preceding-space/66359)
**Author:** [@parodytx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/parodytx)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-string-inside-parens-and-preceding-space/66359 "2024-10-27T02:39:35Z")
Sorry new to scripting, could not find in community - I have a number of titles that have a song title followed by a space and a string inside a set of parens (). The string is of differing lengths and content. I would … --- ## [How to sort columns doubly](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-sort-columns-doubly/66355)
**Author:** [@Owens](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Owens)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-sort-columns-doubly/66355 "2024-10-26T17:51:31Z")
I would like to sort columns doubly, example: Short by years and also genres. That i can see by years and not have the genres scattered. Other option would be use the Filter but i would have input year by year manually… --- ## [Album Art Not showing in MP3 Tag since upgrade to Win11](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-not-showing-in-mp3-tag-since-upgrade-to-win11/66218)
**Author:** [@ChipUK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChipUK)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-not-showing-in-mp3-tag-since-upgrade-to-win11/66218 "2024-10-26T17:49:48Z")
Hi I recently upgraded to a new PC running win 11. I copied all my music files over but in the MP3 Tag app the album art is missing. I have tried to work out why but it's defeated me. What has gone wrong or changed? --- ## [Searching some double spaces](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-some-double-spaces/66349)
**Author:** [@Thg6276](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Thg6276)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-some-double-spaces/66349 "2024-10-25T19:07:19Z")
Good day, I would like to know how to search the filename which contains some double spaces. Thanks for your help --- ## [VA - get year!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/va-get-year/15985)
**Author:** [@Azevedo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Azevedo)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/va-get-year/15985 "2024-10-25T14:06:20Z")
Hi! I have this large collection of mp3s which actually is a mix of songs I collected along the years. The files are tagged with ARTIST and TITLE only. Is it possible for mp3tag to find those songs’ YEAR on discogs/am… --- ## [Format Value (Calculation Across Selected Files)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-calculation-across-selected-files/66347)
**Author:** [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-calculation-across-selected-files/66347 "2024-10-25T07:41:26Z")
I have a field called "Explicit Score" this is a 3 digit numerical value that is calculated based on the number of choice words found in the lyrics of any given track. I'd like to be able to select the tracks of an albu… --- ## [Renaming all Disc 1/1 to 1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-all-disc-1-1-to-1/66339)
**Author:** [@Giffdev](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Giffdev)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-all-disc-1-1-to-1/66339 "2024-10-23T18:10:35Z")
Hey all, new member here and sorry if this has been asked before. To try and support the clearest naming convention for Plex, I set up a rule in Mp3tag to rename most of my tracks with %discnumber%$num(%track%,2) - %tit… --- ## [Using the tag changes bitrate. Should I worry or is this a bug?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-the-tag-changes-bitrate-should-i-worry-or-is-this-a-bug/66159)
**Author:** [@e1m9](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/e1m9)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-the-tag-changes-bitrate-should-i-worry-or-is-this-a-bug/66159 "2024-10-23T16:38:54Z")
--- ## [Replace last Parenthesis on title?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-last-parenthesis-on-title/66311)
**Author:** [@PiC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PiC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-last-parenthesis-on-title/66311 "2024-10-20T12:49:52Z")
Hi ! I try again and again but without any solution. I read a lot of topic but nothing to soluce my problem. When multiple files contain different expressions it is difficult to create the script. I would like to rep… --- ## [Replacing Cover Art in each file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-cover-art-in-each-file/66282)
**Author:** [@TheBlueCafe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TheBlueCafe)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-cover-art-in-each-file/66282 "2024-10-20T12:17:06Z")
HI I have 500 Files with one cover art for all. I need to replace each one with a new cover art but The cover art is staying with just 1 unless I also change a character in the Album box. This is tedius and involves a l… --- ## [Format string to replace characters with accents](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-string-to-replace-characters-with-accents/66298)
**Author:** [@dreaminh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dreaminh)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 9:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-string-to-replace-characters-with-accents/66298 "2024-10-18T09:32:20Z")
Hi there, I am working on a format string to replace accents/special characters (mostly from Vietnamese) with normal characters so I can search for them on Piooner devices. Here is the full format string: $validate($… --- ## [Editing Lyrics Feature](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-lyrics-feature/66300)
**Author:** [@FruitTea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FruitTea)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-lyrics-feature/66300 "2024-10-18T05:47:52Z")
Hello there. it would be a good idea if you add the ability to edit lyrics from the audio files. Best Regards. --- ## [Conversion of a bunch of similar filenames](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conversion-of-a-bunch-of-similar-filenames/66275)
**Author:** [@Roland](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Roland)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conversion-of-a-bunch-of-similar-filenames/66275 "2024-10-16T16:00:04Z")
Among other things, I have an MP3 collection of 211 files without tags. I would like to generate basic information from the file names. However, these are slightly different in their structure. I have searched in vain… --- ## [Move entire contents from 1 column into another column](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-entire-contents-from-1-column-into-another-column/66265)
**Author:** [@Metalmania](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Metalmania)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-entire-contents-from-1-column-into-another-column/66265 "2024-10-14T16:29:54Z")
Hi, I would like to move the entire contents of the Composer column to the Comment column and then move the contents of the Album Artist column to Composer. Is that possible? (I have 62000 record whose value is in the… --- ## [Export script with artist count per album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-script-with-artist-count-per-album/66252)
**Author:** [@bollemanneke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bollemanneke)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-script-with-artist-count-per-album/66252 "2024-10-14T12:20:53Z")
Hi everyone, Is it possible to generate a txt file with this information? Line 1: album, albumartist, year. Line two: artist name (number of tracks for that artist). And this for my entire music folder. So for insta… --- ## [Shell Integration in Windows 11 LTSC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shell-integration-in-windows-11-ltsc/66259)
**Author:** [@Rubricabrac](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rubricabrac)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shell-integration-in-windows-11-ltsc/66259 "2024-10-13T22:30:58Z")
I finally realized that when you don't install in the standard path "C:\\program Files", (Mp3Tag v3.27a x64) the shell integration doesn't work (the Mp3tagShell.msix seems to be "hardcoded" Would be great if you adapt ms… --- ## [Simple way to abort action if regex does not match?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-way-to-abort-action-if-regex-does-not-match/66243)
**Author:** [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/simple-way-to-abort-action-if-regex-does-not-match/66243 "2024-10-13T21:42:40Z")
I'm working on an action to extract the year from the title. Format value: Field: YEAR Format string: $regexp(%title%,^.\*\\D((?:(19|20))\\d{2})(?:\\D.\*|$),$1) Which does a solid job of only matching actual years. H… --- ## [Assistance with RegEx converting date formats in the Tag to Tag function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assistance-with-regex-converting-date-formats-in-the-tag-to-tag-function/66254)
**Author:** [@renarde3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/renarde3)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 6:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/assistance-with-regex-converting-date-formats-in-the-tag-to-tag-function/66254 "2024-10-13T18:17:45Z")
Hi all, I'm the first to admit I'm RegEx impaired, so I greatly appreciate your help! I've combed these threads trying to find an answer to my specific date formatting question and have tried several solutions, but can't… --- ## [No album cover art showing for MusicBrainz selection](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-album-cover-art-showing-for-musicbrainz-selection/66248)
**Author:** [@MrPickle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MrPickle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-album-cover-art-showing-for-musicbrainz-selection/66248 "2024-10-13T14:00:50Z")
When I select mp3 tracks then click on 'Tag Sources' and select MusicBrainz then MusicBrainz correctly identifies my album and gives a list of selection showing: Score, Type, Album,etc. The first column is blank. However… --- ## [Creating a TAG panel field from text to numeric](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-tag-panel-field-from-text-to-numeric/66193)
**Author:** [@xpac5896a](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xpac5896a)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-tag-panel-field-from-text-to-numeric/66193 "2024-10-12T14:40:15Z")
I have created a TAG PANEL field called "DATE RELEASED" which is used to show the date an album was released. This field shows up in the COLUMNS and can also be exported to Excel using CSV. The problem I'm having is that… --- ## [How to rename file with Action including %\_length%?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-rename-file-with-action-including-length/66233)
**Author:** [@Lou2k7](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lou2k7)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-rename-file-with-action-including-length/66233 "2024-10-12T14:21:33Z")
Hi All, I was hoping someone could tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to rename a file after doing a list of actions. My final action is to format value, Fieldname: \_FILENAME Value: '%artist% ~ %album% ~ T… --- ## [Generate Playlist at Artist and Album Levels](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-at-artist-and-album-levels/66232)
**Author:** [@kewa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kewa)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-playlist-at-artist-and-album-levels/66232 "2024-10-12T13:54:29Z")
Hi I have a large music collection structured \\MyMusic\\Artist\\Album\\Track I've generated playlists at album level but I also want to create a playlist in each Artist folder with all of the songs in each Album subfolder… --- ## [Create column for INVOLVEDPEOPLE](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-column-for-involvedpeople/66226)
**Author:** [@Unsealed2878](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Unsealed2878)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-column-for-involvedpeople/66226 "2024-10-11T15:44:25Z")
I am here to bump this suggestion. I currently have the "INVOLVEDPEOPLE" and "LYRICIST" tags in my MP3Tag UI, and I would love to be able to just double-click on them to edit them instead of having to manually edit these… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=40) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=42)