# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=53 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 54 --- ## [Filename - Tag -\> Change output directory?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-tag-change-output-directory/64575)
**Author:** [@artphotodude](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/artphotodude)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-tag-change-output-directory/64575 "2024-05-02T06:59:20Z")
Hello - am changing the Title Tags on some Mp4 files to the filenames, and it seems to have to completely re-copy the file in the process. Is there a way to set a new destination folder for it to copy to while the title… --- ## [Copy a File to a new destination](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-a-file-to-a-new-destination/64571)
**Author:** [@mccoidco](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mccoidco)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-a-file-to-a-new-destination/64571 "2024-05-01T18:22:41Z")
I found an action script that will Rename and MOVE a file from the working directory to an output directory. BUT, I want to COPY the file instead. I'm not sure how or if this is possible. Here is the script for refere… --- ## [Filter Search for (" or ")](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-search-for-or/64569)
**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-search-for-or/64569 "2024-05-01T14:42:10Z")
I know from here Filter and Search that you cannot search for " unless you use "$ifgreater($strstr(%field%,$char(34)),0,yes,no)" IS yes or field MATCHES \\" I am wondering if it is possible to search for (" or "). I tr… --- ## [Case convertion: Match \`A\` unless followed by a \`-\` \`Major\` or \`Minor\`](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-convertion-match-a-unless-followed-by-a-major-or-minor/64555)
**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-convertion-match-a-unless-followed-by-a-major-or-minor/64555 "2024-05-01T14:23:12Z")
I have been using this regular expression for case conversion with hardly any negative effects. Regular Expression: (?\|/|(?\ **Author:** [@WleedAntar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/WleedAntar)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-the-auto-import-files-at-start-mp3tag/64563 "2024-05-01T08:36:05Z") Hello, How to disable the auto import files at start MP3TAG ? because when I try to clear the window of files after imported it's deleted all files !!. Thanks. --- ## [How to parse embedded extended tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-parse-embedded-extended-tags/64553)
**Author:** [@Leprechaun](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Leprechaun)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-parse-embedded-extended-tags/64553 "2024-04-29T21:27:22Z")
Thanks to the folks in this forum – whose names I can't recall, except for Florian and ohrenkino – I have happily exported tags into CVS files. However, I've recently hit a snag that I am unable to handle: several tags t… --- ## [Multiple Language Song Title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-language-song-title/64547)
**Author:** [@Jonjo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jonjo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-language-song-title/64547 "2024-04-29T18:57:57Z")
Hi I have song that are in other languages i want the title to to be in both with Cyrillic letter and English transliteration e.g “Cyrillic Title / English Transliteration Title”. I can convert the title field but then … --- ## [Save button always greyed out even after changes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-button-always-greyed-out-even-after-changes/64552)
**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/save-button-always-greyed-out-even-after-changes/64552 "2024-04-29T17:44:51Z")
I have just loaded a large amount of files into mp3tag and was making some changes when I noticed I could not save and that the save button was greyed out. If I try to leave the track that I have made changes to in the T… --- ## [Feature suggestion: adaptive number padding](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-adaptive-number-padding/64548)
**Author:** [@Crikey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crikey)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-adaptive-number-padding/64548 "2024-04-28T20:37:29Z")
Suggestion: adaptive number padding. Like: $num(%track%,a) Effect: uses the minimum number of leading 0's for items per subfolder. Background: As is well known, some software sorts by character (for example: 1.mp3, 10… --- ## [M3u shuffle or strict order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-shuffle-or-strict-order/64543)
**Author:** [@NigelO](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NigelO)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-shuffle-or-strict-order/64543 "2024-04-28T15:35:46Z")
Excuse my ignorance, but is it possible to configure m3u file to either play in strict order or to shuffle? I have a lot of classical music (strict order of movements) and of light music (shuffle preferred). --- ## [Large file set access slow on NAS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/large-file-set-access-slow-on-nas/64534)
**Author:** [@curiousMonkey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/curiousMonkey)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/large-file-set-access-slow-on-nas/64534 "2024-04-28T10:01:54Z")
I have been using MP3Tag for many years and think it works very well in most situations. However I recently trying to review my entire collection (almost 30,000 files) and noticed that the program took an exceptionally l… --- ## [How to manually edit the "original year" field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-manually-edit-the-original-year-field/64522)
**Author:** [@Ryo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ryo)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-manually-edit-the-original-year-field/64522 "2024-04-26T22:00:37Z")
Hello, Beginner question I'm afraid but "original year" field does not seem editable manually I could not find documentation about this (possibly I did not search well enough but I did not find many results that seemed… --- ## [Moving one tag field into a different tag field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-one-tag-field-into-a-different-tag-field/64515)
**Author:** [@ericdcrs](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ericdcrs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-one-tag-field-into-a-different-tag-field/64515 "2024-04-26T19:08:50Z")
I've been trying for hours to figure out how this works. I am thinking of %UNSYNCEDLYRICS% field and all it's contents to the %LYRICS% field. Can anybody help me figure this out? I have decided to use the %LYRICS% field … --- ## [Replace the letter a with To if it is located between two groups of digits](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-letter-a-with-to-if-it-is-located-between-two-groups-of-digits/64505)
**Author:** [@corrado63](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/corrado63)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-letter-a-with-to-if-it-is-located-between-two-groups-of-digits/64505 "2024-04-26T07:37:46Z")
Hi, I have this situation I want , es, XXaYY becomes XX To YY I thinks to use "Replace with Regular Expression\]" but I can't find the syntax Thanks for all guys --- ## [Tags Being Changed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-being-changed/64323)
**Author:** [@KennethDotsey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KennethDotsey)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 6:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-being-changed/64323 "2024-04-26T06:14:36Z")
All of a sudden when I retrieve album art my file names and tags are being changed Help? --- ## [Directory refresh](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-refresh/64502)
**Author:** [@liamg67](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/liamg67)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/directory-refresh/64502 "2024-04-24T19:20:48Z")
Love this tool - but everytime I restart program it refreshes the directory. With som 200,000 MP3s this takes about an hour to process each time. Does it have to refresh each time I start program please? --- ## [Batch convert Title field to add leading number?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-convert-title-field-to-add-leading-number/64469)
**Author:** [@pitweasel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pitweasel)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-convert-title-field-to-add-leading-number/64469 "2024-04-21T15:31:12Z")
Hi everyone, My car has an annoying feature where it uses the Title field from the ID3 data to sort things, so songs in an album come up alphabetically. To solve this, I need the Title to read as Track Number - Song Na… --- ## [Format value always most recent year from selected](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-always-most-recent-year-from-selected/64435)
**Author:** [@Vadim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Vadim)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-always-most-recent-year-from-selected/64435 "2024-04-24T05:34:11Z")
Hello So, for each artist, where relevant, I have created a folder containing all singles released formatted as such: Field: \_DIRECTORY Format string: $num(%year%,4) - %album% If there are multiple singles with var… --- ## [Trying to get this auto tag fix script to move artists to featured artists in title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trying-to-get-this-auto-tag-fix-script-to-move-artists-to-featured-artists-in-title/64493)
**Author:** [@astuary](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/astuary)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trying-to-get-this-auto-tag-fix-script-to-move-artists-to-featured-artists-in-title/64493 "2024-04-23T20:15:24Z")
Hi, I'm trying to re tag some of my music files. I have my songs on plex, and the current artist tags have semicolons in them and that messes up the plex grouping by artist. For example artist A and artist A; B are diffe… --- ## [Some music shows cover art in Windows Media Player, some not](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-music-shows-cover-art-in-windows-media-player-some-not/64487)
**Author:** [@Andacar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Andacar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-music-shows-cover-art-in-windows-media-player-some-not/64487 "2024-04-22T17:58:22Z")
This looks like a worn topic but I'll mention it anyway. I use MP3Tag to organize albums, clean up the metadata, and put on cover art, some of which I clean up as well. It works extremely well, but once in a while I run … --- ## [Cut "segway" present in the title if "mashup" or "transition" are present](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-segway-present-in-the-title-if-mashup-or-transition-are-present/64481)
**Author:** [@corrado63](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/corrado63)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-segway-present-in-the-title-if-mashup-or-transition-are-present/64481 "2024-04-22T17:00:48Z")
Hi, pardon my ignorance, I appreciate your time. Is my the first time . this is the correct filter %title% HAS "segway" AND %title% HAS "Transition" OR %title% HAS "segway" AND %title% HAS "mashup" how can put this f… --- ## [APE tag hides ID3 tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-tag-hides-id3-tag/64467)
**Author:** [@Dick\_Harpees](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_Harpees)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2024, 11:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-tag-hides-id3-tag/64467 "2024-04-21T11:12:20Z")
I cleaned all MP3 files in MP3Diags. I then used MP3Gain to set normalization and it made APE tags, but as I'd seen before the APE tags gave invisibility to the previous tags which is undesirable. How do I get both the… --- ## [Merge multi-value fields and set order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-multi-value-fields-and-set-order/64449)
**Author:** [@viviancels](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/viviancels)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2024, 9:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-multi-value-fields-and-set-order/64449 "2024-04-20T09:40:45Z")
Hello. Is it possible to change the order of multiple tags? Example: Artist:DOMOTO & Yulua Oreshko Artists (with multiple field):DOMOTO\\\\Yulua Oreshko Then I change artist tag by action: Yulua Oreshko & DOMOTO But h… --- ## [Problems with loading files and more](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-with-loading-files-and-more/64451)
**Author:** [@47Crash](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/47Crash)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-with-loading-files-and-more/64451 "2024-04-19T10:54:54Z")
I use Proton vpn, and it takes a couple of tries just to load the files. Unfortunately though, I can only use MP3Tag with a vpn since a recent windows 10 update. It 'fails to authenticate' without a vpn and I can't find … --- ## [Library cleanup not case sensitive](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-cleanup-not-case-sensitive/61274)
**Author:** [@mville](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mville)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-cleanup-not-case-sensitive/61274 "2024-04-19T09:07:58Z")
A minor issue, but the library size will increase unnecessarily over time. Library cleanup is not case sensitive. When a filename is edited, case only, a duplicate entry is created in the library (mp3tag.db3, mtfile tab… --- ## [Batch Changing Embedded Cover Art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-changing-embedded-cover-art/64446)
**Author:** [@JayLaFunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JayLaFunk)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-changing-embedded-cover-art/64446 "2024-04-18T16:16:07Z")
Hi, I have tried the search function without success of what I am trying to achieve. I want to replace all my tagged album covers to new 1000x1000 images, I have copied the new images into the correct folders but when … --- ## [Freedb The server failed to return a valid query response code"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-the-server-failed-to-return-a-valid-query-response-code/64439)
**Author:** [@SteffenSchwarz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SteffenSchwarz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-the-server-failed-to-return-a-valid-query-response-code/64439 "2024-04-18T12:36:03Z")
since 16.04.2024 I get an error requesting freedb for any request. Response error code is " The server failed to return a valid query response code" . Using mp3tag 3.25. until 15.042024 it was working fine, nothing was… --- ## [Getting rid of the invisible Album text](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-rid-of-the-invisible-album-text/64412)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Hoste](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Peter_Hoste)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-rid-of-the-invisible-album-text/64412 "2024-04-14T17:13:56Z")
"Q-music de 500 Beste of het foute uur", "Hitzone 66 Best of 1991 (CD1)" are a few examples of my album titles. My car radio show these, but they are too long for also showing the artist & number. and that is what I wa… --- ## [Rename subfolders for discs for multi-disc compilations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-subfolders-for-discs-for-multi-disc-compilations/64400)
**Author:** [@sjkiss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sjkiss)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 6:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-subfolders-for-discs-for-multi-disc-compilations/64400 "2024-04-14T06:11:08Z")
I would like to modify the script here (or something like this) to account for the fact that sometimes I have multi-disc compilations. I'd like each disc in its own subfolder e.g. /albumartist/album/disc1/tracks. how do… --- ## [Creating Playlists based on Genre when there is more than one Genre](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-playlists-based-on-genre-when-there-is-more-than-one-genre/64398)
**Author:** [@E1138](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/E1138)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-playlists-based-on-genre-when-there-is-more-than-one-genre/64398 "2024-04-14T01:53:45Z")
I am using version 3.25 and have some music files with multiple genres such as Soundtrack\\\\Pop Soundtrack\\\\Rock Soundtrack\\\\Score Is it possible to adjust the settings so the the second genre is picked up instead of … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=52) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=54)