# Support

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=57

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## [How can I view the WWW field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-view-the-www-field/63929)

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**Author:** [@BJtheDJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BJtheDJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-view-the-www-field/63929 "2024-02-29T07:13:35Z")

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I've been sent a few thousand (!!) mp3+g karaoke files. Some of them have a WWW tag, but if I right-click on the columns heading, WWW does not appear as an option to sort on. I clicked 'Custoimize columns' and selecte…

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## [Create Tag from first 6 characters of filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-tag-from-first-6-characters-of-filename/63928)

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**Author:** [@HHH](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HHH)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-tag-from-first-6-characters-of-filename/63928 "2024-02-28T20:54:36Z")

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How can I grab a part of file name and import it to a Tag Example: 143488\_Feedback\_Original\_Mix.wav Would like to covert 143488 into Beatport Track ID I'm looking into convert, filename to Tag or Actions. Is there a …

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## [Discogs : 401 error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-401-error/16244)

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**Author:** [@xublu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xublu)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-401-error/16244 "2024-02-27T20:58:46Z")

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Hi, I just install the latest version of mp3tag (2.64), I created a discogs account and granted access to mp3tag, the first time it work well but the second time i use it i got a 401 error. I have try to revoke the auth…

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## [Clearing the Description and LongDescription values from MP3 and MP4 files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-the-description-and-longdescription-values-from-mp3-and-mp4-files/63876)

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**Author:** [@reboots](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reboots)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/clearing-the-description-and-longdescription-values-from-mp3-and-mp4-files/63876 "2024-02-27T18:00:44Z")

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I am a long time MP3Tag user, windows and linux desktop user, familiar with the applications associated with sound files, video files and conversion tools. I am hoping there is a way to Edit or \< blank \> the Description…

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## [Detect mp3 songs with (problem-causing) webp album art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/detect-mp3-songs-with-problem-causing-webp-album-art/63911)

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**Author:** [@simpacker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/simpacker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/detect-mp3-songs-with-problem-causing-webp-album-art/63911 "2024-02-27T01:33:36Z")

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Hi there! I recognized that my improvident usage of webp album art pictures has led to problems on my car multi media system. So I need to replace all webp/image tags by jpeg/image tags apparently. Is there a possibili…

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## [Creating a Playlist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-playlist/63915)

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**Author:** [@cengizhan403](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cengizhan403)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-a-playlist/63915 "2024-02-26T20:02:46Z")

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Hello friends, when creating a playlist, is it possible to change the playlist extension to mp3 or wav instead of m3u, thank you for your help.

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## [Conductor Field Mapping?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conductor-field-mapping/63914)

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**Author:** [@Gotan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Gotan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/conductor-field-mapping/63914 "2024-02-26T17:45:20Z")

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Hi - I'm after some pointers please. I've done a lot of reading about tags and MP3 vs FLAC/Vogg Orbis but I am no further forward. I have an almost exclusively Classical Music Library and done extensive work in MP3tag.…

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## [Support for improving cover quality](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/support-for-improving-cover-quality/63878)

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**Author:** [@Niche](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Niche)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/support-for-improving-cover-quality/63878 "2024-02-26T11:13:22Z")

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Hello, Please may I ask for some help? I am adding covers of my source which are jpg. and at the same time editing my playlist which is from vinyl ready for upload to Centova Cast as a playlist but the quality of the M…

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## [Help sourcing an issue preventing my library from loading](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-sourcing-an-issue-preventing-my-library-from-loading/63770)

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**Author:** [@JamFestival](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JamFestival)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2024, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-sourcing-an-issue-preventing-my-library-from-loading/63770 "2024-02-26T08:55:21Z")

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I have been using Mp3tag without issue (currently on v3.24), but this week, my library (on my NAS), appears to fully load into Mp3tag, then spinning blue wheel and 'Not Responding'. I have left this overnight on two cons…

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## [Remove 'album artist' tags but not 'Album Artist' tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-artist-tags-but-not-album-artist-tags/63890)

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**Author:** [@infinitejones](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/infinitejones)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-album-artist-tags-but-not-album-artist-tags/63890 "2024-02-25T22:15:17Z")

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I have about 110,000 flacs and mp3, mostly all tagged with Musicbrainz. Over time some of them have picked up multiple Album Artist tags - there's 'album artist' (all lower case), 'album\_artist', 'Album Artist", "Album\_A…

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## [Regex look ahead/behind](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-look-ahead-behind/11952)

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**Author:** [@yog-sothoth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yog-sothoth)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 2, 2011, 6:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-look-ahead-behind/11952 "2011-05-02T06:08:25Z")

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Hello. I’m trying to modify a regex script to add an exception. Currently, the script is designed to add a space after a set of defined punctuation marks if it immediately precedes another alphanumeric character (e.g. “T…

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## [Copy TLEN to Length](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tlen-to-length/63900)

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**Author:** [@Beat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Beat)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tlen-to-length/63900 "2024-02-25T15:35:35Z")

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I found this very old thread, not sure whether someone still will see my question: I would like to copy the Song Length from the MP3 file to the TLEN tag for my MP3 collection. Is this possible to do with MP3Tag? There…

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## [How to move (feat.) from title to artist - HELP](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-move-feat-from-title-to-artist-help/11512)

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**Author:** [@Super\_Arsha](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Super_Arsha)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-move-feat-from-title-to-artist-help/11512 "2024-02-25T13:40:15Z")

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can somebody please help me with my only problem ?? I Have the tags like this: artist: Akon Title: Give It To Em feat. Rick Ross i want to make like this: artist: Akon & Rick Ross title: Give It To Em i already ha…

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## [Renumbering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renumbering/17219)

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**Author:** [@RyefordPaul](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RyefordPaul)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renumbering/17219 "2024-02-25T13:33:17Z")

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Hi, I'm new to this site, but what I want to do is renumber about 16000 tracks 1 to 16000. At the moment they are numbered as per their CD track number, so I have loads of number 1s, 2s etc. I have tried using the renu…

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## [Change Featuring Artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-featuring-artists/63897)

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**Author:** [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-featuring-artists/63897 "2024-02-25T13:00:23Z")

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Hi guys, I'd like to automatically change Feat. Nana to (Feat. Nana) within my artists field. This "Feat. Nana" is just an example, I have thousands...

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## [Create Separate folders for each album field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-separate-folders-for-each-album-field/63888)

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**Author:** [@mbrazil05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrazil05)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-separate-folders-for-each-album-field/63888 "2024-02-24T20:10:06Z")

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I have a bunch of mp3s in one single folder from different albums. How do I create separate folders, based off the Artist name field of the individual mp3 track for instance Song - Artist - Album Bad - Michael Jackso…

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## [How to format a tag using text from the same tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-format-a-tag-using-text-from-the-same-tag/63887)

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**Author:** [@daring\_t](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/daring_t)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-format-a-tag-using-text-from-the-same-tag/63887 "2024-02-24T19:56:03Z")

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Hello all, I have a long list a albums from a audio series that look like the following: "01\_album name" and trying to make them look like the following "01\_album name(Vol. 01)". I clicked on actions and "Replace with …

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## [Show 24bit flac file information in Windows Explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-24bit-flac-file-information-in-windows-explorer/63883)

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**Author:** [@Woaini56](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Woaini56)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 8:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-24bit-flac-file-information-in-windows-explorer/63883 "2024-02-24T08:47:28Z")

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hello, I have 24bit flac files on windows and I cannot add the name of the group and the title, I tried with mp3 tag but impossible. When I go to properties I can't change anything, so is there someone who can help me, t…

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## [Windows, Matroska, Global Title, emoji, auto-deleted by Mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-matroska-global-title-emoji-auto-deleted-by-mp3tag/63554)

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**Author:** [@Wakaku](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wakaku)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-matroska-global-title-emoji-auto-deleted-by-mp3tag/63554 "2024-02-24T13:16:28Z")

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Windows, Matroska (eg. \*.mkv), emojis. If the MKV file has emojis in its Global Title, then Mp3tag completely auto-removes the Global Title after editing with Mp3tag, say adding or modifying existing values. A. Scenari…

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## [Album art and artist not showing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-and-artist-not-showing/63778)

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**Author:** [@MartinGSQ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MartinGSQ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-and-artist-not-showing/63778 "2024-02-15T13:05:07Z")

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I am new to this so apologies if this topic has been handled. I have a GWM Steed 5 car/pickup with a very nice display radio/USB player. I have used MP3 tag and painstakingly gone through adding the album art, edit the n…

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## [Transfer Title and Album to the file list in windows for aif files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transfer-title-and-album-to-the-file-list-in-windows-for-aif-files/63872)

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**Author:** [@tomjonze](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomjonze)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transfer-title-and-album-to-the-file-list-in-windows-for-aif-files/63872 "2024-02-24T02:11:48Z")

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I am sure someone else has asked this so I apologize but I'm not even sure how to word it or I would search for it but I have a ton of CDs I ripped in AIF. When I edit them in MP3tag I think the tags are updated but when…

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## ["Smart" Guesses](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/smart-guesses/63864)

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**Author:** [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/smart-guesses/63864 "2024-02-23T18:36:33Z")

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Is there any way to make what I can only call Smart Guesses? What I would like to do is make a guess based on data present, for example I have an action which imports data from a text file to a field "BIN" I then use G…

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## [Finding a specific word in a directory name and then write something to a tag field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/finding-a-specific-word-in-a-directory-name-and-then-write-something-to-a-tag-field/63862)

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**Author:** [@climaxim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/climaxim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 7:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/finding-a-specific-word-in-a-directory-name-and-then-write-something-to-a-tag-field/63862 "2024-02-23T07:25:26Z")

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Hello guys/gals! My question is that I have a lot of folders named randomly. e.g. Amon Tobin - Like Regular Chickens (Remixes) - ZEN1268 - (1998-WEB-FLAC) Lemon D - Feel It \[OC7\] \[1995\] \[WEB\_FLAC\] Afterdark - Afterd…

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## [Tag Panel - Retain Artist, Title and Genre when Changing Directories](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-retain-artist-title-and-genre-when-changing-directories/63860)

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**Author:** [@pinkfloydfan1234](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pinkfloydfan1234)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-panel-retain-artist-title-and-genre-when-changing-directories/63860 "2024-02-22T14:14:59Z")

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Hello. I'm a newbie coming from Tag&Rename. When using Tag&Rename the "tag panel" retains the artist, title and genre each time I change to another folder. This way, when I have multiple folders for an artist I can ch…

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## [Import tags from TXT or CSV](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-tags-from-txt-or-csv/63855)

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**Author:** [@Tempo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tempo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-tags-from-txt-or-csv/63855 "2024-02-22T06:29:31Z")

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Hi all. New user here. I have done a search of the community support docs but nothing is jumping out at me as a solution. My question is in two parts. I want to clear all existing tags (even invisible tags) and load a f…

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## [WSS: The time limit for the operation has been reached - Error 12002](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wss-the-time-limit-for-the-operation-has-been-reached-error-12002/63852)

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**Author:** [@Endeavour](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Endeavour)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 6:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wss-the-time-limit-for-the-operation-has-been-reached-error-12002/63852 "2024-02-22T06:26:36Z")

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Hi, I know the issue is older and has obviously been resolved. I'm posting my problem here anyway, because it's pretty much my problem too. I'm using Windows 11 23H2 and mp3tag 3.24 (64 bit). I can't connect to any dat…

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## [Autocomplete doesnt work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autocomplete-doesnt-work/63839)

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**Author:** [@chaosrealm93](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chaosrealm93)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/autocomplete-doesnt-work/63839 "2024-02-21T17:37:33Z")

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coming from win 7 pro and forced to upgrade to win10 pro, i loved the autocomplete feature. i use it in the "genre" field the most. for example a song would say "dance" and i could click once in the field, highlight th…

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## [Bigs problems with deleting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bigs-problems-with-deleting/63846)

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**Author:** [@Jahk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jahk)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bigs-problems-with-deleting/63846 "2024-02-21T09:49:04Z")

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Good morning, I have bigs problems that I don't understand! when I delete files in Mp3tag, they are not deleted in my directory! (windows 11 & latest version of Mp3tag) Please help me Jahk

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## [Cover Art auto re-size](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-auto-re-size/14705)

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**Author:** [@fohrums](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fohrums)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-auto-re-size/14705 "2024-02-21T07:54:04Z")

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First I would like to know if anybody here generally have any preference with embedded art cover? Is there an actual size standard? If so any reasons why? I generally don’t prefer to have album art bigger than 1000 x 1…

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## [I've tried it all...still can't get mp3tag installed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ive-tried-it-all-still-cant-get-mp3tag-installed/63828)

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**Author:** [@rockman5150](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rockman5150)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ive-tried-it-all-still-cant-get-mp3tag-installed/63828 "2024-02-20T16:13:28Z")

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I noticed that I had v3.18 and v3.24 installed on my Windows 10 Pro machine (64-bit). I'm not real sure how that happened, so I attempted uninstalling v3.18, which resulted in both versions being uninstalled. I now have …

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