# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=59 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 60 --- ## [Optimize FLAC Utils Not Available in Batch Selections](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/optimize-flac-utils-not-available-in-batch-selections/63690)
**Author:** [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/optimize-flac-utils-not-available-in-batch-selections/63690 "2024-02-07T15:56:47Z")
The new Optimize FLAC works much more reliably & efficiently compared to the previous workaround using the downloaded tool from the FLAC website however she seems shy. I noticed the Utils seemed to play peakaboo with me… --- ## [$if(x,y,z) not working as expected](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-x-y-z-not-working-as-expected/63710)
**Author:** [@Magboro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Magboro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-x-y-z-not-working-as-expected/63710 "2024-02-07T14:25:53Z")
Hi, I am using Mp3tag v3.24 in windows 11. I want to restructure my library using a different tree for classical music and not classical. For classical, I want to create a directory with composer name, and for non cla… --- ## [Automate the REPLACE action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automate-the-replace-action/63706)
**Author:** [@Ian\_Werich](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ian_Werich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 10:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automate-the-replace-action/63706 "2024-02-07T10:38:21Z")
Hi everyone, I need to edit a large number of artist names in the ALBUMARTlST field that are currently in the format FIRSTNAMELAST, i.e. without separator space (e.g. MichaelJackson). I know I can do the job through th… --- ## [Freedb only checker of track duration?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-only-checker-of-track-duration/63702)
**Author:** [@Harm10](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Harm10)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 6:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/freedb-only-checker-of-track-duration/63702 "2024-02-07T06:47:30Z")
Hi! I am using MP3Tag for several years now. Very good tool! I recently added some Tag sources based on information found here. As far as I am aware Freedb is the only one that checks the duration of tracks to recogni… --- ## [Check whether file exists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-whether-file-exists/63698)
**Author:** [@girw1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/girw1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/check-whether-file-exists/63698 "2024-02-06T18:19:53Z")
I do have a workaround if this isnt possible, but i would like to know: How does mp3 tags execute action groups? If i make an action group that imports a (text) file in a temporary tag, then writes "yes" into another t… --- ## [Tag Sources: No Filename Associations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-no-filename-associations/63692)
**Author:** [@drpeppercan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drpeppercan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-sources-no-filename-associations/63692 "2024-02-06T17:53:02Z")
Hi all! I am new to MP3Tag. I have used the Tag Sources with both MusicBrainz and Discogs. They do find cover artwork and plenty of information. But often enough the file names fail to be associated with their respecti… --- ## [Minimize redundant information](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/minimize-redundant-information/63648)
**Author:** [@Roland](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Roland)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/minimize-redundant-information/63648 "2024-02-06T12:56:57Z")
There is redundant information in many of my albums. I can correct a lot of this with rule-based macros. I like to have INVOLVEDPEOPLE as preferred information. PERFORMER often contains redundant information. How … --- ## [How to fix mass of mp3 wrong times? after editing 50000 songs, times all wrong](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-fix-mass-of-mp3-wrong-times-after-editing-50000-songs-times-all-wrong/63682)
**Author:** [@Dick\_Harpees](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_Harpees)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-fix-mass-of-mp3-wrong-times-after-editing-50000-songs-times-all-wrong/63682 "2024-02-06T12:34:28Z")
I edited the heck out of my mp3 tags a few months back, and wound up with great tags, nearly complete artwork (though often only one song on an album will have none for no explainable reason) and everything looked great. … --- ## [Editing 2786 files using a Uniform filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-2786-files-using-a-uniform-filename/60599)
**Author:** [@Dick\_Harpees](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dick_Harpees)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-2786-files-using-a-uniform-filename/60599 "2024-02-06T07:40:59Z")
Would it be possible with the program to take all entries with numerals at the start, get rid of any hypens, periods or other items around the starting numerals and replace using only the found numerals in a format of 0x… --- ## [Can MP3 Tag automatically display Spotify songwriter metadata?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3-tag-automatically-display-spotify-songwriter-metadata/63687)
**Author:** [@dennydave1971](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dennydave1971)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3-tag-automatically-display-spotify-songwriter-metadata/63687 "2024-02-05T17:45:20Z")
When I import from Spotify the composer credits are not automatically displayed in MP3 Tag. Is there a way that I can get MP3 Tag to do so? Any help would be really, really appreciated as I really don't want to manually… --- ## [Just upgraded to version 24 and nothing appears on the listing?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/just-upgraded-to-version-24-and-nothing-appears-on-the-listing/63689)
**Author:** [@norwags](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/norwags)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/just-upgraded-to-version-24-and-nothing-appears-on-the-listing/63689 "2024-02-05T00:34:00Z")
I cannot find anything in the documentation that can help correct this problem. Can anyone help? --- ## [Remove Date from folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-date-from-folders/63685)
**Author:** [@djerniehoule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djerniehoule)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-date-from-folders/63685 "2024-02-04T20:27:43Z")
I have a ton of folders within a hard drive that I am trying to clean up and organize. A lot of the "folders" not "files" look like this: "1970 - I Walk The Line" I don't organize my music this way, so I'd like to change… --- ## [Delete all fields (method to leave only cover)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-fields-method-to-leave-only-cover/63678)
**Author:** [@amacoco](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/amacoco)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-fields-method-to-leave-only-cover/63678 "2024-02-04T13:20:03Z")
Delete all fields (method to leave only cover) Nice to meet you all in the community! Sorry if it's hard to read because it's a translation. Win11 environment Version is v3.22b The main extensions are mp3.flac.mp4.m… --- ## [Custom Genre List](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-list/63675)
**Author:** [@FabFab](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/FabFab)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-list/63675 "2024-02-04T09:03:24Z")
Hi Everybody, Hi Florian, I think there's a potential bug with the Custom Genre List. I can change them with personal list but each time I select for example année 80 I've got systematicly "Folk" instead of. Can you h… --- ## [Splitting Filename into other fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-filename-into-other-fields/63671)
**Author:** [@Ian\_Werich](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ian_Werich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-filename-into-other-fields/63671 "2024-02-03T18:09:48Z")
Hi everyone, I have to manage a large number of music tracks starting from the FILENAME field which contains all the elements to populate the fields of each tracks. All elements of the FILENAME are separated by the "- … --- ## [28 characters need to be removed from file name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/28-characters-need-to-be-removed-from-file-name/63670)
**Author:** [@zach](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zach)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/28-characters-need-to-be-removed-from-file-name/63670 "2024-02-03T12:21:49Z")
Hello In a recent work all files are stamped with a mysterious code in the right part of the file For example: Name1-bEPvh2BAK-Y-128k-1705842025.wma Name2-hMrAivGwlwM-128k-1705841979.wma Name3-QDdL7YdZx6Q-128k-17058… --- ## [Move text after a dash into brackets at the end of the same field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-text-after-a-dash-into-brackets-at-the-end-of-the-same-field/63657)
**Author:** [@djrip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djrip)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 7:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-text-after-a-dash-into-brackets-at-the-end-of-the-same-field/63657 "2024-02-02T07:17:50Z")
Hi. I can find posts for moving text from one field to another but wish to have a field modified as such... If a dash exists within the TITLE, (preceding or trailing SPACES are not concerned.... yet) the text after the… --- ## [Copy Tags From Old Files to New: Text to Tag Converter](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-old-files-to-new-text-to-tag-converter/63656)
**Author:** [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 6:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tags-from-old-files-to-new-text-to-tag-converter/63656 "2024-02-02T06:41:14Z")
I'm embarking on a journey to upgrade my MP3 / M4A library to FLAC. Thus far I have tried: Method 1: Opening two directories with the same album, one in FLAC the other in mp3 I sort the files so that the FLAC & mp3 fi… --- ## [Remove trailing apostrophe](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-trailing-apostrophe/63625)
**Author:** [@djrip](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djrip)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-trailing-apostrophe/63625 "2024-02-02T02:25:35Z")
How can we do the same thing but with a single trailing apostrophe? So Cryin' becomes Cryin I've tried a few variations but it seems to ignore my wishes. I'm obviously guessing wrong. --- ## [V3.24 does not install context menu item](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-24-does-not-install-context-menu-item/63652)
**Author:** [@rjack](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rjack)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-24-does-not-install-context-menu-item/63652 "2024-02-01T19:41:16Z")
v3.24 does not install Explorer context menu, even though the installer says it does. I rely on this a lot and hope this can be corrected. --- ## [Cover Art Anomaly After Upgrade to v3.24](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-anomaly-after-upgrade-to-v3-24/63631)
**Author:** [@disilver](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/disilver)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-anomaly-after-upgrade-to-v3-24/63631 "2024-02-01T15:13:05Z")
I have been adding cover art to my .mp3s in v3.23. They worked perfectly and my cover art appeared in the .mp3 player on my desktop and in the .mp3 player on the website 'in the cloud' where I store my music. Yesterday… --- ## [How could I remove the text with parentheses?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-could-i-remove-the-text-with-parentheses/63646)
**Author:** [@blazinho](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blazinho)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-could-i-remove-the-text-with-parentheses/63646 "2024-02-01T10:00:04Z")
Yep, that showed a lot more! Thanks!!! Not sure if I should ask this in a new post, but how could I remove the text with parentheses? It's the title field --- ## [How to filter songs with japanese characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-songs-with-japanese-characters/63636)
**Author:** [@blazinho](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blazinho)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 9:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-songs-with-japanese-characters/63636 "2024-02-01T09:13:41Z")
I looked around and only found a post about guessing values, switching fields and all. Not what I want. I only want to filter songs that have japanese characters. I tried using this $regexp(%title%,'\[\\x00-\\x7F\]+',) whi… --- ## [Replacing a Portion of Title with the Discnumber Value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-portion-of-title-with-the-discnumber-value/63624)
**Author:** [@jprobins](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jprobins)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-portion-of-title-with-the-discnumber-value/63624 "2024-01-31T20:14:11Z")
I am attempting to use a regular expression action to delete a portion of the title field and replace it with the numerical value from the discnumber tag. I presumed that I could use %discnumber% in the replace with fiel… --- ## [Remove last character if =\*](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-last-character-if/9657)
**Author:** [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-last-character-if/9657 "2010-01-08T22:43:02Z")
How can I get my MP3Tag to strip the last charter from certain fields (Artist, Title, and Album) I realize some of my songs the title always ends with a “space” / " " (space bar space) How can i get MP3Tag to: read t… --- ## [Local freedb wildcards](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-wildcards/63619)
**Author:** [@cinephos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cinephos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-wildcards/63619 "2024-01-30T19:22:13Z")
I am still using localfree db. I have difficulty in using the text input following the "artist / album" format. If the input matches the local freedb parameter DTITLE, then the correct cd info is retrieved. If the inpu… --- ## [Retain the first 10 characters and delete everything after](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retain-the-first-10-characters-and-delete-everything-after/63606)
**Author:** [@Calysmin38](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Calysmin38)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retain-the-first-10-characters-and-delete-everything-after/63606 "2024-01-29T18:12:37Z")
Currently, I have the following pattern for my filenames (these are some examples): 1981-03-01-Kim Carnes-Bette Davis Eyes.mp3 1981-07-01-Soft Cell-Tainted Love.mp3 1982-01-22-Huey Lewis and The News-Do You Believe in… --- ## [Can mp3tag display tracks in my Music folder on my NAS in their respective artist/album folders?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-display-tracks-in-my-music-folder-on-my-nas-in-their-respective-artist-album-folders/63599)
**Author:** [@Yukster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Yukster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-display-tracks-in-my-music-folder-on-my-nas-in-their-respective-artist-album-folders/63599 "2024-01-29T07:04:53Z")
Currently, mp3tag shows the individual tracks in my Music folder on my NAS, and I can see the path so can work out the album and artist structure but prefer if the files were presented in their folder. Can mp3tag display… --- ## [Extracting info from one field to another](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-info-from-one-field-to-another/63593)
**Author:** [@mrtrev](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrtrev)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-info-from-one-field-to-another/63593 "2024-01-28T19:54:08Z")
Hi everyone, I'm trying to extract the first four digits from the comment field and copying them into the year field. Here's an example of the data in the comment field: PlayoutONE Meta Data,1985,1,0,0,0,0,0 I've tri… --- ## [Help with tag -\> filename scripting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tag-filename-scripting/63590)
**Author:** [@tvrxujfdtzds](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tvrxujfdtzds)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-tag-filename-scripting/63590 "2024-01-28T15:09:50Z")
I want the following: 1 leading 0 if total tracks for album/folder \< 100 2: 2 leading 0s if total tracks for album/foilder \>= 100 how can I do it? Thank you. [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=58) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=60)