# Support **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=89 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 90 --- ## [Updating tags on multiple files causes MP3TAG to hang](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-tags-on-multiple-files-causes-mp3tag-to-hang/59611)
**Author:** [@Kuchlei](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kuchlei)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/updating-tags-on-multiple-files-causes-mp3tag-to-hang/59611 "2023-01-05T16:53:01Z")
Further to my previous topic " Simple Action “Format Value” hangs" Recently I started another cleanup of my MP3 libraries and once again I am having problems with the program hanging when doing multiple files. I don't … --- ## [Saving the last path for covers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-the-last-path-for-covers/59624)
**Author:** [@Superfunk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Superfunk)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-the-last-path-for-covers/59624 "2023-01-05T08:47:07Z")
I've been working on my MP3 collection with several tens of thousands of files for a few months. If I want to assign a (new) cover to an MP3 file, the file selection window opens in the music file path. I switch to the… --- ## [Limiting leading zeroes in BPM](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/limiting-leading-zeroes-in-bpm/59608)
**Author:** [@ianwat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ianwat)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/limiting-leading-zeroes-in-bpm/59608 "2023-01-03T21:28:08Z")
Hi Guys, happy new year and hope you are all well. I'm finally getting into the swing of MP3tag, but encountered a strange one. The file "D:\\1D\\OneDrive\\N\\PO\\2023-01\\24kGoldn & Bandmanrill - Checkers (Explicit) - 8B - … --- ## [Editing folder names by tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-folder-names-by-tags/59590)
**Author:** [@Nasenschleimhaut](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nasenschleimhaut)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-folder-names-by-tags/59590 "2023-01-03T05:51:40Z")
Hi, I use the converter to rename files by tags. Is it possible to do the same to folders? Often I have folders like that: albumname I would like to name the folders like that: (year) albumname (xx Tracks) Thanks in … --- ## [Making Track Numbers permanent (or any other unique ID)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-track-numbers-permanent-or-any-other-unique-id/59583)
**Author:** [@dmr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dmr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/making-track-numbers-permanent-or-any-other-unique-id/59583 "2023-01-02T22:45:48Z")
I need a way to create a permanent and unique identifier for every track I have. This would allow me to edit/update tags and then re-upload them into a third party program that will merge the changes with the existing d… --- ## ['Album Artist' tagging problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-tagging-problem/59594)
**Author:** [@kde](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kde)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-artist-tagging-problem/59594 "2023-01-02T16:50:22Z")
Hi, I have a music collection of appr. 20.000 songs, all flac or mp3-files , and use ‘MP3tag’ successful for years now to to tag the collection, and I’ve never had much problems, so far. I use Logitech Media Server on a… --- ## [Image folder and Albumartsmall reappearing in the music folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/image-folder-and-albumartsmall-reappearing-in-the-music-folders/59551)
**Author:** [@Marethyu](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marethyu)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2023, 7:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/image-folder-and-albumartsmall-reappearing-in-the-music-folders/59551 "2023-01-02T07:39:18Z")
Hello, I have added image covers to my mp3 songs and I have a slight problem. In my music folders, I find .jpg files that correspond to the covers of my songs called "folder" or "Albumartsmall". I am in dual-boot ubuntu… --- ## [Manually entered tags not in mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-entered-tags-not-in-mp3tag/59587)
**Author:** [@Hole\_in\_one](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hole_in_one)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manually-entered-tags-not-in-mp3tag/59587 "2023-01-01T22:30:29Z")
Hello, I manually changed tags in my mp3's by right mouse click properties and then adjusting the year-tag. But that year tag is not shown when I open this mp3 file in mp3tag. How is this possible? --- ## [Bring Up MP3Tag in TotalCommander to Read Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577)
**Author:** [@salaryman63](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/salaryman63)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577 "2023-01-01T14:35:42Z")
Hi There - I would like to bring Up MP3Tag in Total Commander to read selected MP3 files. Right now I have added MP3Tag to the TC button bar but it only launches MP3Tag and reads the whole directory, rather than the sel… --- ## [Remove time stamp from date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-time-stamp-from-date/59571)
**Author:** [@ceo54](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ceo54)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-time-stamp-from-date/59571 "2022-12-30T21:58:47Z")
How do I remove time stamp from date ? I'm using format values action and for year using this regular expression: T\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{3}Z year is being written like this 2016-01-15T00:00:00.000Z, the above expression … --- ## [Case conversion for all fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-for-all-fields/59568)
**Author:** [@ceo54](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ceo54)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-for-all-fields/59568 "2022-12-30T20:03:59Z")
Hi, so I tried that case conversions in action, that changes the case on the tags that were written but not on the fields itself. Can you help me do this ? How do I manipulate the cases on the tag fields using the action… --- ## [How to edit multiple tags simultaneously](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-multiple-tags-simultaneously/59547)
**Author:** [@dmr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dmr)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-multiple-tags-simultaneously/59547 "2022-12-29T18:16:32Z")
I am working on improving the quality of the tag data I have and "filling in the gaps" in tags for each music track. Often I'll have a complete album with tagging that doesn't conform to "best practices" and I'm trying … --- ## [Display different text in column depending on match with other value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-different-text-in-column-depending-on-match-with-other-value/59531)
**Author:** [@Quisquose](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Quisquose)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-different-text-in-column-depending-on-match-with-other-value/59531 "2022-12-29T17:32:11Z")
Hello, I want to create a column view where a tag value is compared to %\_file\_create\_datetime\_raw% and %\_file\_mod\_datetime\_raw% and it displays different text in the column depending on the results. If the value matches… --- ## [Roon Recommended Settings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/roon-recommended-settings/59529)
**Author:** [@Moonloop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonloop)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/roon-recommended-settings/59529 "2022-12-28T20:53:01Z")
Is there a straight-forward listing of recommended MP3 Tag settings for preparing to add music to Roon ? Roon has been misbehaving lately , breaking up boxsets into individual albums , refusing to recognise SSD and repl… --- ## [Very slow writing tags to video files on fileserver](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-slow-writing-tags-to-video-files-on-fileserver/59493)
**Author:** [@mikek13](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mikek13)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-slow-writing-tags-to-video-files-on-fileserver/59493 "2022-12-28T20:35:13Z")
I'm trying to update some tags on videos on my fileserver - each write operation is taking over two minutes. I'm running v3.18. Does MP3Tag download the file and write it back? Even so, it seems to be taking a long ti… --- ## [Editing multiple track numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-multiple-track-numbers/59525)
**Author:** [@whereribbonsfly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/whereribbonsfly)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-multiple-track-numbers/59525 "2022-12-27T12:46:34Z")
Hello, I've been trying to edit the old albums, and some of the tracks have been replaced resulting in a mess with the track numbers. Is there anyway to fix them automatically? I've been really dying to know. here's an … --- ## [Copy text after specific character from folder name to tag field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-text-after-specific-character-from-folder-name-to-tag-field/52013)
**Author:** [@tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tag)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-text-after-specific-character-from-folder-name-to-tag-field/52013 "2021-02-18T19:22:17Z")
I would like to copy the text from the folder names after the (last) specific character "·" to the tag field 'Genre' For example, if a folder name is: "Chill · Chill Jazz" then copy "Chill Jazz" to the Genre tag field… --- ## [Modifying titles: Removing last occurence of content in brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modifying-titles-removing-last-occurence-of-content-in-brackets/59513)
**Author:** [@Ian\_Werich](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ian_Werich)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modifying-titles-removing-last-occurence-of-content-in-brackets/59513 "2022-12-26T15:48:20Z")
Hi everyone, I've labeled a huge number of titles adding a suffix to the very right side of the title in the form of: TITLE (xyzw 1) or TITLE (abcd 2) etc. Is there a method/regular expression to getting rid of all the… --- ## [Action to merge three tags into one and separate them again](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-merge-three-tags-into-one-and-separate-them-again/59511)
**Author:** [@Lem](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lem)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-merge-three-tags-into-one-and-separate-them-again/59511 "2022-12-26T07:50:41Z")
I am trying to create two actions: 1. An action to take the content of 3 specified tags and have the values merged into a single comma and space separated string. For example: Tag1 = ABC Tag2 = xyz Tag3 = 123 NewT… --- ## [Viewing and exporting Extended Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-and-exporting-extended-tags/59479)
**Author:** [@dmr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dmr)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-and-exporting-extended-tags/59479 "2022-12-23T18:38:52Z")
Hi - loving this great software, thank you for developing it. I have a lot of FLAC files that I wish to export tag data from. Some of the tags are "extended" tags, such as Catalog #, Conductor, Orchestra, and several o… --- ## [Track Numbers are lost when importing into iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-numbers-are-lost-when-importing-into-itunes/52680)
**Author:** [@jacobacci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jacobacci)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-numbers-are-lost-when-importing-into-itunes/52680 "2021-04-05T14:32:58Z")
I am struggling to import a number of m4a files into iTunes. I have converted the files from FLAC to m4a. I checked the metadata of the converted files using mp3Tag and the track and disc numbers look ok: I then put… --- ## [Group Actions into subfolders and/or assigning keyboard shortcuts](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/group-actions-into-subfolders-and-or-assigning-keyboard-shortcuts/59485)
**Author:** [@tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdog)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/group-actions-into-subfolders-and-or-assigning-keyboard-shortcuts/59485 "2022-12-23T14:26:11Z")
Not sure if this is doable but I'd ask anyway. So far I have a couple of dozens of different actions that I use all the time. I spend too much time looking for a particular action I need from the drop-down list. I wond… --- ## [Runtime error in mtaction.cpp](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/runtime-error-in-mtaction-cpp/59481)
**Author:** [@WB3K](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/WB3K)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 9:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/runtime-error-in-mtaction-cpp/59481 "2022-12-23T09:51:01Z")
Hi. I am getting a runtime error when runniung a (long) action. Error appears once for every file being processed. Running as admin does not help. Acknowledging the error allows the action to continue and it seems to com… --- ## [I would like to replace the (,) comma with the word Feat. and the very last comma with the and symbol (&). Please see the example](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-would-like-to-replace-the-comma-with-the-word-feat-and-the-very-last-comma-with-the-and-symbol-please-see-the-example/59468)
**Author:** [@DJunpridictabull](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJunpridictabull)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 8:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/i-would-like-to-replace-the-comma-with-the-word-feat-and-the-very-last-comma-with-the-and-symbol-please-see-the-example/59468 "2022-12-23T08:01:55Z")
I would like to replace the (,) comma with the word Feat. and the very last comma with the and symbol (&). Please see the example. Example 1: Artist: The Anxiety, Willow, Tyler Cole Artist: The Anxiety Feat. Willow & … --- ## [Change the order of artists in the Artist field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-order-of-artists-in-the-artist-field/59471)
**Author:** [@tdog](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tdog)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-the-order-of-artists-in-the-artist-field/59471 "2022-12-23T07:31:54Z")
I am trying to fix some incorrect tags where there are 3 artists who are listed in incorrect order. Example: Dreamy & Claire Willis & Daniel Kandi Should be Dreamy & Daniel Kandi & Claire Willis Then I have an action… --- ## [Transfer settings to new PC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transfer-settings-to-new-pc/6735)
**Author:** [@christian\_s](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/christian_s)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transfer-settings-to-new-pc/6735 "2022-12-22T12:19:09Z")
Hi all, I’m just setting up my new pc and was wondering what is the easiest way for me to transfer my mp3tag actions and filename rules from and old PC to a new PC? --- ## [Editing a title: Position of the cursor shifted to the right](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-a-title-position-of-the-cursor-shifted-to-the-right/59435)
**Author:** [@shimodabt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shimodabt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2022, 6:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-a-title-position-of-the-cursor-shifted-to-the-right/59435 "2022-12-22T06:50:56Z")
When editing a title that is longer than the length of the field, the cursor will be shifted to the right when trying to position it toward the beginning of the title. The title field displays the title from the left to … --- ## [\[regex?\] How can I remove lines with Chinese characters from the lyrics field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-how-can-i-remove-lines-with-chinese-characters-from-the-lyrics-field/59441)
**Author:** [@Fratter](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fratter)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-how-can-i-remove-lines-with-chinese-characters-from-the-lyrics-field/59441 "2022-12-21T21:36:02Z")
Some of my lyrics have Chinese language on every other line. \[00.12.34\]Message in a bottle \[01.23.45\]收到我的漂流瓶 \[02.34.56\]Message in a bottle \[03.45.67\]收到我的漂流瓶 etc. I've searched as much as I can but can't find a way … --- ## [Cover Art limit?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-limit/59469)
**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-limit/59469 "2022-12-21T21:29:59Z")
I was trying to attach some cover art and I got an error saying the maximum size (16 Mb) was exceeded. I did not know there was a maximum limit. When was this implemented and can it be bypassed? --- ## [Regex to extract Date from filename (4digit beginning with 19 or 20)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-to-extract-date-from-filename-4digit-beginning-with-19-or-20/59446)
**Author:** [@rdmp3](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rdmp3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-to-extract-date-from-filename-4digit-beginning-with-19-or-20/59446 "2022-12-19T17:53:03Z")
I'm trying to create an action for the Date tag where the four digit date is extracted from the filename, such that it will satisfy both these conditions: any number string of 4 digits ( ignoring number strings that … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=88) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/c/support/19.md?page=90)