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## [m3u-Playlisten mit absoluten Pfadangaben erstellen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-playlisten-mit-absoluten-pfadangaben-erstellen/12318)

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**Author:** [@jomei](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jomei)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-playlisten-mit-absoluten-pfadangaben-erstellen/12318 "2024-02-05T13:08:58Z")

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Zum Abspielen meiner MP3s benutze ich u.a. DigiJay (wer es noch nicht kennt sollte es unbedingt mal ausprobieren, absolut empfehlenswert). Dies Programm verarbeitet m3u-Playlisten nur mit absoluten Pfadangaben. Die Playl…

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## [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)

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**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")

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I cannot find anything in the documentation that can help correct this problem. Can anyone help?

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## [Remove Date from folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-date-from-folders/63685)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Delete all fields (method to leave only cover)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-all-fields-method-to-leave-only-cover/63678)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Custom Genre List](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-list/63675)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Splitting Filename into other fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/splitting-filename-into-other-fields/63671)

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**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")

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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 "- …

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## [Negative Squared Characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/negative-squared-characters/63556)

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**Author:** [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/negative-squared-characters/63556 "2024-02-03T15:21:32Z")

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I have recently thought to use the Negative squared characters when tagging my music. I have yet to find a music player which supports adding this character to denote explicit tracks when playing local files the same way…

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## [Optimize mp4 feature](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/optimize-mp4-feature/63607)

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**Author:** [@Aicanar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aicanar)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/optimize-mp4-feature/63607 "2024-02-03T15:01:25Z")

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Hi Florian, Optimize MP4 is not available in the MAC version. Do you implement this feature?

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## [28 characters need to be removed from file name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/28-characters-need-to-be-removed-from-file-name/63670)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Albumcover mit GoogleChromeSymbol](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumcover-mit-googlechromesymbol/63664)

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**Author:** [@Zoro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zoro)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumcover-mit-googlechromesymbol/63664 "2024-02-02T20:20:33Z")

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Hi, ich habe seit kurzem ein Problem, wobei ich nicht genau weiß, ob es mit dem mp3Tag-Editor lösbar ist: Von meinen ca. 130.000 mp3-Dateien in meinen diversen Musik-Directories haben geschätzt die Hälfte bereits Albenc…

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## [Tag-Inhalt auf mehrere Dateien aufteilen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-inhalt-auf-mehrere-dateien-aufteilen/63660)

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**Author:** [@berdor](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/berdor)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-inhalt-auf-mehrere-dateien-aufteilen/63660 "2024-02-02T14:09:12Z")

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Hi sorry für die Anfängerfrage Habe z.B. 4 Mp3 Dateien, in der ersten steht als Jahr 2001. Nun bräuchte ich eine Aktion die den Wert auf alle 4 verteilt. Hab mit Tag formatieren und Tag importieren schon probiert lei…

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## [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)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Einzelne Wörter im Tag-Feld nicht in Datei Speichern](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/einzelne-worter-im-tag-feld-nicht-in-datei-speichern/63616)

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**Author:** [@Gregorianfan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Gregorianfan)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2024, 6:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/einzelne-worter-im-tag-feld-nicht-in-datei-speichern/63616 "2024-02-02T06:49:02Z")

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Guten Abend, Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass das jetzt sehr speziell ist... Gibt es in mp3tag eine möglichkeit in einem Tag-Feld einen Eintrag zu machen, der NICHT als Tag in die Datei gespeichert wird? Nehmen wir als B…

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## [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)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Remove trailing apostrophe](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-trailing-apostrophe/63625)

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**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")

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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.

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## [Teile der Konfiguration nach Update weg](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/teile-der-konfiguration-nach-update-weg/63655)

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**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/teile-der-konfiguration-nach-update-weg/63655 "2024-02-01T21:57:03Z")

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Keine Ahnung, wann es passiert ist und nach welchem Update, jedenfalls kann es erst kürzlich passiert sein. Ich stellte plötzlich fest, dass beim Start von MP3Tag sich nicht mehr mein definierter Standard-Ordner öffnet…

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## [V3.24 does not install context menu item](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/v3-24-does-not-install-context-menu-item/63652)

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**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")

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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.

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## [Protecting tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/protecting-tags/63654)

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**Author:** [@shunts](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/shunts)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/protecting-tags/63654 "2024-02-01T19:06:38Z")

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I have about 3000 digital mp3 files that I need to protect the Copyright on. Is there a way to do this? I have added a copyright field to my directory but can't see a way to protect this tag (field) from someone editing…

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## [Cover Art Anomaly After Upgrade to v3.24](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-art-anomaly-after-upgrade-to-v3-24/63631)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Csv.mte ist weg, kein csv Export mehr möglich](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/csv-mte-ist-weg-kein-csv-export-mehr-moglich/63650)

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**Author:** [@Matthias1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Matthias1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 1, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/csv-mte-ist-weg-kein-csv-export-mehr-moglich/63650 "2024-02-01T13:41:28Z")

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Hallo zusammen, auch nach Neuinstallation der Software fehlt der csv Export. Die Datei "csv.mte ist gelöscht. Kann ich die irgendwo downloaden? Scheinbar gibt es auch nach der Deinstallation "Restdateien". Denn wenn ic…

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## [How could I remove the text with parentheses?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-could-i-remove-the-text-with-parentheses/63646)

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**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")

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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

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## [How to filter songs with japanese characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-filter-songs-with-japanese-characters/63636)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Replacing a Portion of Title with the Discnumber Value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-a-portion-of-title-with-the-discnumber-value/63624)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Remove last character if =\*](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-last-character-if/9657)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Local freedb wildcards](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/local-freedb-wildcards/63619)

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**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")

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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…

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## [Remove/edit atoms from M4A audio files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-edit-atoms-from-m4a-audio-files/13137)

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**Author:** [@JustForMyMemory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JustForMyMemory)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-edit-atoms-from-m4a-audio-files/13137 "2024-01-30T16:47:31Z")

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Mp3tag v2.48 deleted all (unrecognized) atom data from M4A audio files. Since v2.49, it keeps atom data, but does not have ability to edit them. I wish Mp3tag can. I have some “hard-tagged” M4A audio files, and I really…

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## [How to delete unsupported tags in .m4a files?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-unsupported-tags-in-m4a-files/63611)

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**Author:** [@Aicanar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Aicanar)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-unsupported-tags-in-m4a-files/63611 "2024-01-30T14:05:18Z")

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Hi, to delete unsupported tags in .mp3: Ctrl-X -\> Ctrl-V is a great workaround. But on my Mac I have 90% .m4a files. And unfortunately this doesn't work for .m4a files. Unsupported tags remain in the file. To be more…

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## [\[Feature Request\] Present Action group presets as buttons or hotkeys for instant execution](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-present-action-group-presets-as-buttons-or-hotkeys-for-instant-execution/61979)

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**Author:** [@Horseflesh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Horseflesh)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-present-action-group-presets-as-buttons-or-hotkeys-for-instant-execution/61979 "2024-01-30T13:51:48Z")

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The presets function in Actions is extremely useful... Switching between groups of Actions essential to my workflow. But, frequently manipulating the preset menu takes a lot of extra clicks. There is also the opportunity…

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## [Export audiobooks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-audiobooks/63608)

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**Author:** [@Cerinawithasea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cerinawithasea)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-audiobooks/63608 "2024-01-29T21:42:40Z")

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Im trying to figure out how to export my tag information to text or even just my clip board so i can paste it as tags for searches later on like a cloud I would need album artist narrator publisher year asin (length if …

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## [Retain the first 10 characters and delete everything after](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retain-the-first-10-characters-and-delete-everything-after/63606)

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**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")

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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…

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