# Latest **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=104&state=muted [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 105 --- ## [Huge size of mp3tag.db3 library file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/huge-size-of-mp3tag-db3-library-file/63715)
**Author:** [@KaeptnNuss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/KaeptnNuss)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/huge-size-of-mp3tag-db3-library-file/63715 "2024-02-08T22:13:28Z")
I see that the library file mp3tag.db3 is 1.7 GB! Why is this file so gigantic in size and is there a way to reduce it? --- ## [Copying part of filename to title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-part-of-filename-to-title/63716)
**Author:** [@Traned](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Traned)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-part-of-filename-to-title/63716 "2024-02-08T17:17:54Z")
When I select the button FILENAME - TAG the syntax is %title% But this just does a direct copy. What would the syntax be to copy just the name only, for example 01 - Song One.mp3 --\> Song One or 01 Song Two.mp3 --\>… --- ## [Partial tags migration](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/partial-tags-migration/63714)
**Author:** [@Mrakobes666](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mrakobes666)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/partial-tags-migration/63714 "2024-02-08T14:58:31Z")
I fill in tags of up to 30 for each album and make a discography. And now a new album is being added, how to transfer selective tags to a new album in 2 clicks (it is clear that besides the artist, the country and the na… --- ## [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… --- ## [Accessibility MenuItems in Ansicht -\> Sortieren Nach haben keine Titel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/accessibility-menuitems-in-ansicht-sortieren-nach-haben-keine-titel/63621)
**Author:** [@chpross](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chpross)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/accessibility-menuitems-in-ansicht-sortieren-nach-haben-keine-titel/63621 "2024-02-07T14:20:57Z")
Hey, ich bin blind und benutze daher einen Screenreader namens NVDA siehe hier. Leider scheinen die MenuItems im Menü Ansicht -\> Sortieren Nach keinen Titel für den Screenreader zu haben. Für mich heißen die alle "Me… --- ## [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. … --- ## [Schon erstaunlich, was mit "KI" alles möglich ist - jetzt auch im Musikbereich](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/schon-erstaunlich-was-mit-ki-alles-moglich-ist-jetzt-auch-im-musikbereich/59900)
**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/schon-erstaunlich-was-mit-ki-alles-moglich-ist-jetzt-auch-im-musikbereich/59900 "2024-02-06T10:54:10Z")
Folgenden Artikel habe ich gelesen. Ich bin noch unentschlossen, ob das eher ein Fortschritt oder ein Sargnagel im Musikbereich darstellt. "DALL-E für Songs": Google-KI «MusicLM» komponiert Stücke nach Textbeschreibung … --- ## [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… --- ## [Herkunftsland bei Interpret eintragen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/herkunftsland-bei-interpret-eintragen/50622)
**Author:** [@Kaschy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kaschy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/herkunftsland-bei-interpret-eintragen/50622 "2024-02-05T15:41:24Z")
Hallo zusammen, ich möchte gerne bei manchen Interpreten per Aktion oder Script ein Herkunftsland eintragen, aber nur wenn in dem dazu gehörigen Tag für das Land noch nichts eingetragen ist, also es somit diesen Tag i… --- ## [m3u-Playlisten mit absoluten Pfadangaben erstellen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m3u-playlisten-mit-absoluten-pfadangaben-erstellen/12318)
**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")
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… --- ## [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 "- … --- ## [Negative Squared Characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/negative-squared-characters/63556)
**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")
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… --- ## [Optimize mp4 feature](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/optimize-mp4-feature/63607)
**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")
Hi Florian, Optimize MP4 is not available in the MAC version. Do you implement this feature? --- ## [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… --- ## [Albumcover mit GoogleChromeSymbol](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albumcover-mit-googlechromesymbol/63664)
**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")
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… --- ## [Tag-Inhalt auf mehrere Dateien aufteilen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-inhalt-auf-mehrere-dateien-aufteilen/63660)
**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")
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… --- ## [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… --- ## [Einzelne Wörter im Tag-Feld nicht in Datei Speichern](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/einzelne-worter-im-tag-feld-nicht-in-datei-speichern/63616)
**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")
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… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=103&state=muted) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=105&state=muted)