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## [Files not found/editable after moving](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/files-not-found-editable-after-moving/61217)

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**Author:** [@sonymaster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sonymaster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/files-not-found-editable-after-moving/61217 "2023-06-09T18:24:42Z")

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After using the "tag to filename" function with moving files to another directory, the filelist is still available in Mp3TagEditor but it is not possible to change something. The "connection" after moving is lost. After…

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## [Aktion \<\<Tag-Feld formatieren „\_DIRECTORY“: %albumartist%/%albumartist% - %album%\>\> klappt nicht mehr](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/aktion-tag-feld-formatieren-directory-albumartist-albumartist-album-klappt-nicht-mehr/61220)

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**Author:** [@Didi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Didi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/aktion-tag-feld-formatieren-directory-albumartist-albumartist-album-klappt-nicht-mehr/61220 "2023-06-08T17:20:29Z")

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Seit dem Update auf MacOS 11.7.7 klappt die Aktion \<\<Tag-Feld formatieren „\_DIRECTORY“: %albumartist%/%albumartist% - %album%\>\> nicht mehr. Dieser Befehl legt einen Ordner mit Namen %albumartist%, darunter einen Ordner …

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## [How convert Jukebox to MP3 without using wallbox](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-convert-jukebox-to-mp3-without-using-wallbox/61222)

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**Author:** [@HoraceKHering](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HoraceKHering)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-convert-jukebox-to-mp3-without-using-wallbox/61222 "2023-06-08T16:00:33Z")

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Hi All, I wish to convert a Wurlitzer jukebox to play MP3's from the original key selectors. Everything should remain inside the box. Only the keys and amplifier/speakers are used plus a 2 digit LED display to give in…

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## [Merging two fields and blanking the second one](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merging-two-fields-and-blanking-the-second-one/60998)

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**Author:** [@Ian\_Werich](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ian_Werich)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merging-two-fields-and-blanking-the-second-one/60998 "2023-06-08T14:29:11Z")

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Hi everyone, I've readen some suggestion to merge a field into another using "Format Value" but I haven't find suggestion to set blank one of the merged field. For example, I would like to merge the fields "Artist" and…

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## ["Rating" Mapping Issue with MediaMonkey](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-mapping-issue-with-mediamonkey/48720)

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**Author:** [@PhrostByte](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PhrostByte)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 8, 2023, 10:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-mapping-issue-with-mediamonkey/48720 "2023-06-08T10:16:51Z")

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Bug: %rating mm% appears to be display MM ratings for MP3s and not for FLACs. When I right click an MP3 and then click Extended-Tags I see a field called RATING MM and it as a single digit value. However, when I right…

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## [Renaming Mutii directories at once](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-mutii-directories-at-once/61207)

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**Author:** [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-mutii-directories-at-once/61207 "2023-06-07T19:06:16Z")

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Hello, i'm trying to rename all my The %artist% directoires to %artist% The %year at once. can i do do this? my action is action format value field \_directory formet string E:\\1950s\\%artists% The %year% i like to …

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## [Please review the license terms before installing Mp3tag v3.21](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-review-the-license-terms-before-installing-mp3tag-v3-21/61210)

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**Author:** [@cjnewsom](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cjnewsom)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 7, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/please-review-the-license-terms-before-installing-mp3tag-v3-21/61210 "2023-06-07T18:26:16Z")

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I have been using Mp3tag for years (and previously donated). Recently I've received this error when trying to upgrade Mp3tag. There is no place (on this window) where I can review the license terms (only a "back" button…

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## [Copy whole uppercase words](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-whole-uppercase-words/61177)

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**Author:** [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-whole-uppercase-words/61177 "2023-06-06T19:29:35Z")

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Hello, I'm stuck. I'm wanting to copy all the words in upper case & any spaces between them. e.g. "4 MY FILENAME McWILLIAM Is Just This" or "5 MY FILENAME McWILLIAM A Is Wrong" This can be in any field as I'll be deleti…

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## [Discogs Authentication Error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authentication-error/61136)

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**Author:** [@winamp4life](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/winamp4life)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 6, 2023, 2:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-authentication-error/61136 "2023-06-06T02:42:39Z")

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I'm trying to import artwork & tracklist from Discogs. I keep getting an authentication error. I've updated to the latest version. Installed/reinstalled. Tried multiple computers. My next step was to try & find my Disco…

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## [Ratings Tag in Mac OS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ratings-tag-in-mac-os/61187)

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**Author:** [@YesThatJose](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/YesThatJose)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ratings-tag-in-mac-os/61187 "2023-06-05T15:42:59Z")

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Hi Everyone I've been trying to research this topic for a couple of hours and haven't gotten any results, so maybe if I state my question someone can provide me the insight I seek. I have been using a combination of th…

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## [Menupunkt Extra ist in Version 3.21 nicht mehr vorhanden](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/menupunkt-extra-ist-in-version-3-21-nicht-mehr-vorhanden/61189)

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**Author:** [@DJ-HEK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJ-HEK)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/menupunkt-extra-ist-in-version-3-21-nicht-mehr-vorhanden/61189 "2023-06-05T12:11:57Z")

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Hallo, seit dem neuen Update ist Extra in der oberen Leiste nicht mehr da. Unter Optionen findet sich Genres auch nicht mehr!

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## [Mp3tag v3.21 released](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-21-released/61070)

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**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 26, 2023, 10:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-21-released/61070 "2023-05-26T10:02:19Z")

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Mp3tag v3.21 released I've just released Mp3tag v3.21 and wanted to outline some of the new features and changes: Redo The new Redo menu and toolbar items allows for redoing the last undone operation. It can prove helpf…

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## [Import tag - 8 digit date?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-tag-8-digit-date/61176)

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**Author:** [@vanderzee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vanderzee)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 5, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-tag-8-digit-date/61176 "2023-06-05T02:35:49Z")

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the search does bring up an 8 digit date: but then in the tag import panel is only 4 digit (&year) is there some way to importa 8 digit date-\[ YYYY/MM/DD\]?

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## [Printing off various fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/printing-off-various-fields/61184)

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**Author:** [@Wolksby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wolksby)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/printing-off-various-fields/61184 "2023-06-04T18:10:47Z")

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Hi, I'm sure this is an easy one, but this is what I'd like to be able to achieve: Often I see a piece of music and either decide to buy it, or download it, but in most cases, I find it's already in my mp3 selection! I…

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## [Re-Reading large databases on startup takes a lot of time](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-reading-large-databases-on-startup-takes-a-lot-of-time/61178)

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**Author:** [@Johnk860](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Johnk860)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 11:33am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/re-reading-large-databases-on-startup-takes-a-lot-of-time/61178 "2023-06-04T11:33:14Z")

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I have a large database of music files, 107586 at last count. When I open Mp3Tag, it reads tag data for a long, long time. I would suggest changing from re-reading the entire database to identifying changes made since …

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## [More tools to search for artist info?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-tools-to-search-for-artist-info/61164)

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**Author:** [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 10:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/more-tools-to-search-for-artist-info/61164 "2023-06-04T10:39:13Z")

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Hello Everyone, Please show me how to contruct a search string similar to what follows, which I had found here for allmusic, with which to locate the artist info: https://www.allmusic.com/search/artist/$replace(%artist…

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## [Defining a new genre](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/defining-a-new-genre/61179)

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**Author:** [@Mario\_Pavel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mario_Pavel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/defining-a-new-genre/61179 "2023-06-04T09:34:50Z")

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Can I define new Genre items somewhere so that they then appear in the "Genre" dropdown box for genre selection?

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## [Sluggish performance](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sluggish-performance/60293)

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**Author:** [@esumsea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/esumsea)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [June 4, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sluggish-performance/60293 "2023-06-04T07:59:33Z")

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I have been noticing sluggish performance on this last build and it has gotten progressively worse. I do not see others reporting this, so maybe it has to do with my system, but other programs are not exhibiting the sam…

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## [Cover Import, ein Leerzeichen zuviel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-import-ein-leerzeichen-zuviel/61172)

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**Author:** [@Fotoknipser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fotoknipser)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-import-ein-leerzeichen-zuviel/61172 "2023-06-03T13:14:39Z")

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Hallo, seit einigen Tagen klappt der Coverimport nicht mehr reibungslos. Ich hab meine Cover im Verzeichnis D:\\Datenbank\\Access\\mp3\\Cover hinterlegt. Im MP3Tag ist folgende Einstellung eingetragen: D:\\Datenbank\\Access\\…

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## [Mapping Discogs 'Year' to another field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mapping-discogs-year-to-another-field/61173)

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**Author:** [@Anguisette](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Anguisette)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 11:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mapping-discogs-year-to-another-field/61173 "2023-06-03T11:38:46Z")

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hello, i've been finding the Discogs import feature quite useful for adding missing tags. however, one thing i don't like about it is that, for reissued/remastered albums, the 'Year' tag from Discogs contains the re-re…

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## [Album cover not displayed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-cover-not-displayed/61149)

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**Author:** [@Paul0259](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paul0259)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-cover-not-displayed/61149 "2023-06-03T08:20:28Z")

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Hello, In my mp3 library, some files do not display the album cover on my car radio. After examination, these covers are in webp format and not jpeg. How can I "easily" locate these covers in my playlist so that I can c…

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## [Album cover problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-cover-problem/61148)

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**Author:** [@Paul0259](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paul0259)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2023, 7:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-cover-problem/61148 "2023-06-03T07:56:37Z")

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Bonjour Since today (latest version) when I save an album cover, mp3Tag tags the cover correctly (as an icon) but creates an additional file folder.jpg ...??? How can I avoid creating this extra file? Thanks Paul

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## [Issue (bug) with text display in the file list](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-bug-with-text-display-in-the-file-list/61169)

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**Author:** [@Anguisette](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Anguisette)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-bug-with-text-display-in-the-file-list/61169 "2023-06-02T15:08:19Z")

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hello, i've just installed mp3tag, and i'm having an issue with the file list where some text fields seem to be corrupted or only partially visible (it's hard to say which). for example, here the 'Year' and 'Title' fie…

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## [Is it possible to change tags so that others cannot edit them?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-change-tags-so-that-others-cannot-edit-them/61166)

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**Author:** [@1mmm1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/1mmm1)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-it-possible-to-change-tags-so-that-others-cannot-edit-them/61166 "2023-06-02T14:25:56Z")

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is it possible to change tags so that others cannot edit them?

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## [Found existing installation error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/found-existing-installation-error/61078)

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**Author:** [@autom](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/autom)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [May 29, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/found-existing-installation-error/61078 "2023-05-29T05:47:31Z")

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Hi, I'm using mp3tag since... ever. And love it of course. Now i can't install the latest version (3.21). Neither 64- or 32-Bit. The error message "found existing 32-bit (or 64-bit) installation..." appears. But i alr…

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## [Tag to tag artist to composer blanks artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158)

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**Author:** [@jimlogan60](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jimlogan60)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-tag-artist-to-composer-blanks-artist/61158 "2023-06-01T20:58:38Z")

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Trying to move artist tag info to composer tag info but gettting no result except loss of artist tag info

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## [Replace action questions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-questions/61150)

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**Author:** [@djquartz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djquartz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-action-questions/61150 "2023-06-01T19:20:04Z")

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Is it possible to detect and replace symbols and spaces with the standard replace option? I'm looking to emulate the find and replace option I used previously. As examples, replacing double brackets, Inst with Instrume…

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## [Is there a way of detecting duplicate songs with the same "MD5 Audio" data?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-detecting-duplicate-songs-with-the-same-md5-audio-data/61154)

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**Author:** [@t800](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/t800)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-there-a-way-of-detecting-duplicate-songs-with-the-same-md5-audio-data/61154 "2023-06-01T15:58:58Z")

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Hi, I was able to add "MD5 Audio" column to around 20,000 tracks. I can see some of them are duplicated since they have the same "MD5 Audio" data. In mp3tag editor, is there a way of showing only these tracks with the s…

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## [Replace "The" in filename does not work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-in-filename-does-not-work/61103)

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**Author:** [@dp19](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dp19)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-the-in-filename-does-not-work/61103 "2023-06-01T15:19:38Z")

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well hi i try to do a quick action to replace the word The in all my titles. action quick replace field= title orginal=The replace with=THE when run this action it hangs up and just set there like a log. i have ov…

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## [Filter by path name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-by-path-name/61138)

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**Author:** [@djquartz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djquartz)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-by-path-name/61138 "2023-06-01T13:32:49Z")

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I was trying to figure out how to filter things by path name. Need some assistance. I want to filter by this path /Volumes/Scratch Live/scratchlive\_songs/Singles/ Is this possible?

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