# Latest **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=134 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 135 --- ## [Where is the best place to save Album Cover Art?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-save-album-cover-art/60969)
**Author:** [@dec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dec)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/where-is-the-best-place-to-save-album-cover-art/60969 "2023-05-18T00:49:07Z")
... apart or as well as 'embedded', i have heaps of album art saved in same folder as the music tracks as a very organised person, is it better to have a separate dedicated Folder for all Album Art? or does that create… --- ## [Form to edit all tag fields for a track](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/form-to-edit-all-tag-fields-for-a-track/61008)
**Author:** [@dec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dec)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 12:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/form-to-edit-all-tag-fields-for-a-track/61008 "2023-05-18T00:36:48Z")
even if i have LHS edit panel open, i do not see a way to simply edit all tag fields at once - for a single track that is in fact Musicbee seems to give me much easier way to edit all individual tags i have screen all … --- ## [Cannot convert tag to filename v3.20 64-bit](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005)
**Author:** [@Tom-Ottawa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tom-Ottawa)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-convert-tag-to-filename-v3-20-64-bit/61005 "2023-05-17T23:07:30Z")
I get these INCORRECT messages: File "Z:\\Users\\tOM\\Music\\Speech\\Tom Clancy\\jr24 Mike Maden\\jr25 Point of Contact\\jr24 Point of Contact-07.mp3" cannot be renamed to "Z:\\Users\\tOM\\Music\\Speech\\Tom Clancy\\jr24 Mike Maden\\j… --- ## [Can I remove some text from all the songs?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-remove-some-text-from-all-the-songs/61012)
**Author:** [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-i-remove-some-text-from-all-the-songs/61012 "2023-05-17T18:22:49Z")
Hi I have ripped a remaster cd , and I have used eac to rip and tag all the song have (remaster) Changes (remaster) Oh! You Pretty Things (remaster) and so on , can I do it with mp3tag ? Remove all "(remaster)" from… --- ## [Accumulated Time "Action Item"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/accumulated-time-action-item/61006)
**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/accumulated-time-action-item/61006 "2023-05-17T18:14:10Z")
This may seem a little odd, but a secondary yet valuable use for Mp3tag is to make it easy to prepare a folder of music tracks to be "manually" played in a desired sequential order. After selecting the music tracks from… --- ## [Can you pause Save Changes until you are ready?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-you-pause-save-changes-until-you-are-ready/61011)
**Author:** [@ValRomeo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ValRomeo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-you-pause-save-changes-until-you-are-ready/61011 "2023-05-17T15:10:16Z")
I am editing a lot of files on my NAS and it is time consuming to update a title and wait for the change to save then the next and so on. Is there a way to essentially pause any saves until i'm ready. I could go through … --- ## ['Filename of playlist' option and $replace issue](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-of-playlist-option-and-replace-issue/60989)
**Author:** [@bd0426](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bd0426)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-of-playlist-option-and-replace-issue/60989 "2023-05-17T13:59:27Z")
MP3tag v3.20. I am trying to use the following to get MP3tag to remove a character when creating a playlist. %albumartist% - %year% - $replace(%album%,:,'-').m3u However I am given the following message with the : hig… --- ## [Custom "sort by" for a field column instead of alphanumeric sorting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-sort-by-for-a-field-column-instead-of-alphanumeric-sorting/60948)
**Author:** [@DJNeidermeyer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJNeidermeyer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-sort-by-for-a-field-column-instead-of-alphanumeric-sorting/60948 "2023-05-16T21:36:24Z")
Throwing myself to wolves here probably but I'm not experienced enough to do it myself, but I think it's pretty simple and analyzing your advice will help me figure out problems in the future. I want to sort my CD rippe… --- ## [Command line parameters for macOS?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/command-line-parameters-for-macos/60991)
**Author:** [@music\_monster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/music_monster)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 8:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/command-line-parameters-for-macos/60991 "2023-05-16T08:22:00Z")
I can't seem to find any documentation listing if there are any command line parameters for macOS. I can launch the application via the command line like: open -a Mp3tag --args ?? or /Applications/Mp3tag.app/Contents/… --- ## [Mp3tag Alternative für Android](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-alternative-fur-android/60886)
**Author:** [@mawoas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mawoas)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-alternative-fur-android/60886 "2023-05-16T07:05:41Z")
Hallo zusammen, ich suche eine Alternative zu Mp3tag für Android. Kann mir hier jemand eine Empfehlung geben? Gruß mawoas --- ## [Grandparent Folder Renaming](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973)
**Author:** [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grandparent-folder-renaming/60973 "2023-05-15T22:28:02Z")
Is it possible to rename the grandparent folder? i.e. the folder named "album" in my example. .\\music\\artist\\album\\CD1\\track.flac --- ## [Auto Renaming of filenames if duplicated](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-renaming-of-filenames-if-duplicated/9637)
**Author:** [@kimosapiens](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kimosapiens)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-renaming-of-filenames-if-duplicated/9637 "2023-05-15T21:18:09Z")
Hi ! How do I make Mp3 tag to add a number at the end of the FILENAME in the case of duplicated filenames? Example: ABBA-Mamma Mia.mp3 - first copy of the song ABBA-Mamma Mia(2).mp3 -… --- ## [Tag und Dateinamen ändern bei Various Artists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-und-dateinamen-andern-bei-various-artists/60945)
**Author:** [@dsi2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dsi2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-und-dateinamen-andern-bei-various-artists/60945 "2023-05-15T16:54:38Z")
Hallo, kann ich eigentlich eine Aktion erstellen und damit folgendes in einem Rutsch bewirken (habs versucht, bin nicht weit gekommen): Ausgangsmaterial: Track: 01 Artist: Magic Sam Title: Sweet Home Chicago Filena… --- ## [Bulk edit first artist as album artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-first-artist-as-album-artist/60982)
**Author:** [@Pasi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pasi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-edit-first-artist-as-album-artist/60982 "2023-05-15T16:07:08Z")
Hi. My current metadata looks as follows: Some of the albums I have do not have the ALBUMARTIST, but rather have several ARTISTS tags. Usually the album artist is the first artist as ARTISTS. How can bulk edit and co… --- ## [Automatically selecting a song when accessed from the right-click menu?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-selecting-a-song-when-accessed-from-the-right-click-menu/60980)
**Author:** [@bobby131313](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bobby131313)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatically-selecting-a-song-when-accessed-from-the-right-click-menu/60980 "2023-05-15T14:10:16Z")
This will sound kinda petty I know but I'm editing a lot of music..... When I select a song with the right-click menu the software opens right up to it, but it's not selected so I have to select it before editing. Is th… --- ## [Copying length field value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-length-field-value/60957)
**Author:** [@MarianG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MarianG)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copying-length-field-value/60957 "2023-05-15T12:00:39Z")
Hi, I have a short question. I would like to copy (Ctrl+C) a value from the Length field. Due to earlier information (from 2010) this field was a read only field. Is it still a case? Regards Marian --- ## [Remove leading number from title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-leading-number-from-title/60975)
**Author:** [@MyHome](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MyHome)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-leading-number-from-title/60975 "2023-05-15T05:17:20Z")
Thank you so much. One last request: Many of the titles have a track number first, and a space, taking up the first 3 characters of the title. How do I delete just the first 3 characters of a title? Is there a "wild c… --- ## [Replace any text with a string](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-any-text-with-a-string/60971)
**Author:** [@MyHome](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MyHome)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-any-text-with-a-string/60971 "2023-05-14T18:45:15Z")
I want to replace any of the text in Artist with a String. Is there a simple way to do this? Thanks. --- ## [What is best field format for the Title field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-best-field-format-for-the-title-field/60968)
**Author:** [@dec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dec)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/what-is-best-field-format-for-the-title-field/60968 "2023-05-14T11:50:00Z")
my file name format is 'track artist - track name \[album name\] \[additional info\] \[track/album year\] i have laboriously changes Title field name to just 'Track Name \[optional track info eg Live\] ie i stripped the initia… --- ## [Solution for integrating loose MP3s in a music collection consisting of albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/solution-for-integrating-loose-mp3s-in-a-music-collection-consisting-of-albums/60865)
**Author:** [@Nyapet](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nyapet)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 11:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/solution-for-integrating-loose-mp3s-in-a-music-collection-consisting-of-albums/60865 "2023-05-14T11:14:11Z")
Hi MP3Tag Community, I have learned a lot from you, so I now want to share a solution that may be helpful to some of you: how to keep your (album-based) music collection tidy, when you start adding loose MP3 tracks? My … --- ## [How to execute a script in mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-execute-a-script-in-mp3tag/60967)
**Author:** [@navarannan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/navarannan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 5:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-execute-a-script-in-mp3tag/60967 "2023-05-14T05:54:59Z")
Hi all I've been learning about the powerful scripting language of mp3tag. I have an example here $ifgreater($len(%title%),30,This title is too long!,) This basically adds "This title is too long!" to the %comment% t… --- ## [Created Date Column](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/created-date-column/60966)
**Author:** [@Alex4mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Alex4mp3tag)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/created-date-column/60966 "2023-05-14T05:48:41Z")
Hello Is there a way to add a Created Date column in mp3tag for Mac? Thanks, Alex --- ## [Delete Track/File](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-track-file/60956)
**Author:** [@dec](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dec)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-track-file/60956 "2023-05-14T01:54:03Z")
the only discussion i see n this is very old, and not quite relevant. i see the Manual states that Del REMOVES file from List Ctrl-Del actually deletes to Recycle and Shift-Ctrl-Del permanently deletes my question is… --- ## [Reordering proper names in file name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-proper-names-in-file-name/60964)
**Author:** [@DaPeaceMan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DaPeaceMan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reordering-proper-names-in-file-name/60964 "2023-05-14T01:03:55Z")
I would like the program to change Bobby Vinton to Vinton, Bobby or Elvis Presley to Presley, Elvis. Can it do this? --- ## [Ability to add/change genres has been removed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ability-to-add-change-genres-has-been-removed/60963)
**Author:** [@mwidunn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mwidunn)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ability-to-add-change-genres-has-been-removed/60963 "2023-05-13T20:36:29Z")
It seems like the ability to edit the genres has been removed from "Options" in 3.20. Could you, please, put it back? Otherwise, great software! --- ## [Add One New Genre Tag to all mp3 files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-one-new-genre-tag-to-all-mp3-files/60958)
**Author:** [@ceefax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ceefax)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-one-new-genre-tag-to-all-mp3-files/60958 "2023-05-13T13:23:14Z")
I want to add tag 'New Music' to a chunk of my collection that already has one or two genre tags applied. I cant just add a new genre tag in extnded tags as it appears to overright \< keep \> with the new tag. Im using ko… --- ## [How to append a new genre to existing genre?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-append-a-new-genre-to-existing-genre/60951)
**Author:** [@navarannan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/navarannan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-append-a-new-genre-to-existing-genre/60951 "2023-05-13T11:17:45Z")
Hi I have a requirement where a collection of songs have existing genre like "Rock", "Rock/Pop", "Pop" etc. I want to select all of them and add a custom genre like "Audio CD" Is there a way to achieve this? --- ## [Show raw tag data in Extended Fields \[Request\]](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-raw-tag-data-in-extended-fields-request/60942)
**Author:** [@knowle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/knowle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2023, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-raw-tag-data-in-extended-fields-request/60942 "2023-05-13T07:04:09Z")
I recently used the Node.js music-metadata package to automate file renaming on a large scale. I found that it was selecting a different string to what I expected for the title field. This turned out to be the result of … --- ## [Copy filename to title, removing leading numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-removing-leading-numbers/60943)
**Author:** [@AudioBabble](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AudioBabble)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-title-removing-leading-numbers/60943 "2023-05-12T12:39:56Z")
How would I do this with Mp3Tag? My filenames are 01 Title Of Song -- can go up to three digits if a multidisc, e.g 101 / 201, etc So... I need to remove ANY number characters, plus the leading space... and copy what's… --- ## [Formatting all collaborations on the same model](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-all-collaborations-on-the-same-model/60938)
**Author:** [@UION](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/UION)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-all-collaborations-on-the-same-model/60938 "2023-05-11T20:05:45Z")
I am trying to create an action that wil format all collaboration templates as: Artist 1, Artist 2 it is meant to replace formatting such as: Artist 1 feat Artist 2 Artist 1 feat. Artist 2 Artist 1 featuring Artist … [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=133) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=135)