# Latest **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=136&state=muted [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 137 --- ## [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 … --- ## [User Defined Genres](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genres/60935)
**Author:** [@wordman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wordman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-genres/60935 "2023-05-11T14:26:08Z")
I see there has been a change in MP3tag for adding User Defined Genres. However I am unable to see how to do this. Can anyone help? --- ## [Export cover art with folder name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-art-with-folder-name/60932)
**Author:** [@mbpt1984](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbpt1984)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 10:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-art-with-folder-name/60932 "2023-05-11T10:34:41Z")
hi im guessing this may have been covered but please could someone assist, im trying to export all my cover art and rather than the art being labeled as folder, i would like to name it under the album \\ song. $replace(… --- ## [Search for discs without track numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-for-discs-without-track-numbers/60930)
**Author:** [@Bookbear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bookbear)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2023, 5:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-for-discs-without-track-numbers/60930 "2023-05-11T05:15:37Z")
I have a large music collection, groomed over the years with MP3Tag (yea, Heinrich!). I need to search for the relatively few CDs that do not have track numbers in their records, rather than just stumbling across them w… --- ## [Filter (for latin letters in greek artist or title) not working as expected](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-latin-letters-in-greek-artist-or-title-not-working-as-expected/60928)
**Author:** [@Stem75](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Stem75)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2023, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-latin-letters-in-greek-artist-or-title-not-working-as-expected/60928 "2023-05-10T07:37:39Z")
Why this is not working. \* MATCHES \[A-Z\] on this artist and title names in a list: Στέλιος καζαντζίδhς (artist tag problem letter h) H κοινωνία (title tag problem letter H) --- ## [How to disable autosave in Mac version?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-autosave-in-mac-version/60890)
**Author:** [@AntonAusTirol](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AntonAusTirol)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-disable-autosave-in-mac-version/60890 "2023-05-08T12:29:41Z")
Hey! I bought MP3TAG yesterday after Tag Editor Lite for Mac crapware stopped workin on my machine. So far so good! One question so far... Q: How to disable autosave? When I change something app immediately applies sav… --- ## [After editing, tracks won't play on devices](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/after-editing-tracks-wont-play-on-devices/60917)
**Author:** [@tkspitzer](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tkspitzer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/after-editing-tracks-wont-play-on-devices/60917 "2023-05-08T00:58:37Z")
I use several devices to play music, including Denon's HEOS and Roku's Media player. I editing the tracks in two folders, basically prepending the track number to the titles. After editing, HEOS and Roku both do not rec… --- ## [Import from list - Open same folder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-from-list-open-same-folder/60891)
**Author:** [@Cafony](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cafony)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-from-list-open-same-folder/60891 "2023-05-07T19:05:40Z")
When importing names from text file. Open same folder as the files Thanks --- ## [Intro to assigning tag fields with scripting on Mac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/intro-to-assigning-tag-fields-with-scripting-on-mac/60909)
**Author:** [@greybeard](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/greybeard)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2023, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/intro-to-assigning-tag-fields-with-scripting-on-mac/60909 "2023-05-06T20:49:44Z")
Some things I had to figure out when trying to write my first script - hopefully helpful to someone. Important note: to assign tag fields with mp3tag on a Mac using scripting, you use the Import tag fields Action (as m… --- ## [How to use $replace?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-replace/60905)
**Author:** [@VojtaNesvadba](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VojtaNesvadba)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-replace/60905 "2023-05-06T07:48:28Z")
Hello, I've been reading scripting functions and would find handy the function $replace, but I don't understand how does that work. What I basically want to achieve: I have a long string in Composer tag (multiple values… --- ## [Adding a character prefix to autonumbering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-character-prefix-to-autonumbering/60901)
**Author:** [@dmr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dmr)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-character-prefix-to-autonumbering/60901 "2023-05-05T15:10:00Z")
I'm wondering if there is any way, when using the auto-numbering wizard, to not just specify a number from which the numbering starts, but also to add an alpha-numeric character string as a prefix? This would really hel… --- ## [Extract Cover with the SAME file name and BATCH IMPORT/EXPORT](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-cover-with-the-same-file-name-and-batch-import-export/60900)
**Author:** [@VagnerVideo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VagnerVideo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-cover-with-the-same-file-name-and-batch-import-export/60900 "2023-05-05T14:30:42Z")
Friends, please agree that "folder.jpg" is not an ideal name to extract cover art. I suggest that when extracting the cover, it has the same name as the source file. BATCH IMPORT COVER ART Another suggestion is to bat… --- ## [Wo sind die Genres?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wo-sind-die-genres/60885)
**Author:** [@geewee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/geewee)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wo-sind-die-genres/60885 "2023-05-05T10:32:15Z")
Waren die nicht in Datei/Optionen/Genres oder sind die in der x64-Version nicht drin? Wie kann ich wieder eigene Genres anlegen? Danke!!! --- ## [Parsing a portion of current folder name to rename files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/parsing-a-portion-of-current-folder-name-to-rename-files/60812)
**Author:** [@jerryfreak](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jerryfreak)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/parsing-a-portion-of-current-folder-name-to-rename-files/60812 "2023-05-05T06:21:34Z")
say i have a lot of folders in the uniform format of %artist% - yyyy-mm-dd - venue, city, state i.e Led Zeppelin - 1973-12-01 - Madison Square Garden, New York, NY with files named 01. %title%.flac 02. %title%.flac … --- ## [Adjust album art doesn't work if many files are selected](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adjust-album-art-doesnt-work-if-many-files-are-selected/60881)
**Author:** [@TTT](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TTT)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adjust-album-art-doesnt-work-if-many-files-are-selected/60881 "2023-05-05T05:09:24Z")
When making my music album art smaller selected all (about 1500 files) and then going to Edit \> Cover \> Adjust cover and entering 800 in the max size box. The prompt will immediately close and clicking save shows it writ… --- ## [Mp3tag for Mac v1.7 released](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-v1-7-released/59421)
**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-v1-7-released/59421 "2023-05-04T11:50:05Z")
Mp3tag for Mac v1.7 released I’ve just released Mp3tag for Mac v1.7 and I want to take the opportunity to outline some of the new features and improvements for you: Support for Multiline Fields on Tag Panel I’ve extende… --- ## [How to extract data from title field after specific characters to artist field?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-extract-data-from-title-field-after-specific-characters-to-artist-field/60875)
**Author:** [@jared01](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jared01)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2023, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-extract-data-from-title-field-after-specific-characters-to-artist-field/60875 "2023-05-04T07:54:00Z")
Hi I have a lot of music in this format: title: It's Yourz (ft. Raekwon, U-God, RZA, Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah) artist: Wu-Tang Clan I want it to look like this: title: It's Yourz artist: Wu-Tang Clan\\Ra… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=135&state=muted) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=137&state=muted)