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## [Bring Up MP3Tag in TotalCommander to Read Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577)

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**Author:** [@salaryman63](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/salaryman63)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 1, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bring-up-mp3tag-in-totalcommander-to-read-files/59577 "2023-01-01T14:35:42Z")

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Hi There - I would like to bring Up MP3Tag in Total Commander to read selected MP3 files. Right now I have added MP3Tag to the TC button bar but it only launches MP3Tag and reads the whole directory, rather than the sel…

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## [Settings backup and restore](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/settings-backup-and-restore/51350)

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**Author:** [@djdizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdizzle)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 31, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/settings-backup-and-restore/51350 "2022-12-31T22:38:08Z")

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Hi, It would be good if Mp3tag for Mac could backup and restore settings... and also import settings from the Windows version.

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## [Remove time stamp from date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-time-stamp-from-date/59571)

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**Author:** [@ceo54](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ceo54)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-time-stamp-from-date/59571 "2022-12-30T21:58:47Z")

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How do I remove time stamp from date ? I'm using format values action and for year using this regular expression: T\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{2}:\\d{3}Z year is being written like this 2016-01-15T00:00:00.000Z, the above expression …

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## [Off Topic - Updating tags does not update file, BoxSync ignores](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/off-topic-updating-tags-does-not-update-file-boxsync-ignores/59567)

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**Author:** [@beachatlast](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beachatlast)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/off-topic-updating-tags-does-not-update-file-boxsync-ignores/59567 "2022-12-30T20:50:31Z")

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Setup: MyMedia collection to play files through Alexa Box account and sync to sync MP3's from / to Android and Windows server mp3 repository Mostly uploads of new MP3 to server and mp3tag them there MediaMonkey to p…

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## [Case conversion for all fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-for-all-fields/59568)

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**Author:** [@ceo54](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ceo54)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-for-all-fields/59568 "2022-12-30T20:03:59Z")

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Hi, so I tried that case conversions in action, that changes the case on the tags that were written but not on the fields itself. Can you help me do this ? How do I manipulate the cases on the tag fields using the action…

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## [Mp3tag löscht dateien?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-loscht-dateien/59557)

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**Author:** [@Wien1414](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wien1414)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 8:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-loscht-dateien/59557 "2022-12-30T08:58:43Z")

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Hallo, bin neu. Verständnisfrage: wieso werden die entsprechenden Dateien in meimem Musikordner auf der Festplatte gelöscht, wenn ich die Einträge in mp3tag lösche? In MediaMonkey werden kann ich wählen, nur in MediaMo…

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## [Random order of files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-order-of-files/59561)

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**Author:** [@Dielis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dielis)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2022, 7:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/random-order-of-files/59561 "2022-12-30T07:51:24Z")

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In relation to this problem, I myself struggle with compiling albums from different artists. It would be really great if the autonumbering also included the option of a "random" autonumbering. Because now MP3Tag neatly s…

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## [Automate track numbering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automate-track-numbering/59541)

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**Author:** [@npx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/npx)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automate-track-numbering/59541 "2022-12-29T15:23:38Z")

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I asked about this as a side question in another thread: Compilation = 1 based on string content possible? - #3 by npx To repeat the request: would it be possible to have a setting in Mp3tag which allows for it to "assu…

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## [Extended Tags window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-tags-window/59559)

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**Author:** [@Lee](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lee)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extended-tags-window/59559 "2022-12-29T21:58:44Z")

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I am losing a Mac OS Big Sur 11.7.2 I have a question about Extended tabs. When I open the extended tabs window and try to enter a new tag, I hit the Plus, its gives me a window to add the tag but it remains GRAYED OUT,…

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## [Mp3 Dateinamen aus youtube-dl richtig umbennen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-dateinamen-aus-youtube-dl-richtig-umbennen/59556)

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**Author:** [@sakistech](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sakistech)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-dateinamen-aus-youtube-dl-richtig-umbennen/59556 "2022-12-29T21:51:12Z")

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Hallo zusammen, ich nutze die Youtube-DL Docker-App, um mp3 Lieder herunterzuladen. Soweit funktioniert auch alles. Meine Ordnerstruktur sieht wie folgt aus. youtube/ ├─ download/ ├─ audio/ │ ├─ Stamatis Gonidis │ ├…

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## [Fast editing Recommendation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fast-editing-recommendation/59554)

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**Author:** [@TommyTUSA](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TommyTUSA)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fast-editing-recommendation/59554 "2022-12-29T21:07:00Z")

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In Word and Excel, a user can hit Control H and find and replace whatever content superfast. I am wondering if that is a feature you can add in this program? It would be superfast and would find the target word and cha…

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## [How to edit multiple tags simultaneously](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-multiple-tags-simultaneously/59547)

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**Author:** [@dmr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dmr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-edit-multiple-tags-simultaneously/59547 "2022-12-29T18:16:32Z")

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I am working on improving the quality of the tag data I have and "filling in the gaps" in tags for each music track. Often I'll have a complete album with tagging that doesn't conform to "best practices" and I'm trying …

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## [Parsing information that is 2 pages deep?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/parsing-information-that-is-2-pages-deep/59544)

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**Author:** [@olliehughes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/olliehughes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/parsing-information-that-is-2-pages-deep/59544 "2022-12-29T18:11:44Z")

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I'm going through a lot of home videos and audio files and trying to add a bunch of tags, cover art, etc. I've been able to create a web source that searches google and returns the JSON results and from there I can go in…

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## [Display different text in column depending on match with other value](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-different-text-in-column-depending-on-match-with-other-value/59531)

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**Author:** [@Quisquose](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Quisquose)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 29, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/display-different-text-in-column-depending-on-match-with-other-value/59531 "2022-12-29T17:32:11Z")

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Hello, I want to create a column view where a tag value is compared to %\_file\_create\_datetime\_raw% and %\_file\_mod\_datetime\_raw% and it displays different text in the column depending on the results. If the value matches…

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## [Roon Recommended Settings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/roon-recommended-settings/59529)

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**Author:** [@Moonloop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moonloop)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/roon-recommended-settings/59529 "2022-12-28T20:53:01Z")

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Is there a straight-forward listing of recommended MP3 Tag settings for preparing to add music to Roon ? Roon has been misbehaving lately , breaking up boxsets into individual albums , refusing to recognise SSD and repl…

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## [Very slow writing tags to video files on fileserver](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-slow-writing-tags-to-video-files-on-fileserver/59493)

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**Author:** [@mikek13](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mikek13)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/very-slow-writing-tags-to-video-files-on-fileserver/59493 "2022-12-28T20:35:13Z")

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I'm trying to update some tags on videos on my fileserver - each write operation is taking over two minutes. I'm running v3.18. Does MP3Tag download the file and write it back? Even so, it seems to be taking a long ti…

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## [Web sources search thumbnails](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491)

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**Author:** [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-search-thumbnails/59491 "2022-12-28T18:40:10Z")

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I see on the built in Discogs and MusicBrainz in search you can load artwork during search. Is it possible for third party web sources, and what about on Windows?

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## [Kommentar und Gruppe wird nicht in Datei übernohmen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/kommentar-und-gruppe-wird-nicht-in-datei-ubernohmen/59488)

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**Author:** [@tgvfranz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tgvfranz)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [December 28, 2022, 7:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/kommentar-und-gruppe-wird-nicht-in-datei-ubernohmen/59488 "2022-12-28T07:52:33Z")

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Hallo Leute! Ich habe mit der V 3.18 ein Problem. Es wird beim speichern der Kommentar und die Gruppe nicht in die Datei geschrieben und das obwohl die Spaltenparameter identisch mit den Parameter vom Komponisten ist wo…

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## [Mp3 flag/bit edit ability](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-flag-bit-edit-ability/59521)

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**Author:** [@cheems](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cheems)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-flag-bit-edit-ability/59521 "2022-12-27T15:42:45Z")

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there was a program called "mp3 tag/studio", it could edit "original, copyright" "yes/no" bit can this function be added in mp3tag?

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## [Editing multiple track numbers](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-multiple-track-numbers/59525)

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**Author:** [@whereribbonsfly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/whereribbonsfly)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 27, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-multiple-track-numbers/59525 "2022-12-27T12:46:34Z")

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Hello, I've been trying to edit the old albums, and some of the tracks have been replaced resulting in a mess with the track numbers. Is there anyway to fix them automatically? I've been really dying to know. here's an …

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## [Copy text after specific character from folder name to tag field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-text-after-specific-character-from-folder-name-to-tag-field/52013)

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**Author:** [@tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tag)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 18, 2021, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-text-after-specific-character-from-folder-name-to-tag-field/52013 "2021-02-18T19:22:17Z")

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I would like to copy the text from the folder names after the (last) specific character "·" to the tag field 'Genre' For example, if a folder name is: "Chill · Chill Jazz" then copy "Chill Jazz" to the Genre tag field…

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## [Modifying titles: Removing last occurence of content in brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modifying-titles-removing-last-occurence-of-content-in-brackets/59513)

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**Author:** [@Ian\_Werich](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ian_Werich)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modifying-titles-removing-last-occurence-of-content-in-brackets/59513 "2022-12-26T15:48:20Z")

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Hi everyone, I've labeled a huge number of titles adding a suffix to the very right side of the title in the form of: TITLE (xyzw 1) or TITLE (abcd 2) etc. Is there a method/regular expression to getting rid of all the…

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## [Action to merge three tags into one and separate them again](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-merge-three-tags-into-one-and-separate-them-again/59511)

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**Author:** [@Lem](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lem)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 26, 2022, 7:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-merge-three-tags-into-one-and-separate-them-again/59511 "2022-12-26T07:50:41Z")

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I am trying to create two actions: 1. An action to take the content of 3 specified tags and have the values merged into a single comma and space separated string. For example: Tag1 = ABC Tag2 = xyz Tag3 = 123 NewT…

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## [Which (Windows 11) Explorer properties can be added to \*.mp3?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/which-windows-11-explorer-properties-can-be-added-to-mp3/59509)

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**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/which-windows-11-explorer-properties-can-be-added-to-mp3/59509 "2022-12-25T17:03:07Z")

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In this topic I wrote about the tags entered in Mp3tag, partly visible in Windows File Explorer: This time I took an mp3 without any tags and manually added all possible properties in the Windows 11 File explorer: …

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## [Web source i18n](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-source-i18n/59508)

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**Author:** [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-source-i18n/59508 "2022-12-25T13:17:48Z")

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Is it possible to get the users locale? To provide more localization.

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## [Add Columns in Discogs Search and other problems](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-columns-in-discogs-search-and-other-problems/59506)

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**Author:** [@Splash](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Splash)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 10:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-columns-in-discogs-search-and-other-problems/59506 "2022-12-25T10:03:27Z")

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Hi There! I'm using mp3tags feature to complete my Tags. Is there a way to add columns in discogs Search? I only have Artist, Album, year, format, Label, cat-no., country For identification I need Lenght of the Song. …

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## [How to tag IPLS with multiple people in the same role?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-ipls-with-multiple-people-in-the-same-role/59504)

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**Author:** [@davialves](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/davialves)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 25, 2022, 7:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-ipls-with-multiple-people-in-the-same-role/59504 "2022-12-25T07:32:36Z")

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When it's a person in two roles, I do it like this: Role1:Person1;Role2:Person1; It's wrong? It should be Role1, Role2:Person1; or another way? And what would be ideal for the reverse case? Role1:Person1, Person2; R…

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## [Tracknumbers with following space after import](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500)

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**Author:** [@VSG\_79](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/VSG_79)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 24, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknumbers-with-following-space-after-import/59500 "2022-12-24T12:15:49Z")

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Hi there! I recently stumbled upon the same error and I found out Mp3tag (at least the macOS-version) not only adds 0 before single-digit numbers but also a space after the track numbers. That is what caused my import t…

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## [Viewing and exporting Extended Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-and-exporting-extended-tags/59479)

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**Author:** [@dmr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dmr)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-and-exporting-extended-tags/59479 "2022-12-23T18:38:52Z")

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Hi - loving this great software, thank you for developing it. I have a lot of FLAC files that I wish to export tag data from. Some of the tags are "extended" tags, such as Catalog #, Conductor, Orchestra, and several o…

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## [Track Numbers are lost when importing into iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-numbers-are-lost-when-importing-into-itunes/52680)

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**Author:** [@jacobacci](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jacobacci)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 5, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-numbers-are-lost-when-importing-into-itunes/52680 "2021-04-05T14:32:58Z")

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I am struggling to import a number of m4a files into iTunes. I have converted the files from FLAC to m4a. I checked the metadata of the converted files using mp3Tag and the track and disc numbers look ok: I then put…

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