# Latest **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=196 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 197 --- ## [When replacing an album cover with a new one, what happens to the old .jpg file?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/when-replacing-an-album-cover-with-a-new-one-what-happens-to-the-old-jpg-file/55939)
**Author:** [@TommyT](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TommyT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2022, 7:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/when-replacing-an-album-cover-with-a-new-one-what-happens-to-the-old-jpg-file/55939 "2022-01-18T07:19:34Z")
Specifically, does MP3tag delete the old .jpg file? It seems that the number of album art files is increasing while the number of songs (Titles) is staying he same. I'm thinking the association between the Filename and… --- ## [Delimiters, sub-delimiters (!) and flattening/normalising](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delimiters-sub-delimiters-and-flattening-normalising/55931)
**Author:** [@DavidEsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidEsp)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 12:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delimiters-sub-delimiters-and-flattening-normalising/55931 "2022-01-17T12:05:56Z")
For some songs (beyond my normal sphere) that I tagged (over the weekend), Discogs (via Mp3tag's Search feature) returned multiple genre tags, separated by ", " (comma-space). It was first time I experienced this "in the… --- ## [$loop problem with multiple playlist generation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loop-problem-with-multiple-playlist-generation/55936)
**Author:** [@gsa999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gsa999)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loop-problem-with-multiple-playlist-generation/55936 "2022-01-17T12:21:16Z")
Hi I have the following code as part of an action to generate multiple playlists: $filename(\\\\NAS\\Music\\ArtistPlaylists\\,$regexp(%\_folderpath%,'^\\\\\\\\.+?\\\\.+?\\\\.+?\\\\(.+?)\\\\.\*',$1))) - Rated Tracks.m3u8,utf-8)$loop(%trac… --- ## [Feature Request: Default Discogs Sort-Column](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-default-discogs-sort-column/55933)
**Author:** [@DavidEsp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidEsp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2022, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-default-discogs-sort-column/55933 "2022-01-17T05:59:51Z")
When doing a Discogs search (via Mp3tag), the results-pane sorts (I think) by the first column, i.e. the artist name. I wish it was possible to set the default sort to be Year It is possible of course to click the "Yea… --- ## [Copy single tag item to multiple cells](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-single-tag-item-to-multiple-cells/55927)
**Author:** [@afcchris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/afcchris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-single-tag-item-to-multiple-cells/55927 "2022-01-16T19:11:25Z")
I need some help. For some reason i can't seem to work out how to copy a single tag (eg. Artist) and copy to other cells in the same column without affecting other columns. so for example i have some untagged tracks. I p… --- ## [Excel exporting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/excel-exporting/55882)
**Author:** [@afcchris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/afcchris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/excel-exporting/55882 "2022-01-16T19:00:41Z")
Hi there. I tried searching for this but all the results are in german. I am trying to export my list of tracks to Excel to interrogate them but either the text file (opened in Excel) or the CSV export are both unusable … --- ## [Feature request - Right click to refresh right pane](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-right-click-to-refresh-right-pane/55924)
**Author:** [@fzhyftaheggqlcjmlr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fzhyftaheggqlcjmlr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-right-click-to-refresh-right-pane/55924 "2022-01-16T14:38:19Z")
Many actions can be done via right-clicking rather than using the top menu icons. One action which is not supported is the right pane Refresh. It would be great to have the possibility to refresh via a right mouse click… --- ## [Suggested Feature: Allow User To Add Items To Drop-Down Boxes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-feature-allow-user-to-add-items-to-drop-down-boxes/18317)
**Author:** [@JerryTag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JerryTag)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-feature-allow-user-to-add-items-to-drop-down-boxes/18317 "2022-09-30T13:31:31Z")
Hi I am currently adding tags to a lot of Latin America audio tracks. In the tag panel I have added fields such as MOOD, COMPOSER, etc… Due to the nature of the Tag information there is a lot of information duplicatio… --- ## [Year Category v2](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-category-v2/55907)
**Author:** [@Smudger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Smudger)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-category-v2/55907 "2022-01-16T05:18:49Z")
Hiya and thanks to all yesterday that put me on the right track with the \\ in the year field Hopefully this will resolve all my YEAR issues, How can I please change 2021-10-01 (eg) to show just 2021 Thanks in advance … --- ## [4k display issues when opening tag source/option windows](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/4k-display-issues-when-opening-tag-source-option-windows/55898)
**Author:** [@hazza328](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hazza328)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/4k-display-issues-when-opening-tag-source-option-windows/55898 "2022-01-15T19:02:20Z")
Hi, Firstly, this is my first post, although I have been using MP3Tag for ages now, so hello everyone. I recently upgraded my display to an LG 4k monitor, which is great, except when I am using mp3tag to assign tags to… --- ## [Mp3tag v3.11h Runtime Error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-11h-runtime-error/55902)
**Author:** [@mr\_bug](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mr_bug)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 8:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-11h-runtime-error/55902 "2022-01-15T08:23:42Z")
After upgrading from v3.11f3 to 3.11h, the first run encountered an error. File: y:\\projects\\\_main\\szipfile.cpp Line: 343 Term: pfileIn != NULL Code: 0x00000000 The application encountered an unexpected exception and i… --- ## [Year Category Needs Correcting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-category-needs-correcting/55891)
**Author:** [@Smudger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Smudger)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2022, 7:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/year-category-needs-correcting/55891 "2022-01-15T07:06:45Z")
Hiya all I have loads of files with the year field filled in like this 2021\\\\2021 Is there a way please to strip out everything from \\ just to leave 2021 thanks in advance Steve --- ## [Mp3 File cannot be opened for writing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-file-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/55896)
**Author:** [@Goleminho](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Goleminho)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-file-cannot-be-opened-for-writing/55896 "2022-01-14T22:28:55Z")
Hello! I have read that a lot of people had this particular issue and I tried fixing it with the tips given but it did not work for me. My problem: I downloaded the Fire Emblem Three Houses OST from a site for video ga… --- ## [MusicBrainz album Covers are sometimes quite large (and take LONG to download)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicbrainz-album-covers-are-sometimes-quite-large-and-take-long-to-download/55661)
**Author:** [@Markus1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Markus1)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/musicbrainz-album-covers-are-sometimes-quite-large-and-take-long-to-download/55661 "2022-01-14T16:05:54Z")
Sometimes users have added rather large Cover images (e.g. png 18 MB, png 35 MB and so on) as the album's main cover image to the database mp3tag's MusicBrainz source is using. Downloading these covers takes very long, s… --- ## [How can I keep leading and trailing spaces in a parsed string?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-keep-leading-and-trailing-spaces-in-a-parsed-string/55491)
**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-can-i-keep-leading-and-trailing-spaces-in-a-parsed-string/55491 "2022-01-14T16:04:41Z")
I'm still learning the syntax of the Web Source language. If I parse a JSON result, I get a string called JOINPHRASE which can include leading and trailing spaces like in the string " feat. " (which would be space feat.… --- ## [Größe/Veränderbare Größe Aktion "Tagfelder entfernen außer"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grosse-veranderbare-grosse-aktion-tagfelder-entfernen-ausser/55784)
**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grosse-veranderbare-grosse-aktion-tagfelder-entfernen-ausser/55784 "2022-01-14T16:03:39Z")
Das Konfigurationsfeld für die Aktionen "Tagfelder entfernen außer" ist im Gegensatz zu allen anderen Aktionen klein und nicht in der Größe veränderbar. Man kann also einen Inhalt mit mehreren Tagfeldern, die man erhalte… --- ## [Issues when Operating Images](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issues-when-operating-images/55886)
**Author:** [@Rtyom](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rtyom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 7:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issues-when-operating-images/55886 "2022-01-14T07:31:37Z")
There are at least two bugs I started experiencing lately. First, it happenes with uploading images to websites (Discogs, for example) when doing it directly from the tool window. If dropped on the upload area of my brow… --- ## [Adding User-Defined Genres](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-user-defined-genres/18671)
**Author:** [@Ponsan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ponsan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2022, 7:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-user-defined-genres/18671 "2022-01-14T07:21:17Z")
I have switched to mp3Tag to give me a more powerful tag editiong tool - seems good so far. My library is large and it contains many genres. I see I can add my genres by hand to new user-defined genres. However if wou… --- ## [Lines in exported files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lines-in-exported-files/55881)
**Author:** [@afcchris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/afcchris)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lines-in-exported-files/55881 "2022-01-13T19:29:20Z")
Hi all Just a general question really. I am loading 2 (supposedly identical) sets of of songs into the tool to export the lists of tracks and compare the two for checking they are actually identical. One set is from my … --- ## [Kann der Titelname in den Tag "album" kopiert werden?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/kann-der-titelname-in-den-tag-album-kopiert-werden/55878)
**Author:** [@Wschneider](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wschneider)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/kann-der-titelname-in-den-tag-album-kopiert-werden/55878 "2022-01-13T15:08:56Z")
Hallo zusammen, ich hoffe, dass diese Frage nicht schon irgendwo gestellt wurde, aber für mich ist sie wichtig. Ich möchte den Inhalt des Tags "album" in den Tag "title" kopieren. Ich habe über 17.000 mp3-Dateien und da… --- ## [Can't write proper Actions scrip to achieve need](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-write-proper-actions-scrip-to-achieve-need/55829)
**Author:** [@78rpmuser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/78rpmuser)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-write-proper-actions-scrip-to-achieve-need/55829 "2022-01-13T02:32:05Z")
I have nearly 5000 Mp3 songs where I have noted composers name, e.g. George Bassman-Ned Washington I now realize a name itself may be hyphenated, so I would like to do a bulk change to use " / " in… --- ## [Doppeltes Datum aus MediaMonkey in Mp3 entfernen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/doppeltes-datum-aus-mediamonkey-in-mp3-entfernen/55870)
**Author:** [@Brauny](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Brauny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/doppeltes-datum-aus-mediamonkey-in-mp3-entfernen/55870 "2022-01-12T19:15:55Z")
MediaMonkey schreibt das Datum wie folgt: 2014//2014. Lässt sich mit diesem Formatstring in 2014 ändern. Natürlich auch mit allen Mp3 gleichzeitig. Gruß Brauny --- ## [Komplexe Bibliotheksverwaltung aufbauend auf MP3Tag: Ideen?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/komplexe-bibliotheksverwaltung-aufbauend-auf-mp3tag-ideen/55854)
**Author:** [@Norbert](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Norbert)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2022, 11:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/komplexe-bibliotheksverwaltung-aufbauend-auf-mp3tag-ideen/55854 "2022-01-12T11:13:29Z")
Hallo zusammen, erstmal vielen Dank für dieses großartige Tool ! Ich habe folgende Situation und überlege, die mit MP3Tag zu vereinfachen. Ich habe eine (mit MP3Tag) sorgfältig getaggte Klassik-Sammlung , alle selbst… --- ## [Tagging script for allmusic.com](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-script-for-allmusic-com/55868)
**Author:** [@jwpst1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jwpst1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2022, 11:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-script-for-allmusic-com/55868 "2022-01-12T11:05:20Z")
IS there an updated script for allmusic website. --- ## [Web Sources Framework: Help needed](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-framework-help-needed/10944)
**Author:** [@sundance](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sundance)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-framework-help-needed/10944 "2022-01-12T09:00:45Z")
Hello, I would like to iterate through a HTML table that looks like this: . . Info 1a Info 1b Info 2a Info 2b . . (there could be blank lines in between, also) I tried with something like … --- ## [Sortierung über mehrere Spalten fest über die Einstellungen definieren](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sortierung-uber-mehrere-spalten-fest-uber-die-einstellungen-definieren/55857)
**Author:** [@SpeedyBoo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/SpeedyBoo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 12, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sortierung-uber-mehrere-spalten-fest-uber-die-einstellungen-definieren/55857 "2022-01-12T06:55:27Z")
Ich weiß, das ist eigentlich uralt, aber ich finde es nervig, dass man nicht über einen Auswahldialog die Sortierung über mehrere Spalten fest einstellen kann. Ja, ich weiß, man bekommt das auch in, indem man die Spalten… --- ## [Export in Excel, Hilfe erforderlich Bitte](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-excel-hilfe-erforderlich-bitte/55860)
**Author:** [@bastian777](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bastian777)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-in-excel-hilfe-erforderlich-bitte/55860 "2022-01-11T18:36:27Z")
Hallo kann mir jemand helfen, bitte. Ich möchte die Alben in einen kompletten Ordner exportieren in eine txt Liste und das auf 2 arten. 1x nur die Album-Namen (unter einander ohne Nummerierung) 1x nur die Interpreten … --- ## [How to move \\\\Artist2 to TITLE using (feat.)?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-move-artist2-to-title-using-feat/55849)
**Author:** [@sebastiaaan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sebastiaaan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2022, 5:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-move-artist2-to-title-using-feat/55849 "2022-01-11T05:55:32Z")
Hi there, I know there are a lot of posts looking for a way to do this but they were not using the same tags as I did. So I have multiple songs that are features and tagged like: TITLE:Song1 ARTIST:Artist1\\\\Artist2 U… --- ## [Missing covers/artworks in Preview/apps](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-covers-artworks-in-preview-apps/55822)
**Author:** [@B.rt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/B.rt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-covers-artworks-in-preview-apps/55822 "2022-01-10T21:03:23Z")
Hi, I've been using Mp3TAG for a while on Mac using CrossOver - to run Win version. No problems at all. Recently bough and installed Mac version and having some issues with covers/artworks. Files edited on the lates … --- ## [Windows 10 converts 5.1 / 7.1 audio tracks into stereo tracks with clipping when watching movies](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-10-converts-5-1-7-1-audio-tracks-into-stereo-tracks-with-clipping-when-watching-movies/55760)
**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 10, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-10-converts-5-1-7-1-audio-tracks-into-stereo-tracks-with-clipping-when-watching-movies/55760 "2022-01-10T19:34:59Z")
After doing dome hardware tests and analyzing files in audio editors, it is obvious to me, that the poor sound experience that I have with some video files is due to my operating system mixing multiple tracks into just t… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=195) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=197)