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## [Discogs ohne Account?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-ohne-account/47830)

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**Author:** [@Wurzl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Wurzl)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/discogs-ohne-account/47830 "2020-02-16T14:38:35Z")

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Win10Pro 64Bit, Mp3tag 3.00 portable Hallo zusammen, ich habe hier zwar schon gelesen, jedoch keine Antwort auf meine Frage gefunden: Da es zu der CD "Nicole - So wie du" bei MusicBrainz keine Daten gibt, bei Discogs …

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## [Context menu item "10"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/context-menu-item-10/47882)

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**Author:** [@nutcracker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nutcracker)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/context-menu-item-10/47882 "2020-02-15T22:42:42Z")

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I see a context menu item titled "10" with 0 & 1 as individual items. What is it?

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## [Add support for .jfif image extension](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-support-for-jfif-image-extension/47546)

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**Author:** [@pgchase](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgchase)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-support-for-jfif-image-extension/47546 "2020-02-15T18:22:37Z")

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I searched here and did not find anything on this. I tried to use an extension \[.jfif\] image as album art, and Mp3Tag did not see it in my Cover Art Folder under Add Cover. However, when I simply renamed the image with e…

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## [Sorting negative & positive numerical values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-negative-positive-numerical-values/47879)

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**Author:** [@Claudio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Claudio)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-negative-positive-numerical-values/47879 "2020-02-15T18:03:24Z")

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MP3Tag v3.00 Hello, How to sort ascending a column that has positive and negative values so the result would go from negative to positive? Here is the column definition: name: ReplayGain-tr Value: $replace(%REPLAYGA…

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## [How to import parts of the filename into the tag (Filename to Tag)?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import-parts-of-the-filename-into-the-tag-filename-to-tag/15712)

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**Author:** [@tictac2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tictac2)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import-parts-of-the-filename-into-the-tag-filename-to-tag/15712 "2020-02-15T16:50:33Z")

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I want the title of the name without the number, is it possible?

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## [Format string to remove unwanted characters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-string-to-remove-unwanted-characters/47870)

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**Author:** [@spinner410](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/spinner410)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-string-to-remove-unwanted-characters/47870 "2020-02-15T16:44:28Z")

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Hi there :slight\_smile: I current have an action on the \_DIRECTORY to rename the folder using the following action after I tag the FLACs using Discogs: Format Value "\_DIRECTORY": %artist% - %album% '('%mediatype%')' '\[…

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## [Goto line 1 doesn't exist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/goto-line-1-doesnt-exist/47769)

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**Author:** [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/goto-line-1-doesnt-exist/47769 "2020-02-15T14:44:23Z")

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Here's my bp script. \[Name\]=beatport.com \[v5.0 by stevehero™\] (◣\_◢) \[BasedOn\]=https://www.beatport.com \[IndexUrl\]=https://www.beatport.com/search/releases?q=%s&per-page=150&sort=release-desc \[AlbumUrl\]= \[WordSeparator\]=…

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## [Options, Tags, Advanced, Show Chapters](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/options-tags-advanced-show-chapters/47564)

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**Author:** [@phossler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phossler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/options-tags-advanced-show-chapters/47564 "2020-02-15T14:43:11Z")

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If unchecked, the file is on one line (correctly) but the Length field only shows the length of the first chapter. Shouldn't it show the length of the entire file?

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## [Convert replaygain values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-replaygain-values/8069)

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**Author:** [@auldyin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/auldyin)\
**Replies:** 47\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-replaygain-values/8069 "2020-02-15T14:42:38Z")

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I have a mixture of mp3, mp4 and m4a files as correctly tagged as I can manage (the mp3 tagging is ID3v1 and ID3v2.4). I have used Foobar to replaygain all files. These files are going to be used for two reasons, to li…

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## [Retry save if file is locked](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969)

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**Author:** [@stheine](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stheine)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/retry-save-if-file-is-locked/44969 "2020-02-15T14:41:31Z")

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Hi, I often run into the following: Listen to a song (foobar2000, but anything that keeps the file locked would work) Realize that the cover or some other metadata is missing and should be updated Open the folder in m…

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## [Adjust Cover ; how where.?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adjust-cover-how-where/47682)

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**Author:** [@dr.linder](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dr.linder)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adjust-cover-how-where/47682 "2020-02-15T14:40:07Z")

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I have just loaded v. 3.0 for windows and now mystified where to find the button " adjust cover " ? Best regards

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## [Optimize file layout](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/optimize-file-layout/47865)

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**Author:** [@dieme](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dieme)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/optimize-file-layout/47865 "2020-02-14T17:30:10Z")

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Do mp3tag have a "Optimize file layout" and "minimize file size" ultility as in Fb2k?

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## [\[FEATURE REQUEST\] A clean way to use certain Action types with multiple fields and/or a way to use \_TAG with exceptions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-a-clean-way-to-use-certain-action-types-with-multiple-fields-and-or-a-way-to-use-tag-with-exceptions/47858)

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**Author:** [@thewizardofyorke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thewizardofyorke)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-a-clean-way-to-use-certain-action-types-with-multiple-fields-and-or-a-way-to-use-tag-with-exceptions/47858 "2020-02-13T21:39:55Z")

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Like the users that started these threads, How to make Grammartron ignore WWW tag from renaming Using TAG in actions/combining actions for different tags I was looking for a clean way to run Grammartron on every field…

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## [CSS code for the Dark Theme](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/css-code-for-the-dark-theme/47855)

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**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/css-code-for-the-dark-theme/47855 "2020-02-13T18:57:55Z")

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I am trying to have the Dark Theme of this forum turned on when not being logged in \[I remember talking with Florian about this, but I cannot find that topic - so I am crated a new one\] Basically it is impossible for …

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## [Dialog Box dissappeared after 3.00 update](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dialog-box-dissappeared-after-3-00-update/47854)

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**Author:** [@bigbillsd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigbillsd)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dialog-box-dissappeared-after-3-00-update/47854 "2020-02-13T18:09:37Z")

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After the latest update v3 the Informational dialog that used to popup when tags were finished being written stopped coming up. (making me wonder if it really finished correctly) I poked around and found that the Opti…

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## [Can't Resize Directory Window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-resize-directory-window/47844)

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**Author:** [@imno007](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/imno007)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-resize-directory-window/47844 "2020-02-13T16:04:49Z")

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I don't know if it's a Windows problem or an MP3tag problem, but when I use "Change directory" or "Add directory" the window (interface) is always almost full screen and I cannot resize it to make it smaller. The usual l…

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## [Removing Tag Data from Movie Files Extremely Slow](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-tag-data-from-movie-files-extremely-slow/47851)

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**Author:** [@AlwaysRt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AlwaysRt)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 13, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-tag-data-from-movie-files-extremely-slow/47851 "2020-02-13T13:56:12Z")

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I saw the other 'slow posts' and sorted my folder on the 'Title' Tag, so I only selected files with Tags. (I read that it takes longer to load files that do not have Tags as the Tag info goes to the front and the file ha…

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## [Multiple configurations - and a need for a convenient way to switch between them](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-configurations-and-a-need-for-a-convenient-way-to-switch-between-them/47850)

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**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-configurations-and-a-need-for-a-convenient-way-to-switch-between-them/47850 "2020-02-12T21:02:13Z")

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There already have been some ideas on the forum, and for quite some time may I add \[I am making a new topic as mostly because those two at the top have very long discussions that drift away from the requests thems…

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## [Renaming Multi-Disc Albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-multi-disc-albums/47848)

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**Author:** [@Tschortsch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tschortsch)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-multi-disc-albums/47848 "2020-02-12T19:41:50Z")

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Hi, I have a small/big problem: My Colletion is near 1 TByte big. From the beginning on, for Multi-Disc Albums, I Named the Albums like %album% = \[Album Name\]\[CD (number)\] Starting using emby, I would like to rename…

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## [Batch Re-numbering Tracks With Auto Numbering Wizard For Multi Disc Albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-re-numbering-tracks-with-auto-numbering-wizard-for-multi-disc-albums/46372)

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**Author:** [@yopalien](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/yopalien)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/batch-re-numbering-tracks-with-auto-numbering-wizard-for-multi-disc-albums/46372 "2020-02-12T19:29:28Z")

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I'm trying to take a large number of albums with 2+ discs that are currently arranged in folders like this: artist ...album ......disc 1 ......disc 2 ......disc 3 I want to take all the tracks and re-number them fo…

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## [Albums in ZIP or single MP4 or alternative](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albums-in-zip-or-single-mp4-or-alternative/47711)

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**Author:** [@Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crissov)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/albums-in-zip-or-single-mp4-or-alternative/47711 "2020-02-12T19:06:09Z")

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I have an external USB HDD that mostly contains MP4 videos, about 100 MB to 2 GB each. To store and retrieve those more efficiently, I formatted the drive with a rather large cluster size – 4 MiB if I remember correctly.…

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## [Change of system toolbar information](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-system-toolbar-information/17577)

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**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 12, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-of-system-toolbar-information/17577 "2020-02-12T16:01:03Z")

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I would like to suggest one useful thing: let the user decide, what is shown at the very bottom There is a this “system toolbar” that shows: number of selected files time of selected files size of selected files numbe…

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## [MP3tagPro does not show MP3tag export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tagpro-does-not-show-mp3tag-export/47833)

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**Author:** [@markvdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/markvdb)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2020, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tagpro-does-not-show-mp3tag-export/47833 "2020-02-11T08:54:46Z")

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Hi, I hope you are well. I haven't used MP3Tag for a few months now and recently updated to the latest version but now cannot find the custom export configuration buttons? I would be very grateful if you could please …

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## [Nach Entfernen von 1 Leerzeichen im Feld 10 MB kleiner?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nach-entfernen-von-1-leerzeichen-im-feld-10-mb-kleiner/47795)

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**Author:** [@Biff](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Biff)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nach-entfernen-von-1-leerzeichen-im-feld-10-mb-kleiner/47795 "2020-02-10T15:01:18Z")

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Ich habe ein Album, 161,45 MB, mit 20 m4a-Dateien. Im Feld "Interpret" ist für alls Stücke der Name " John Powell" eingetragen mit einem Leerzeichen vor dem Namen. Wenn ich das Leerzeichen entferne bei allen 20 Stücken i…

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## [Tag to filename skip empty fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-filename-skip-empty-fields/47825)

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**Author:** [@MikaelJuul](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MikaelJuul)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-to-filename-skip-empty-fields/47825 "2020-02-10T10:59:49Z")

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Hello there, i'm new to MP3Tag and love the tool so far.... I have a question, about the "tag to filename" option. I have tracks where the song version is written in the "album" tag, so some songs don't have the tag fi…

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## [Trying to get the "Featuring" tag from discogs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trying-to-get-the-featuring-tag-from-discogs/47820)

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**Author:** [@Ben1312](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ben1312)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trying-to-get-the-featuring-tag-from-discogs/47820 "2020-02-09T19:52:03Z")

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Hi there, I'm using Mp3tag for quite a while and I'm wondering if it's possible to import the featuring tag from discogs to our songs that we are tagging. Exemple : Many thanks for the answer :slight\_smile: Ben

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## ["Cancel" loading files causes crash](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cancel-loading-files-causes-crash/47794)

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**Author:** [@Apesbrain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Apesbrain)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cancel-loading-files-causes-crash/47794 "2020-02-09T17:46:08Z")

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On Win 10 Pro, using Mp3tag v3.00, have tried a few times to cancel loading a large number of files and gotten a crash. Program freezes and won't respond. Have to force close. I don't recall this issue on past version…

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## [\[Feature Suggestion\] Support for Creating Symlinks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-support-for-creating-symlinks/47810)

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**Author:** [@sivaram2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sivaram2)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-support-for-creating-symlinks/47810 "2020-02-09T10:23:41Z")

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Hi Mp3tag community! I just had an idea for a feature, perhaps it has been discussed here before. This would make the most sense for remixed songs. I currently use an action to populate the MIXARTIST field using the fol…

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## [Defined values for 'Period' field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/defined-values-for-period-field/40962)

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**Author:** [@Anymathgrad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Anymathgrad)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/defined-values-for-period-field/40962 "2020-02-08T21:56:36Z")

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I nave created a field for 'Period' as I have a classical music collection. It has fixed values of Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical ... etc I would really like to be able to be able to utilise a periods.ini fil…

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## [Uninstall before installing update?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uninstall-before-installing-update/47807)

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**Author:** [@rsupreme](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rsupreme)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/uninstall-before-installing-update/47807 "2020-02-08T17:40:09Z")

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Silly question, probably, but should I uninstall before installing the latest version? I'm running Win 10. Thanks in advance!

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