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## [Keep moov atom at end of file after editing with mp3tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-moov-atom-at-end-of-file-after-editing-with-mp3tag/41254)

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**Author:** [@Invindicator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Invindicator)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/keep-moov-atom-at-end-of-file-after-editing-with-mp3tag/41254 "2018-03-30T23:31:52Z")

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Hey Florian, Was wondering if there was any way to set mp3tag to leave the moov atom at the end of an mp4 file after tags have been added/edited instead of mooving it to the top of the file Regards, Nick

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## [Just to say thanks!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/just-to-say-thanks/41277)

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**Author:** [@guxt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/guxt)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/just-to-say-thanks/41277 "2018-03-30T22:15:26Z")

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MP3TAG is one of the best and most useful piece of software I've ever used. It is so great. I can't complain about anything and I use it almost every day. I'm from a country where a dollar is 21 pesos. So, for me, it i…

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## [Installationspfad bei Auswahl von "Bisherig" merken](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installationspfad-bei-auswahl-von-bisherig-merken/41266)

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**Author:** [@Surfy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Surfy)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installationspfad-bei-auswahl-von-bisherig-merken/41266 "2018-03-30T17:21:29Z")

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:: Hallo Florian, eher zufällig ist mir bei der Installation etwas aufgefallen. Ich organisiere meine Programme in Unterordnern und installiere Mp3tag "normal", also nicht portabel. Bei mir residiert es im Pfad "C:\\Pr…

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## [Tracklength and Bitrate missing](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracklength-and-bitrate-missing/41259)

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**Author:** [@RunningWild](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RunningWild)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracklength-and-bitrate-missing/41259 "2018-03-30T12:10:17Z")

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Thanks to Florian for his everlasting will to improve this genius program. Nevertheless a strange behaviour showed up with the latest update (v2.87a). Some files won´t show length or bitrate, happens 2 of 4 in my case. …

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## [\[F\] Invalid character shown at end of LAME encoder version](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-invalid-character-shown-at-end-of-lame-encoder-version/41241)

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**Author:** [@Jezz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jezz)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-invalid-character-shown-at-end-of-lame-encoder-version/41241 "2018-03-29T22:15:23Z")

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PRECONDITION: Mp3tag 2.87 on Windows 10 ACTION: Add a new column using the new %\_tool% information field. Scan some MP3 files (in my case, the files were created using LAME 3.100) OBSERVED: As shown in the screensh…

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## [iTunesMediaType Values Clarification](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunesmediatype-values-clarification/41256)

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**Author:** [@Invindicator](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Invindicator)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunesmediatype-values-clarification/41256 "2018-03-30T10:25:01Z")

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Hi Florian, I just wanted to enquire about the values mp3tag writes for the iTunesMediaType field. Phil Harvey (creator of exiftool) and I were discussing the problem in some mappings of values last night on exiftool's …

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## [Grouping MTA (Action Files) Together in UI](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grouping-mta-action-files-together-in-ui/41249)

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**Author:** [@mshockle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mshockle)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 10:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/grouping-mta-action-files-together-in-ui/41249 "2018-03-30T10:12:31Z")

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Hello all, first off I have been using mp3tag for years and I love it so thank you for an amazing program. Background: Over the years I've written many actions (the majority of which are no longer valid or have been co…

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## [Comments on new option to disable auto-filtering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comments-on-new-option-to-disable-auto-filtering/41262)

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**Author:** [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comments-on-new-option-to-disable-auto-filtering/41262 "2018-03-30T08:58:28Z")

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Great! But this would be even greater: If that big grey area that has the word "Filter" in it, could be clicked- to turn on and off that auto mode. Being somehow visibly pushed in could mean, that the auto mode \[the ol…

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## [Mp3tag v2.87 released](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-87-released/41236)

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**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v2-87-released/41236 "2018-03-29T13:40:03Z")

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I've just released Mp3tag v2.87 Releasing this version feels like spring-cleaning to me: I’ve made so many improvements to Mp3tag’s code base over the last two months and also fixed a bunch of long-lasting issues with th…

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## [Quick Access Toolbar](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/quick-access-toolbar/41235)

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**Author:** [@camtuc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/camtuc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 29, 2018, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/quick-access-toolbar/41235 "2018-03-29T15:32:30Z")

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I am reorganising all of my music and for the most part I only use New Directory, select all and save. Doe anyone know if the quick access toolbar can be organised such that these icons can be moved together. Cheers Mic…

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## [Export m3u, sorted by Album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-m3u-sorted-by-album/41169)

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**Author:** [@Etz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Etz)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-m3u-sorted-by-album/41169 "2018-03-28T19:30:07Z")

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Hi guys, currently generating m3u playlists via: $filename(%albumartist% - %album%.m3u,utf-8)#EXTM3U $loop(%\_filename\_ext%)#EXTINF:%\_length\_seconds%,%discnumber%$num(%track%,2) - %artist% - %title% - %year% %\_filenam…

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## [Missing these useful tools from WMplayer:](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-these-useful-tools-from-wmplayer/41217)

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**Author:** [@Synctag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Synctag)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-these-useful-tools-from-wmplayer/41217 "2018-03-28T19:22:07Z")

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Adding multiple tags that are separated through semikolon (even if this is possible, files that are tagged multiple are shown as with single tags, apparently the first one that was put in before the semikolon) Seei…

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## [Help with sayregexp and regular expressions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-sayregexp-and-regular-expressions/41220)

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**Author:** [@chuck](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chuck)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-sayregexp-and-regular-expressions/41220 "2018-03-28T18:34:04Z")

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Hello, I am attempting to use the web services framework to process IMDB pages and I am trying to use sayregexp to extract actor names from an element in a table. I can extract the actor names cleanly via a regex patte…

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## [Newbie's Question: Filter - artist is Yes" and album contains "remaster\*](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbies-question-filter-artist-is-yes-and-album-contains-remaster/41225)

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**Author:** [@egamap](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egamap)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/newbies-question-filter-artist-is-yes-and-album-contains-remaster/41225 "2018-03-28T16:37:57Z")

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I have tried so many combinations an can't find the right one to show me a list of Yes' remastered albums - bah! I know it can be done, of course, I just can't do it! The tags are consistent and I have read scores of t…

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## [$strstr usage with combination literal & placeholders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strstr-usage-with-combination-literal-placeholders/41226)

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**Author:** [@stephensimpson53](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stephensimpson53)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strstr-usage-with-combination-literal-placeholders/41226 "2018-03-28T14:21:54Z")

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Value in tag CONTENTGROUP is "Energy 4" I am trying to get $strstr to evaluate to something other than 0. Using a Format Value action, my script is: $strstr(%contentgroup%,Energy\\s\\d+) Why doesn't the script evaluate…

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## [Export to csv hangs after 142'000 titles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-csv-hangs-after-142000-titles/41193)

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**Author:** [@Maniac](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Maniac)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-csv-hangs-after-142000-titles/41193 "2018-03-27T19:31:54Z")

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I have a bigger collection of MP3's (~ 220'000 songs in 1.6 TB size). When I select all files and right mouse click on MP3Tag it lasts some time until all songs are read (which is normal with this amount of files and fo…

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## [Delete file by filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-file-by-filename/41204)

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**Author:** [@RBEmerson](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RBEmerson)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-file-by-filename/41204 "2018-03-27T17:37:04Z")

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I have 1000+ music files - about 10% are extraneous. I want to delete all files withe name beginning, as an example, " nnnn - Flubber" where nnnn is a four digit sequence number. How's this done?

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## [Help converting Year to a simpler format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-converting-year-to-a-simpler-format/41180)

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**Author:** [@henriquebs12](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/henriquebs12)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-converting-year-to-a-simpler-format/41180 "2018-03-27T17:09:21Z")

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I have my Year tag in the iTunes format. Eg 2014-07-31T07:00:00Z. I want to create folders of all files in the format "Year - Album name", but when I create an action of the type Format value, I used %year% - %album%%\_F…

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## [\[F\] Not writing MKV Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-not-writing-mkv-tags/40933)

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**Author:** [@JFord](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JFord)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-not-writing-mkv-tags/40933 "2018-03-27T10:35:21Z")

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I was excited to see that Mp3Tag has added support for Matroska, thanks for that! I finally had the chance to test it and I am encountering some off behavior. I found that it would not record my changes in some files. I…

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## [\[F\] MusicBrainz Websource und Mehrfachalben](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-musicbrainz-websource-und-mehrfachalben/41199)

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**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 11:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-musicbrainz-websource-und-mehrfachalben/41199 "2018-03-26T11:18:41Z")

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2.86a (2018-02-04) NEW: added MusicBrainz tag source for search via album name based on MusicBrainz.org9 XML Web Service v2. (#197144, #197213) Ich benutze MusicBrainz in der Regel erst als 2 oder 3. Wahl hinter der …

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## [Artist from a part of the directory with regex](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-from-a-part-of-the-directory-with-regex/41208)

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**Author:** [@mudan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mudan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-from-a-part-of-the-directory-with-regex/41208 "2018-03-26T11:01:20Z")

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Hi, I have around 10.000 files that i want to organize. I am trying to fill the artist tag with a regexp expression that matches a part of the directory path. But nothing i try seems to work... The folderpath is: D:\\to…

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## [Probleme mit Trennung der Künstler mittels "\\\\"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/probleme-mit-trennung-der-kunstler-mittels/41205)

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**Author:** [@Markus2310](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Markus2310)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 10:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/probleme-mit-trennung-der-kunstler-mittels/41205 "2018-03-26T10:17:34Z")

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Guten Abend. Und schon wieder ein Problem... Ich tagge meine Künstler so, dass featured Artists mittels \\\\ trennung mit ins Artist Feld kommen. Wenn ich das dann nun speicher, werden diese unter "erweiterte Tags" auch …

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## [Featured Artists aus Interpret nach Performer verschieben](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/featured-artists-aus-interpret-nach-performer-verschieben/41174)

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**Author:** [@Markus2310](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Markus2310)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 8:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/featured-artists-aus-interpret-nach-performer-verschieben/41174 "2018-03-26T08:21:53Z")

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So. Erstmal vielen vielen Dank für eure Hilfe. Das funktioniert so weit. Ich hänge hier mal noch eine Frage dran. Ich habe bisher featured Artists mit in den Artist-Tag gepackt (siehe Screenshot). Möchte das nun aber ä…

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## [Runde Klammern samt Inhalt im Title-Tag löschen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/runde-klammern-samt-inhalt-im-title-tag-loschen/41202)

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**Author:** [@Dorfschuetze](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dorfschuetze)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2018, 7:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/runde-klammern-samt-inhalt-im-title-tag-loschen/41202 "2018-03-26T07:29:23Z")

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Hallo, ich habe seit heute morgen sämtliche Einträge zum oben genannten Thema durch gelesen und auch ausprobiert, jedoch ohne Erfolg. Kann mir die Gemeinschaft weiterhelfen. So sieht mein Title Tag aus. Mit Dir Und Imme…

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## [Prevent MP3TAG from reading any tags upon opening](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/prevent-mp3tag-from-reading-any-tags-upon-opening/41195)

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**Author:** [@drded](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/drded)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/prevent-mp3tag-from-reading-any-tags-upon-opening/41195 "2018-03-25T16:14:01Z")

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Is there a setting (or procedure) that would stop MP3TAG from trying to read any tags on opening? I use MP3TAG strictly as drag-and-drop and would like it to open with just a clean slate...no files.

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## [löschen klappt nicht](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loschen-klappt-nicht/6238)

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**Author:** [@volleybaerchen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/volleybaerchen)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/loschen-klappt-nicht/6238 "2018-03-25T14:19:34Z")

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Ich möchte bestimmte Dateien aus dem Verzeichnis löschen. Diese verschwinden zwar aus der Liste, aber beim erneuten Einlesen des Ordners sind sie wieder da. Ich habe die aktuelle Version von MP3Tag. Im voraus schon viel…

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## [Adding tags to library](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-tags-to-library/41093)

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**Author:** [@ArcadeQQ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ArcadeQQ)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 25, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-tags-to-library/41093 "2018-03-25T00:54:31Z")

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Hi guys, can some1 tell me how i add existing tags like title or album to overall library so i can just pick them to new songs

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## [Absurdly simple question- delete tag and replace](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/absurdly-simple-question-delete-tag-and-replace/41194)

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**Author:** [@kireta](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kireta)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/absurdly-simple-question-delete-tag-and-replace/41194 "2018-03-24T19:43:30Z")

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Absurdly simple question, that I think can be answered in 30 seconds and has defeated me for 30 minutes. How to replace a tag (which is populated by many different text values over many files) with another tag? For exa…

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## [Wer kann wie und wann Beitrag als "Lösung" markieren?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wer-kann-wie-und-wann-beitrag-als-loesung-markieren/41191)

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**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wer-kann-wie-und-wann-beitrag-als-loesung-markieren/41191 "2018-03-24T16:18:03Z")

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Ich habe eben entdeckt, dass mein Beitrag als Lösung markiert wurde. Wer kann das wie und unter welchen Umständen so markieren?

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## [Wie löscht man alte PMs?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wie-loescht-man-alte-pms/41190)

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**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wie-loescht-man-alte-pms/41190 "2018-03-24T13:08:37Z")

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Unter meinem Benutzer-Icon kann ich das Brief-Symbol anklicken und gelange zu meinen Nachrichten. Wie kann ich darin die ausgewählten Nachrichten im Posteingang löschen? Ich möchte die markierten PMs nicht archivieren,…

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