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## [Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a great 2018](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merry-christmas-happy-holidays-and-a-great-2018/19620)

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**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merry-christmas-happy-holidays-and-a-great-2018/19620 "2017-12-23T15:37:11Z")

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Today, I’m writing you to thank you for being part of the Mp3tag community! I've loved every minute of working on Mp3tag over the past year and I hope you’ve enjoyed working with it too :slight\_smile: Highlights this ye…

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## [Step size when Auto numbering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/step-size-when-auto-numbering/19615)

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**Author:** [@ruslani](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ruslani)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 22, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/step-size-when-auto-numbering/19615 "2017-12-22T13:31:43Z")

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Is it possible to specify step size when auto numbering tracks? For instance now it numbers tracks 1-2-3-4-5-6 I want to specify step size of 10 and number tracks as 10-20-30-40-50 etc.

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## [import covers massively](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-covers-massively/19616)

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**Author:** [@booble](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/booble)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-covers-massively/19616 "2017-12-21T15:45:00Z")

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Is there any way/action for search covers from discogs and embed them on flacs massively? I’m doing it with “discogs pone” but only singly

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## [MP3tag Info Dialog](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-info-dialog/19618)

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**Author:** [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-info-dialog/19618 "2017-12-21T15:21:01Z")

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Ich schlage (die Erweiterung) des Info-Dialogs vor, so dass die wichtigen, aktuell verwendeten Verzeichnisse von MP3tag gezeigt werden. Hintergrund: Da es mittlerweile die portable Installation und die Standard-Install…

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## [Tracknummern Assistent und führende Nullen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknummern-assistent-und-fuhrende-nullen/19410)

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**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknummern-assistent-und-fuhrende-nullen/19410 "2017-12-21T11:03:39Z")

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Bei Rips von CDs nummeriere ich nach dem physischen Medium wie folgt: Einzel-CDs: Laufende Nr. des Tracks/Gesamtzahl der Tracks pro Medium (z.B. 01/19) CD-Sets: Laufende Nr. der CD des Sets+Laufende Nr. des Tracks/Gesa…

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## [Artist Tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag/19617)

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**Author:** [@rogerde2](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rogerde2)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 10:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-tag/19617 "2017-12-21T10:45:24Z")

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Hi\< New to the forum… I thoroughly f’d up my music…need help! Under ‘artist’ I used tag - tag and added ‘in the Style Of’ then artist listed. So an example: “in the Style Of Motley Crue” is there any way to undo the …

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## [No Track Total or Disc Total displayed v2.85](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-track-total-or-disc-total-displayed-v2-85/19614)

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**Author:** [@billrnst](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billrnst)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/no-track-total-or-disc-total-displayed-v2-85/19614 "2017-12-21T09:49:18Z")

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I am using v2.85 and have run into an issue where I cannot see the Total Tracks or Total Discs. This seems to have happened after updating to version 2.85 and was working before that just fine. Reverting back to an older…

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## [Windows fields compatible with iTunes](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-fields-compatible-with-itunes/19593)

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**Author:** [@pomozki](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pomozki)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2017, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/windows-fields-compatible-with-itunes/19593 "2017-12-21T05:59:44Z")

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Hi. I use iTunes for my music database. I’ve used most of the popular fields already - but I need to add one more field, which is cabale of taking 8 or 9-digit entries, mixed numbers/letters in iTunes I can see that I …

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## [changing TITLE field in bulk](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-title-field-in-bulk/19603)

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**Author:** [@alanneilh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alanneilh)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [December 20, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-title-field-in-bulk/19603 "2017-12-20T05:20:11Z")

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Hello again: I have been trying to load music files on a USB and play them (in order) in my car. (I have a Ford car with a “SYNC” system). Despite all my efforts, the system in my car is picking up the files on my USB…

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## [WMP WAV-Datei Composer-Feld](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp-wav-datei-composer-feld/19613)

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**Author:** [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wmp-wav-datei-composer-feld/19613 "2017-12-19T20:02:58Z")

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Mein Windows Media Player kommt anscheinend mit dem Composer-Feld in WAV-Dateien nicht klar. Jedenfalls werden alle WAV-Dateien mit unbekanntem Composer gezeigt, obwohl lt. MP3tag COMPOSER gefüllt ist. Gibt es einen Tri…

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## [Kommentarfeld in MP4-Dateien wird verkürzt ...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/kommentarfeld-in-mp4-dateien-wird-verkurzt/19527)

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**Author:** [@Silverwolf](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Silverwolf)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/kommentarfeld-in-mp4-dateien-wird-verkurzt/19527 "2017-12-19T10:32:20Z")

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Guten Tag! Ich habe für meine Kinder ein umfangreiche Sammlung an MP4s angelegt, meist mit einem Onlinerekorder aufgenommene Filme. Um Ordnung in das Ganze zu bringen (wird mit Kodi von einem NAS abgespielt), sollen all…

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## [Finding & tagging tracks belonging to same album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/finding-tagging-tracks-belonging-to-same-album/19609)

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**Author:** [@luukh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/luukh)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/finding-tagging-tracks-belonging-to-same-album/19609 "2017-12-18T20:10:05Z")

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Is there a way of displaying all the tracks that belong to a specific album so they can be tagged? My classical music tracks are not catalogued according to album but according to a complex system involving composer, ge…

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## [Flexible reordering of rows in the mp3tag "spreadsheet" view](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flexible-reordering-of-rows-in-the-mp3tag-spreadsheet-view/19608)

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**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flexible-reordering-of-rows-in-the-mp3tag-spreadsheet-view/19608 "2017-12-17T18:04:39Z")

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It would be desirable to arbitrarily change the order of the rows in the mp3tag spreadsheet or “grid” view when preparing a collection of files for exporting as a \*.csv file. The resulting \*.csv file is to be subsequentl…

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## [Problem exporting CSV file - unexpected results](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-exporting-csv-file-unexpected-results/19604)

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**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 17, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-exporting-csv-file-unexpected-results/19604 "2017-12-17T16:57:07Z")

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I obtain results I did not expect when running this csv export script on a collection of FLAC files: $filename(txt,utf-8)LENGTH,ARTIST,TITLE,ALBUM,LABEL,YEAR,COMPILATION $loop(%\_path%)%length%,%artist%,%title%,%album%,…

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## [Need hep with auto number the track titles.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602)

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**Author:** [@MartyK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MartyK)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 9:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-hep-with-auto-number-the-track-titles/19602 "2017-12-15T09:04:54Z")

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Hi guys got a lot of EPs and albums but the tag has their correct artist and title but all I want to do is be able to insert the correct track numbers before each track. I wondered what feature on mp3tag can apply the …

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## [Script to make Album name = title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-to-make-album-name-title/19601)

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**Author:** [@c625v12](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/c625v12)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/script-to-make-album-name-title/19601 "2017-12-15T04:57:32Z")

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How can i make a tool that will make the album name be whatever the title is for the song?

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## [Vereinheitlichungvon Daten](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vereinheitlichungvon-daten/19502)

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**Author:** [@enter1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/enter1)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/vereinheitlichungvon-daten/19502 "2017-12-12T19:41:31Z")

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Hey, folgendes Problem: Ich habe 31.000 Tracks, also auch Titel, Files, Datensätze - whatever :wink: von diesen sind etliche so gelagert, dass zb in der Spalte “Interpret” ich für ein und die gleiche Person, z.B. Call…

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## [And then it asks me to reboot my computer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/and-then-it-asks-me-to-reboot-my-computer/19598)

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**Author:** [@Earl\_Purple](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Earl_Purple)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/and-then-it-asks-me-to-reboot-my-computer/19598 "2017-12-12T13:06:57Z")

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I don’t need to restart my computer for a piece of software that writes tags to mp3 files. I don’t need to restart my computer for a piece of software that reads PDF files. (That’s aimed at Adobe) I don’t need to resta…

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## [MP3Tag extrem langsam bei sehr großen Covern](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-extrem-langsam-bei-sehr-grossen-covern/19597)

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**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 12, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-extrem-langsam-bei-sehr-grossen-covern/19597 "2017-12-12T07:43:56Z")

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Es passiert ab und zu, dass eine von mir ausgewählte Websource den Tracks eines Albums ein sehr großes Cover beifügt, zuletzt z.B. 6000x6000 und ca. 23 MB groß. Dabei stelle ich fest, dass in den Fällen MP3Tag äußerst l…

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## [editing files for sequential order](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-files-for-sequential-order/19595)

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**Author:** [@alanneilh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alanneilh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-files-for-sequential-order/19595 "2017-12-11T17:29:58Z")

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Hello, I am trying to sequentially renumber (in bulk) my music files when I put them on a usb thumb drive. Here is the issue I’m trying to solve: on CD #1 I have (for example) track 01, and on CD #2 I also have track …

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## [If/Then logic to match pattern in a string?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-logic-to-match-pattern-in-a-string/19592)

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**Author:** [@JPThomas](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JPThomas)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/if-then-logic-to-match-pattern-in-a-string/19592 "2017-12-10T18:06:50Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to determine if it’s possible to use regex if/then logic to analyze a string in a field, and do “A” if a pattern is found, and “B” if it’s not. In plain English, I’m trying to parse the ArtistSort fie…

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## [Linking to external (NAS) drive](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/linking-to-external-nas-drive/19573)

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**Author:** [@xdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xdb)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/linking-to-external-nas-drive/19573 "2017-12-10T17:08:06Z")

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Hi, Newbie and complete technophobe here. My music is stored (as FLAC files) on an external NAS drive - a Vortexbox in case this is of any relevance. I seem unable to add files to mp3tag directly from the external dri…

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## [naming convention help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-convention-help/19591)

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**Author:** [@mick\_meyers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mick_meyers)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 10, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/naming-convention-help/19591 "2017-12-10T11:56:00Z")

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Hello everyone. I have a rather large music collection which i ripped years ago with EAC and lame. I used a naming convention that was loaded into EAC. Now I’m trying to download music and would like it to match my ex…

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## [\[X\] Mehrkanal-WAV-Files nicht mehr tagbar?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mehrkanal-wav-files-nicht-mehr-tagbar/19590)

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**Author:** [@Teasy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Teasy)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-mehrkanal-wav-files-nicht-mehr-tagbar/19590 "2017-12-08T19:23:29Z")

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Hallo in die Runde, ich habe folgendes Problem: Zwischen Oktober 2014 und Februar 2015 habe ich mehrkanalige Wavefiles erstellt und diese anschließend mit MP3TAG getaggt (Name und Cover). Ging problemlos und wurde vom …

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## [Another Discogs problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-discogs-problem/19357)

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**Author:** [@rednoise](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rednoise)\
**Replies:** 23\
**Last updated:** [December 8, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/another-discogs-problem/19357 "2017-12-08T00:36:29Z")

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I see a number of other complaints about problems retrieving info and cover art from Discogs, but none of them match my symptoms. I get the following error message: "Failed to authenticate using OAuth (1) \>\> -2146893018…

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## [help with filters: substring search](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filters-substring-search/19587)

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**Author:** [@mrjayviper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrjayviper)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 7, 2017, 5:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filters-substring-search/19587 "2017-12-07T05:30:41Z")

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So I loaded a genre folder and it contains several albums. One of the album is "18 Months". I've verified that there are no leading/trailing spaces in the album tag for this album. I tried these filters to try: ALBUM I…

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## [Problem with the tag in the wav file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-the-tag-in-the-wav-file/19577)

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**Author:** [@Edion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Edion)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-the-tag-in-the-wav-file/19577 "2017-12-06T19:31:44Z")

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Hello all. I have a problem with the tag in the wav file. Namely, after saving the field “album artist”, windows 10 sees an empty field. In the program, the field contains text,and displayed correctly, but in windows …

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## [Popularimeter Tag shown as RatingMM](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/popularimeter-tag-shown-as-ratingmm/19582)

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**Author:** [@Tredory](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tredory)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/popularimeter-tag-shown-as-ratingmm/19582 "2017-12-06T16:03:23Z")

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Hello, i've got the Problem that Mp3 Tag shows the Popularimeter Tag of a mp3 or ogg File as RatingMM when the Song is ratet with 1 or 5 Stars. All other Ratings between 1 and 5 are correctly shown as Popularimeter. Wh…

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## [feature request: directory browser on the app](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-directory-browser-on-the-app/19585)

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**Author:** [@mrjayviper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrjayviper)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-directory-browser-on-the-app/19585 "2017-12-06T14:59:27Z")

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At the moment, the only way to get tracks to show up if I added them. It would be great if a file/folder browser is provided from within the app. This would make navigating my library (and most likely not just mine) so …

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## [Specifying Multiple Fields for an Action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/specifying-multiple-fields-for-an-action/19583)

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**Author:** [@mrjayviper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mrjayviper)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/specifying-multiple-fields-for-an-action/19583 "2017-12-06T11:52:15Z")

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Back 2011, somebody ask if it’s possible to specify multiple tags for an action and somebody replied it’s not possible at the time. Is this possible now in 2017? If yes, how can I do it? I tried fields,field2 as an exa…

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