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## [Feature request: Support for multiple instances](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-support-for-multiple-instances/19345)

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**Author:** [@burtek](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/burtek)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-support-for-multiple-instances/19345 "2017-09-20T20:33:49Z")

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I’m the progress of going through my whole music collection. What I would really love to see is support for multiple Mp3Tag instances. At the moment I’m unable to open multiple windows, but such a feature would really he…

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## [Adding Symbols to MP3 Songs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-symbols-to-mp3-songs/19294)

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**Author:** [@doby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/doby)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 4:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-symbols-to-mp3-songs/19294 "2017-09-20T16:49:59Z")

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Hello Everyone I was just wandering how you add certain symbols to mp3 files with mp3tag, like a question mark ? a exclamation point ! a quotation mark " or a plus sign + any help would be greatly appreciated thank …

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## [\[X\] Launching MP3Tag with file does not automatically select it](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-launching-mp3tag-with-file-does-not-automatically-select-it/19280)

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**Author:** [@blobber](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blobber)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-launching-mp3tag-with-file-does-not-automatically-select-it/19280 "2017-09-20T16:08:11Z")

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Consider the following scenario: You open a file or folder via the context menu integration in Explorer. The first file is now shown with a dashed focus rectangle, but its tags are not loaded automatically into the panel…

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## [Artist, Composer and Year dropdown list](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer-and-year-dropdown-list/19359)

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**Author:** [@surferby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/surferby)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2023, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-composer-and-year-dropdown-list/19359 "2023-03-13T15:20:49Z")

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The genre section allows to add custom genres. Manually added genre can be selected through a dropdown list. Can the same be achieved in case of artist, composer and year field?

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## [Find and Replace Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace-question/19356)

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**Author:** [@landmark](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/landmark)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-and-replace-question/19356 "2017-09-19T17:32:00Z")

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I’ve organized all my mp3 tags for complete albums (as opposed to single tracks), by adding an “aa” at the beginning of the Sort Artist (value %albumartistsort%). I did that to force my complete albums to the top of the …

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## [can mp3tag add  ISRC, EAN/UPC & pre-emphasis in the tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-add-isrc-ean-upc-pre-emphasis-in-the-tags/19355)

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**Author:** [@rama](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rama)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 4:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-add-isrc-ean-upc-pre-emphasis-in-the-tags/19355 "2017-09-19T16:16:49Z")

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hi can mp3tag add ISRC, EAN/UPC & pre-emphasis ,Digital Copy Permitted ,4 Channel in the tags of audio files? and is there a web service (tag source) like itunes ,discos or other web service that include these flags s…

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## [Feature Request: export configurations - one output file per source file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-export-configurations-one-output-file-per-source-file/19342)

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**Author:** [@zMa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/zMa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-export-configurations-one-output-file-per-source-file/19342 "2017-09-19T14:09:23Z")

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I use Mp3tag not only for mp3, but also to tag movies in mp4 format. Mp3tag is by far the fastest and most stable program for tagging mp4 out of all programs that I've tried - awesome work! In addition to writing those …

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## [Search by Artist (Discogs Filter)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-by-artist-discogs-filter/19354)

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**Author:** [@DJ\_Ben\_Lord](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJ_Ben_Lord)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/search-by-artist-discogs-filter/19354 "2017-09-18T21:55:49Z")

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Hello! I was using the Discogs filter, and in some cases, it wouldn’t find the album I was looking for. So, can I ask for a “Search by Artist” option? I would really appreciate it.

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## [Move cover.jpg when Tag - Filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-cover-jpg-when-tag-filename/19353)

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**Author:** [@UksusoFF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/UksusoFF)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-cover-jpg-when-tag-filename/19353 "2017-09-17T18:12:56Z")

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Hi! Any way to move/copy cover.jpg/png together mp3 when Tag - Filename command have new folder path?

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## [Using Regular expressions in tag converting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-regular-expressions-in-tag-converting/19352)

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**Author:** [@vorticity](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vorticity)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-regular-expressions-in-tag-converting/19352 "2017-09-16T19:36:10Z")

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Dear all, I think my problem is solvable - a little tricky though. My POP-Albums have Filenames like Beatles\_1965\_Rubber\_Soul\_09\_Girl.mp3 I converted them to tag title (Alt-2) eliminating the '\_' so tag 'title' is no…

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## [\[X\] GUI language issue - some don't follow "Option \> Language"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-gui-language-issue-some-dont-follow-option-language/19284)

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**Author:** [@Horus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Horus)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-gui-language-issue-some-dont-follow-option-language/19284 "2017-09-15T04:54:32Z")

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Hi, My Windows locale is set to French (because of currency, metric, date, etc), but I'm more used to use English in GUI language. After I installed ver 2.84a, I open it and found that its GUI is in French. So I went …

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## [\[X\] Language problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-language-problem/18800)

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**Author:** [@pignick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pignick)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2017, 3:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-language-problem/18800 "2017-09-15T03:16:51Z")

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When I updated Mp3Tag (portable) to latest version v2.81, installer changed the language to Finnish. Well, I’m in Finland, so that’s correct, but I prefer English. Opened language options, changed to English and restarte…

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## [Convert Tag -\> Filename: Multiple Artists (Values)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tag-filename-multiple-artists-values/19348)

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**Author:** [@DmasterD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DmasterD)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-tag-filename-multiple-artists-values/19348 "2017-09-14T14:35:30Z")

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Hello everybody! A problem I am facing is being lazy with putting multiple artists into the filename. It’s easy with ID3v2.3, since it’s one artist field where artists are seperated by a character (’/’). This characte…

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## [Delete doesn't use recycle bin!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-doesnt-use-recycle-bin/19346)

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**Author:** [@bookworm1632](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bookworm1632)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 9:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/delete-doesnt-use-recycle-bin/19346 "2017-09-14T09:38:04Z")

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According to the instructinos - there are 3 kinds of delete Del Remove file (without deleting it) Ctrl + Del Delete file (to Windows Recycle Bin if globally activated) Ctrl + Shift + Del Delete file (WARNING: the file…

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## [Adding random cover art to tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-random-cover-art-to-tracks/19347)

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**Author:** [@Artdesigns](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Artdesigns)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-random-cover-art-to-tracks/19347 "2017-09-14T08:19:21Z")

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Hi I like listening to podcasts but I always create my own album art for each one. I usually put all the podcasts into a folder for the day and add cover art manually for each one (or sometimes 2 or 3 podcasts). It’s …

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## [Regular Expressions Baffle Me](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions-baffle-me/19329)

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**Author:** [@Tinctoris](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tinctoris)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regular-expressions-baffle-me/19329 "2017-09-14T03:26:05Z")

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I am trying to figure out how to remove these characters (BC A24) from the TITLE field. The numbers are different for each disc, however, so basically I want to remove (BC A##) I can’t figure out what regular expressio…

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## [Feature Request: Only update files that have their tags updated](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-only-update-files-that-have-their-tags-updated/19344)

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**Author:** [@phossler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phossler)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-only-update-files-that-have-their-tags-updated/19344 "2017-09-12T17:36:35Z")

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Ref: https://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=22926 “I’ve noticed that if I have a group of files selected in the MP3Tag window and apply a change that only affects some, the Windows modified date/times for all the…

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## [Odd behavior during export with %\_folderpath\_rel% used as part of the file name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/odd-behavior-during-export-with-folderpath-rel-used-as-part-of-the-file-name/19328)

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**Author:** [@mls](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mls)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/odd-behavior-during-export-with-folderpath-rel-used-as-part-of-the-file-name/19328 "2017-09-12T12:08:06Z")

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Hello, My music library has grown to the point where I can no longer reliably build an HTML list (based on html\_dano\_albumlist\_js\_ex.mte) without running out of memory. I really like having the ability to look through …

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## [tag source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-source/19343)

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**Author:** [@steve1k](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/steve1k)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 12, 2017, 10:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-source/19343 "2017-09-12T10:21:10Z")

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keep getting \[image\] when trying to add tag how do I fix it

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## [Erscheinungsjahr eines Titels aus Online-Datenbank einlesen, geht das?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/erscheinungsjahr-eines-titels-aus-online-datenbank-einlesen-geht-das/19332)

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**Author:** [@fraubi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fraubi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 11:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/erscheinungsjahr-eines-titels-aus-online-datenbank-einlesen-geht-das/19332 "2017-09-11T11:01:09Z")

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Hallo und guten Morgen, ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob der MP3-TAG-Editor folgende Funktion unterstützt: Ich habe rund 9000 MP3-Dateien, die zu keinem festen Album gehören, sondern die alle aus unterschiedlichen Alben st…

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## [File Modified Dates updated Unnecessarily](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-modified-dates-updated-unnecessarily/19340)

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**Author:** [@phossler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phossler)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-modified-dates-updated-unnecessarily/19340 "2017-09-11T10:39:08Z")

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I’ve noticed that if I have a group of files selected in the MP3Tag window and apply a change that only affects some, the Windows modified date/times for all the selected files are updated I had a few files that had an …

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## [Title field format](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-field-format/19341)

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**Author:** [@tradingdj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tradingdj)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-field-format/19341 "2017-09-10T22:19:06Z")

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Hi all, I’m new to the board and to mp3tag and a complete illiterate when it comes to Regular Expressions so I can’t figure this one out…even if it bit me A lot of my files have this format: track - artist - title - m…

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## [How to tag Movies and TV Shows?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-movies-and-tv-shows/19337)

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**Author:** [@phossler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phossler)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-tag-movies-and-tv-shows/19337 "2017-09-10T12:13:08Z")

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Are there any recommendations / guidelines / rules for what values go into Album, Artist, Title, etc. for movies and for TV shows? TV Shows have TVEPISODE, TVEPISODEID, TVSEASON, and TVSHOW. TITLE is usually pretty easy…

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## [\[X\] playlists not working with vlc media player](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-playlists-not-working-with-vlc-media-player/19335)

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**Author:** [@maxzero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/maxzero)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 10:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-playlists-not-working-with-vlc-media-player/19335 "2017-09-10T10:10:32Z")

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Hello, I upgraded to v2.84A and my playliste don’t work any more with vlc (my favourite reader) although they work on groove music and windows media player. I use windows10. Do you have a clue ? thanks Max

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## [Single Action for Auto Renumbering Tracks with a Leading Zero](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/single-action-for-auto-renumbering-tracks-with-a-leading-zero/19333)

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**Author:** [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 7:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/single-action-for-auto-renumbering-tracks-with-a-leading-zero/19333 "2017-09-10T07:25:39Z")

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Hello Everyone :slight\_smile: So far, I have alternately applied the Auto-numbering Wizard and a Filename-to-Tag format string to renumber tracks to display a leading zero, for eg. 01, 02, 099. Now, skipping any one of…

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## [\[F\] Always getting error message when using Discogs filter](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-always-getting-error-message-when-using-discogs-filter/19283)

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**Author:** [@DJ\_Ben\_Lord](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DJ_Ben_Lord)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 6:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-always-getting-error-message-when-using-discogs-filter/19283 "2017-09-10T06:35:57Z")

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Hello! I am having a problem where if I try to use the Discogs filter on any of my music, I get an error message saying this: “Failed to authenticate using OAuth(1). \>\> 12002: WinHttpRecieveResponse: 12002” Can you hel…

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## [Track Number Format in Filenames • Combined Format String?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-format-in-filenames-combined-format-string/19336)

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**Author:** [@ragtag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ragtag)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-format-in-filenames-combined-format-string/19336 "2017-09-09T18:38:32Z")

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I always renumber the Track Tag of albums-title to contain a leading zero. Once done, I apply variations of these two basic Tag-Filename Format String to rename the files: %track%. %title% (single-disc albums) OR %dis…

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## [Problem mit unterschiedlichen Zeichensätzen in Vorbis Comment](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-mit-unterschiedlichen-zeichensatzen-in-vorbis-comment/19278)

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**Author:** [@S-Man42](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/S-Man42)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 6:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-mit-unterschiedlichen-zeichensatzen-in-vorbis-comment/19278 "2017-09-09T06:44:10Z")

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Hi, ich habe eine Problem mit Umlauten in OGG Vorbis-Dateien. Und zwar scheinen die Vorbis Comments die Umlaute unterschiedlich zu codieren. Als Beispiel habe ich mal meine “Die Ärzte”-Sammlung genommen. Selbst innerha…

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## [Enclose Disc Numbers in Brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enclose-disc-numbers-in-brackets/19334)

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**Author:** [@gavinmag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gavinmag)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enclose-disc-numbers-in-brackets/19334 "2017-09-09T05:49:54Z")

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What I am trying to do is enclose disc numbers in brackets For example Disc 1 would become (Disc 1) Disc 2 would become (Disc 2) Disc 12 would become (Disc 12) Disc 20 would become (Disc 20) I can get Disc 1 to…

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## [Mp3tag config update not working (Windows 10, 64-bit)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-config-update-not-working-windows-10-64-bit/19331)

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**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-config-update-not-working-windows-10-64-bit/19331 "2017-09-08T13:19:27Z")

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Struggling with Windows 10 and mp3tag 2.84a configuration. Expanding a config zip file in the mp3 roaming folder does not update the configuration. Is this a bug or does Windows 10 require a different process? Dennis…a…

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