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## [Durchnummerierung innerhalb von Hörbuchkapiteln](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/durchnummerierung-innerhalb-von-horbuchkapiteln/17747)

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**Author:** [@butz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/butz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/durchnummerierung-innerhalb-von-horbuchkapiteln/17747 "2016-03-15T13:51:43Z")

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Guten Abend, Ich habe vor, ein Hörbuch noch feiner zu taggen, als es eh schon ist. Mein Problemkind ist ein Hörbuch mit 26 CDs. Die Titel sind dank freedb ordentlich getaggt (yeah!), jedoch sind die einzelnen Kapitel de…

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## [How do I add a BAND or ALBUMARTIST column?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-add-a-band-or-albumartist-column/17748)

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**Author:** [@rayw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rayw)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-add-a-band-or-albumartist-column/17748 "2016-03-15T12:36:14Z")

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I need help adding a BAND or ALBUMARTIST column. All of my files are mp3. I’m ripping them in dBpoweramp and setting the Band tag only so that I can refer to it when naming the files. I’m intentionally leaving Album Ar…

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## [Remove field from filename.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-field-from-filename/17753)

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**Author:** [@X-Tropic](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/X-Tropic)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-field-from-filename/17753 "2016-03-15T12:27:32Z")

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Hi! I have track, for example: “Roger Sanchez - My Way (Original Mix) Stealth Records” I import “Stealth Records” to publisher… open mp3tag… choose guess values, source format: %\_filename% guessing pattern: %\_filena…

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## [Mp3 und zusätzliche Datei per Batch kopieren/verschieben](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-und-zusatzliche-datei-per-batch-kopieren-verschieben/17751)

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**Author:** [@coto](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/coto)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 9:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-und-zusatzliche-datei-per-batch-kopieren-verschieben/17751 "2016-03-15T09:42:09Z")

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Hallo, ich habe Ordner mit “Artist-Titel.mp3” Dateien und zu jeder Mp3 eine Datei mit “Artist-Titel.mxm” Jetzt möchte ich die Mp3 und MXM kopieren / verschieben je nach Genre in Musik\\Genre. Über Konverter - Tag-Dat…

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## [Externes Programm starten](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/externes-programm-starten/17736)

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**Author:** [@mediaplay](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mediaplay)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [March 15, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/externes-programm-starten/17736 "2016-03-15T04:30:58Z")

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Hallo… Ich möchte gerne ein externes Programm (BPM Analyzer) direkt aus MP3Tag starten, so daß das Programm gleich im geöffneten Verzeichnis startet. Bisher ist es mir nur gelungen, das Programm über den Optionspunkt “…

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## [\[X\] Using DEL in input field not possible](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-using-del-in-input-field-not-possible/17745)

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**Author:** [@just\_Addict](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/just_Addict)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-using-del-in-input-field-not-possible/17745 "2016-03-14T19:24:37Z")

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I've been trying my hands on defining an export and encountered a slight problem I was creating a name template in File\>Options\>Export and needed to delete some extraneous characters. SO I Hit DEL and saw my just create…

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## [Total Length of All Tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-length-of-all-tracks/17750)

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**Author:** [@jerrybo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jerrybo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-length-of-all-tracks/17750 "2016-03-14T14:41:17Z")

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Hi MP3Tag is a great product! I have a question. Is there a way to get the total length of selected or highlighted tracks. For instance: I add 3 albums to the edit screen and select the tracks that I want. In order …

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## [Dateinamen aus m3u beziehen?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dateinamen-aus-m3u-beziehen/17749)

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**Author:** [@BennyJ](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BennyJ)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dateinamen-aus-m3u-beziehen/17749 "2016-03-14T11:25:50Z")

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Hi, nach umfangreichen Hörtests habe ich mich schweren Gewissens dazu entschlossen, meine Musiksammlung komplett neu zu rippen und zu encodieren… Bei dem Haufen Arbeit, der nun vor mir liegt, glaube ich, dass es von Vo…

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## [Preventing empty output lines in export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/preventing-empty-output-lines-in-export/17746)

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**Author:** [@just\_Addict](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/just_Addict)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 8:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/preventing-empty-output-lines-in-export/17746 "2016-03-14T08:12:32Z")

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I’ve defined an mte export and read in the online help and also observed this in action that if you enclose a tag frame variable within right-angled brackets ‘\[’ and ‘\]’, it will not generate blank output if there is no…

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## [How about AmazonMp3 and CD Universe or CD Baby](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-about-amazonmp3-and-cd-universe-or-cd-baby/10439)

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**Author:** [@Daxiang](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Daxiang)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 14, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-about-amazonmp3-and-cd-universe-or-cd-baby/10439 "2016-03-14T03:14:48Z")

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At first,I should thx everybody who make the dope software. I’m a big Hip-Hop fan in China and I found Some new albums doesn’t exist in Amazon or Discogs，but I can found them in AmazonMp3 and CD Universe or CD Baby,so c…

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## [Cut string to last name only](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-string-to-last-name-only/17743)

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**Author:** [@nequissimus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nequissimus)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cut-string-to-last-name-only/17743 "2016-03-13T17:08:36Z")

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Hello everyone, I couldn’t find anything about this topic in the forums so sorry if this is a double post. Looking for an optimization hint to improve my scripting skills… I want to cut my %composer% field to cut all fi…

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## [Album Info befüllen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-info-befullen/17738)

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**Author:** [@redflenker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/redflenker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 13, 2016, 8:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-info-befullen/17738 "2016-03-13T08:41:52Z")

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hallo @ all zuerst einmal ein großes lob an alle die hier mitwirken !!! die SW wie auch das forum haben mir schon sehr geholfen, wirklich empfehlenswert. so, nun zu meiner frage ich möchte den bereich album mit dem i…

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## [Can't access second hard drive Mac](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-second-hard-drive-mac/17302)

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**Author:** [@tomguine](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomguine)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-access-second-hard-drive-mac/17302 "2016-03-12T20:07:11Z")

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I’m running mp3tag app on a Mac OS X. My musics are on my second hd and I can’t access these files. I already tried creating a shortcut on my main hd but it didn’t work out. Does anyone know how to solve this? Thanks

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## [Removing unwanted folders or files with an Action?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-unwanted-folders-or-files-with-an-action/17744)

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**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-unwanted-folders-or-files-with-an-action/17744 "2016-03-12T18:36:19Z")

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Every now and then, the music files comprising an album end up (by accident or carelessness) accompanied by one or two items that we want to remove. The most common items are named “folder.jpg” and/or “thumbs.db.” We on…

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## [m4a tag numbering](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tag-numbering/17739)

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**Author:** [@nutcracker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nutcracker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tag-numbering/17739 "2016-03-12T16:15:34Z")

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I noticed that m4a tags usually (not always) do not accept leading zeros. Is that a problem that can be fixed? PS I’m attaching two images of an m4a tag that accepted leading zeros from mp3tag (before & after the fix)…

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## [File Renaming with total disc number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-renaming-with-total-disc-number/17742)

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**Author:** [@abqhusker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/abqhusker)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 12, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-renaming-with-total-disc-number/17742 "2016-03-12T14:54:18Z")

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I used Musicbrainz Picard to autotag a bunch of mp3 albums. However, I noticed that picard updates discnumber and totaldiscs even for single disc albums. So I now have a bunch of single disc albums that have discnumber…

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## [Schriftgröße und/oder Theme einstellen, TC Plugin](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/schriftgrosse-und-oder-theme-einstellen-tc-plugin/17741)

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**Author:** [@mentos35](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mentos35)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/schriftgrosse-und-oder-theme-einstellen-tc-plugin/17741 "2016-03-11T20:45:02Z")

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Hallo, erst einmal möchte ich ein großes Lob für dieses Prog los werden. Trotz intensiver Suche und Recherche, habe ich kein ähnlich Anwender freundliches Programm finden können. Wir haben vor Jahren zuerst mit dem Tot…

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## [Export: Anzahl der Titel je Album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-anzahl-der-titel-je-album/17740)

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**Author:** [@UliNobbe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/UliNobbe)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-anzahl-der-titel-je-album/17740 "2016-03-11T17:00:50Z")

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Hallo Community, auf Anhieb habe ich über die Suche nichts gefunden, daher eine neue Frage zum Export: Ich möchte eine Liste erzeugen, die mir einzig den Titel des Albums schreibt und dazu die Anzahl, also die Summe (!…

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## [\[F\] discogs artist tag imported with a comma and spaces](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-artist-tag-imported-with-a-comma-and-spaces/17731)

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**Author:** [@Deimos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Deimos)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2016, 11:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-discogs-artist-tag-imported-with-a-comma-and-spaces/17731 "2016-03-11T11:10:51Z")

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Mp3tag 2.75, when I try to import from discogs the albums (not all the albums just some) the artist tag will have a trailing spaces and a comma added. For example, this album https://www.discogs.com/release/5964484 Att…

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## [ID Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id-tags/17737)

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**Author:** [@dragonpm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dragonpm)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id-tags/17737 "2016-03-10T18:15:03Z")

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I have used MP3TAG for a number of years and only experienced a few problems with it throughout those years. However I recently has to reinstall Windows 10 due to OS problems and in doing so I had to reinstall the client…

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## [Export rtf](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-rtf/17725)

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**Author:** [@lender1257](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lender1257)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-rtf/17725 "2016-03-09T18:19:51Z")

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hallo ich möchte einen rtf-export mit u.a. script machen. funktioniert eigentlich ganz gut, bis auf … wenn sich das album ändert, der artist allerdings gleich bleibt, dann gibt’s keine neue überschrift (%artist% / %a…

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## [Action Rename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-rename/17734)

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**Author:** [@faisdlair](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/faisdlair)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-rename/17734 "2016-03-09T15:33:54Z")

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Hi thank you again to everyone who helped me on this forum (MP3TAG is a wonderful tool) Need Some help again I know that we can rename a group of action But is there a way to name an action or write text after or bef…

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## [$validate funktion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/validate-funktion/17735)

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**Author:** [@C-S-T](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/C-S-T)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/validate-funktion/17735 "2016-03-09T15:32:46Z")

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hallo, ist mir eben aufgefallen: in der $validate funktion fehlt ein sehr wichtiges zeichen: der backslash “”. ist auch in der hilfe nicht aufgeführt: replaces all invalid characters ( /?\*"\<\>|: ) beim umbenennen von d…

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## [Adding lyrics to mp3 metadata...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-lyrics-to-mp3-metadata/16143)

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**Author:** [@BellewTheBear](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BellewTheBear)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-lyrics-to-mp3-metadata/16143 "2016-03-09T15:27:39Z")

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I’m having a very hard time finding information on whether this is a possibility or not. Google is failing me. Anyway, I’m curious as to whether it’s possible to add lyrics to an mp3 file. What I mean is, is there a way …

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## [Replace Multiple](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-multiple/17730)

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**Author:** [@faisdlair](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/faisdlair)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 10:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-multiple/17730 "2016-03-09T10:05:52Z")

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Hi I want to create an action and replace many expressions in only one action EX… replace \_2.8M by nothing replace \_5.6M by nothing replace (Live) BY nothing replace (bonus) by nothing etc… Just want to create an…

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## [convert existing field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-existing-field/17733)

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**Author:** [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 9:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-existing-field/17733 "2016-03-09T09:46:05Z")

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Hi there all, I have added a custom filed “%release type%” to my all collection. Now i want to convert the field into “%release%” without deleting the info… Thanks in advanced

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## [How to batch replace the last comma with ampersand (&) character.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-replace-the-last-comma-with-ampersand-character/17728)

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**Author:** [@imanish](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/imanish)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 9, 2016, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-batch-replace-the-last-comma-with-ampersand-character/17728 "2016-03-09T05:49:37Z")

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In artist tag, I want to batch replace the last comma with ampersand (&) character. e.g. if artist tag is “Artist A, Artist B, Artist C” result should be “Artist A, Artist B & Artist C”. and if “Artist A, Artist B” r…

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## [File Modified Data and Time Question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-modified-data-and-time-question/17706)

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**Author:** [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-modified-data-and-time-question/17706 "2016-03-08T18:38:26Z")

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Is it possible to include an action item in an action group so that when that particular action group is executed, the file modification date DOES NOT change unless actual changes are made to tags or files by that action…

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## [Mp3Tag fails to read ID3 v.2.3](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-fails-to-read-id3-v-2-3/17708)

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**Author:** [@oyvindo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/oyvindo)\
**Replies:** 41\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-fails-to-read-id3-v-2-3/17708 "2016-03-08T17:12:18Z")

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Hi All, When I use TagScanner v6.0.4 to read an album with 10 songs (all MP3), it reports the tag format to be ID3v.1.1 ID3v.2.3 APEv2 All looks good and the tracks play well. If I open the same album in Mp3Tag, it re…

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## [Suggested new action for action groups: "Add"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-new-action-for-action-groups-add/17729)

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**Author:** [@LeCluz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LeCluz)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggested-new-action-for-action-groups-add/17729 "2016-03-08T15:24:52Z")

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Hi There, I love mp3tag because it is very powerful for tag manipulation in batch processing. The possibility to search / replace and use regular expression in the tags is awesome. I however found a missing action tha…

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