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## [How to make a loop of artist within file from ARTIST field to ALBUMARTISTSORT field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-make-a-loop-of-artist-within-file-from-artist-field-to-albumartistsort-field/17698)

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**Author:** [@imanish](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/imanish)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 8, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-make-a-loop-of-artist-within-file-from-artist-field-to-albumartistsort-field/17698 "2016-03-08T07:09:26Z")

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How to make loop of artist within file Hi guys, I searched few hours and looked up some topics but didn’t get what I exactly want. Actually I have album as: Track01 - Artist1, Artist2 Track02 - Artist2, Artist3 Tra…

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## [Installation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation/17727)

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**Author:** [@C-S-T](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/C-S-T)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/installation/17727 "2016-03-07T18:10:11Z")

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hallo, versucht man mp3tag mit normalen benutzerrechten zu installieren, kommt einfach nur eine fehlermeldung. ist ja klar, man benötigt adminrechte. also rechtsklick, ausführen als administrator - ist aber doch etwas u…

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## [FLAC and APEv2](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-apev2/17726)

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**Author:** [@number6](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/number6)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-and-apev2/17726 "2016-03-07T16:50:04Z")

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I use a software package called Station Playlist Creator and Studio. This software allows the storage of song metadata in the APEv2 tag format regardless of the file type of the media object–MP3, FLAC, APE, OGG, it’s all…

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## [Changing tag and file directory based of filename with just actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-tag-and-file-directory-based-of-filename-with-just-actions/17720)

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**Author:** [@Finu96](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Finu96)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 7, 2016, 9:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-tag-and-file-directory-based-of-filename-with-just-actions/17720 "2016-03-07T09:32:28Z")

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Hi! I’m new here…so please don’t rage due to my lack of knowledge The filenames of the files i want to edit are like this: DisturBed\_-The\_light\[Official\_Music\_Video\] I would like to change it to: Filename: Disturbed…

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## [Genre For Artist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-for-artist/17717)

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**Author:** [@faisdlair](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/faisdlair)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-for-artist/17717 "2016-03-06T23:05:48Z")

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Hi Here is what i want to do I want to use If statement to class by genre all my artists Per exemple Pink Floyd Marillion Genesis should be (Progressive rock) in genre Metallica Black Sabbath Judas Priest should be…

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## [Extracting a part of string from Title of Song and rename title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-a-part-of-string-from-title-of-song-and-rename-title/17724)

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**Author:** [@asmuzik](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/asmuzik)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extracting-a-part-of-string-from-title-of-song-and-rename-title/17724 "2016-03-06T17:43:15Z")

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Hello friends, Here is situation I need to deal with: Suppose the title of a song is: abc - xyz Now I need to extract ‘abc’ part of title and rename title as only ‘abc’. that is; Old Title: abc - xyz New Title: ab…

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## [Renaming track title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-track-title/17722)

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**Author:** [@asmuzik](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/asmuzik)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-track-title/17722 "2016-03-06T16:45:26Z")

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hello friends, Greetings to you! I need to rename MP3 Songs’ Title based on following pattern of file-names. Suppose file-names are of this pattern: abc - xyz.mp3 now I need to rename title track as: xyz (abc) How…

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## [Suggestion: Documentation Examples](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-documentation-examples/17721)

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**Author:** [@spincycle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/spincycle)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-documentation-examples/17721 "2016-03-06T15:05:02Z")

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Let me start by saying I have been using MP3TAG for years, and I love it. I have donated several times to Florian to support the effort. However, every once in a while I need to do something a little more complicated an…

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## [Importing values from generated XML file to matching tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-values-from-generated-xml-file-to-matching-tracks/17674)

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**Author:** [@LaurenBacall](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LaurenBacall)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-values-from-generated-xml-file-to-matching-tracks/17674 "2016-03-06T11:22:56Z")

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So I’ve been applying ReplayGain using foobar2000 to most of the recent music I’ve purchased, and have been looking into applying it to older albums, too. However I dislike the way it modifies the Date Modified timestam…

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## [How to rename a parent folder in lowercase](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-rename-a-parent-folder-in-lowercase/17712)

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**Author:** [@sf\_84](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sf_84)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 9:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-rename-a-parent-folder-in-lowercase/17712 "2016-03-06T09:05:05Z")

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Hi guys, I am trying with no results to find a way to lowercase the parent folders of albums. Any advice? You may take a look at the action I wrote, don't know what to add.. Thanks!

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## [Führende Zahl aus dem Dateinamen als CD-Nummer mit führender Null übernehmen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fuhrende-zahl-aus-dem-dateinamen-als-cd-nummer-mit-fuhrender-null-ubernehmen/17723)

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**Author:** [@fraubi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fraubi)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 8:36am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fuhrende-zahl-aus-dem-dateinamen-als-cd-nummer-mit-fuhrender-null-ubernehmen/17723 "2016-03-06T08:36:51Z")

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Hallo zusammen, da ich mit der Erstellung von eigenen Aktionen sowas von auf dem Kriegsfuss stehe, bin ich bei komplizierten Sachen leider jedesmal auf Hilfe dieses super Forums angewiesen. Und so ist es auch jetzt mal…

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## [Nur bestimmte Dateien eine Verzeichnisbene nach oben verschieben](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nur-bestimmte-dateien-eine-verzeichnisbene-nach-oben-verschieben/17713)

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**Author:** [@fraubi](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/fraubi)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 6, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/nur-bestimmte-dateien-eine-verzeichnisbene-nach-oben-verschieben/17713 "2016-03-06T08:05:29Z")

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Hallo und guten Morgen, ich versuche, MP3-Dateien mittels dem MP3-Tag-Editor eine Verzeichniseben nach oben zu verschieben. Dazu müssen folgende Voraussetzungen erfüllt werden : ist die Datei in einem Verzeichnis, wel…

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## [MD5Audio for Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5audio-for-actions/16908)

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**Author:** [@jackpots](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jackpots)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/md5audio-for-actions/16908 "2016-03-05T21:14:05Z")

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Is there the ability to get %\_md5audio% in Actions and not just Export? If not, please include the ability. Thanks.

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## [Wie schnell nur den Ordner-Namen einer CD umbenennen?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wie-schnell-nur-den-ordner-namen-einer-cd-umbenennen/17716)

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**Author:** [@Biff](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Biff)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wie-schnell-nur-den-ordner-namen-einer-cd-umbenennen/17716 "2016-03-04T21:03:18Z")

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Wie läßt sich einfach und schnell nur der Ordner-Name eines Albums umbenennen? Es soll also der Inhalt des Album-Ordner unverändert bleiben und nur der Ordner-Name nach einem Namens-Schema wie diesem - “Fernando Velazqu…

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## [Merge ID3 and APE tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-id3-and-ape-tags/17715)

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**Author:** [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/merge-id3-and-ape-tags/17715 "2016-03-04T18:54:23Z")

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I’m looking for a utility that will merge data in different tag types. I now use foobar2000 to write gain info to ID3v2. But I have gain info only in APE tags on a small minority of files that Mp3Gain can handle, but f…

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## [Comment Field Doesn't Work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-field-doesnt-work/17598)

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**Author:** [@xpanther206](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xpanther206)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [March 4, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-field-doesnt-work/17598 "2016-03-04T05:28:28Z")

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Hello, First of all, this is phenomenal software, my music management has been made so much easier thanks to this remarkable work. Thank you! The only imperfection that I can detect thus far is that there is no way to…

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## [Rename If Extension](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-if-extension/17710)

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**Author:** [@faisdlair](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/faisdlair)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-if-extension/17710 "2016-03-02T18:48:38Z")

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Hi , just want to create an action I Have several files of different format (dsf,flac,mp3) and want to add to the album title Add (DSD) when the it’s .dsf Add (24 Bits) when it is .flac and the bitrate is over 2000 I…

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## [Populate tags from filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/populate-tags-from-filename/17709)

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**Author:** [@bilfen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bilfen)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2016, 12:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/populate-tags-from-filename/17709 "2016-03-02T12:03:59Z")

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I can’t work out how to replace a tag in multiple files with a value (the same for each file) which I include in the action. I have tried using a regular expression in quick action Action: replace with regular expressi…

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## [Remove dash](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-dash/17707)

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**Author:** [@Kalki](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kalki)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-dash/17707 "2016-03-01T20:37:37Z")

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My file names and titles are the same. They are 01-01, 01-02, 01-02, etc. I need to remove the dash so my music player will sort them correctly, not 01-01, 010-01,010-02, etc. I know this must have been answered many ti…

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## [Type Of Version](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/type-of-version/17690)

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**Author:** [@knightrin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/knightrin)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/type-of-version/17690 "2016-03-01T17:47:33Z")

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I'm trying to show my tags like G Dep - Special Delivery (Clean) or G Dep - Special Delivery (Dirty) so when tag shows (edit) or {radio} in the title tag I want to change to (Clean) I tried Replace with regular expres…

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## [Lyrics in Einzeldateien: Import \<-\> Export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyrics-in-einzeldateien-import-export/17691)

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**Author:** [@peilung](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/peilung)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyrics-in-einzeldateien-import-export/17691 "2016-02-29T18:00:17Z")

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Hallo, ich möchte hier meinen Ansatz vorstellen, um die Lyrics, soweit sie im Tag UNSYNCEDLYRICS enthalten sind, in einzelne Dateien zu exportieren - und wieder "passgenau" importieren zu können. In diesem und im engli…

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## [rename umlaut characters like ß ä ö ü in file name and folder name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701)

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**Author:** [@parafux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/parafux)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-umlaut-characters-like-ss-a-o-u-in-file-name-and-folder-name/17701 "2016-02-29T17:41:54Z")

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how can i find all folders that have that special characters like ß instead of ss? how can i rename those folders automatically? thx alot.

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## [\[X\] Action Schreibweise "\_ALL": Normal not always working](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-action-schreibweise-all-normal-not-always-working/17705)

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**Author:** [@blubserl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blubserl)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-action-schreibweise-all-normal-not-always-working/17705 "2016-02-29T16:18:30Z")

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hi! since this never happened to me before, this could be a possible bug. i have ever since specified an action Schreibweise “\_ALL”: Normal, that used to work just fine. however i stumbled upon a mp3 file where this a…

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## [\[X\] Files not resized when removing cover arts](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-files-not-resized-when-removing-cover-arts/17704)

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**Author:** [@HotMusicFan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HotMusicFan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 29, 2016, 11:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-files-not-resized-when-removing-cover-arts/17704 "2016-02-29T11:35:41Z")

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Hello! :slight\_smile: I found one very nasty problem: when removing cover arts embedded in an audio files (FLACs, MP3s), MP3Tag does not resize the file (as it does when embeds artworks in files). When removing an artwr…

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## [Best audio CD burner?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/best-audio-cd-burner/17029)

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**Author:** [@0LD3\_DUDE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/0LD3_DUDE)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/best-audio-cd-burner/17029 "2015-07-09T18:00:48Z")

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Please don’t suggest Nero or ImgBurn. Really. I haven’t burned an audio CD in years. Used to be into it like a fine art or something. I’ve hoped things had changed, but it seems the backbone of most every program I see …

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## [Langer Titel im Dateinamen beibehalten](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/langer-titel-im-dateinamen-beibehalten/17676)

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**Author:** [@PunkyBlacky](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PunkyBlacky)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 7:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/langer-titel-im-dateinamen-beibehalten/17676 "2016-02-28T07:47:38Z")

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Hi ! Ich hätte gerne gewußt wie man den letzten Teil beibehalten kann. Man kann im Screenshot erkennen, worauf ich hinaus will. Den letzten Teil soll also nicht als %dummy% bezeichnet werden. Ok, man kann demselben Na…

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## [Rename a parent directory for multi-disc albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-a-parent-directory-for-multi-disc-albums/17514)

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**Author:** [@camelx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/camelx)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 28, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rename-a-parent-directory-for-multi-disc-albums/17514 "2016-02-28T05:23:51Z")

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For example, I have a Beethoven disc that has 4 discs, so they are 4 CD folders under the parent directory. I want to do a rename of the parent directory, NOT the current directory of each of the four sub-folders. I beg…

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## [\[X\] Can't use discogs search in program](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-use-discogs-search-in-program/17699)

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**Author:** [@RaZZZor](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RaZZZor)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-use-discogs-search-in-program/17699 "2016-02-27T09:21:32Z")

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As i wrote to Florian on Facebook. I downloaded newest stable version. I click discogs or discogs (fast) icon and It happens since... week or two? Basically, be4... worked and then... dead lol. I disabled firewall…

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## [guess values from directory](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/guess-values-from-directory/17700)

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**Author:** [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2016, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/guess-values-from-directory/17700 "2016-02-27T08:50:25Z")

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Hi there :slight\_smile: I love using mp3tag and really dig into forums before i post here I have directory/folders like these (YEAR) Album name (1986) Reign In Blood I don’t have the date/tyear tagged in my tracks…so…

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## [Reset track number in filename for new disc](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reset-track-number-in-filename-for-new-disc/17693)

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**Author:** [@Campus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Campus)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2016, 10:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reset-track-number-in-filename-for-new-disc/17693 "2016-02-26T10:59:04Z")

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Hi, I would like to separate the logical view of a multi-disc album from the physical view. Because of that the Track field should use all tracks from all discs: the first track from the first disc would be 01/28 and th…

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