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## [formatting custom tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-custom-tags/16162)

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**Author:** [@jaketh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jaketh)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-custom-tags/16162 "2014-09-21T14:11:59Z")

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hi there everyone, I’ve been working on a creative use of %file\_create\_date% to determine when the media was added to the collection but it seems I’m going through a lot of steps and am looking for suggestions to maybe …

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## [Kein direktes Kommentar editieren mehr?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/kein-direktes-kommentar-editieren-mehr/15806)

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**Author:** [@Christian72D](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Christian72D)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/kein-direktes-kommentar-editieren-mehr/15806 "2014-09-21T14:06:14Z")

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Ich habe jetzt die 2.59a drauf, ich habe links in der Auswahl der Tag Felder das Kommentar Feld nicht mehr (auf drei PCs). Und in den Einstellungen kann ich dieses auch nicht per Hand hinzufügen. Über das Extra Tag Pan…

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## [Trackzahl bei Amazon-Quelle](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trackzahl-bei-amazon-quelle/16067)

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**Author:** [@Lapje](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Lapje)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 21, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/trackzahl-bei-amazon-quelle/16067 "2014-09-21T07:13:50Z")

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Morgen zusammen, ich hätte da eigentlich nur eine kurze Frage: Wenn ich per Amazon meine Dateien Taggen will, erscheint nach dem Einfügen der Inhalte die Tracknummer immer 01/12, 02/12 usw… Kann man eventuell die Amaz…

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## [USB support](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/usb-support/16150)

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**Author:** [@DallasDave](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DallasDave)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/usb-support/16150 "2014-09-20T20:58:00Z")

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I don’t seem to be able to search or use MP3Tag on any of my USB devices. When I change the MP3Tag folder to a USB folder, it displays “The folder name is not valid”. I have to copy everything from USB to a hard drive…

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## [Dateiname - Tag  geht nicht da OK Button grau bleibt](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dateiname-tag-geht-nicht-da-ok-button-grau-bleibt/16161)

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**Author:** [@gutschein](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gutschein)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/dateiname-tag-geht-nicht-da-ok-button-grau-bleibt/16161 "2014-09-20T17:14:12Z")

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Hallo zusammen, ich wollte gerade meine MP3 Tagen. so dass der Dateiname im Tag erscheint. Leider geht das nicht. Ich stelle mich so blöde an, dass der OK-Button immer grau bleibt. Wäre um Hilfe sehr dankbar

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## [Problems tagging .m4b files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-tagging-m4b-files/15904)

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**Author:** [@bd59903](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bd59903)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problems-tagging-m4b-files/15904 "2014-09-20T14:01:58Z")

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I have searched but cant find an answer to this. I have been having problems with tagging m4b and maybe m4a files the largest and first problem i run into is with auto numbering it will sometime only tag some of the f…

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## [\[X\] Bug: Copied album art not the same file size as source](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-bug-copied-album-art-not-the-same-file-size-as-source/16158)

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**Author:** [@ExiledLife](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ExiledLife)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-bug-copied-album-art-not-the-same-file-size-as-source/16158 "2014-09-20T13:36:13Z")

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I am not sure if this is a bug related to Mp3Tagger or an issue with how windows handles things. I am currently Running Windows 8.1. If I right click and copy or cut the album cover and then paste it, the resulting file…

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## [Manual of MP3TAG](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manual-of-mp3tag/16160)

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**Author:** [@Fontainha](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fontainha)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/manual-of-mp3tag/16160 "2014-09-20T13:26:32Z")

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Hi, everyone. Is it possible get a PDF manual of MP3TAG? If Yes somebody cam help me? Thanks a lot. Fontainha

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## [Verzeichnisstruktur einer Videosammlung mit MP3TAG erzeugen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/verzeichnisstruktur-einer-videosammlung-mit-mp3tag-erzeugen/13799)

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**Author:** [@anon40879270](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/anon40879270)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/verzeichnisstruktur-einer-videosammlung-mit-mp3tag-erzeugen/13799 "2014-09-20T12:24:36Z")

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Ich habe begonnen, die Verzeichnisstruktur meiner Videosammlung mit MP3TAG zu erzeugen bzw. zu verändern. Da aber avi, mpg, mkv, vob usw. keine Metadaten speichern können, verwende ich einen mp3-tag-Dummy und editiere di…

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## [Some Basic Newbie Questions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-basic-newbie-questions/16157)

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**Author:** [@BenFranklin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BenFranklin)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/some-basic-newbie-questions/16157 "2014-09-19T19:15:03Z")

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I am trying to use MP3tag to help me get my Sansa Clip+ to display the book title instead of “Unknown” on its display. When I attach the player to my computer and try to change directory to the subdirectory of Audiobook…

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## [RegEx Help](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-help/16155)

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**Author:** [@Bola](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bola)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-help/16155 "2014-09-19T15:22:59Z")

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I'm trying to use this to rename Folders. The Black Keys - Attack & Release (2008) becomes Black Keys - Attack & Release (2008), The I could use some help to make it place the ", The" before the " -" instead of the th…

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## [Export cover to File](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-to-file/16154)

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**Author:** [@Bola](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bola)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-to-file/16154 "2014-09-19T06:52:11Z")

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I set up an Action that exports the cover and my format string is: %artist% - %album% \[%\_cover\_size%\] I really don’t want image size, but rather image dimensions. Such as Artist - Album \[800x800\].jpg All I could find…

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## [An action to re-order text?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/an-action-to-re-order-text/16152)

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**Author:** [@sigrun](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sigrun)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [September 19, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/an-action-to-re-order-text/16152 "2014-09-19T04:30:51Z")

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I am trying to format my classical music. So in the title field I want to move the Op. number to the beginning. So for example the track title might be: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 “Funeral March” - 2. Sc…

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## [Issue with cover art](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-cover-art/16120)

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**Author:** [@MarkPido](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MarkPido)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/issue-with-cover-art/16120 "2014-09-18T14:53:35Z")

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Good day all, I’m new here :slight\_smile: Please help me about my problem, I’ve already insert cover art to my songs using mp3tag v2.63 - saved it and transfer it to my phone, but the cover art displayed is wrong. the c…

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## [Remove first 'n' characters from a string?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-first-n-characters-from-a-string/16153)

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**Author:** [@Cryptrix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Cryptrix)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 18, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-first-n-characters-from-a-string/16153 "2014-09-18T03:53:39Z")

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For a very large label collection I have, all of the album names are something like ‘ANJ003 - blahblahblah’ or ‘ANJCD123 - something longer than blah blah’. I am having trouble finding a way to simply remove the front…

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## [Amazon MP3 Cover src Datei nicht auffindbar](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amazon-mp3-cover-src-datei-nicht-auffindbar/16140)

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**Author:** [@mevlevi18](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mevlevi18)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/amazon-mp3-cover-src-datei-nicht-auffindbar/16140 "2014-09-17T15:13:16Z")

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Hallo Zusammen, ich finde nirgends die Stelle zum Herunterladen der Cover Art#Amazon.de.src. Kann mir bitte jemand den genauen Link für die Datei mitteilen? Gruß Mevlevi

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## [WMA v WMA Lossless](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wma-v-wma-lossless/16147)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wma-v-wma-lossless/16147 "2014-09-17T15:07:43Z")

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Is there any way of inspecting the codec details to dostinguish WMA from WMA Lossless? %codec% unfortunately reports both as Windows Media Audio:

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## [\[X\] Führende Nullen bei Track funktioniert nicht mehr](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fuhrende-nullen-bei-track-funktioniert-nicht-mehr/16144)

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**Author:** [@huberlix](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/huberlix)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 6:12am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fuhrende-nullen-bei-track-funktioniert-nicht-mehr/16144 "2014-09-17T06:12:34Z")

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Führende Nullen bei Track funktioniert nicht mehr. Man kann den Haken zwar setzen, aber es funktioniert nicht. Evtl beim Update versehentlich zum Opfer gefallen!? Gruß Bernd PS: Super Programm

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## [Filter mit "Regular Expressions"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-mit-regular-expressions/16146)

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**Author:** [@wesleyhennekes](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wesleyhennekes)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 17, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-mit-regular-expressions/16146 "2014-09-17T06:03:40Z")

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Hallo! Ich versuche gerade zur Bearbeitung meiner MP3 Sammlung diese zu filtern. Die Titel sind z.B. folgendermaßen aufgebaut: Track - Künstler1 - Titel (Künstler 2 Remix) (feat. Künstler 3) Das “Remix” ist nur ein B…

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## [Lyrics via Lyricwiki getting strange Lyrics or commands](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyrics-via-lyricwiki-getting-strange-lyrics-or-commands/16145)

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**Author:** [@wuz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wuz)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 16, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lyrics-via-lyricwiki-getting-strange-lyrics-or-commands/16145 "2014-09-16T18:37:11Z")

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Hallo, today i tried to add lyrics to some of my new albums. In the past everything was ok and i never got error like these. Today i get only: (function() {var opts = {artist: “Green\_Day”,song: “Missing You”,adunit\_i…

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## [Sequential numbering action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sequential-numbering-action/16136)

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**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sequential-numbering-action/16136 "2014-09-15T23:26:15Z")

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Is there an action that will set a field to an autoincrementing number start at the value of the first track? E.g. I select four tracks, the first of which has track number = 42 . I reun the action. This leaves the trac…

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## [Tracknummern NUR in einem Ordner](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknummern-nur-in-einem-ordner/16141)

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**Author:** [@whoknowsit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/whoknowsit)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tracknummern-nur-in-einem-ordner/16141 "2014-09-15T16:40:46Z")

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Hallo liebe Leute, ich möchte euch fragen ob folgendes geht: Dei Tracknummern in aufsteigender Reihenfolge im dreistelligen Format (z.B. 004) NUR in einem Order zu machen. Also wenn ich mehrere Hörbücher habe, dass er …

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## [Replace invalid Filename characters from Title?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-invalid-filename-characters-from-title/16142)

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**Author:** [@sigrun](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sigrun)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-invalid-filename-characters-from-title/16142 "2014-09-15T16:13:09Z")

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Is there any way to create an action that takes the contents of the TITLE field & puts it into the FILENAME field, but replace any characters that would be invalid in a file name? For example: TITLE: Piano Concerto No…

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## [Taggen von MP3-Alben](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taggen-von-mp3-alben/13302)

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**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taggen-von-mp3-alben/13302 "2014-09-15T05:56:54Z")

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Hi, offenbar gibt es zunehmend sogenannte MP3-Alben, d.h. wohl Zusammenstellungen von Songs zum Download als MP3s, die eher virtuell zusammengeführt wurden und denen anscheinend kein konkretes physisches Album-Release e…

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## [Regex and problem with brackets](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-and-problem-with-brackets/16139)

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**Author:** [@jackpots](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jackpots)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/regex-and-problem-with-brackets/16139 "2014-09-14T15:14:15Z")

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I think I need a little assistance with regex in mp3tag. Have \> aaaa bbbb cccc dddd (xxx xxx xxx) \[yyy yyy yyy\] Want \> bbbb cccc dddd, aaaa (xxx xxx xxx) \[yyy yyy yyy\] So I tried the following: $regexp(%…%,^(.+?)\\s…

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## [Count total number of albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-total-number-of-albums/12486)

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**Author:** [@blake](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/blake)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/count-total-number-of-albums/12486 "2014-09-14T13:38:12Z")

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Is there a simple way to use MP3tag to count the total number of albums in my tagged music collection? I have several hundred albums, all in one big directory. I need to count the total number of albums seen by MP3tag …

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## [Wiped out all ID3 information.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wiped-out-all-id3-information/16137)

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**Author:** [@jcarraway](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jcarraway)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wiped-out-all-id3-information/16137 "2014-09-14T13:32:05Z")

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Hello Community, I accidentally wiped out all the ID3 Information on over 13k songs that I have uploaded from CD’s. I have Been renaming them each individually and spent about 7 hours only to realize I still have thous…

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## [\[X\] Datei ".....mp4" konnte nicht zum schreiben geöffnet werden](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-datei-mp4-konnte-nicht-zum-schreiben-geoffnet-werden/16138)

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**Author:** [@WHA1949](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/WHA1949)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-datei-mp4-konnte-nicht-zum-schreiben-geoffnet-werden/16138 "2014-09-14T13:14:37Z")

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Beim Speichern von mp4 file gibt es obige Fehlermeldung. Wird danach mp3tag beendet und neu gestartet, so zeigt sich dass einige tags trotzdem gespeichert wurden. Folgende Schritte reproduzieren Problem. Start mp3tag …

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## [Using rexexp on multiple tag fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-rexexp-on-multiple-tag-fields/16126)

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**Author:** [@pastim](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pastim)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-rexexp-on-multiple-tag-fields/16126 "2014-09-14T12:55:37Z")

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I have searched high and low, but cannot find an answer to what I would imagine is a common problem. I have several tags with multiple instances, Artist for example. I can have from one to 20 or more artists, each havi…

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## [action does not work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-does-not-work/16105)

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**Author:** [@parafux](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/parafux)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [September 14, 2014, 11:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-does-not-work/16105 "2014-09-14T11:14:17Z")

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this does not work on any of my albums, why? also if i generate an action with "format value" and change %track% to 0%track% this also doesn't work. can anybody help? autonumbering works fine (ctrl-k) but not this a…

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