# Latest **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=495&state=muted [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 496 --- ## [MP3Tag Questions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-questions/14727)
**Author:** [@AMJF](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AMJF)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-questions/14727 "2014-03-25T09:42:07Z")
I am looking into MP3Tag as an alternative to other software I’ve been using for a while now, but am looking to a more efficient MP3 tagger. I’m enquiring about two things in particular: When I use the Filename \> Tag … --- ## [placeholders in Filter?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholders-in-filter/15603)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/placeholders-in-filter/15603 "2014-03-24T20:03:31Z")
Does anyone have a list of the placeholders available in Filter? Though https://docs.mp3tag.de/filter says Filter allows format string, the format string page it links to https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting makes no mentio… --- ## [Remove leading and trailing spaces from all fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-leading-and-trailing-spaces-from-all-fields/15606)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 24, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-leading-and-trailing-spaces-from-all-fields/15606 "2014-03-24T17:02:54Z")
Is there a way to do this in a way that works regardless of what fields are in the tracks? Action “Format value” would require a copy for each field name. --- ## [Filtering on any field matching a regexp](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-on-any-field-matching-a-regexp/15607)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filtering-on-any-field-matching-a-regexp/15607 "2014-03-23T22:14:33Z")
How can one filter to show only the tracks in which any field matches a regexp? This was possible before the change of filter format, but with the new format I cannot find a placeholder equivalent to ALL. Thanks. --- ## [Tips für einen Umsteiger von MP3 Book Helper](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tips-fur-einen-umsteiger-von-mp3-book-helper/15612)
**Author:** [@grokit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/grokit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tips-fur-einen-umsteiger-von-mp3-book-helper/15612 "2014-03-23T20:00:23Z")
hallo, Ich habe jahrelang mit MP3 Book Helper gearbeitet. Leider funktioniert dieser sehr sehr alte (von 2004) MP3 ID editor unter Windows 8 nicht mehr richtig. Also habe ich mich mal für den Mp3tag entschieden. Nach d… --- ## [Repeated %\_max\_counter% fails](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/repeated-max-counter-fails/15608)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 11:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/repeated-max-counter-fails/15608 "2014-03-23T11:14:56Z")
1 Select 10 tracks 2 Export using this config: $filename(C:\\temp\\temp.txt,ANSI)$loop(%title%)$loopend() MC1 %\_max\_counter%,MC2 %\_max\_counter%,MC3 %\_max\_counter%. Expected: MC1 10,MC2 10,MC3 10. Observed: MC1 10,MC2 6… --- ## [Sub Folders](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sub-folders/15610)
**Author:** [@xpac5896](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/xpac5896)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 23, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sub-folders/15610 "2014-03-23T05:10:29Z")
I was doing some work on some of my mp3’s and normally I don’t have sub folders, however I have recently added a number of them under my primary mp3 folder due to the repetition of some of the songs I have. I use WINAM… --- ## [Convert für Titel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-fur-titel/15604)
**Author:** [@vingar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vingar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-fur-titel/15604 "2014-03-22T17:44:11Z")
Ich habe zwei spieler die nach den Titel sortieren. Wäre schön das ich meine wachsende Dateiensammlung einfach konvertieren konnte, ähnlich wie bei Filename, z.B. %1 \> 0%track% %1 --- ## [Line based text exports and line breaks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/line-based-text-exports-and-line-breaks/3649)
**Author:** [@Crayon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crayon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 10:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/line-based-text-exports-and-line-breaks/3649 "2014-03-22T10:43:31Z")
Hello everyone, I’ve looked through the documentation and the export sub-forum, but I can’t find a solution to my problem. It’s probably something simple that I have overlooked or maybe what I want to do is not possible… --- ## [Web Sources Broken](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-broken/15458)
**Author:** [@Crazy\_Tagger](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crazy_Tagger)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/web-sources-broken/15458 "2014-03-22T03:04:17Z")
I think Music Brainz may have changed something which has caused a lot of the Web Sources to no longer work. Has anyone else noticed this? --- ## [Editing hidden metadata in iTunes M4A purchases?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-hidden-metadata-in-itunes-m4a-purchases/15597)
**Author:** [@Fascion](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Fascion)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-hidden-metadata-in-itunes-m4a-purchases/15597 "2014-03-21T02:05:33Z")
Recently I decided to sit down and organize my music collection in a way that would make accessing it on my iPod touch much easier. Well, I’ve encountered a bit of a problem along the way… it would appear that M4A files… --- ## [\[X\] Discogs source: cover art fails to download](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-discogs-source-cover-art-fails-to-download/15507)
**Author:** [@Astragalus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Astragalus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-discogs-source-cover-art-fails-to-download/15507 "2014-03-20T14:53:32Z")
This appears to be a new issue: When querying discogs, in the usual way (i.e., discogs.src) the GET request to api.discogs.com is coming back with a 401 unauthorized, resulting in no cover art appearing in the result. T… --- ## [Feature request - text-pastable tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-text-pastable-tags/15192)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-text-pastable-tags/15192 "2014-03-20T13:41:57Z")
Please could the tags copied to the clipboard be made pastable as text e.g. into a text editor? Thanks. --- ## [Blinking mouse cursor when using Actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blinking-mouse-cursor-when-using-actions/15516)
**Author:** [@Bran\_Dragon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bran_Dragon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/blinking-mouse-cursor-when-using-actions/15516 "2014-03-20T12:43:17Z")
Hia peepz :slight\_smile: I’ve restored my actions from a back-up and now when I click on the actions-button or menu (both have the same issue) my mouse cursor blinks reaaaally fast for a couple of seconds before opening… --- ## [Tools - MP3tag-Tags in einer Batch-Datei](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools-mp3tag-tags-in-einer-batch-datei/15591)
**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tools-mp3tag-tags-in-einer-batch-datei/15591 "2014-03-19T15:01:24Z")
Hallo miteinander, ich habe einige Aufrufe von Irfanview in den Tools definiert, die ich gerne in einem Tools-Aufruf vereinen möchte. Daher benötige ich wohl statt des direkten Starts von Irfanview über das Tools-Menü d… --- ## [Swap Artist - Title Easily](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/swap-artist-title-easily/15602)
**Author:** [@freekey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/freekey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 7:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/swap-artist-title-easily/15602 "2014-03-19T07:09:33Z")
Hi all. How can I easily swap the field of Artist & Title field easily in one shot? Is there any available functions for that? Thank you very much. --- ## [Cover.X,Cover.Y\ **Author:** [@CC-GoE](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CC-GoE)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-x-cover-y-z/15598 "2014-03-19T05:49:32Z") HI! Is it possible to filter for cover X.Y values less than some Z pixels? Want to check the dimensions… --- ## [Multiple artist edit fail](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artist-edit-fail/15599)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artist-edit-fail/15599 "2014-03-18T22:26:20Z")
If I enter multiple artist fields in the track list (using the undocumented \\\\ trick - I know no other way), I get: Fine. If I then make an edit there, Mp3tag combines the artists into a single field: This also hap… --- ## [Not sure if this is even possible, but...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-sure-if-this-is-even-possible-but/15601)
**Author:** [@ExitRitual](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ExitRitual)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-sure-if-this-is-even-possible-but/15601 "2014-03-18T21:05:37Z")
Ahoy all. Long time. The easy part: Looking to rename album folders so that they’re as so: (%year%) %album% That i can do. Easy. The harder part: There may be artist folders with tracks in the root / not in an album… --- ## [Feature request: confirmation dialogue when deleting actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-confirmation-dialogue-when-deleting-actions/15590)
**Author:** [@aax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aax)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-confirmation-dialogue-when-deleting-actions/15590 "2014-03-18T17:19:11Z")
Could we get a confirmation dialogue when deleting action groups and actions? Also, would it be possible to add separators or tabs to action groups window? My list of actions is quite long and I have different actions f… --- ## [Apply one file's tag to all files using actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apply-one-files-tag-to-all-files-using-actions/15594)
**Author:** [@aax](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aax)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apply-one-files-tag-to-all-files-using-actions/15594 "2014-03-18T16:47:39Z")
Is this possible? Specifically, I wrote an action group that adds A-side and B-side track-info to comments for albums ripped from vinyl. Currently, I have to select tracks from side A (1-#) and apply it, which then also… --- ## [Multiple same-name field export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-same-name-field-export/15600)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-same-name-field-export/15600 "2014-03-18T14:54:43Z")
Is there an official documented way of exporting multiple fields of a single given name? E.g. multiple ARTIST fields as here: For some unfathomable reason, %artist% returns only one of the fields. Thanks. --- ## [Zeitverzögerung](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/zeitverzogerung/15561)
**Author:** [@Antrubis](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Antrubis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/zeitverzogerung/15561 "2014-03-17T12:48:50Z")
Moin! Ich habe eine längere Aktion…wird nicht viel sagen, aber hier ist sie: Es geht darum Felder aus mp3Tag zu exportieren und diese wieder einzulesen. Export "OutPut TrackList" Export "OutPut GesamtLänge" Text-Da… --- ## [Replace "Various Artists" with 1 artist.](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-various-artists-with-1-artist/15596)
**Author:** [@orlandorivers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/orlandorivers)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 10:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-various-artists-with-1-artist/15596 "2014-03-17T10:54:20Z")
Hello, I’m just looking to make editing my mp3’s easier and faster than what I’m currently doing. (Duh) Ok, so I have most of my music with “Various” or “Various Artists” as the album artist name, even though most of my… --- ## [Removing numbers in the title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-in-the-title/15588)
**Author:** [@Ridefort](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ridefort)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 9:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-numbers-in-the-title/15588 "2014-03-17T09:52:23Z")
Goodmorning. I used the “Filename - Tag” option to fill in the "Title"field, however the files are numberd, like 01 Alpha ,02 Beta, 03 Gamma etc. Regretable the numbering als appears in the "Title"field. An other optio… --- ## [Need Help with duplicated data](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-duplicated-data/15595)
**Author:** [@bertiepr](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bertiepr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-with-duplicated-data/15595 "2014-03-17T05:32:54Z")
Hi ! I need to change this: (TITLE field) Girl Gone Wide (Live) (Live) to this: (TITLE field) Girl Gone Wide (Live) I don’t know what command to use. REPLACE delete both (Live), but I only want th… --- ## [Can you add a script function for date processing?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-you-add-a-script-function-for-date-processing/8830)
**Author:** [@JNicoll](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JNicoll)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-you-add-a-script-function-for-date-processing/8830 "2014-03-16T13:40:35Z")
I mainly use mp3tag for processing BBC podcasts. These typically have filenames of form prg\_yyyymmdd.mp3 where ‘prg’ is a truncated version of the original radio programme’s name, and the ‘yyyymmdd’ portion is the ori… --- ## [Changing file name from Title, with a twist](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-file-name-from-title-with-a-twist/15576)
**Author:** [@JPWRana](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JPWRana)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-file-name-from-title-with-a-twist/15576 "2014-03-15T22:21:39Z")
I have a folder with 135 mp3’s. I was able to successfully change their file name to the same as the Title. However, there is a small quick that I was wondering can be batched. In the Title, is there a way that I can te… --- ## [folder.jpg exists indicator](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-jpg-exists-indicator/15587)
**Author:** [@risk](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/risk)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-jpg-exists-indicator/15587 "2014-03-15T17:47:49Z")
For cover art, I generally have a folder.jpg in the album’s folder and I don’t include the cover tag in metadata. Is there a way from within mp3tag to see if folder.jpg exists? --- ## [Set pre-defined Tag remotely](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/set-pre-defined-tag-remotely/15179)
**Author:** [@DavidLago](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DavidLago)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/set-pre-defined-tag-remotely/15179 "2014-03-15T16:54:20Z")
Hello all. That’s my first post here, gimme welcome :slight\_smile: I want to perform a bulk task operation to help me set genres automatically. I have a directory, where I keep my mp3, with almost 1 thousand albums. T… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=494&state=muted) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=496&state=muted)