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## [MP3Tag Title not used as MKV Titles](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-title-not-used-as-mkv-titles/45775)

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**Author:** [@phossler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phossler)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-title-not-used-as-mkv-titles/45775 "2025-02-27T14:21:43Z")

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Using VLC to play, the Title for an MKV movies doesn't show, it shows an embedded MKV Title instead. MP3Tag Title = "s01e03 - Something" but the VLC display seems to be a different Title that I can find in the MKV file …

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## [New column is not saved](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-column-is-not-saved/67671)

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**Author:** [@MusikBaum](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MusikBaum)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-column-is-not-saved/67671 "2025-02-27T09:20:13Z")

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I have set up a new column that inserts tags from two other columns: Name: KompWerk Value: $if(%work\_year\_sort%,%work\_year\_sort% %group%,) Field: %KompWerk% The entries are properly. Only they are not saved. Marking …

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## [MP3 player does not follow sequence](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-player-does-not-follow-sequence/65460)

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**Author:** [@aatalex](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aatalex)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 27, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-player-does-not-follow-sequence/65460 "2025-02-27T03:39:55Z")

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In MP#tag i created my playlist (400 titles) with the following filename: %track% - %artist% - %title% But when I play my music from a usb-drive in my car the track-sequence is not: 1, 2, 3 but 1, 10, 100. Anybody…

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## [MP3Tag v3.28 crashes during tag query at musicbrainz](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-28-crashes-during-tag-query-at-musicbrainz/67584)

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**Author:** [@mad3all](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mad3all)\
**Replies:** 26\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-v3-28-crashes-during-tag-query-at-musicbrainz/67584 "2025-02-26T14:34:10Z")

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After I have entered the artist and album in the search mask, the list of results appears. As soon as I move the mouse over the entries to select them, the program crashes without any errors or anything else. Strangely, …

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## [Can't display Flac album art in finder](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-display-flac-album-art-in-finder/67642)

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**Author:** [@bvon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bvon)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 12:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-display-flac-album-art-in-finder/67642 "2025-02-26T12:41:07Z")

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I can see album art in MP3TAG with both flac and aiff formats and it shows up in finder in the aiff format but not flac. I can't figure out why or how to fix it. Maybe not an MP3TAG issue but thought I'd post here to see…

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## [License Information to be used on other devices](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/license-information-to-be-used-on-other-devices/67664)

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**Author:** [@marimars](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/marimars)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 26, 2025, 10:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/license-information-to-be-used-on-other-devices/67664 "2025-02-26T10:03:18Z")

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Hello! I purchased the application directly from the app store but would like access to my license number because I have other devices on which I would like to install the program. How should I proceed?

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## [ERROR ID3V2.3 header parse error](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-id3v2-3-header-parse-error/67315)

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**Author:** [@brandon210](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brandon210)\
**Replies:** 50\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-id3v2-3-header-parse-error/67315 "2025-02-25T20:16:07Z")

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This has come up before, but not like I'm experiencing it. I only use MP3tag for files, so everything in my drives were tagged from Discogs through this program. Today, I found that every single one of my 100,000+ file…

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## [Playlist für Kodi erstellen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-fur-kodi-erstellen/67624)

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**Author:** [@juergenz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/juergenz)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-fur-kodi-erstellen/67624 "2025-02-25T19:11:18Z")

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Hallo, ich möchte für meinen Medienserver (ich hoffe, die Bezeichnung stimmt) Kodi, der auf einem Raspberry läuft Wiedergabenlisten erstellen. Kodi erwartet folgendes Format: #EXTCPlayListM3U::M3U #EXTINF:0,01. Carlos…

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## [Automating Move Tasks by Genre](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-move-tasks-by-genre/67648)

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**Author:** [@djquartz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djquartz)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automating-move-tasks-by-genre/67648 "2025-02-25T17:18:24Z")

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I've been pondering about this for awhile, I've been manually moving my tracks after processing to their respective genre folders. I would like to start building an automated move function so I can just select all the t…

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## [Feature Request - Please add Genre - OTR](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-please-add-genre-otr/67645)

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**Author:** [@csf111](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/csf111)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-please-add-genre-otr/67645 "2025-02-25T12:57:23Z")

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I use Mp3tag (on Mac) primarily to process Old Time Radio tracks. Old Time Radio is identified as OTR. With Mp3tag, typing OTR in the Genre brings up Other, then OtR, then I backspace to hopefully capitalize the lower…

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## [New profile field: Operating System](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-profile-field-operating-system/67656)

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**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 10:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/new-profile-field-operating-system/67656 "2025-02-25T10:57:37Z")

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Mp3tag is available on Windows, macOS, and Linux (via Wine). To help clarify which platform is being used, I've introduced a new mandatory profile field for the Operating System. This should make it easier for everyone …

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## [Action to rename cover](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786)

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**Author:** [@spinner410](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/spinner410)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-rename-cover/58786 "2025-02-25T06:55:08Z")

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Hi there, is there a way to rename album art (for example, cover.jpg) so that it is renamed as thenameofthealbum.jpg For example, let's say I have an album called "Apples and Oranges". I would like the cover to be named…

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## [Context menu gone?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/context-menu-gone/67644)

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**Author:** [@Yogachara](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Yogachara)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 10:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/context-menu-gone/67644 "2025-02-24T22:01:04Z")

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I used to be able to right-click on a file or folder in Explorer, and I would see mp3tag in the context menu. This made it enormously convenient to launch mp3tag with those files automatically selected for editing. Now t…

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## [Extract year from directory name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-directory-name/45662)

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**Author:** [@TheRadster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TheRadster)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/extract-year-from-directory-name/45662 "2025-02-24T19:18:21Z")

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I want assign to the %year% tag the first value found in %\_directory% that starts with 19 or 20 and include the following two digits (to form the year). I have been trying to use the Format Value action. $regexp(x,expr,…

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## [Make the output of audio files appear chronologically with Tools](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-output-of-audio-files-appear-chronologically-with-tools/67598)

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**Author:** [@Sergius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sergius)\
**Replies:** 20\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/make-the-output-of-audio-files-appear-chronologically-with-tools/67598 "2025-02-24T18:37:48Z")

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Hello friends, I am writing to you about 5 audio files that I program every week for the radio from Monday to Friday Here are the names of the 5 audio files: I program in Mp3tag a different date per audio file, from Mon…

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## [Reihenfolge der Spaltenleiste](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reihenfolge-der-spaltenleiste/9997)

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**Author:** [@jsc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jsc)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 11:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/reihenfolge-der-spaltenleiste/9997 "2025-02-24T11:24:14Z")

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Es wäre schön, wenn man die Spalten der Spaltenleiste per Ziehen mit gedrückter Maustaste verschieben könnte.

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## [Syntax $if2 nicht erfolgreich](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/syntax-if2-nicht-erfolgreich/67632)

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**Author:** [@jsc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jsc)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 11:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/syntax-if2-nicht-erfolgreich/67632 "2025-02-24T11:16:29Z")

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Hallo, ich möchte in das Feld Album den Künstler schreiben, wenn das (selbstdefinierte) Feld %wwwcommercialinfo% leer ist. Ansonsten soll im Feld Album der Titel stehen: ALBUM: $if2($len($trim(%wwwcommercialinfo%))=0,%…

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## [YouTube metadata](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/youtube-metadata/67612)

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**Author:** [@newmy51](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/newmy51)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [February 24, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/youtube-metadata/67612 "2025-02-24T07:13:29Z")

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I'm trying to extract/find/tag the publication dates from a collection of 256 youtube videos. The relevant metadata field is embedded as "publishedAt", or possibly "snippet.publishedAt" or "datetime" (see: Videos | Yo…

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## [Changing existing GENRE to other](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-existing-genre-to-other/67626)

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**Author:** [@ika](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ika)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-existing-genre-to-other/67626 "2025-02-23T13:52:43Z")

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I have been using MP3tag for many years and I am facing the following problem for quite some time now: Let's say I have some songs that all have FOLK as their GENRE. If for example I want to change FOLK to POP in one or…

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## [\[WS\] YouTube (requires YouTube API key)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-youtube-requires-youtube-api-key/62585)

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**Author:** [@AreDigg](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AreDigg)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 23, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ws-youtube-requires-youtube-api-key/62585 "2025-02-23T09:18:19Z")

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I am working on a YouTube API source. It requires a key from Google, it is free, but limits the number of searches you can make. YouTube Web Source 1.0a1.zip (2.4 KB)

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## [Find tracks NOT in a specific album from a folder of all tracks](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-tracks-not-in-a-specific-album-from-a-folder-of-all-tracks/67606)

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**Author:** [@reddwarf4ever](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/reddwarf4ever)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-tracks-not-in-a-specific-album-from-a-folder-of-all-tracks/67606 "2025-02-22T17:12:29Z")

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find tracks NOT in a specific album from a folder of all tracks Tried a filter but didn't work is there an action method thanks

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## [Drag+Drop cover image out of Mp3tag to XYplorer doesn't work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-drop-cover-image-out-of-mp3tag-to-xyplorer-doesnt-work/67542)

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**Author:** [@Quaraxkad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Quaraxkad)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-drop-cover-image-out-of-mp3tag-to-xyplorer-doesnt-work/67542 "2025-02-22T15:47:33Z")

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When you drag+drop a cover image from mp3tag to an external program, sometimes the image is not handled properly. Dropping onto the desktop works, and dropping onto a Windows Explorer folder works. But when using XYplore…

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## [Rekordbox Sync of key, bpm …](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rekordbox-sync-of-key-bpm/64292)

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**Author:** [@MTLC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MTLC)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rekordbox-sync-of-key-bpm/64292 "2025-02-21T21:51:16Z")

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Danke an LyricsLover für die Analyse mit Rekordbox in Version v6.8.1 Leider werden die Post hier im Forum sehr schnell wieder geschlossen, so dass man nicht weiterkommentieren kann, sondern ein neues Topic aufmachen mu…

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## [Initialkey conversion](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/initialkey-conversion/67610)

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**Author:** [@MTLC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MTLC)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/initialkey-conversion/67610 "2025-02-21T21:58:32Z")

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In another closed posting the camelot conversion was discussed: convert-initialkey I learned that according to the ID3 standard http://id3.org/id3v2.4.0-frames only the musical notation is allowed in the "Initial Key" …

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## [Komplettes Entfernen von z.B. ID3v1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/komplettes-entfernen-von-z-b-id3v1/7133)

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**Author:** [@Mahene](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mahene)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/komplettes-entfernen-von-z-b-id3v1/7133 "2025-02-21T18:29:08Z")

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Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob mein (gelöstes) Problem ein Bug im Programm ist oder schlicht durch Inkompabilitäten verschiedener ID3-Versionen entsteht. Mein Problem: Ich wollte Musikcover in Mp3s einbetten. \[Auf den Mp…

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## [Getting data from a text file with xml data](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-data-from-a-text-file-with-xml-data/67590)

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**Author:** [@nicole26](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nicole26)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-data-from-a-text-file-with-xml-data/67590 "2025-02-21T13:14:25Z")

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Sure, i understand, and since they are empty fields, it would solve this problem. I can try to program some CSV functionality like that with Visual Basic later, and leave it here, in case someone needs to use it. I than…

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## [Genre Change action possible?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-change-action-possible/67601)

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**Author:** [@mbrazil05](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mbrazil05)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2025, 7:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/genre-change-action-possible/67601 "2025-02-21T07:20:20Z")

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Let's talk Genre Change Is it possible to create an action that will only change part of a genre and not everything. for example : If I have a track that has the genre of "Urban Hip-Hop" I want to change the genre to …

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## [M4b chapter umbenennen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4b-chapter-umbenennen/67553)

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**Author:** [@Moon](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Moon)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4b-chapter-umbenennen/67553 "2025-02-20T21:12:52Z")

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Moin. Der Audiobook Converter übernimmt beim Erstellen einer m4b aus mp3s leider nicht deren Dateinamen bzw. Tags für die Kapitel, die er dabei anlegt. Statt "Ready Player One 1" als Titel des ersten Kapitels steht dort …

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## [Format string based on another field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-string-based-on-another-field/67595)

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**Author:** [@Trev0rDan5](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Trev0rDan5)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-string-based-on-another-field/67595 "2025-02-20T18:52:12Z")

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Hello all, I am looking to take the first few characters (up to, and not including, the first space) of the comment section, and put them in the initial key field (so 2A, 2B, 9A, 11A etc) I guess it'll be a regexp of s…

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## [Edit winamp play count values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-winamp-play-count-values/67596)

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**Author:** [@ErnieC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ErnieC)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-winamp-play-count-values/67596 "2025-02-20T17:22:24Z")

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I use winamp 5666. I accidently deleted the play count. I want to be able to edit the metadata that contains this item. I cannot find a winamp function that will display this number so I can't edit it Ernie

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