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## [Remove artist from %title%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-from-title/67180)

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**Author:** [@pixelchef](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pixelchef)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-artist-from-title/67180 "2025-01-18T06:26:24Z")

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2025 newbie here. I'm trying to do the same think but can't seem to get the regex right to strip OUT the artist name from the title where present. about half of my 5122 song library has this issue. How can I query with F…

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## [RATING DISPLAY as numbers or stars](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-display-as-numbers-or-stars/67159)

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**Author:** [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 18, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/rating-display-as-numbers-or-stars/67159 "2025-01-18T04:32:26Z")

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Does anyone know how to display ratings (5... or \*\*\*\*\*)? I've read posts in this community but nothing helps and not clearly explained.

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## [MP3tag Itunes Publisher Winamp](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-itunes-publisher-winamp/67181)

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**Author:** [@Patrick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Patrick)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-itunes-publisher-winamp/67181 "2025-01-17T19:20:34Z")

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Hallo liebe Mp3tag-Community. Vielleicht hat jemand von Euch eine Lösungsidee für folgendes Problem: Ich möchte für einen MP4-File das Metadata für "Publisher" setzen. Grundsätzlich über %publisher% kein Problem. Den Pu…

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## [Help! How to remove artist name from title tag](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-how-to-remove-artist-name-from-title-tag/14070)

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**Author:** [@Abso](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Abso)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-how-to-remove-artist-name-from-title-tag/14070 "2012-11-02T15:05:27Z")

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Hi all, I am quite new to mp3tag and still i loved the features. My problem is i have to get the title name from the filename which contains both artist name and trak number. But other then that there is no info on the…

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## [Track numbers disappear](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-numbers-disappear/67174)

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**Author:** [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 17, 2025, 7:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-numbers-disappear/67174 "2025-01-17T07:24:23Z")

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Why do track numbers disappear whenever I select more than 1 file from the List, to make global changes and saves in Tag Panel? I just noticed this and have removed many that I need to manually re-add. I started with au…

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## [Wie kann man ein hartnäckiges, nicht entfernbares Cover-Bild doch noch entfernen?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wie-kann-man-ein-hartnackiges-nicht-entfernbares-cover-bild-doch-noch-entfernen/67171)

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**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wie-kann-man-ein-hartnackiges-nicht-entfernbares-cover-bild-doch-noch-entfernen/67171 "2025-01-16T17:58:08Z")

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Ich habe ein Album vor mir liegen, wo das Cover zwar angezeigt wird, aber man kann es weder im Tag-Panel noch in Erweiterte Tags mit Alt + T löschen. Ein Fehler wird in der File Liste nicht angezeigt. Die rechte Mausta…

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## [Displaying Track Length in the Tag Panel](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161)

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**Author:** [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-track-length-in-the-tag-panel/67161 "2025-01-16T15:21:41Z")

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Is is possible to format the number that displays in Tag Panel? Currently there there is no pattern and the numbers don't match those listed in Length.

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## [Export to HTML with Drop-Down menus to sort on fields](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-html-with-drop-down-menus-to-sort-on-fields/67156)

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**Author:** [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-to-html-with-drop-down-menus-to-sort-on-fields/67156 "2025-01-15T23:35:37Z")

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Is it possible to use sort drop-down menus on the Export Html web page like in Excel? It doesn't appear when I export the file from MP3Tag.

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## [Track Number (Keyboard Navigation)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-keyboard-navigation/67153)

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**Author:** [@pgh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pgh)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-number-keyboard-navigation/67153 "2025-01-15T17:16:22Z")

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I'm no longer able to click "Track" on the Tag List too add/edit. Can someone help fix? It's quicker and easier for me to manually add/edit rather than having to do it in the Tag Panel. Thanks!

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## [Action: export tag field as text on MacOS](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-export-tag-field-as-text-on-macos/63215)

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**Author:** [@Quildar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Quildar)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 9:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-export-tag-field-as-text-on-macos/63215 "2025-01-15T09:05:31Z")

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On Windows, I can create as part of an action to have a tag field exported into a txt file via the "Export" action type. On MacOS, this option is unavailable, or at least I can't seem to find it. Is there something I'm m…

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## [Remove %albumartist% from Title?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-albumartist-from-title/67148)

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**Author:** [@stephenmcleod](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stephenmcleod)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 15, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-albumartist-from-title/67148 "2025-01-15T07:27:24Z")

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Hiya. I have a number of tracks that have 'featured artists' listed in the Artist field, which causes problems with my iPod library. I am using the following action to move the artists into the title. So Stephen Fe…

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## [Displaying Disc Numbers in Multi-Disk Boxsets..?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-disc-numbers-in-multi-disk-boxsets/67143)

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**Author:** [@Sesquicunnus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sesquicunnus)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/displaying-disc-numbers-in-multi-disk-boxsets/67143 "2025-01-14T18:50:55Z")

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Hi, don’t know if this a problem with the WiiM Home app, MinimServer or even mp3Tag, but disc numbers for box sets display weirdly… as you can see, sometimes there’s no disc numbers at all, sometimes there’s a disc title…

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## [Cannot Change Album Art.!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-change-album-art/67145)

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**Author:** [@Sesquicunnus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sesquicunnus)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cannot-change-album-art/67145 "2025-01-14T18:41:27Z")

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Driving me crazy... I have eight tracks: first four have the correct art (it's a box set, so they have the correct art for the particular disc, CD3): the second four have the generic artwork for the box set: S…

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## [Moving Only the Specified Track?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-only-the-specified-track/67142)

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**Author:** [@josephzitt](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/josephzitt)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-only-the-specified-track/67142 "2025-01-14T17:59:46Z")

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By default, when I use an action to move a file into a new directory, it moves everything in the file's current directory with it. In most cases, this is good. However, such as when I'm renaming and moving a single MP3 f…

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## [Files deleted by changing tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/files-deleted-by-changing-tags/67050)

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**Author:** [@Eterno\_03](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Eterno_03)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/files-deleted-by-changing-tags/67050 "2025-01-14T13:21:18Z")

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Hello everyone! I spent weeks making a Sample Pack in .wav format (a folder with subfolders full of short .wav files) and I edit the \[Collaborating Artists\], \[Album\], \[Year\] and \[Composer\] tags of all the files within t…

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## [Comment is empty in Windows Explorer](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-is-empty-in-windows-explorer/67133)

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**Author:** [@Marius-Charles](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Marius-Charles)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/comment-is-empty-in-windows-explorer/67133 "2025-01-14T09:37:46Z")

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Hello I'm new to using Tags and I'm facing a problem with the "comments" tag I fill in the "Comment" Tag of a file under MP3Tag but the windows explorer shows me an empty "Comment" Tag. How do I solve my problem? Tha…

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## [Cover jpg in MP3Tag kopieren nach Bearbeitung](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-jpg-in-mp3tag-kopieren-nach-bearbeitung/67061)

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**Author:** [@Schabing](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Schabing)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 7:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-jpg-in-mp3tag-kopieren-nach-bearbeitung/67061 "2025-01-14T07:27:42Z")

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Hallo zusammen, ich wollte gerade auf mein Thema Antworten: leider bin ich genau 18 Stunden zu spät und der Thread wurde geschlossen. So ein Pech. Ich war 4 Krank, dann kam Weihnachten......... @ohrenkino schrieb: "…

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## [How do I make a condition so that an empty tag is not copied to another tag that already has a value?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-make-a-condition-so-that-an-empty-tag-is-not-copied-to-another-tag-that-already-has-a-value/67136)

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**Author:** [@viviancels](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/viviancels)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2025, 3:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-make-a-condition-so-that-an-empty-tag-is-not-copied-to-another-tag-that-already-has-a-value/67136 "2025-01-14T03:56:10Z")

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For example, one music service has a Label tag, another one has Publisher tag, I want to make two commands: format value: Field:LABEL / Format string:%publisher and Field:PUBLISHER / Format string:%label% Is it possible …

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## [Car not playing in sequence from SD card](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/car-not-playing-in-sequence-from-sd-card/67116)

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**Author:** [@Elbie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Elbie)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/car-not-playing-in-sequence-from-sd-card/67116 "2025-01-13T22:41:41Z")

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I actually used MP3tag lots of years ago! But today I am again a newbie. I have some mp3 audiobooks that I put on a SD card to play in my car. The folder they are in are in order 1-2-3 etc ... But when they play they ar…

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## [Embed LRC in FLAC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embed-lrc-in-flac/53579)

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**Author:** [@hypersucker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hypersucker)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embed-lrc-in-flac/53579 "2025-01-13T16:06:18Z")

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so I read this but I'm still not sure so before I do this for a lot of files, I would love some clarification. I add a tag field called LYRICS. then add the content of the LRC file to it, resp. have mp3tag import the…

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## [Folder name to playlist name](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-name-to-playlist-name/67130)

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**Author:** [@Gurtunca](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Gurtunca)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-name-to-playlist-name/67130 "2025-01-12T17:48:14Z")

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I've many subfolders ( nearly 2000 ) under my Music folder in Windows 11.Under each folder I can create playlist m3u including all the mp3 files having the same name with the folder.Is there an easy way to do it at the w…

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## [Feature suggestion: tag checking/validation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-tag-checking-validation/67125)

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**Author:** [@rboss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rboss)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-suggestion-tag-checking-validation/67125 "2025-01-12T17:00:49Z")

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Happy New Year to everyone in the community :tada: Recently, I became aware of an issue affecting my music collection, where tags were being modified by the ReplayGain scanner function of my player of choice (foobar2000…

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## [Drag and drop from foobar2000 to Mp3tag to replace File List does no longer work with v3.28a](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-and-drop-from-foobar2000-to-mp3tag-to-replace-file-list-does-no-longer-work-with-v3-28a/67126)

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**Author:** [@rboss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rboss)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 12, 2025, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/drag-and-drop-from-foobar2000-to-mp3tag-to-replace-file-list-does-no-longer-work-with-v3-28a/67126 "2025-01-12T14:15:44Z")

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Unrelated, but I just noticed that in 3.28a my normal operation of drag-and-drop to load files directly from foobar2000 to Mp3Tag no longer works. I can still add to the file list with \[Ctrl\], but replacing the contents …

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## [Alternative Vorgehensweise beim Umbenennen des %\_directory%?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/alternative-vorgehensweise-beim-umbenennen-des-directory/67122)

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**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 11, 2025, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/alternative-vorgehensweise-beim-umbenennen-des-directory/67122 "2025-01-11T12:02:05Z")

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Ich bin gerade am taggen von klassischer Musik. Eine Eigenheit sind die teilweise sehr langen Pfad- und Dateinamen. Um es kurz zu halten: Die Verzeichnisnamen sollen gekürzt werden. Stellt Euch diese Verzeichnis-Ausgan…

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## [Compare tags from all songs within an album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compare-tags-from-all-songs-within-an-album/67121)

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**Author:** [@rum](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rum)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/compare-tags-from-all-songs-within-an-album/67121 "2025-01-10T19:15:05Z")

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Hi, I have a niche scenario where I want to code an action that looks to see if the ARTIST tag of all the songs within an album have the same value. I want to do this so that if an album has the same exact artists on all…

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## [Need help renaming files and numbering albums](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-renaming-files-and-numbering-albums/67117)

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**Author:** [@Pompey1952](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pompey1952)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-help-renaming-files-and-numbering-albums/67117 "2025-01-10T12:43:59Z")

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Firstly Happy New Year everyone. I am trying to sort out a mass of music tracks and thanks to past help its going well. However I have hit a problem. Some of my older albums are labeled (disc 1) or Vol. 1. after the a…

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## [3.28a - Error Message When Renaming](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3-28a-error-message-when-renaming/67101)

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**Author:** [@DPease](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DPease)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 5:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3-28a-error-message-when-renaming/67101 "2025-01-10T05:50:23Z")

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I was trying to rename some FLAC files as I normally would, and I received the following: File "K:\\SAB DLs\\Dashboard Confessional-Alter The Ending-Deluxe Edition-16BIT-WEB-FLAC-2009-VEXED\\13-dashboard\_confessional-get\_m…

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## [Inconsistent Handling of Genre Field in m4a Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inconsistent-handling-of-genre-field-in-m4a-files/66861)

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**Author:** [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/inconsistent-handling-of-genre-field-in-m4a-files/66861 "2025-01-10T03:03:57Z")

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It seems there is some continued issues with the genre field in m4a files. There was some discussion a while ago here If a single genre is saved to any m4a file it is stored into the traditional genre tag location. But…

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## [Bestimmtes Tag Feld online suchen lassen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bestimmtes-tag-feld-online-suchen-lassen/67110)

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**Author:** [@Bongripper](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bongripper)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bestimmtes-tag-feld-online-suchen-lassen/67110 "2025-01-09T19:04:45Z")

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Ich habe vor einiger Zeit einen Bock geschossen, den Fehler aber erst heute bemerkt. In einem Ordner mit knapp 500 Dateien habe ich Tag Felder bereinigt, dabei aber leider übersehen, dass bei knapp 200 Dateien ein bestim…

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## [Remove numbers or other characters from a field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-numbers-or-other-characters-from-a-field/18789)

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**Author:** [@choujij](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/choujij)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [January 9, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remove-numbers-or-other-characters-from-a-field/18789 "2025-01-09T14:41:31Z")

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Hi. I have a problem that's been driving me crazy. I've tried for hours and searched here and google and nothing I've found has worked for me. I am trying to remove numbers and/or charecters from a field, such as title.…

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