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## [Convert decimal to hex?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-decimal-to-hex/9658)

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**Author:** [@Torc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Torc)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-decimal-to-hex/9658 "2010-01-08T23:33:22Z")

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Is there a way to convert %\_length\_seconds% to a hexadecimal value? I’m trying to create fake %comment itunsmpb% tags, and if I use a fake value sometimes iTunes interprets the fake value as the actual length of the tra…

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## [Strip Specific last character of a Tag File](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-specific-last-character-of-a-tag-file/9261)

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**Author:** [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/strip-specific-last-character-of-a-tag-file/9261 "2010-01-08T23:02:43Z")

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Good day. How do I get my Mp3Tag to strip a certain character of a field? Eg. I rename most of my music filenames by\>\> %artist% - %Album% - %Title% But at times my “Artist field” is a bit messed up it might have …

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## [change case](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-case/9641)

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**Author:** [@evergreen1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evergreen1)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-case/9641 "2010-01-08T19:53:36Z")

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there is an option to change the case of your choice under the heading actions. for changing the case actions/change case…in that dialogue box after the place for entering the filed, next field is to enter the case of y…

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## [Einige grundlegende Fragen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/einige-grundlegende-fragen/9663)

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**Author:** [@Dave012](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dave012)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/einige-grundlegende-fragen/9663 "2010-01-08T16:48:44Z")

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Hallo mp3-Tag-Team, ich lese hier nun schon länger und benutze auch euer Tool, um meine Mp3s Tag-technisch voranzubringen. Leider weiß ich nun garnicht so genau wie ich mich hier bzgl. meines Problems äußern soll. Ich…

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## [Enhancement request: Use clipboard for album title when album tag is empty](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enhancement-request-use-clipboard-for-album-title-when-album-tag-is-empty/8701)

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**Author:** [@egd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/egd)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 12:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/enhancement-request-use-clipboard-for-album-title-when-album-tag-is-empty/8701 "2010-01-08T12:12:16Z")

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When doing a lookup using web sources it would be very handy if mp3tag used the clipboard contents when it encounters a situation where the album title is not present in the tags. This would save one having to paste it …

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## [Way to fix "orphan" mp3s?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/way-to-fix-orphan-mp3s/9654)

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**Author:** [@Madskillzman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Madskillzman)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 9:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/way-to-fix-orphan-mp3s/9654 "2010-01-08T09:15:40Z")

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Hey guys…gotta question for you…been using mp3tag to compile a music library of about 75,000 songs…and its been great…can do just about any darn thing i ask it to…but the one i cannot for the life of me figure out is how…

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## [Change directory command](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-command/9599)

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**Author:** [@bilmc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bilmc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 8, 2010, 8:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/change-directory-command/9599 "2010-01-08T08:28:51Z")

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Firstly as a new forum member, thanks for an outstanding program. I have used Mp3tag for some time, and latest version seems to have removed a feature I found very helpful. Previously if I was working through a directo…

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## [Feature request - adjust tag information window](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-adjust-tag-information-window/9661)

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**Author:** [@mellemel](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mellemel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-adjust-tag-information-window/9661 "2010-01-07T20:56:29Z")

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Sometimes when you look up an album on Amazon, or wherever, for tags and covers your search comes back with multiple hits. Depending on the artist you may come back with 10 versions of one album! And not all those will h…

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## [Help with Reg Ex / action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-reg-ex-action/9642)

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**Author:** [@sweep](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sweep)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-reg-ex-action/9642 "2010-01-07T13:32:38Z")

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If a title contains the string \[Previously Unreleased how do I replace the title with what’s to the left of \[Previously Unreleased? I’m selecting about 100 tracks, so the action needs to work with titles that don’t cont…

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## [Cover Quellen ändern](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-quellen-andern/9659)

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**Author:** [@goldfisch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/goldfisch)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 7, 2010, 9:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-quellen-andern/9659 "2010-01-07T09:53:01Z")

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Hallo Leute. Ich habe jetzt einige Stunden gesucht. Ich arbeite ja sehr viel mit mp3Tag, doch mich stört einfach, dass er immer mit Amazon die Covers sucht. Kann man es irgendwie ändern, z.b. das er über cover-paradies.…

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## [Multiple Artist Tags?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artist-tags/6246)

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**Author:** [@stricko](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stricko)\
**Replies:** 29\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artist-tags/6246 "2010-01-06T22:20:40Z")

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Hi there, I’ve been using MP3tag for a while now (various versions) to maintain a library of about 600 albums on a server (XP). This is then used by various networked PCs (XP and XP MCE, and Twonky via a couple of Pinnac…

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## [Right Click question](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/right-click-question/6551)

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**Author:** [@winstonsmith](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/winstonsmith)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/right-click-question/6551 "2010-01-06T18:21:26Z")

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When I am in a folder of MP3’s, I used to be able to select all the files, right click, select MP3Tag, and they would all pop up in the program ready to be edited. The program doesn’t seem to work that way anymore. Is t…

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## [Playlisten erweitern (mit Export-Funktion?)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlisten-erweitern-mit-export-funktion/8949)

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**Author:** [@jomei](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jomei)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 6, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlisten-erweitern-mit-export-funktion/8949 "2010-01-06T11:02:05Z")

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Ich habe mit der Funktion “Playlist von ausgewählten Dateien” diverse m3u-Playlisten erstellt. Jetzt möchte ich die Möglichkeit haben den verschiedenen Playlisten weitere Titel hinzuzufügen. Mit der Funktion „Export“ hä…

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## [Help with an action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-an-action/9649)

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**Author:** [@Ladmo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ladmo)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-an-action/9649 "2010-01-05T21:21:48Z")

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I still can’t get my head around building my own actions. What I’m trying to do is create an action that’ll add the artist in brackets to the end of the title. So that the title looks like this: The Three Stooges \[ABC\] …

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## [Ersetze alles nach eckiger Klammer mit \*nix\*](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ersetze-alles-nach-eckiger-klammer-mit-nix/9080)

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**Author:** [@DevilsDance](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DevilsDance)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ersetze-alles-nach-eckiger-klammer-mit-nix/9080 "2010-01-05T20:05:58Z")

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Hallo, ich bräuchte mal eure hilfe. ich habe einige dateien in denen im id3tag im titel nach einer \] noch informationen kommen die ich gerne löschen würde wollen. z.b. Artist - titel \[xyz version\] bla bla bla nun wär…

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## [Cover suchen und einbinden](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-suchen-und-einbinden/9643)

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**Author:** [@justblue](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/justblue)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cover-suchen-und-einbinden/9643 "2010-01-05T19:17:39Z")

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Hallo, ich wurde vom iPod-Forum hierher verwiesen und hoffe, dass mir jemand bei meinem Problem helfen kann. Ich verwende MP3Tag V2.35a unter Windows XP und habe keine großartige Erfahrung mit dem taggen. Worum geht es…

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## [iTunes Cutting Songs Short - MP3 Tag problem?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-cutting-songs-short-mp3-tag-problem/9630)

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**Author:** [@vince.gazy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/vince.gazy)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 7:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/itunes-cutting-songs-short-mp3-tag-problem/9630 "2010-01-05T19:17:26Z")

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HI, Pretty new here. Been using MP3Tag for a good while and I love it. I’ve been getting a recurring problem with iTunes for a while now. I’m not sure what anyone would need to know to help me so sorry if this is a bit…

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## [Synchronising and deleting Tag formats](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/synchronising-and-deleting-tag-formats/9305)

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**Author:** [@dikiz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dikiz)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/synchronising-and-deleting-tag-formats/9305 "2010-01-05T18:24:46Z")

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I have some tags “Tag” filled that way : ID3v2.3 (ID3v1 ID3v2.3 APEv2) Well I suppose it means that all sorts of tags are used and I guess it makes files bigger, doesn’t it ? If so, I’d like to know if there’s some sor…

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## [TITLE tag has "Artist - Title"](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-tag-has-artist-title/9638)

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**Author:** [@Tarc](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Tarc)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/title-tag-has-artist-title/9638 "2010-01-05T16:51:52Z")

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Hi everyone, I’ve been using mp3tag for a few months now continuously rebuilding my music collection. I write my own scripts and have dozens of them that do everything I need in my own way (I’m very picky). I’ve read d…

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## [Auto rename FILENAME in case of duplicated songs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-rename-filename-in-case-of-duplicated-songs/9646)

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**Author:** [@kimosapiens](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kimosapiens)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/auto-rename-filename-in-case-of-duplicated-songs/9646 "2010-01-05T10:35:49Z")

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Hi ! How do I make Mp3 tag to add a number at the end of the FILENAME in the case of duplicated filenames? Example: ABBA-Mamma Mia.mp3 - first copy of the song ABBA-Mamma Mia(2).mp3 - second copy of the song ABBA-Ma…

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## [Tag - Filename \[Track Number Code\]](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-track-number-code/9262)

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**Author:** [@thorsonb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thorsonb)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-filename-track-number-code/9262 "2010-01-05T10:34:59Z")

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I recall I used to have an format string as default that came with Mp3Tag, but I deleted, but Now I see it makes my live easier! I rename all of my album’s by this code %album% - %track% - %title% But say for instance…

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## [Export lists with grouped releases](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-lists-with-grouped-releases/9648)

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**Author:** [@dikiz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dikiz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 9:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-lists-with-grouped-releases/9648 "2010-01-05T09:31:11Z")

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I currently use a combination of Dnuos and Guidua (graphical front end) to make lists of my collection. What I appreciate with this program is : Simple txt design Based on directory structure Doesn't list each tracks …

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## [How to use quotation marks in actions](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-quotation-marks-in-actions/9647)

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**Author:** [@skypilotpete](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/skypilotpete)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-use-quotation-marks-in-actions/9647 "2010-01-05T07:05:51Z")

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I want to create an action that inserts quotation marks around the title tag and results in the filename having the format: Album Tracknumber “Title”.mp3 However, it seems that " is a reserved character and Mp3tag won’t…

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## [User Defined Values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-values/9583)

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**Author:** [@stanman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stanman)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 5, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/user-defined-values/9583 "2010-01-05T01:15:30Z")

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For Genre on the tag panel you can have user defined genres and then select “Show only user defined values”. Is there a way to do that for other fields on the tag panel. For example, I use CONTENTGROUP on the tag panel.…

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## [Can't find "Options-Convert-Tag/Filename ..." in v2.45a](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-find-options-convert-tag-filename-in-v2-45a/9628)

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**Author:** [@cfs001](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/cfs001)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-find-options-convert-tag-filename-in-v2-45a/9628 "2010-01-04T20:49:36Z")

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Hello everybody, I am a Beginner and just started reading (Help, FAQs, Screenshots, etc.) … My Problem is that I don’t see the Options described in the Screenshots on mp3tag.de in my installation (v2.45a) - my options …

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## [WMA track number](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wma-track-number/9625)

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**Author:** [@czeigen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/czeigen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wma-track-number/9625 "2010-01-04T20:46:01Z")

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I use mp3 tag and am very content with it. The only trouble I am having is with tagging the track number to my wma files. The numbers appear in the computer, but when i load the album to my mp3 player (cowon s9) the so…

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## [Anzahl tracks pro Album](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anzahl-tracks-pro-album/9623)

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**Author:** [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/anzahl-tracks-pro-album/9623 "2010-01-04T19:31:47Z")

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Ein frohes neues Jahr, Ich habe einen großen Teilbestand von MP3s, bei denen nicht alle Tracks des jeweiligen Albums vorhanden sind. Zur Steigerung des Erfolgserlebnisses möchte ich mich daher zunächst bei der Vertaggu…

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## [Ctrl+Shift+P place each playlist in it's respective directory?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ctrl-shift-p-place-each-playlist-in-its-respective-directory/9635)

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**Author:** [@mjoa](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjoa)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 7:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ctrl-shift-p-place-each-playlist-in-its-respective-directory/9635 "2010-01-04T19:26:27Z")

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Hello, love the program. Been using it for a number of years and it has saved me hundreds of hours. I have a few hundred albums, each one in it’s own directory. Is there any way to automatically generate a playlist fi…

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## [Taginhalt links verkürzen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taginhalt-links-verkurzen/9640)

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**Author:** [@Katzenvadder](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Katzenvadder)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/taginhalt-links-verkurzen/9640 "2010-01-04T15:37:31Z")

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Wie kann ich den Inhalt eines Tag-Feldes um x Stellen abschneiden. Beispiel: Feld Album Inhalt Sammlung CD 32 Als gewünschter Feldinhalt soll CD32 stehen bleiben. Gibt es hier eine Übersicht über mögliche Aktion…

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## [Album - Tag size](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-tag-size/9636)

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**Author:** [@huttey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/huttey)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 4, 2010, 9:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-tag-size/9636 "2010-01-04T09:59:41Z")

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Hi, I am new here so be gentle. When I create the Album name from the Filename it truncates the Album name. Is there a way to make the Album name tag size bigger ? Regards Huttey

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