# Latest

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## [Embedded lyrics and which tags to use?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-lyrics-and-which-tags-to-use/64698)

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**Author:** [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/embedded-lyrics-and-which-tags-to-use/64698 "2024-11-01T11:51:17Z")

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Over the last couple of weeks I've refined a python script I have used in the past to find all .lrc files in my collection that don't have a corresponding song with the same name (which, prior to mp3tag renaming .lrc fil…

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## [Creating Synced Lyrics with Translations by merging with another field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-synced-lyrics-with-translations-by-merging-with-another-field/66389)

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**Author:** [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 8:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/creating-synced-lyrics-with-translations-by-merging-with-another-field/66389 "2024-11-01T08:08:26Z")

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I'd like to shuffle / zip two fields together. Allow me to explain. My music player now supports non timestamped lines in synced lyrics. So this: \[00:00.00\] Agua Water Means both those lines will appear at the times…

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## [MP3Tag zu Dateiname](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-zu-dateiname/66383)

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**Author:** [@M.alsehen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/M.alsehen)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-zu-dateiname/66383 "2024-10-31T10:09:33Z")

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Hallo! Vorerst, ich bin ein großer Fan des Tools und benutze es schon lange Zeit und finde die Mühe dahinter grossartig! Ich habe das Forum durchsucht nur leider hab ich keine Lösung gefunden :frowning: Ich habe ein p…

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## [Lost License Key](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-license-key/66386)

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**Author:** [@treycmcl359](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/treycmcl359)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 7:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/lost-license-key/66386 "2024-10-31T07:59:52Z")

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I can't seem to find my license key. How can I retrieve it?

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## [Using same configuration schema keys across multiple scripts](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-same-configuration-schema-keys-across-multiple-scripts/66278)

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**Author:** [@rboss](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rboss)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [October 31, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-same-configuration-schema-keys-across-multiple-scripts/66278 "2024-10-31T01:02:53Z")

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This is an issue that took me quite a while to pin down, and longer to consider it a bug, but since the conditions required to trigger it are somewhat random, I'll try to explain by retelling the story of how I came acr…

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## [Any way to set the cover type of all mp3s at once?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-set-the-cover-type-of-all-mp3s-at-once/66372)

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**Author:** [@AllTnoPain](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/AllTnoPain)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/any-way-to-set-the-cover-type-of-all-mp3s-at-once/66372 "2024-10-29T23:58:03Z")

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I have downloaded a lot of mp3s and would like the cover art to work properly, they all downloaded with it but in order for it to appear in rekordbox I have to set the cover to be the front cover. The only way I have …

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## [Need format string to get data in front of first //](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-format-string-to-get-data-in-front-of-first/66377)

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**Author:** [@Pigler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Pigler)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/need-format-string-to-get-data-in-front-of-first/66377 "2024-10-29T17:59:35Z")

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I already tried my \*\*\* off. I want a format string that: if there is no " // " just copy everything in the tag "Artist" to "Album Artist" if there is " // " just copy everthing before the first " // " from "Artist…

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## [Sort Sequence in main panel is not alphabetic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-sequence-in-main-panel-is-not-alphabetic/66375)

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**Author:** [@powell](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/powell)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sort-sequence-in-main-panel-is-not-alphabetic/66375 "2024-10-29T14:21:40Z")

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Hi, I opened a directory of tracks which were file named by a number and then descriptive text. I applied a sort by clicking on the filename. This was confirmed by the column having a circumflex added to the title. A…

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## [Advice: Massive Grateful Dead Metadata Project](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/advice-massive-grateful-dead-metadata-project/55998)

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**Author:** [@Temporal\_Dissident](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Temporal_Dissident)\
**Replies:** 24\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/advice-massive-grateful-dead-metadata-project/55998 "2024-10-29T14:06:21Z")

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MP3TAG Community, Hey now! New member. My first post. I want to outline a massive project I am embarking upon. Background/Context: In their 30+ year career, the Grateful Dead played over 2,300 live concerts. They perm…

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## [Replace specific character in tags and filename](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-specific-character-in-tags-and-filename/48931)

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**Author:** [@tomy91](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/tomy91)\
**Replies:** 18\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-specific-character-in-tags-and-filename/48931 "2024-10-28T22:05:43Z")

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Hello dear Mp3tag community, I purchased old Pioneer CDJ-200 turntables to practice mixing in my bedroom. It supports MP3 CDs, I burned a few and found out that the players stop with an 8304 error when the filename or a…

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## [Library idrow or id as function](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-idrow-or-id-as-function/66370)

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**Author:** [@kliclick](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/kliclick)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-idrow-or-id-as-function/66370 "2024-10-28T14:31:48Z")

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Hi, I've just looked at the "library" option and saw that it is an SQLite database. I think that maybe it could be nice to get a key value from library available as a function (that we can use to tag a file), for example…

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## [Get Album Recognised By Spotify](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-album-recognised-by-spotify/66358)

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**Author:** [@CT04](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CT04)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/get-album-recognised-by-spotify/66358 "2024-10-27T17:26:51Z")

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Hello, I am trying to import some mp3's to Spotify and I added my songs to an album (and put COMPILATION and DISCNUMBER of all songs to '1') via Mp3tag and while it does say on Spotify that the songs belong to an album,…

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## [Setting year field with full incrementing date](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/setting-year-field-with-full-incrementing-date/66363)

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**Author:** [@NadCat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NadCat)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/setting-year-field-with-full-incrementing-date/66363 "2024-10-27T14:26:16Z")

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I have a program that requires my audio files to have their release date in YYYY-MM-DD format in their year tag in order to sort them. I do not care about the actual dates but I need to set this value for 140 files. Is t…

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## [How to Delete String inside Parens and preceding space](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-string-inside-parens-and-preceding-space/66359)

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**Author:** [@parodytx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/parodytx)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 27, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-delete-string-inside-parens-and-preceding-space/66359 "2024-10-27T02:39:35Z")

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Sorry new to scripting, could not find in community - I have a number of titles that have a song title followed by a space and a string inside a set of parens (). The string is of differing lengths and content. I would …

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## [How to sort columns doubly](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-sort-columns-doubly/66355)

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**Author:** [@Owens](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Owens)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-sort-columns-doubly/66355 "2024-10-26T17:51:31Z")

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I would like to sort columns doubly, example: Short by years and also genres. That i can see by years and not have the genres scattered. Other option would be use the Filter but i would have input year by year manually…

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## [Album Art Not showing in MP3 Tag since upgrade to Win11](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-not-showing-in-mp3-tag-since-upgrade-to-win11/66218)

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**Author:** [@ChipUK](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ChipUK)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/album-art-not-showing-in-mp3-tag-since-upgrade-to-win11/66218 "2024-10-26T17:49:48Z")

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Hi I recently upgraded to a new PC running win 11. I copied all my music files over but in the MP3 Tag app the album art is missing. I have tried to work out why but it's defeated me. What has gone wrong or changed?

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## [Difference between Discogs' timestamp and actual file duration of track](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/difference-between-discogs-timestamp-and-actual-file-duration-of-track/64608)

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**Author:** [@eowar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/eowar)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [October 26, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/difference-between-discogs-timestamp-and-actual-file-duration-of-track/64608 "2024-10-26T15:29:55Z")

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Hiya. Is there any way of having a column when getting results of a release to show the difference of seconds (even minutes, if so) between Discogs' data and the actual files we're tagging? Not this release in partic…

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## [Searching some double spaces](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-some-double-spaces/66349)

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**Author:** [@Thg6276](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Thg6276)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/searching-some-double-spaces/66349 "2024-10-25T19:07:19Z")

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Good day, I would like to know how to search the filename which contains some double spaces. Thanks for your help

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## [VA - get year!](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/va-get-year/15985)

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**Author:** [@Azevedo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Azevedo)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/va-get-year/15985 "2024-10-25T14:06:20Z")

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Hi! I have this large collection of mp3s which actually is a mix of songs I collected along the years. The files are tagged with ARTIST and TITLE only. Is it possible for mp3tag to find those songs’ YEAR on discogs/am…

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## [Format Value (Calculation Across Selected Files)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-calculation-across-selected-files/66347)

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**Author:** [@mista\_j](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mista_j)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 25, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-value-calculation-across-selected-files/66347 "2024-10-25T07:41:26Z")

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I have a field called "Explicit Score" this is a 3 digit numerical value that is calculated based on the number of choice words found in the lyrics of any given track. I'd like to be able to select the tracks of an albu…

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## [Tag-Feld importieren mit (Mix)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-feld-importieren-mit-mix/66342)

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**Author:** [@majka](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/majka)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [October 24, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-feld-importieren-mit-mix/66342 "2024-10-24T19:15:46Z")

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Hallo, ich habe folgenden Dateinamen als Beispiel: cameo - candy (remix) (1986).mp3 In Mp3Tag gehe ich also in Tag-Felder importieren / filename und würde da mit %ARTIST% - %TITLE% (%YEAR%) anfangen. Allerdings feh…

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## [Renaming all Disc 1/1 to 1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-all-disc-1-1-to-1/66339)

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**Author:** [@Giffdev](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Giffdev)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/renaming-all-disc-1-1-to-1/66339 "2024-10-23T18:10:35Z")

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Hey all, new member here and sorry if this has been asked before. To try and support the clearest naming convention for Plex, I set up a rule in Mp3tag to rename most of my tracks with %discnumber%$num(%track%,2) - %tit…

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## [Selecting multiple files to "open with" in VLC does not work](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selecting-multiple-files-to-open-with-in-vlc-does-not-work/66291)

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**Author:** [@scwesten](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/scwesten)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/selecting-multiple-files-to-open-with-in-vlc-does-not-work/66291 "2024-10-23T17:06:52Z")

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To replicate error: select multiple files, right click, "Open With" click VLC. Result: only 1 file is sent to VLC. Expected result: All files selected would be sent to VLC and then I could play all of them. Current wor…

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## [Using the tag changes bitrate. Should I worry or is this a bug?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-the-tag-changes-bitrate-should-i-worry-or-is-this-a-bug/66159)

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**Author:** [@e1m9](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/e1m9)\
**Replies:** 15\
**Last updated:** [October 23, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/using-the-tag-changes-bitrate-should-i-worry-or-is-this-a-bug/66159 "2024-10-23T16:38:54Z")

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## [Mp3tag for Mac v1.8 released](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-v1-8-released/61431)

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**Author:** [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-for-mac-v1-8-released/61431 "2024-10-22T19:10:56Z")

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Mp3tag for Mac v1.8 released I’ve just released Mp3tag for Mac v1.8 and I want to take the opportunity to outline some of the new features and improvements for you: Copying and Moving Files to Different Folders This new…

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## [Wertungs-Feld aus Apple Music soll in MP3Tag angezeigt werden](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wertungs-feld-aus-apple-music-soll-in-mp3tag-angezeigt-werden/66331)

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**Author:** [@brihei23](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/brihei23)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 22, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wertungs-feld-aus-apple-music-soll-in-mp3tag-angezeigt-werden/66331 "2024-10-22T18:05:11Z")

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Hallo, ich benutze das Feld "Wertung" in Apple Musik. Jetzt benötige ich dieses Feld beim einlesen in MP3TAG. Hier ist es aber nicht vorhanden bzw. wird mir nicht angezeigt und ich kann es auch nicht auswählen. Wie bek…

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## [Editing music lyrics](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-music-lyrics/66324)

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**Author:** [@javadkh](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/javadkh)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 3:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-music-lyrics/66324 "2024-10-21T15:22:00Z")

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Hi Your application is a very useful application with a very good user interface. I have only one suggestion to add to this application, which would be great if you could add it. The ability to edit music lyrics is real…

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## [Das fehlt mir in den FAQs: APE-Tags löschen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/das-fehlt-mir-in-den-faqs-ape-tags-loschen/12139)

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**Author:** [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/das-fehlt-mir-in-den-faqs-ape-tags-loschen/12139 "2024-10-21T05:42:20Z")

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Da APE-Tags immmer wieder Probleme bereiten und hier im Forum eigentlich immer dazu geraten wird, die APE-Tags zu entfernen, wäre eine Prototypen-Beschreibung in den FAQs um nicht immer wieder dieselben Handgriffe beschr…

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## [Replace last Parenthesis on title?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-last-parenthesis-on-title/66311)

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**Author:** [@PiC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/PiC)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replace-last-parenthesis-on-title/66311 "2024-10-20T12:49:52Z")

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Hi ! I try again and again but without any solution. I read a lot of topic but nothing to soluce my problem. When multiple files contain different expressions it is difficult to create the script. I would like to rep…

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## [Replacing Cover Art in each file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-cover-art-in-each-file/66282)

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**Author:** [@TheBlueCafe](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/TheBlueCafe)\
**Replies:** 13\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/replacing-cover-art-in-each-file/66282 "2024-10-20T12:17:06Z")

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HI I have 500 Files with one cover art for all. I need to replace each one with a new cover art but The cover art is staying with just 1 unless I also change a character in the Album box. This is tedius and involves a l…

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