# Latest **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=788 [Latest](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.mp3tag.de/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/tags.md) **Page:** 789 --- ## [Repeats in playlists](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/repeats-in-playlists/6279)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/repeats-in-playlists/6279 "2008-02-19T21:48:15Z")
Could we please have a fix to Mp3tag’s omission of repeats in playlists? If I load a playlist with the same track twice, Mp3tag just silently drops the second. I have many playlists containing the same silent spacer trac… --- ## [\[X\] Exporting BB Code](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-exporting-bb-code/6280)
**Author:** [@timbinchicago](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/timbinchicago)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-exporting-bb-code/6280 "2008-02-19T00:28:51Z")
Hello, I've been using MP3Tags for a couple weeks now and like it alot. But, I'm having a problem getting BB Code to export properly. When the file exports, the BB Code disappears. I'm thinking the problem is with \[b… --- ## [Asciification in Export](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/asciification-in-export/6293)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/asciification-in-export/6293 "2008-02-19T00:06:28Z")
Can anyone suggest a way of reducing various tags’ international characters to their Extended ASCII equivalents in an Export config? The only way I’ve found is with a horrendous stack of nested $replace()'s. A workaroun… --- ## [Online Information doesn't work (freedb, etc...)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/online-information-doesnt-work-freedb-etc/6289)
**Author:** [@crazyneo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/crazyneo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/online-information-doesnt-work-freedb-etc/6289 "2008-02-18T20:54:07Z")
Every time I try to use the online information to fill the tags automatically, and highlighting only the songs of a certain CD, it always gives a error, no matter what the service I use. How do I solve this? Pics very m… --- ## [Tag - Dateiname: Track Nummern](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-dateiname-track-nummern/6287)
**Author:** [@Dream](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Dream)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-dateiname-track-nummern/6287 "2008-02-18T20:18:04Z")
Guten Abend! Ich hoffe ihr könnt mir helfen :wink: Mein Problem: Bei Alben mit nur einer CD klappt dieser “Tag - Dateiname” Code wunderbar: $num(%track%,2) - %artist% - %title% Ergebnis: 01 - Peat Junior & Fernand… --- ## [The first selected file?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-first-selected-file/6282)
**Author:** [@lindoro](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/lindoro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/the-first-selected-file/6282 "2008-02-18T18:28:18Z")
Hello I’d like a feature (which I believe is not present) allowing the referral to the tags of the first file in the selection. The reason is that often the tags for classical music are written in this way: Liszt: Bee… --- ## [Suugestion for Help: $mid($mid(x,n)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suugestion-for-help-mid-mid-x-n/6288)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suugestion-for-help-mid-mid-x-n/6288 "2008-02-18T18:16:43Z")
I suggest adding to Help: $mid(x,n) nth character of text x for not only people looking for this function, but also for those who might think it does “characters from position n to end of text x” as in BASIC etc. --- ## [maintain playlist after file rename/move](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/maintain-playlist-after-file-rename-move/6247)
**Author:** [@bucky](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bucky)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/maintain-playlist-after-file-rename-move/6247 "2008-02-18T17:05:45Z")
Here’s a common situation for me: I often rename an mp3 file or re-arrange the folder structure, which breaks my playlists, since the playlist would be referencing an invalid file. For example, I have a file called “U2 … --- ## [Importing previous configuration settings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-previous-configuration-settings/6283)
**Author:** [@boogieted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/boogieted)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-previous-configuration-settings/6283 "2008-02-18T17:01:55Z")
I used a previous version of mp3tag last spring. I had exported my configuration settings to a zip file. I have since reformatted my computer and now have the latest version of mp3tag (2.39). I want to import the sett… --- ## [Suggestion: correct File|Export|'Export file name'...](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-correct-file-export-export-file-name/6284)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-correct-file-export-export-file-name/6284 "2008-02-18T16:12:21Z")
… to ‘Export filepath format string:’ to fix/foretell the problem reported in http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=7162 --- ## [Exporting](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting/6266)
**Author:** [@confucius](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/confucius)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/exporting/6266 "2008-02-18T13:19:32Z")
Hello, I’ve installed version 2.39 on to my laptop running XP sp2 home edition. When I export (with any of the in built options) and choose the directory to save it. I get the message… "exporting information about 17 f… --- ## [Probleme mit Cover einfügen](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/probleme-mit-cover-einfugen/6281)
**Author:** [@sshp](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sshp)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 10:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/probleme-mit-cover-einfugen/6281 "2008-02-18T10:55:57Z")
Hallo, ich habe ein Problem beim Cover in die mp3s einfügen. Das Cover hole ich mir von amazon. Sobald ich das Cover einfüge verändert er links in der Spalter immer die Tracknummer (meistens ändert er es auf 1) und somi… --- ## [\[X\] Tags loeschen geht nicht](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-loeschen-geht-nicht/6272)
**Author:** [@igelchen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/igelchen)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tags-loeschen-geht-nicht/6272 "2008-02-18T09:02:45Z")
Hallo Leute, ich habe ab und zu immer wieder Dateien, die keinen Schreibschutz haben, wo sich aber die Tags sich nicht bearbeiten bzw. loeschen lassen. Meine Einstellungen sind: Tags - Mpeg – Lesen — ID3v1 — ID3v2 … --- ## [Show linebreaks in multi-line tag values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-linebreaks-in-multi-line-tag-values/6177)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 18, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/show-linebreaks-in-multi-line-tag-values/6177 "2008-02-18T01:51:04Z")
Currently the single-line controls (tracklist, tag panel, extended tags dialog) that display tags omit the linebreaks of multi-line values. It would be nice if they instead showed a placeholder e.g. the paragraph mark ch… --- ## [Tag mp3 from file path](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275)
**Author:** [@Kirkski](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kirkski)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275 "2008-02-17T17:44:36Z")
Hello all, I’m sure there’s a logical way to do this but i can’t figure it out. I’ve tagged all my mp3 based on the solution found in http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?showtopic=6429&hl= For example %Artist%%Album%%T… --- ## [\[X\] $regexp(X,.\*$,YY)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-regexp-x-yy/6261)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-regexp-x-yy/6261 "2008-02-17T16:57:20Z")
\[EDITED:\] … returns YYYY rather than YY as documented. --- ## [Jedes Wort - Anfangsbuchstabe Gross](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/jedes-wort-anfangsbuchstabe-gross/6276)
**Author:** [@pcg0506](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pcg0506)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 4:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/jedes-wort-anfangsbuchstabe-gross/6276 "2008-02-17T16:48:04Z")
Hi, es tut mir leid, ich tue mich mit dem Syntax ein bisschen schwer und konnte im Forum nur finden, wie man jedes 2. Wort mit dem Anfangsbuchstaben groß schreibt. Ich mochte aber jedes Wort mit Anfangsbuchstaben groß … --- ## [Disclaimer on the http://www.mp3tag.de/en/links.html](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disclaimer-on-the-http-www-mp3tag-de-en-links-html/6278)
**Author:** [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/disclaimer-on-the-http-www-mp3tag-de-en-links-html/6278 "2008-02-17T16:15:34Z")
Hi, just a short remark The disclaimer on http://www.mp3tag.de/en/links.html is in German, shouldn’t this be in English ? Regards Michael --- ## [\[X\] Tag - Filename format string %path%](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-filename-format-string-path/6260)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-filename-format-string-path/6260 "2008-02-17T12:44:06Z")
… (from Extended Fields \> path) returns a value of null. Workaround (perhaps): replace with %\_folderpath%%\_filename% . --- ## [Removing Strings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-strings/6236)
**Author:** [@Jatolo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jatolo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 11:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/removing-strings/6236 "2008-02-17T11:11:00Z")
Hi guys, I found out that a lof my FILENAMES have track number Artist album and then the song’s name.mp3. I JUST WANT TO KEEP that string (XXXXX.MP3). How can I remove everything else. Thanks and It is a great Program :… --- ## [Export cover to file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-to-file/6273)
**Author:** [@koichirose](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/koichirose)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 11:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-cover-to-file/6273 "2008-02-17T11:02:41Z")
Since I already have the coverart embedded via id3 tags, can I export everything in a completely different directory? something like /music/covers/%\_directory% .jpg \<-which always changes, obviously. instead of /musi… --- ## [\[X\] Aenderung im Anzeigen von Dateien](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-aenderung-im-anzeigen-von-dateien/6270)
**Author:** [@igelchen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/igelchen)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-aenderung-im-anzeigen-von-dateien/6270 "2008-02-17T10:15:55Z")
Hallo Leute, ich weiss nicht welche Version ich vorher drauf hatte, aber heute früh installierte ich mir die aktuelle 2.39 darüber um meine Einstellungen zu behalten. Seitdem hat sich das Verhalten beim Starten des Pro… --- ## [Image Field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/image-field/6269)
**Author:** [@Elfo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Elfo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 17, 2008, 9:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/image-field/6269 "2008-02-17T09:43:45Z")
I have a quick question about actions. I’ve tried to set up a basic action, that will delete all fields except for the ones I designate, i.e.: artist;title; etc. But, what do I call the embedded art in order to save i… --- ## [\[X\] Switching away ceased Read Tag status update](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-switching-away-ceased-read-tag-status-update/6255)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-switching-away-ceased-read-tag-status-update/6255 "2008-02-16T19:00:23Z")
When during a long Read Tag I switch away from the app and then back, the status bar count of files processed is frozen. --- ## [Automatic Update](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-update/6267)
**Author:** [@Hubird](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hubird)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/automatic-update/6267 "2008-02-16T13:52:43Z")
I would like to see automatic an update feature. mp3tag can already check for updates if asked to do so by the user. I would like the option of checking every time mp3tag is started or at a set interval. --- ## [Wie stellt man Error-Reporting wieder ab?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wie-stellt-man-error-reporting-wieder-ab/6222)
**Author:** [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/wie-stellt-man-error-reporting-wieder-ab/6222 "2008-02-16T12:39:43Z")
Gemäss Dev-Changelog ist in der Version 2.39o u.A. folgendes geändert worden: Da ich z.B. die Covers im aktuellen und im übergeordneten Verzeichnis suche, erhalte ich nun bei jedem Album ellenlange Fehlermeldungsboxen … --- ## [\[F\] Window failure during tag read](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-window-failure-during-tag-read/6085)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-window-failure-during-tag-read/6085 "2008-02-16T12:30:16Z")
If during e.g. a File | Read tag operation, I switch away from and back to the app, the window fails to reappear until the operation is finished. --- ## [\[F\] TLEN placeholder not showing by default](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-tlen-placeholder-not-showing-by-default/6253)
**Author:** [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-tlen-placeholder-not-showing-by-default/6253 "2008-02-16T12:25:05Z")
The TLEN field maps correctly to %length% but this is not available in the drop down lists until you add it to a track yourself. Instead %songlen% is available but that maps to a TXXX field. --- ## [\[F\] Renaming tag panel entry loses drop-down values](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-renaming-tag-panel-entry-loses-drop-down-values/6254)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-renaming-tag-panel-entry-loses-drop-down-values/6254 "2008-02-16T12:24:50Z")
Renaming a tag panel entry (in Options | Tag Pane) loses all literal values in that field’s Tag Panel drop-down list. Workaround - reselect the tracks. --- ## [\[F\] Tag - Filename Undo can attempt](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-tag-filename-undo-can-attempt/6263)
**Author:** [@chrisjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrisjj)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2008, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-tag-filename-undo-can-attempt/6263 "2008-02-16T12:24:34Z")
… to delete the same directory multiple times - where there are many files in the same directory. It should only attempt once. And each redundant attempt causes a “Directory … cannot be deleted” errors, requiring the u… [Previous page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=787) [Next page](https://community.mp3tag.de/latest.md?page=789)