# 1st time user has been an idiot
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 31, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695 "2009-07-31T18:54:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@evenslimmersladey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evenslimmersladey)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/1 "2009-07-31T18:54:18Z")
Hi All.
I feel I have jumped in without understanding what I am doing.
I have loaded up 700 plus mp3 files and deleted all the tags.
Now I am stuck and have not a clue what to do next.
I wish to turn all files into IDv32 tags.
Please help if you can.
Regards.
A. Idiot.
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### Author:  [@newser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/newser)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/2 "2009-07-31T19:02:36Z")
The undo-button doesn't work?
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### Author:  [@evenslimmersladey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evenslimmersladey)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/3 "2009-07-31T19:05:30Z")
Its greyed out, I think I have pressed some other buttons frantically trying to sort my mess out!
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### Author:  [@evenslimmersladey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evenslimmersladey)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/4 "2009-08-02T15:55:05Z")
I know there are programmes to add multiple data, eg Album, genre ect but I need to retag all with IDv32 tags as I had lots with earlier tag versions.
Can anybody help me?
please!!?
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### Author:  [@newser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/newser)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/5 "2009-08-02T16:07:21Z")
Can you extrakt your needed infos from the filenames?
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### Author:  [@evenslimmersladey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evenslimmersladey)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/6 "2009-08-03T10:05:00Z")
Well yes I can but is the data saying what kind of file important?
I loaded up the mp3s then deleted all the tags saying what kind of files they were eg
IDv32 tags or older versions so I could then re label them all as IDv32 tags. Does this matter?
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### Author:  [@newser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/newser)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2009, 10:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/7 "2009-08-03T10:16:35Z")
Please give examples of your filenames.
For writing only 3.2 please see Options \> Tags \> Mpeg.
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### Author:  [@evenslimmersladey](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/evenslimmersladey)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/8 "2009-08-03T16:12:10Z")
Options tags mpeg.. ok then what??
I really dont understand at all.
If you could run it by me dummie style then I will never darken your doorstep again. 
As for file name examples,
Chris Rea - On The Beach
length 00:6:50
bitrate 128kbps
Thats about it really.
Thanks in advance
Gary.
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### Author:  [@newser](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/newser)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2009, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/9 "2009-08-03T17:45:30Z")
Try this options:
If you have complete albums you can try to use freedb.
Or use the Converter "filename - tag" with the formatstring %artist% - %title%
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/10 "2009-08-03T17:56:48Z")
> [@evenslimmersladey](#):
>
> ... I really dont understand at all. If you could run it by me dummie style then I will never darken your doorstep again. ...
Did you ever heard of "mp3Tag"
[http://www.maniactools.com/soft/mp3tag/index.shtml](http://www.maniactools.com/soft/mp3tag/index.shtml)
or
"Mp3/Tag Studio"
[http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/](http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/)
or
"TagScanner"
[http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm](http://www.xdlab.ru/en/index.htm)
Maybe one of these applications can help you out of your personal mp3 hell.
Or try the "PicardTagger"
[http://musicbrainz.org/doc/PicardTagger](http://musicbrainz.org/doc/PicardTagger)
DD.20090803.2156.CEST
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/1st-time-user-has-been-an-idiot/8695/11 "2026-02-09T12:21:40Z")