# Action help
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 30, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568 "2016-12-30T17:42:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Romano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Romano)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/1 "2016-12-30T17:42:55Z")
Hi there,
i put this in codec field to get the name MP3 but it dind work, help please:
$replace(%\_codec%,'Windows Media Audio','WMA','Free Lossless Audio Codec','FLAC','MPEG 1 Layer III','MP3')
Cover art: how to get more sources?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/2 "2016-12-30T18:35:50Z")
> [@Romano](#):
>
> ...
> $replace(%\_codec%,'Windows Media Audio','WMA',...
I think it has to be the other way round:
$replace(%\_codec%,'WMA','Windows Media Audio',...
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### Author:  [@Romano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Romano)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/3 "2016-12-30T18:54:40Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> I think it has to be the other way round:
> $replace(%\_codec%,'WMA','Windows Media Audio',...
i took this code here, i will look for the link, and try your way, thank you
it did not work also:
Something is wrong here
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/4 "2016-12-30T19:12:19Z")
> [@Romano](#):
>
> i took this code here, i will look for the link, and try your way, thank you
>
> it did not work also:
>
> Something is wrong here
It was not quite clear where you wanted to have this.
Your original idea was OK, I think:
$replace(%\_codec%,'Windows Media Audio','WMA','Free Lossless Audio Codec','FLAC','MPEG 1 Layer III','MP3')
You can only modify the display in the table but you cannot modify the data for the codec in the file.
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/5 "2016-12-30T19:15:42Z")
> [@Romano](#):
>
> Hi there,
>
> i put this in codec field to get the name MP3 but it dind work, help please:
>
> $replace(%\_codec%,'Windows Media Audio','WMA','Free Lossless Audio Codec','FLAC','MPEG 1 Layer III','MP3')
The quotes should not be used.
Use this:
$replace(%\_codec%,Free Lossless Audio Codec,FLAC,MPEG 1 Layer III,MP3,Windows Media Audio,WMA)
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### Author:  [@Romano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Romano)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/6 "2016-12-30T21:06:01Z")
> [@ryerman](#):
>
> The quotes should not be used.
> Use this:
>
> ```
> $replace(%_codec%,Free Lossless Audio Codec,FLAC,MPEG 1 Layer III,MP3,Windows Media Audio,WMA)
>
> ```
Did not work, for clearing, i want this folder to be:
The Housemartins - Raise The Flag (1997) [256 MP3]
and not
The Housemartins - Raise The Flag (1997) [256 MPEG 1 Layer III]
The Action:
%artist% - %Album% (%year%) '['%\_bitrate% %\_codec%']'
The value in the codec column:
i have tried this:
$replace(%\_codec%,'Windows Media Audio','WMA','Free Lossless Audio Codec','FLAC','MPEG 1 Layer III','MP3')
$replace(%\_codec%,Free Lossless Audio Codec,FLAC,MPEG 1 Layer III,MP3,Windows Media Audio,WMA)
the original post was here in the forums but i cannot find it.
Edit: found it: [Codec](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/17780/1)
Edit2: it shows well in the column:
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/7 "2016-12-31T01:25:24Z")
> [@Romano](#):
>
> Did not work, for clearing, i want this folder to be:
> The Housemartins - Raise The Flag (1997) [256 MP3]
> and not
> The Housemartins - Raise The Flag (1997) [256 MPEG 1 Layer III]
>
> The Action:
> %artist% - %Album% (%year%) '['%\_bitrate% %\_codec%']'
>
> The value in the codec column:
> i have tried this:
> $replace(%\_codec%,'Windows Media Audio','WMA','Free Lossless Audio Codec','FLAC','MPEG 1 Layer III','MP3')
>
> $replace(%\_codec%,Free Lossless Audio Codec,FLAC,MPEG 1 Layer III,MP3,Windows Media Audio,WMA)
Change the Action to:
%artist% - %Album% (%year%) '['%\_bitrate% $replace(%\_codec%,Free Lossless Audio Codec,FLAC,MPEG 1 Layer III,MP3,Windows Media Audio,WMA)']'
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### Author:  [@Romano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Romano)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2016, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/8 "2016-12-31T09:21:11Z")
> [@ryerman](#):
>
> Change the Action to:
>
> ```
> %artist% - %Album% (%year%) '['%_bitrate% $replace(%_codec%,Free Lossless Audio Codec,FLAC,MPEG 1 Layer III,MP3,Windows Media Audio,WMA)']'
>
> ```
This work thank you. 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-help/18568/9 "2022-08-28T19:49:42Z")
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