Hi there, today, for the first time in the many years of me using mp3tag, I've worked with an album consisting of m4a files and noticed that no matter what I did, a padded zero would not be accepted. After some googling I found a thread on this forum stating that the m4a standard does not support …

[image] withmorten: ...However, couldn't you just always pad them in the tag field on reading the tags, so tag->filename conversions work properly without annoying trickery? I always work with padded zeroes... To get padded zeros in the filename, use $num(%track%,2) or $num(%track%,3) inst…

[image] ohrenkino: To get padded zeros in the filename, use $num(%track%,2) or $num(%track%,3) instead of a simple %track% for the format string in the convert function. If you want to see padded zeros in the columns, enter $num(%track%,2) or $num(%track%,3) in the field "value" of the colum…

[image] withmorten: ... why mp3tag shouldn't. Because it is non-standard? AFAIK you can't store padded zeros in the track field of mp4 files. Perhaps iTunes needs it to sort properly? I don't know. You would not have that problem if you tick "numeric" for the column definition.

[image] ohrenkino: Because it is non-standard? AFAIK you can't store padded zeros in the track field of mp4 files. Perhaps iTunes needs it to sort properly? I don't know. You would not have that problem if you tick "numeric" for the column definition. I did check "numeric" ... still only s…

[image] withmorten: I did check "numeric" ... still only shows "1". That's why I'm talking about an opt-in option. Those who want it can have it, those who don't never need to bother with it. I don't really see the harm in it, even it it's not "standard". The "numeric" takes care of the corr…

[image] ohrenkino: The "numeric" takes care of the correct sorting. It says nothing about padding. The "opt in" solution is that you can define your own column definition. BTW: if you add leading zeros to the track field in an MP4 tag then these will not be saved. It is up to the program to sh…

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