# Can anyone help me with “Best Practice” for Tag Separators….?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-anyone-help-me-with-best-practice-for-tag-separators/54882
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**Created:** [October 25, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-anyone-help-me-with-best-practice-for-tag-separators/54882 "2021-10-25T22:48:41Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2021, 7:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-anyone-help-me-with-best-practice-for-tag-separators/54882/3 "2021-10-26T07:50:28Z")

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> [@leeuniverse](#):
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> since ALL seem to be being used.

Not all by a single player but all when you look at different players.  
See e.g. this thread:

> [@Should I use ";" or "\\\\" or "-" as a separator?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/should-i-use-or-or-as-a-separator/45708):
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> To date I have been using a ";" as a separator for the Artist, Composer and Genre fields. I would then do an action of merge duplicate fields for these fields after ripping a CD (or after a bunch of CD's). This displays well with the music players that I use currently but whether if or I may want to use another player in the future I am wondering if there is a better solution that is more universal?. Been thinking about whether it would of been best to use the "\" as a separator or even a …

BTW: not all players support a separator for all fields. E.g. WMP does not accept more than one entry in ALBUMARTIST and ALBUM (and probably YEAR).

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