...search the forum but didn't find a solution. This is NOT the usual copy value question. I have a TAG %LABEL% which is not filled out on every track in the album. So i look for a BATCH solution to copy the filled out value from one track to the other tracks which do not have this value. filter…

so to sum it up for the next person in need. Even though telling me first filling a tag value of the same field from another track isn't possible, the following works. My example was/is %label% works of course for other tag fields too First create export file: $filename(New export file.txt,utf-8)…

[image] mamema: Any hints? There is no Action like "copy from neighbour track". What you can do is to select a "source track" containing your %LABEL% content. Then manually copy this content from View -> Extended Tags Select one or multiple "target tracks". Then manually paste the value i…

Just a simple remark [image] mamema: filtering for "empty value" is not a solution There is no such thing like "empty value". A tag only exists WITH content. Otherwise it does not exist at all. There is no tag without content.

okay, so no batch solution? Extended tagging isn't batch.... Is it allowed to ask here for "other" non mp3tag solutions, perhaps?

I think there are 2 approaches: 1st: create a corresponding field in the tag panel, select all the files that should get the same data for %LABEL%, enter the data in the field in the tag panel, save the modification. 2nd: filter for all the files that have the LABEL filled. Provided that files in …

thanks, as solution 2 is to intrusive for a lot of directories, i'm hesitate to use it, but made me think. Is it possible to batch export (into album directory) and then batch import from that file again? Perhaps before import batch modify the exported files to strip / add some data....

You could write an export script to export the contents of LABEL, then use [image] Import Text File – Mp3tag Documentation Documentation on the Import Text File action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Edit…

[image] ohrenkino: As we are discussing the whole affair on a fairly theoretical level: How often in the lifetime of a file will this problem arise? as i'm fixing my discogs / musicbrainz tagging, honestly quite a lot. Thanks look into your proposed solution user defined fields won't help …

[image] mamema: Means: if i have an album of 8 tracks, i need 8 values. I do not found a way to import 1 value to 8 files at once. Have you tried it? As the referenced action does exactly that: add the contents of the text file to the specified field in each of the selected files. You do n…

yes tried first, wasn't working. tried again, had partly a success, so first was an user error i guess, but i'm not there yet completely My export file $filename(New export file.txt,utf-8) $loop(%track%) %label% $loopend() but the tag gets filled with spaces in the beginning and at the end, s…

You do not tell on which files you use your export. If you use it on files that do not have the field LABEL, then you get empty lines. As the referenced function imports all of the text file into the named field this might appear as spaced. The export script should be used only on files that hav…

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You could write an export script to export the contents of LABEL,
then use

As we are discussing the whole affair on a fairly theoretical level:
How often in the lifetime of a file will this problem arise?

Could user-defined values for a tag-field help?