# Copy tag to tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tag-to-tag/11396
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 5, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tag-to-tag/11396 "2011-01-05T13:15:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Esteban](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Esteban](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Esteban)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tag-to-tag/11396/1 "2011-01-05T13:15:39Z")

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Hello,

I'm looking for a way to transfer automatically all ID3 tags from one set of mp3 files to another set of mp3 files. I admit I didn't search trough ALL posts and faqs but at first glance this is not straightforward.

The general idea is first to convert hi-bitrate files to lo-bitrate using lame and a one line script for batch sequencing. Could be something like that:

for %x in (xyz\*.mp3) lame -h -b128 "%x" "new\_%x"

I'm using the fabulous Take Command processor, the syntax should be very similar in a CMD window. Anyway, this is off topic.

Then, as lame doesn't keep the tags ![:mellow:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/4b8c6f29e486b8c722cb7ac9772205fa9b7aca09.gif ":mellow:"), use mp3tag to copy tags from one set to the other.

==\> Howto??? ![:unsure:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/cfaeba84fe6704387c5b34dfdd8172bd51b6f533.gif ":unsure:")

Thanks,  
Esteban

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### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tag-to-tag/11396/2 "2011-01-05T16:29:55Z")

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> [@Esteban](#):
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> ... use mp3tag to copy tags from one set to the other. ...

[Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/965/6)

DD.20110105.1832.CET

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### Author: ![Esteban](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Esteban](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Esteban)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tag-to-tag/11396/3 "2011-01-06T12:25:25Z")

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> [@DetlevD](#):
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> [Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/965/6)
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> DD.20110105.1832.CET

Ach! It was just too simple! ![:wub:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/9d52539911b96a045b8e7016a3cf8335067dd973.gif ":wub:")

Thanks a lot, it works exactly as expected. One just have to pay attention to the order the files are selected, because the tags are copied whatever be the file names.

Thanks again,  
Esteban

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-tag-to-tag/11396/4 "2026-02-09T12:22:48Z")

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