# Counter in title, reset on title change with 2nd counter conflict
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-in-title-reset-on-title-change-with-2nd-counter-conflict/71850
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-in-title-reset-on-title-change-with-2nd-counter-conflict/71850 "2026-09-17T14:26:49Z")
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### Author:  [@noaudio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/noaudio)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-in-title-reset-on-title-change-with-2nd-counter-conflict/71850/1 "2026-09-17T14:26:49Z")
Hello!
I have been looking to digitize some audiobooks.
My Problem is the following:
- The Title refers to the chapter from the book.
- I need the titles formatted in 2 different counters + the name of the chapter
For example;
001 CHAPTER1 1
002 CHAPTER1 2
003 CHAPTER1 3
004 CHAPTER2 1
005 CHAPTER2 2
And so on.
what I have so far:
$num(%track%,3) %title% $num(%\_counter%,1)
That however returns:
001 001 CHAPTER1 1
002 002 CHAPTER1 2
003 003 CHAPTER1 3
004 004 CHAPTER2 1
005 005 CHAPTER2 2
and so on.
Is there a way to get rid of the second instance of the total track number?
Many thanks in advance!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-in-title-reset-on-title-change-with-2nd-counter-conflict/71850/2 "2026-09-17T14:38:55Z")
Try Convert\>Tag-Tag for TITLE
Format string: `$num(%track%,3) $replace(%title%,$num(%track%,3) ,) $num(%_counter%,1)`
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### Author:  [@noaudio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/noaudio)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-in-title-reset-on-title-change-with-2nd-counter-conflict/71850/3 "2026-09-17T15:09:19Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> $num(%track%,3) $replace(%title%,$num(%track%,3) ,) $num(%\_counter%,1)
Thanks!
That works for the most part, I still have to select each chapter one at a time, but it is much faster than numbering them by hand.
for reference:
Output on selecting all:
001 CHAPTER1 1
002 CHAPTER1 2
003 CHAPTER1 3
004 CHAPTER2 4
I can however select each chapter on its own and it'll number them accordingly.
Thanks again
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### Author:  [@Casual\_Tea](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Casual_Tea)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-in-title-reset-on-title-change-with-2nd-counter-conflict/71850/4 "2026-09-18T15:36:26Z")
> [@noaudio](#):
>
> I still have to select each chapter one at a time
I don't think there's a solution for that within Mp3tag.
It would require being able to access the tag content of the previous file in the selection.
Something that would conceivably work might be if Florian adds functionality like `$previous(TAG)` and `$next(TAG)` to refer to the `TAG` value of the previous selected song or the next selected song, but you'd have to create a feature request for that and it might be very complex to implement so there's no saying if he'd actually do it.
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### Author:  [@noaudio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/noaudio)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-in-title-reset-on-title-change-with-2nd-counter-conflict/71850/5 "2026-09-18T15:52:52Z")
Alright then, thank you for clarifying.
I will mark the message by ohrenkino as a solution.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/counter-in-title-reset-on-title-change-with-2nd-counter-conflict/71850/6 "2026-09-20T15:53:44Z")
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