# Duplicate tags problem.

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 9, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906 "2009-02-09T20:42:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![sdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sdb)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906/1 "2009-02-09T20:42:19Z")

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I'm a bit new to this - I am using FLAC encoding, and was hoping to add tags for Composer, Performer, Conductor, Orchestra, and hopefully a few of each. I have read that it is recommended to have several of these tags, and I was hoping to do this and use Mp3tag's $meta() function to combine them into a database file.

I used the options editor to add these to the tag panel, but when I edit the fields and save them, the later fields over write the earlier ones:

Before saving:  
Composer: test1  
Composer: test2  
Composer: test3

After saving

Composer: test3  
Composer: test3  
Composer: test3

Have I done something wrong, or is there a work around?

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2009, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906/2 "2009-02-09T21:36:14Z")

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Yes, just use one field and \\ as separator for multiple values, e.g., test1\\test2\\test3.

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### Author: ![sdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sdb](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sdb)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906/3 "2009-02-09T22:18:12Z")

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Thank you, Florian. May I ask what is the advantage of using \\ as separator? What will that do for me? (Sorry if this is dumb question).

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906/4 "2009-02-10T08:04:54Z")

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The \\ is not stored in the tags, but tells Mp3tag to create a separate field instead. Just have a look at the extended tags dialog [Alt+T] after you've saved a tag using the \\ separator.

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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, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/duplicate-tags-problem/7906/5 "2026-02-09T12:21:22Z")

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