# \[F\] Exporting Tags To Text
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929
**Category:** Fixed Bugs
**Tags:** bug-fixed
**Created:** [October 20, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929 "2006-10-20T06:13:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/1 "2006-10-20T06:13:07Z")
Hello Florian,
There is a bug relating to the export of tags into text files.
The bug only seems to occur on albums with 8 or less mp3 files. Exporting 9 or more doesn't produce this strange behaviour.
This is what happens: The first track gets appended to the bottom of the list, so when you import the file back as tags, well, you know know what happens.
Rammstein - Das Modell - Kokain - 2/3 - 1997 - Metal -
Rammstein - Das Modell - Alter Mann [Special Version] - 3/3 - 1997 - Metal -
Rammstein - Das Modell - Das Modell - 1/3 - 1997 - Metal -
Hope this helps. Mp3tag is still the best tagger on earth.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/2 "2006-10-20T07:04:05Z")
QUOTE (Nighted @ Oct 20 2006, 10:13) \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>
Please show us your export script which produce the behaviour you've described.
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/3 "2006-10-20T07:13:36Z")
It's the default script that comes with Mp3tag.
It looks like this:
$filename(txt)$loop(%\_path%)%artist% - %album% - %title% - %track% - %year% - %genre% - %comment%
$loopend()
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [October 20, 2006, 11:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/4 "2006-10-20T11:48:06Z")
> [@Nighted](#):
>
> It's the default script that comes with Mp3tag....
It seems to be the same problem like "Falsche Reihenfolge beim txt-Export" [/t/3705/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3705/1)
DD.20061020.1548
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2006, 10:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/5 "2006-10-27T10:43:22Z")
> [@DetlevD](#):
>
> It seems to be the same problem like "Falsche Reihenfolge beim txt-Export" [/t/3705/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/3705/1)
>
> DD.20061020.1548
Well, this is a default template with the program. I think it should be fixed by default, not by the end user.
Anyway, thanks for pointing that out.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2006, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/6 "2006-10-28T12:48:16Z")
I'm not sure if this is a bug at all. The export configuration simply sorts the files by the full file path.
Best regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2006, 1:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/7 "2006-10-28T13:26:14Z")
I can reproduce this behavior every time. It doesn't make sense, but it happens.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/8 "2006-10-28T14:07:41Z")
I can reproduce it now and will fix it to the next release.
Thanks for reporting!
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2006, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/9 "2006-10-28T19:25:22Z")
Thanks Florian. One other thing related to this topic. I modified the export template. Now I can export/write a template but can no longer import it back as tags. I'm totally confused now!!! 😳
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2006, 7:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/10 "2006-10-29T07:27:29Z")
Just show me the template and I show you the format string 🙂
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/11 "2006-10-29T13:10:18Z")
This it what I'm using right now as I rarely use the comments field:
```
$filename(txt)$loop(%_path%)%artist% - %album% - %title% - %track% - %year% - %genre%
$loopend()
```
Thanks Florian 🕶
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2006, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/12 "2006-10-29T13:12:03Z")
Okay, then you just have to use this format string to import it back to your files %artist% - %album% - %title% - %track% - %year% - %genre%
Hope that helps!
Florian
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/13 "2006-10-29T14:10:39Z")
That's what I've been using Florian. It only stopped working after I reported this bug and then tried changing the template myself. I changed it back to the default template and now it exports to text, but will not import back as tags. Very strange indeed.....
[Here](http://rapidshare.com/files/1160091/Export.rar) is a video that shows it happening.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2006, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/14 "2006-10-29T14:14:18Z")
Seems like your using double-spaces as separator in your format string instead of the single-space in the text file.
A video says more than 1000 words 😉
Cheers,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Nighted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Nighted)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/15 "2006-10-29T14:30:24Z")
Thanks Florian, I didn't even notice that! heheh
Must have been my clipboard or something. 
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/16 "2006-11-04T19:48:09Z")
This bug has been fixed with Mp3tag v2.37.
Thanks for reporting!
Best regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/f-exporting-tags-to-text/3929/17 "2018-12-28T13:55:34Z")
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