# Find VBR files

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-vbr-files/16904>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 17, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-vbr-files/16904 "2015-05-17T02:03:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![asiantags](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@asiantags](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/asiantags)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-vbr-files/16904/1 "2015-05-17T02:03:10Z")

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Hello all,

I tried to search but did not find something. I need to search my 5500 tracks based library for files that are VBR coded (these need to be CBR, otherwise my oh so clever car radio won't play them).

So I loaded the whole collection into Mp3Tag - but don't see the encoding method mentioned. I can have Codec and sample rate and bit rate in the columns, but not VBR/CBR, it seems.

Is there a way to do a search for this property?

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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:** [May 17, 2015, 5:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-vbr-files/16904/2 "2015-05-17T05:54:14Z")

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> [@asiantags](#):
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> Hello all, I tried to search but did not find something. I need to search ... for files that are VBR coded ...

Find forum posts about VBR ...  
[https://www.google.de/search?q=site%3Aforum...g.de+%25\_vbr%25](https://www.google.de/search?q=site%3Aforums.mp3tag.de+%25_vbr%25)

Find the variable %\_vbr% in the Mp3tag manual ...  
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/export](https://docs.mp3tag.de/export)  
... in the section "Technical Info".

Create a column in the listview ...  
Name: VBR  
Value: [$left(%\_vbr%,1)]

Apply a filter [F3] expression ...  
"%\_vbr%" HAS "VBR"  
... or ...  
"%\_vbr%" HAS "CBR"

DD.20150517.0954.CEST

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**Author:** ![asiantags](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@asiantags](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/asiantags)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 11:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-vbr-files/16904/3 "2015-05-17T11:38:01Z")

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> Create a column in the listview ...  
> Name: VBR  
> Value: [$left(%\_vbr%,1)]

Da habe ich das vbr in der Auswahlliste für die Spalte (Infofelder) doch glatt übersehen - vielen Dank, hat funktioniert!

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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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/find-vbr-files/16904/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:40Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC