# Formatting as Track Title (Artist)

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-as-track-title-artist/62332>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 8, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-as-track-title-artist/62332 "2023-10-08T17:41:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![sheepdisease](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sheepdisease](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sheepdisease)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-as-track-title-artist/62332/21 "2023-10-09T13:41:38Z")

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This is what it looks like from mp3tag:

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/e/e8606451df87cfcdfc378b776c55931dbd3e075a.png)

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**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-as-track-title-artist/62332/22 "2023-10-09T14:08:27Z")

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Your Action [#46](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-as-track-title-artist/62332/17) is not the same as you highlighted in the screenshot.

Sorry to say, but this is far too complicated to give you any solid answer to your question "What's causing that/what's the fix?"

The complexity in your regular expression collection is so high, that in my view, it is no longer maintainable.

Maybe others can still help you, at this point I have to get out.

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**Author:** ![sheepdisease](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sheepdisease](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sheepdisease)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-as-track-title-artist/62332/23 "2023-10-09T18:28:54Z")

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It's frustrating, because if I have two actions run apart then it works correctly.

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6740725f429fc9e66126dc6390b1b42c9a62e1d6.png)

 ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/d/d6a3e8aa8d5e80e234a32d38edccfb1002b3e27a.png)

You did just make me discover that you can now create preset action groups (new feature since I last used mp3tag), and I did create an action group with these two that works. It would be great to be able to have one action instead though.

I wish I could understand the code better. Shame there isn't an MTA file viewer/editor for those who have long lists of actions.

It's interesting how running the TITLE (ARTIST) action first results in TITLE (ARTIST, ARTIST & ARTIST) and then running the other action does not change it to TITLE (ARTIST & ARTIST & ARTIST) when that's what happened trying to combine them.

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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:** [November 8, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/formatting-as-track-title-artist/62332/24 "2023-11-08T18:29:45Z")

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