# Generate Missing Track Dummy Files?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-missing-track-dummy-files/12340
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 28, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-missing-track-dummy-files/12340 "2011-07-28T17:13:21Z")
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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: [July 29, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/generate-missing-track-dummy-files/12340/7 "2011-07-29T05:07:50Z")

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> [@Rhoobarb2005](#):
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> Is there a way ... to automatically produce a 0 byte dummy file for missing tracks within a release? ...

Since some time I fill partly existing albums with 1-byte dummy mp3 files.  
This makes it possible to tag track numbering and other data such as images or lyrics via Internet services. Thus, all files from an album are fully tagged.  
When the missing music data will be available later in the course of time, then the music file can be completely tagged by copy and pasting the whole tag from the dummy file to the original file.

To create a ~~1-byte~~ 3-byte dummy mp3 file in the current folder just type in at the command line prompt, for example:  
_ECHO.x\>"01 My Dummy File.mp3"_

It has become clear, that it is better for the usage with Mp3tag, to create a dummy file with a byte size of greater than zero.

See also:  
[Bessere Performance beim Hinzufügen umfangreicher Tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/11929/4)  
[http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?act=atta...ost&id=4036](http://forums.mp3tag.de/index.php?act=attach&type=post&id=4036)

DD.20110729.0909.CEST

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