Hello, What am i missing? I added a few files as a test. Some of these files contain the genre "Jazz Saxophone". However i can not get mp3tag to find the tags. My Genre tags are set up as; Jazz; Jazz Saxophone; Classic Covers. I feel sure that i am missing something, but have read the help files an…

You should install the 64 bit version of Mp3tag if not already done to have enough memory for your amount of files. If you use the windows defender as Antivirus define an exception for mp3tag.exe.

[image] tomx2: What am i missing? Try GENRE HAS "Jazz Saxophone"

[image] tomx2: Mp3tag takes a long time to load all the files (never waited for it to finish, but seems it may take over night). See here and compare it with your collection: [image] Sluggish performance Support Couldn't you supply some real benchmarks? Like: how l…

Sluggish performance Couldn't you supply some real benchmarks? Not really complaining about performance, just trying to figure out best option with what i have. FYI: here is a screenshot. It shows the progress after 1/2 hour. Files on external HDD 6T, Mp3tag on internal drive. [screenshot]

I see that you use 2.88a (current version is 3.22e) and probably you have not switched on the library (see the Option> Ctrl-O > Library) which usually makes repeated reading of a whole, big collection much quicker.

This didn't work: GENRE HAS "Saxophone Jazz" PS- My goal is to replace all instances of "Saxophone Jazz" with "Jazz Saxophone"

Thanks, i will upgrade and do as you suggest.

[image] tomx2: This didn't work: It works fine here, but perhaps that you were expecting more than a simple list. Also, as Ohrenkino noted, you are way overdue for updating Mp3tag. The filter function has evolved greatly over the years! I am using version 3.22d.

[image] tomx2: This didn't work: Even if you type in only the word "Saxophone" in the filter you should get some hits - provided, the loaded files have that word somewhere in the tag at all.

300k+ files will definitely take a while to index the first time. Make sure you enable the Library option in the preferences. Once the library has been completely indexed once, it will open much faster in the future, as mp3tag will only scan for changes.

Appreciate the help. Here's my work flow: I upgraded the version to 3.22b (Note: runs much slower than older version). I checked the library box. I added all the files in my music library to mp3tag up to and including the letter A as a test (about 9,000 files). These files include several genre tag…

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See here and compare it with your collection:

Perhaps a further look at the documentation helps: