I have converted "; " into null tag multiple value separators using 'split field by separator "field": "; " I now have all my multiple fields separated by nulls, shown as \\ in the field values. Some of my devices and apps don't behave well with the use of multiple fields and nulls. I cannot find a…

[image] poster: action of the type "Merge duplicate fields" [image] Merge Duplicate Fields – Mp3tag Documentation Documentation on the Merge Duplicate Fields action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag E…

[image] keiths: To add insult to injury I had to edit this post 4 times to get \ to display (two \s need to be entered as 4 \s) You can enclose special characters in <code></code> or use backticks ` or click on the [image] sign in the answer toolbar. \\ are two \ enclosed in backticks

The double backslash are not real characters in the tags. They just indicate that there is a multi-value field, which you can see, if you press ALT-t in Mp3tag. If you don't want multi-value fields but just multiples values in one field, you can do that with an action of the type "Merge duplicate …

Thanks for the swift replies, guys. There is no mention of \ as a special character in the documentation (that I can find). I'm not a programmer, but I guess it has some general (HTML?) meaning. The fact that the break is displayed as \\ is the key. Manually editing \\ back to "; " and saving the t…

[image] keiths: There is no mention of \ as a special character in the documentation (that I can find). I'm not a programmer, but I guess it has some general (HTML?) meaning. This is the syntax that the forum software (Discourse) and its comment parser is using. This has nothing to do with t…

Ah - my failure to find that was because I used \\ instead of saying double backslash!

The search with duplicate "\\" also shows a topic with [grafik]

How do I replace \\ (double backslash)?

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LyricsLover July 16, 2025, 9:52am 4

Example for multiple existing fields ARTIST and a semicolon space ; as separator for the new single merged ARTIST field: