How to autotag %originaldate into year-tag? Problem nowadays is the Release data of compilations or remastered albums are set as their Year-tag. So for ex. ''The Beatles - Hey Jude'' will get the year-tag 2017 (if there was any remastered album released that year). Not good, when you sort your tu…

[image] bascurtiz: Anyone has a clue how to approach this with MP3tag? As MP3tag does not compare separate files, I do not see much hope there. In a way this would be something like a search for duplicates which has often been requested but never been implemented. So you would have to resor…

[image] bascurtiz: Anyone has a clue how to approach this with MP3tag? Based on the link you've posted above, I think this entry from the FAQ is what you're looking for: [image] Actions and batch-operations FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) How to copy on…

As for how to store multiple year information, you can read this topic: [image] [Discussion] Best way to handle Year tag for movie scores/soundtracks? General Discussion I am a score buff and most of my music is what you can call a score music. And your question is someth…

Bummer... Seems like I need to find an autotagger app that has the option of enabling only to alter YEAR tag, with the option of Select OLDEST RELEASEDATE or ORIGYEAR. SongKong Pro for ex. didnt do the trick for me, since the data/input based on album YEAR wise.

Thanks Florian. IF the ORIGINAL YEAR tag excists, it copies that value over to the more common used YEAR tag. This means, the value should already be there, but it's a start :slight_smile: Now, some have a value of 1996-05-20 for ex. I just want to end up with 1996. How do I limit the value wri…

[image] bascurtiz: How do I limit the value written into YEAR to those 4 digits? $if(%origyear%,$left(%origyear%,4),%year%) See Mp3tag Help — Scripting functions for an extensive list of other goodies :slight_smile:

How to autotag ORIGYEAR into YEAR field? If not exist > oldest release date

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As for how to store multiple year information, you can read this topic: