# Is TOTALTRACKS supposed to be the total number of tracks on the current disc, or the entire album? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [March 7, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-totaltracks-supposed-to-be-the-total-number-of-tracks-on-the-current-disc-or-the-entire-album/56614 "2022-03-07T00:47:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swept1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@swept1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swept1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 12:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-totaltracks-supposed-to-be-the-total-number-of-tracks-on-the-current-disc-or-the-entire-album/56614/1 "2022-03-07T00:47:56Z")
Example: Disc 1: 8 songs Disc 2: 8 songs and I am tagging a song on Disc 2, should I be setting TOTALTRACKS to 8 or 16? ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-totaltracks-supposed-to-be-the-total-number-of-tracks-on-the-current-disc-or-the-entire-album/56614/2 "2022-03-07T01:28:26Z")
Typically this is the number of tracks on that particular disc. So with your example, both discs would have a TOTALTRACKS of 8. Same principle applies to the TOTALDISCS field. ---
**Author:** ![swept1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@swept1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/swept1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-totaltracks-supposed-to-be-the-total-number-of-tracks-on-the-current-disc-or-the-entire-album/56614/3 "2022-03-07T02:23:18Z")
> [@MotleyG](#): > > Same principle applies to the TOTALDISCS field. I don't understand this part. Isn't TOTALDISCS the same for all tracks regardless of the disc of the track being tagged? ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-totaltracks-supposed-to-be-the-total-number-of-tracks-on-the-current-disc-or-the-entire-album/56614/4 "2022-03-07T02:48:39Z")
Yes, TOTALDISCS should be the same for all tracks associated with the same ALBUM. This should match the DISCNUMBER of the last disc. The principle I was suggesting was that TOTALTRACKS for each disc in a set should match the highest TRACK on that same disc. You could _theoretically_ use the total number of tracks in the entire set and have the TRACK numbers continue without resetting to 01 with each new disc. But this isn’t the norm. ---
**Author:** ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-totaltracks-supposed-to-be-the-total-number-of-tracks-on-the-current-disc-or-the-entire-album/56614/5 "2022-03-24T17:31:48Z")
> [@swept1](#): > > [...] > should I be setting TOTALTRACKS to > [...] > or > [...] > ? Whatever suits you Because how will you count hidden content? Hidden after a long pause, which pause is in a middle of a track, thus splitting two songs? Or hidden in that sense that it is accessible only by rewinding an actual disc in CD player and going to a time set in minus values? Come up with your own scheme and use it ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/is-totaltracks-supposed-to-be-the-total-number-of-tracks-on-the-current-disc-or-the-entire-album/56614/6 "2022-04-23T17:32:06Z")
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