# Missing these useful tools from WMplayer:

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-these-useful-tools-from-wmplayer/41217
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 27, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-these-useful-tools-from-wmplayer/41217 "2018-03-27T19:22:01Z")
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### Author: ![Synctag](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/synctag/32/5048_2.png) [@Synctag](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Synctag)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/missing-these-useful-tools-from-wmplayer/41217/7 "2018-03-27T20:55:52Z")

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Okay.

I found this topic before, but though I started a new question because I was confused that the ;-tags did not even appear in the MP3tag Database:

> [@Create a string to delete part of Album title](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/create-a-string-to-delete-part-of-album-title/41218):
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> i have an action I created which works, but I can't undo the action. I want to delete part of he Album title I created. Action: Field: Album Format String Collection Of %albumartist%: %album% Results: Collection Of Jon B: Stronger Everyday I want to delete all title to show the album only. Removing, in this case, Collection Of Jon B: and just leave the Album Title Stronger Everyday I've created a few action but none of them deletes the title. Thanks

> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> If this does not appear in the extended tags dialogue then WMP has saved this data only in its database but not in the files.
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> Just for a test: remove one of these files from the WMP database by deleting it and then right afterwards restore the deleted files again - you will probably find that now the second set of genres is missing in WMP.
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> WMP maintains a database - Mp3tag does not. This also means that unless you update the WMP database regularly, you find old data in the WMP display... MP3tag always shows you what is actually there.

Sorry, but this is wrong. I copied the tracks between different computers, and every one recognized the "T;P&VM" tag, which is also shown in the normal Windows Explorer. THIS is why I decided to use only the Windows separation code.

But yes, always finding the same old tags in the WMP database even if I just edited them is one reason why I switched to a correct file-editting tool like MP3tag.

> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> If you can load your whole collection into MP3tag then you can easily filter for a certain genre with e.g.
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> genre HAS Viking Metal

Now I found the filter. Maybe I did not look for this tool because I was disappointed with it in another software. Lol.

> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> You would have to describe how you did that.
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> When you select the files,
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> either open the extended tags dialogue or use the Tag Panel
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> enter the genre data that you want to have
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> and either press Ctrl-S in the tag panel to save the update or simply close the extended tags dialogue with OK then you will get updated data in the files.
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> Now you only have to tell WMP to reread the files and update its database.

I still don't think you understand me yet.  
(If this is a personal conversation lack, we may try to talk in german.)

I can update the tags, no problem.

But when I edit the tags, I can only edit ONE tag and not many tracks at once. Even if I select many tracks, the tags are changed only in the one I right-clicked or chose first. The other ones are ignored and so I have to copy and paste the tag in every track beneath instead of editing all of them at once.

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