[mp3tag-replace-error-21-06-2023 20-22-32] [mp3tag-replace-error-2-21-06-2023 20-20-32] can you spot any error? i cant. it obvious finds the TBA string becuase that is what it replaced immediately after, it did another odd thing. when i chan [mp3tag-replace-error-21-06-2023 20-20-32] ged bac…

You cannot use a placeholder (in your case %artist%) in an action of the type "Replace". [image] Replace – Mp3tag Documentation Documentation on the Replace action type that can be performed as Quick Action or as reusable workflow from Action Groups. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. …

Please show us the exact data in the field TITLE in both cases. The second screenshot does not show the same section of the dialogue (missing preview) as the third.

UPDATE i have discovered a NEW problem that might be causing this fault as a consequence. i discovered that now i cannot edit the Title fleld, ONLY the Title field: you can type in the field, but it does not save. but conversely (perversely?), i just ran a CutLeft Action to tructate te first two …

i will try to replicate (w/o stuffing my data - i have since done all those chnages manually, given there were only about 20 or so and i have actually FINISHED all the global fixes to all the data, incl dedups,normalization, although i am a bit worried because my total track count in down quite a b…

pls see attached this is what happened (or didn't) the action replaced the text string (248) with the Artist field as a literal - which i am not surprised as i showed in previous screen shot that MP3Tag was putting quotes around the field name - and i have checked a dozen times, and i cannot see …

yes. it certainly seems so. :slight_smile: why is that? so that rtaises the question you don't answer: so what do you use instead??? and while you are at it, just what is the functional difference between Copnvert and actions? and btw, i had a go at 'Guess Valuews' but i can't make sense of it s…

[image] dec: and while you are at it, just what is the functional difference between Copnvert and actions? Here is a thread that deals with the converters and their equivalent in actions - if there is one: [image] Move files with action instead of converter Support …

[image] dec: where are EXAMPLES The examples can be found in the HowTos

[image] dec: yes. it certainly seems so. :slight_smile: why is that? so that rtaises the question you don't answer ... so what do you use instead??? so that rtises the question you don't answer: so what do you use instead???

Replace treats %Artist% as a literal

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You cannot use a placeholder (in your case %artist%) in an action of the type "Replace".

Error Using $cutright, $mid, $left with $len