# Recommendations for Bulk Library
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 14, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398 "2022-12-14T13:42:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@thenoob](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thenoob)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/1 "2022-12-14T13:42:38Z")
Hello everyone,
Just discovered this lovely community. Looking around on the forum and i have a few very basic questions, i read the FAQ and some othe threads to start.
1. I have a very large library, "most" is decently tagged but def not all {2terabytes}
2. Ive ran the standard process so far in actions, im guessing it cleaned up some parameters and grammar stuff.
3. Can you guys direct me on the site, where they are {user uploaded} or recommend some custom actions to help me even better cleanup my collection. Trying to dig around inside the forum to find a sub forum where they might be posted/described.
Thank you in advance!!
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### Author:  [@thenoob](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thenoob)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/2 "2022-12-14T13:52:01Z")
Some common issues in my library :
1. Alot of tracks have track number in front of the file name : ie "09 Turn Off The Radio"
2. Alot have AlbumArtist Field blank but all have the Artist field populated.
3. all the "track" 's are filled out, but some are 1/17, 2/17 instead of 1 and 2 .
4. Some of the years are off. All of my albums are by year so im doing one year at a time while i do these tags and try to clean it up a bit.
Thank you
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/3 "2022-12-14T13:55:50Z")
> [@thenoob](#):
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> - Alot of tracks have track number in front of the file name : ie "09 Turn Off The Radio"
How should your filename looks like? Only
`Turn Off The Radio`
?
> [@thenoob](#):
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> - Alot have AlbumArtist Field blank but all have the Artist field populated.
So you want to copy the ARTIST to ALBUMARTIST?
> [@thenoob](#):
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> - all the "track" 's are filled out, but some are 1/17, 2/17 instead of 1 and 2 .
I don't understand what you exactly like to see. 1/17 seems to be perfectly fine for me.
> [@thenoob](#):
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> - Some of the years are off. All of my albums are by year so im doing one year at a time while i do these tags and try to clean it up a bit.
What do you mean "are by year"?
Please be more specific with your needs. Let us know the current situation and the wished new result. Otherwise it becomes difficult to guess what you really want.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/4 "2022-12-14T13:59:56Z")
Hi,
You stated some things that you noted in you your collection. But you didn't say whether this bothers you or not. And if it does, what it should look like.
And before you ask any more:
please have a look at the FAQs
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967):
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> Mp3tag provides a variety of actions, which can be applied to filenames and tags. The actions are grouped together into named sets (action groups), which can be applied independently via Alt + 6. If you do not want to create a reusable action group for applying one single action, the Actions (Quick) toolbar button or keyboard shortcut Shift + Alt + 6 can be used. How to [create a new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2)? How to ... [change upper/lower case of tag fields or filenames](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/3)? [replace the string “xyz” in tag-fields …](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/4)
and also at the documentation
> **[First Steps – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/)**
>
> A collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
and then tell us what you need and what you have tried so far to tackle this particular problem.
And all that in 1 thread per topic, if possible.
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### Author:  [@thenoob](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thenoob)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/5 "2022-12-14T14:02:02Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> How should your filename looks like? Only
> `Turn Off The Radio`
Correct, i am guessing most would not want the track number in front of the song title? im open to suggestions! but I think would be preferable yes!
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> So you want to copy the ARTIST to ALBUMARTIST?
Correct Sir, wanted to Batch do this operation. For Some reason alot of ALBUMARTIST is blank.
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> What do you mean "are by year"?
I collect my albums by year, so i am editing year by year starting at 1993, some of the albums have 1992 tags
Fantastic response. Doing some more reading on the documentation. Code is not my specialty but i am techy! Thank You!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/6 "2022-12-14T14:04:14Z")
> [@thenoob](#):
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> Correct Sir, wanted to Batch do this operation
That is why I recommend the FAqs:
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/15):
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> How to copy one field value to another field? Example how to copy the content of the ARTIST field to the ALBUMARTIST field: Create a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2) in an existing action group or make a new action group. Action type: Format value Field: ALBUMARTIST Format string: %artist% Note: If you want to copy all possible values of a field (in case you have multiple artist fields), the internal scripting function [$meta\_sep](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting) can be used in the format string, e.g., $meta\_sep(artist,\\\\)
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/7 "2022-12-14T14:07:32Z")
> [@thenoob](#):
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> Correct, i am guessing most would not want the track number in front of the song title? im open to suggestions! but I think would be preferable yes!
As you write in the "General Discussion" part of the forum, I tell you how the filenames looks in my collection:
`A\ABBA\Waterloo\1973\08 - Watch out.mp3`
To "Batch do this operation" please have a look at the Actions
> [@Actions and batch-operations](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-and-batch-operations/967/1):
>
> Mp3tag provides a variety of actions, which can be applied to filenames and tags. The actions are grouped together into named sets (action groups), which can be applied independently via Alt + 6. If you do not want to create a reusable action group for applying one single action, the Actions (Quick) toolbar button or keyboard shortcut Shift + Alt + 6 can be used. How to [create a new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/2)? How to ... [change upper/lower case of tag fields or filenames](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/3)? [replace the string “xyz” in tag-fields …](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions/967/4)
If you want to mass change a year from 1992 to 1993, [filter](https://docs.mp3tag.de/filter/) and then select the ones with 1992 and change the year in the [Tag panel](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/tag-panel/) to 1993.
Please ask specific questions in the Support part of the forum.
1 thread/question per topic, please.
And you should familiarize yourself with the [search function](https://community.mp3tag.de/search) in the upper right corner.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/8 "2022-12-14T14:24:58Z")
> [@thenoob](#):
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> Correct, i am guessing most would not want the track number in front of the song title? im open to suggestions! but I think would be preferable yes!
Are you talking about the filename that your operating system sees? Or the actual title of the song that your media player shows?
Often the filename will have the track number (and even disc number for multidisc sets) to keep the files in the same order as the CD.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/9 "2022-12-14T14:26:34Z")
> [@thenoob](#):
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> - all the "track" 's are filled out, but some are 1/17, 2/17 instead of 1 and 2 .
This may depend on the file type for each track. For the mp3 format you may see it as 1/17, while others like m4a will show a `track` field with 1 and `totaltracks` as 17.
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### Author:  [@thenoob](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/thenoob)
#### Post date: [December 14, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/recommendations-for-bulk-library/59398/10 "2022-12-14T15:17:42Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> of the forum, I tell you how the filenames looks in my collection:
Thank you for all the responses , reading away on the literature on the site. takes some time to understand TY