# Scan for mp3-files not ending with /.mp3/

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scan-for-mp3-files-not-ending-with-mp3/16435>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 20, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scan-for-mp3-files-not-ending-with-mp3/16435 "2014-12-20T14:12:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hackej](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@Hackej](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hackej)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scan-for-mp3-files-not-ending-with-mp3/16435/1 "2014-12-20T14:12:00Z")

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Hi!

I would like to be able to scan and include audio-files that contain different audio file extensions, but not placed at the end of the filename.

I have a bunch of files that are used for a website and for security reasons I have added a random unique id at the end of the filename after .mp3 extension. Example:

- .mp3.9b1c93a6864c39e48417ee486b83c387

This meand tha Mp3-Tag won't find the files at the moment.  
Is this possible to achieve in some way using scripting or omething?

BR/  
Hackej

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scan-for-mp3-files-not-ending-with-mp3/16435/2 "2014-12-20T14:20:39Z")

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You can set in  
File\>Options\>Tags  
which files MP3tag reads. Apparently it is not possible to append the list by _._, so you have to find a way to get a decent extention for these files.  
You may be forced to rename the files back again.

Edit:  
You may do this with a command shell command.  
In W7/w8 proceed as follows:  
Open Explorer  
Navigate to a folder with such files  
Shift-Right click on the folder and select the function "Open command shell here" from the context menu  
In the command shell enter the following command:  
ren _.mp3._ \*.mp3  
This may lead to stacked extensions of mp3 but will add the mp3 at the end. You may rename the files afterwards.

I would try this with one folder first. If you are confident, that this leads to the desired results, you may navigate to the topmost folder and use this command:  
ren /s _.mp3._ \*.mp3  
This treats files in subfolders as well.

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**Author:** ![Hackej](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@Hackej](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Hackej)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2014, 9:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scan-for-mp3-files-not-ending-with-mp3/16435/3 "2014-12-21T09:26:35Z")

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Hi!

Thanks for the reply.  
I will have a look at that and see what I can do.  
/Hackej

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/scan-for-mp3-files-not-ending-with-mp3/16435/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:25Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC