Hello, I don't know if this is a bug or just a limitation of the program or my system. I am running windows 10 (Up to date). I am using the latest version (3.08) of MP3TAG and am having a problem with a simple action I have created. (Format value "COMMENT":$left(%albumartist%,1)%albumartist%) Th…

Problem solved! It was definitely a windows problem. I uninstalled all the programs associated with MP3 file including the Lame files. I then ran the windows Media Creation Tool keeping all my files and apps. I then installed Audiograbber and ran several disks through it. Then I installed MP3T…

If the action runs in general and only refuses to run on some files, then I would assume that it is something local. Either the treated files are corrupted to some extent (which you would have to really check and not just say that they are ok - also, being playable does not mean that the tag data i…

Hi, Thanks for getting back to me. I believe that all the files are OK. It only seems to hang on large selections of files. If I select 100 or less there is no problem. If I select a large quantity it hangs. Once I reboot and repopulate the list I can tell exactly where it has stopped. When …

MP3tag is a 32bit application so it uses no more than 4GB of Memeory. Again: unless you rule out all the local influences - and these are foremost problematic files and simultaneous access - it is virutally impossible to guess any further. Esp. if you have interrupted the process forcefully the st…

Ok. Thanks. Will do a check on all and let you know if that solves the problems.

Hi, I bow to your expertise. :bowing_man: I can not believe that over 10% of my files had errors. I ran MP3Val on the entire library and that was the result. Most were garbage at the end of the file but a few were VBR without VBR headers. Would you have any idea as to why this could happen. I a…

Thank you. Now that you have become suspicious as to what might have happened to the files - could you also run Mp3diags? Not all checkers find (and possibly correct) all the errors. After MP3diags has loaded and analyzed all the files, it is a good practice to use the yellow filter and move one o…

I've replied to this as the problem is similar. I recently started to add new ripped files to my collection 1 CD at a time. As suggested earlier I now rip, MP3Val and MP3Diag each group of files and correct as required before loading them into MP3Tag. The problem I am now having is that MP3Tag ha…

[image] Kuchlei: I recently started to add new ripped files What is the source of your files? A CD? What kind of software do you use to "rip" the songs?

[image] Kuchlei: I now rip, MP3Val and MP3Diag each group of files and correct as required before loading them into MP3Tag If these are freshly ripped tracks from CD, I would have to think they should be considered intact and therefore not need to be evaluated by any programs for errors. Have…

The files are all from commercial CD collection. I use AudioGrabber to do the rip. I have used this software for a goo many years without problems. I tried reinstalling Audiograbber and MP3Tag but that made no difference. This morning I installed the 2 programs, Audiograbber and MP3Tag, on my la…

Simple Action "Format Value" hangs

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ohrenkino October 18, 2022, 6:30pm 16

Doesn't all this look like a genuine Windows problem?
MP3tag is only the messenger.
So I would check the Windows pages and find out if there are any reports.
The intermittent problems then look also like old causes like anti-virus programs, indexers that also look into the folders that contain the currently modified files.
Check this forum for "Defender":