# Suggesting a change in choosing Genre **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggesting-a-change-in-choosing-genre/46676 **Category:** General Discussion **Created:** [October 8, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggesting-a-change-in-choosing-genre/46676 "2019-10-08T18:40:42Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3
### Author: ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow) #### Post date: [October 13, 2019, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggesting-a-change-in-choosing-genre/46676/3 "2019-10-13T20:51:16Z")
You could also think of using something like your own fixed list of genres ` ` ` ` 1] You decide to use for example `POP`, `POP ROCK` or `ROCK-POP`, `ROCK`, `ROCK-ALTERNATIVE`, `HARD ROCK` or `ROCK - HARD` etc. 2] You add a menu of actions under the Actions Groups icon, that would put one oft those pre-chosen by you names in the `GENRE` tag field. You can also put more than one in the tag. You can also write these names by hand, not using the action. After recent change > [@Actions menu within menu - a multilevel Actions menu](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/actions-menu-within-menu-a-multilevel-actions-menu/44859): > > I was just trying to that on my own and then tried to find info about that in the online help and searched for posts- and failed. So here it goes: Is it possible to create [sub]menu within a menu for Action Groups? To have a tree of menus for Actions? it is possible to use a multilevel menu 3] You create an action to sort them out in an alphabetical way: > [@Moving part of TITLE to GENRE](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/moving-part-of-title-to-genre/16859/): > > Hello I would like to know, if it is possible to create an action group that would do this: 1] look at the end of TITLE tag 2] if there is a "##something" or "## something" or "0000", move it to the beginning of GENRE tag 3] look again at the end of TITLE tag 4] if there is a "##something" or "## something", move it to the beginning of GENRE tag; with the addition of two pauses after it 5] stop looking as soon as the end of the title tag runs out of the "##" indicator 6] rearrange numeric… 4] You can also use some other tag field than the `GENRE` [even a made up one] but being aware of that some players may not display some date properly or even whole tag fields > [@\[X\] Can't copy some unusual TRACK tags from MP3 / FLAC to WMA](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-copy-some-unusual-track-tags-from-mp3-flac-to-wma/17714): > > Till recently, I was using only MP3's and FLACs; with tags in ID3v2.3 UTF-16. And I was using tag fields not in a "standard" way, with a bunch of signs different than just letters and numbers, but had not problems with them whatsoever But now it seems I have found a bug If the value in the TRACK tag field starts with a dot sign . I simply cannot copy such value to a WMA format. But if that dot was behind I number, then there would be no problem. Also if I have a letter or letters in the TRACK … > [@Mapping of tag fields - is it really needed at all?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mapping-of-tag-fields-is-it-really-needed-at-all/19791/2): > > [I also posted a version of this post on the Winamp's forum [http://forums.shoutcast.com/showthread.php?p=2662015](http://forums.shoutcast.com/showthread.php?p=2662015) but it awaits moderation, so it may be, that this knowledge will see the daylight only here] This Advanced Title Formatting in Winamp has serious limitations It seems that users are confined only to the very basic fields: TITLE ARTIST ALBUM YEAR TRACK GENRE COMMENT as they are used by various formats And by confined I mean a set up like this: I use FLAC, MP3, TTA and WV files. … ` ` ` ` [Please note that some of the post in the threads that I evoke here are messed up in display - they should be taken care for as I already flagged them for attention by the stuff - so if you want to implement solutions discussed there please wait some time] --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggesting-a-change-in-choosing-genre/46676)._