# Total Tracks and Total Discs in Vorbis Comments and APEv2
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-tracks-and-total-discs-in-vorbis-comments-and-apev2/54763
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-tracks-and-total-discs-in-vorbis-comments-and-apev2/54763 "2021-10-14T23:05:19Z")
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### Author:  [@Rollin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rollin)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2021, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-tracks-and-total-discs-in-vorbis-comments-and-apev2/54763/1 "2021-10-14T23:05:19Z")
Say, for example track number is 1, total tracks is 2, disc number is 1 and total discs is 2. So in Mp3tag interface i fill Track as 1/2 and Discnumber as 1/2.
Mp3tag writes this into Vorbis comments as TRACKNUMBER=1/2 and DISCNUMBER=1/2
and into APEv2 as TRACK 1/2 and DISCNUMBER 1/2
I know here is no real strict standard for mapping in Vorbis comments and APEv2 but at least there is page on [hydrogenaud.io](http://hydrogenaud.io) wiki - [Tag Mapping - Hydrogenaudio Knowledgebase](https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Tag_Mapping#Counts_.26_Indexes)
And according to it, tags in this case preferably should be written into Vorbis comments as TRACKNUMBER=1, TRACKTOTAL=2, DISCNUMBER=1, DISCTOTAL=2 (this is also recommendation from [xiph.org](http://xiph.org) - [Field names - XiphWiki](https://wiki.xiph.org/Field_names))
and into APEv2 as Track 1/2 and Disc 1/2
Of course i can manually create and fill fields, but is not very convenient.
So, what was the reason not to use recommendations from [hydrogenaud.io](http://hydrogenaud.io) in Mp3tag?
Can behavior be changed to follow recommendations from [hydrogenaud.io](http://hydrogenaud.io)? If change of default behavior doesn't seem as good idea, may be at least it is worth to add some option. Something like "Use HA suggested tags mapping for Total Tracks and Total Discs for Vorbis comments and APEv2 instead of native Mp3tag mapping"
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-tracks-and-total-discs-in-vorbis-comments-and-apev2/54763/2 "2021-10-15T07:14:21Z")
Also, have a look at this thread:
> [@TOTALDISCS AND TOTALTRACKS In FLAC Files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/totaldiscs-and-totaltracks-in-flac-files/16738):
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> I want my FLAC files to be tagged the same way as my M4A files. I want DISCNUMBER to be split into DISCNUMBER/TOTALDISCS and TRACK to be split into TRACK/TOTALTRACKS. In Mp3tag, when I tag an MP3 or an M4A with DISCNUMBER 1/1, it is split and displays in extended tags as DISCNUMBER/TOTALDISCS. FLAC files don't do this, they show DISCNUMBER as 1/1. What do I need to do to get the same behavior as MP3 and M4A files? I've tried many different things and nothing is working. I can do this with an a…