# Viewing Raw Vorbis Comment Data/Fieldnames Directly

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-raw-vorbis-comment-data-fieldnames-directly/3794
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 21, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-raw-vorbis-comment-data-fieldnames-directly/3794 "2006-09-21T04:16:57Z")
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### Author: ![mhatch](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@mhatch](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mhatch)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/viewing-raw-vorbis-comment-data-fieldnames-directly/3794/1 "2006-09-21T04:16:57Z")

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I have a big collection of FLAC files, with tags that are, in some cases, pretty messed up. Inspecting a few files directly, one by one using Metaflac, I can see that the actual comment block fields vary widely from file to file, regarding, issues like capitalization, spaces, multiple entries for a given field name, random custom fields, etc.

I want to put all these files into a standard comment format. Using Mp3tag (to which I am new, and generally impressed), I can only see at the "tag" level. If I want to modify a field name, move data from a non-standard comment field into a standard tag field, or delete a non-standard comment entirely, it seems I need to know the field name defined in the comment first.

Is there a way to export all comments into a CSV format or something similar, so I can examine the entirety of what's in all these comments? Can Mp3tag allow me to view raw comment data directly ? Can anyone suggest another tool or workaround?

or am I missing the point entirely ?!?

thanks for advice