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Support => Questions => Topic started by: Stephanizzle on March 16, 2018, 01:06:28 PM
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Hi, I need help trying to remove an annoying tag that appears in multiple songs as I downloaded it in a compilation for dj stuff. It says ['djblaaa'] in the title and other fields, I don't know how to input the information (in the tools>tagging tools>remove tags>remove specified tags) in order to get a correct result. Your help is appreciated. Thank you.
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As you said, remove tag command only shows tag code, not tag values. If you want to see tag values when deleting tags, select those files, open tag inspector that can be launched from tag editor or a hotkey, and select a tag and click on minus button to delete it. Then save it. But sometimes it leaves some tags and you will need to run it again.
@Steven;
I think it's the same bug that you fixed for search and replace command that required multiple running of the same command for sort tags and artist tags.
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I think he didn't title the post properly. It sounds like he doesn't want to remove tags, only remove some text from the tags (aka "Editing"). If I'm understanding correctly, he wants to remove the string "djblaaa" when it appears in the title and other tags.
I'm pretty sure this is possible with the "Additional Tagging Tools" plugin. I'd know how to help in mp3tag because that's where I do this kind of thing, but maybe a regex expert could offer guidance on how to do this within MB using the plugin.
If the titles are only "djblaaa" and you want to completely replace it with the actual title, that's easier. Isolating just a string and removing it is a little more complicated but doable.
If I'm wrong and you actually do want to completely remove the tags, do what @redwing advises.
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If I'm understanding correctly, he wants to remove the string "djblaaa" when it appears in the title and other tags.
Yeah, I think you're right. In that case, select those tracks, open MB's native search & replace command (Tools> Tagging Tools> Search and replace), search the string for "Any Fields" and leave replace box blank. Preview and if all is correct, run it.
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Brilliant!
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Hi, thanks for the reply, but can you please speak plainly, there is no tag editor or tag inspector, if you can explain by telling me the file path and then what to input and do from there, also, I'm a girl, but I don't know if they were referring to me.
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If the titles were only "djblaaa" I would not need your help.
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Did you try this?
select those tracks, open MB's native search & replace command (Tools> Tagging Tools> Search and replace), search the string for "Any Fields" and leave replace box blank. Preview and if all is correct, run it.
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When I hit the click on search and replace, musicbee makes the songs turn a lighter color and I'm not allows to touch anything without a Windows 'ding'. Could you show me the right path to click and type? An example please.
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Yes, before I posted this thread I tried clicking everything including that one.
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When I hit the click on search and replace, musicbee makes the songs turn a lighter color and I'm not allows to touch anything without a Windows 'ding'. Could you show me the right path to click and type? An example please.
Sounds like they are read-only files?
Then select one of those tracks> right click> Edit, which will open tag editor. And see if you can edit a tag and save it.
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If it turns out you can't save tags as per redwing's test, right-click the file(s) in Windows Explorer (or File Explorer depending on your OS), choose Properties, and see if "Read-only" is checked in the Attributes at the bottom of the pane. If so, un-check, "OK", and follow redwing's original instructions, you should be good then.
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I'm sorry but that's not the problem I'm having. All of my files in my music folder are made not read-only files.
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Then select one file. Run Tools> Tagging Tools> Search and replace command. Do you see the command window is open?
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I am talking about the main menu. If you don't see the menu, click on MusicBee button on the top left corner.
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Oh, okay, let me try that. No, there was no dialog box open, but I just found this plugin and I think this is what you may have been talking about, but maybe not, either way this plugin looks promising for people like me-the easy route lol :P :
https://getmusicbee.com/addons/plugins/49/additional-tagging-and-reporting-tools/
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Now that I know that MusicBee does this natively with its own built-in functionality, my recommendation of using that plug-in will be overkill for what you need to do. It is meant for complex functions and, if you can't get the native functions to work on your files, likely wouldn't work either anyway.
You really just need to follow step by step what redwing is laying out. It will do exactly what you need.
Pick a file.
Tools -> Tagging Tools -> Search and Replace
search for: djblaaa
in field: Any Field
replace with: (Leave Blank)
Run it. If it works, select all the files you want to edit and repeat.
If it's not working, there's something wrong with the files that has nothing to do with MusicBee
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Hi, thanks for your input. There is nothing wrong with my music files; like I said all of my music files are Not read-only files. It is definitely a MusicBee problem since when I try to do the Search & Replace, (I've been trying all day) like I said it just does the windows ding and does not allow me to click on anything, nor type anything in any box, no box appears, until I hit Esc to get out of it.
Separate problem: the plugin "Additional Tagging & Reporting Tool", I don't know where to find the functions for it either inside of MusicBee, and yes, I've copied the files into the appropriate MusicBee x86 folder. I'm close to giving up and just going into each individual file for about 200 songs and deleting the dj's stamp tag in multiple fields myself... *sigh*
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No offense, but all of these functions work. Boxes do appear when you call them through the menus. The plugin's functions do show up when you install it properly. MusicBee works fine - people, including me, use it to edit their tags every day.
You don't think it's odd that literally nothing you try or click on seems to be working at all while thousands of people successfully use the program to manage their music libraries every day? It's completely irrational to think that the problem might be in something that you're doing? OK.
You should be more amenable. I'm out. Good luck.
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I was just trying to lay it all out in the open, so that we wouldn't need to keep going around in circles when I've already checked that. Yes, I've used MusicBee ever since I left MediaMonkey years ago, and left iTunes a few months before that. By no means am I bashing MusicBee, I seriously love it, but all I was saying is that it's not anything I'm doing or my music files. It is a program problem. I guess my only option is to uninstall MusicBee reinstall it. Hopefully i don't lose my info but I think this might work. We'll see!
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WHOOOOOOO!!!! It worked! I uninstalled MusicBee and upon installing I noticed an option to install a Windows 10 MusicBee App which is what I needed because before my version of MusicBee wasn't compatible with the latest version of Windows 10 I think, this one works like a charm! Now when I go to the "Search and Replace" the dialogue box actually pops up Yey! I guess I solved my own problem heh. ;)
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any latest mb version (generic/portable/win store) is compatible with win10. but reinstallation itself indeed was able to help.