

Returns all files where the content of tag field named is greater, equal, or less that the integer value specified by. Lists all files where the artist field is not Hidden Orchestra. NOT Įxample: NOT artist IS "Hidden Orchestra" Lists all files where an artist field is either Hidden Orchestra or The Cinematic Orchestra. Parentheses can be used to group combined expressions.Įxample: artist IS Hidden Orchestra OR artist IS The Cinematic Orchestra AND OR Ĭombines the filter expressions and by logical and or or. Lists all files where the artist field is Hidden Orchestra. Returns only files where the content of at least one tag field named is equal to. Lists all files where the artist field contains Orchestra (e.g., Hidden Orchestra and The Cinematic Orchestra). Returns only files that have all words from in their tag field named. This filter string lists all files that contain the words Hidden and Orchestra in tags or file names. A word is a contiguous sequence of characters excluding the space character. Returns only files that contain every word in the string as a word or substring thereof. To filter for fields containing double quotation marks, use "$ifgreater($strstr(%field%,$char(34)),0,yes,no)" IS yes orĪll operations are non-case sensitive. It is not possible to filter by strings containing double quotations marks. This will decrease search speed on large libraries since the format strings need to be evaluated before filtering. If in HAS/IS/GREATER/LESS/EQUAL/MATCHES contains $ or % it should be enclosed in double quotation marks and will be treated as a format string instead of a tag field name. If or contains spaces, it should be enclosed in double quotation marks, e.g., artist IS "Hidden Orchestra". Filter expressions are simple expressions that consist of tag field names, filter keywords and text. To achieve this, Mp3tag supports filter expressions. Sometimes it is necessary to use more complex criteria to search for files (e.g., all files of a specific genre but not of that artist).

If enabled, filtering happens as-you-type and if disabled, applying the filter is done manually on Return. The format string helper menu displayed when pressing the ► button next to the filter field contains an additional entry Auto-apply filter.

The same also happens if you close the Filter. If you remove the filter text from the filter field, the original unfiltered list of files is listed in the File List. As a result, all files that contain the specified filter string in their tag or file name are listed in the File List. To filter the File List simply start typing in the filter field. The Filter available via View → Filter F3 allows for searching files that meet a certain criteria (e.g., the file name contains specific characters or a tag field has a specific content).
