# Add Ratings to Songs Doesn't work Sometimes **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [October 16, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-ratings-to-songs-doesnt-work-sometimes/18341 "2016-10-16T20:59:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Houseofbat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Houseofbat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Houseofbat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-ratings-to-songs-doesnt-work-sometimes/18341/1 "2016-10-16T20:59:47Z")
I am having problems. I have the latest version of Mp3tag, however, when I look at my songs in a folder on my computer I see that one song shows no rating. So, I set the rating with Mp3tag and voila. However, other mp3's that I try this for will not take the new rating. Not sure what to do. Please help. Thanks, Todd ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-ratings-to-songs-doesnt-work-sometimes/18341/2 "2016-10-17T03:16:46Z")
See the help page on fields [https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/#popularimeter](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/#popularimeter) There you find various formats for ratings. Check which one you have used successfully and see if the other files can be updated. ---
**Author:** ![Houseofbat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Houseofbat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Houseofbat)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-ratings-to-songs-doesnt-work-sometimes/18341/3 "2016-10-18T00:16:15Z")
Most songs rating is being updated by Mp3tag, but there is one song that is stubborn and won't update. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-ratings-to-songs-doesnt-work-sometimes/18341/4 "2016-10-18T03:04:39Z")
Then I would check the integrity of the file with e.g. mp3val or mp3diags (both freeware). Also, I would check the tag versions in the files e.g. if there are APE tags present. If so, remove them. ---
**Author:** ![Houseofbat](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Houseofbat](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Houseofbat)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-ratings-to-songs-doesnt-work-sometimes/18341/5 "2016-10-18T17:21:23Z")
I downloaded and tried MP3Diags. It works pretty good, however, now Mp3Tag will not see any of the changes. ie. I changed the rating with MP3Diags and Mp3Tag shows the rating now as blank. Well at least in the folder where I have the songs the rating shows up. Guess you can't have everything perfect. Thanks for the help people. Much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-ratings-to-songs-doesnt-work-sometimes/18341/6 "2016-10-18T17:24:17Z")
> [@Houseofbat](#): > > .... I changed the rating with MP3Diags and Mp3Tag shows the rating now as blank. Could you check if the files in question have also other tags than V2.3 (or V1) like APE? (But I have already said that in a previous post but there has not been an answer yet). APE, even if empty, overwrites ID3 tags in MP3tag. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/add-ratings-to-songs-doesnt-work-sometimes/18341/7 "2026-02-09T12:26:28Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC