# APE - why?

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-why/2539
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 27, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-why/2539 "2005-11-27T18:05:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![bigal](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bigal](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/bigal)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-why/2539/1 "2005-11-27T18:05:11Z")

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Forgive if I'm wrong but is not APE monkey audio tag information? If so, and we dont use Monkey Audio, why is that tag information often included in MP3 files?  
Cheers,  
Alistair+

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-why/2539/2 "2005-11-27T18:18:59Z")

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[http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Tagging](http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Tagging)

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### 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, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-why/2539/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:32Z")

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