# APETAGEX not handled?

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apetagex-not-handled/15190>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 11, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apetagex-not-handled/15190 "2013-11-11T20:42:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gamez](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@gamez](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gamez)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apetagex-not-handled/15190/1 "2013-11-11T20:42:09Z")

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Hello there,

it seems to me that [APETAGEX](http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=APEv2_specification) (APEv2 tags) are not correctly processed by Mp3tag.

As you can see in attachment 2, the "Erweiterte Tags..." menu function does only show 4 tags, while the first attachment (hex dump of mp3 file tail) shows other tags (ALBUM, COMMENT). Specifically, a cover jpg is stored as of offset 005E:FABA (see black part) in the mp3 file, but is not detected nor displayed by Mp3tag.

Thank you for your help!

g.

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f8f984cac4d3217a8916ff3140bad47ed826a393.jpg)

 ![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/c2c27681118480a83e29e99e37abc482460c8f70.jpg)

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apetagex-not-handled/15190/2 "2013-11-11T20:54:26Z")

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> [@gamez](#):
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> ... As you can see in attachment 2, the "Erweiterte Tags..." menu function does only show 4 tags, while the first attachment (hex dump of mp3 file tail) shows other tags (ALBUM, COMMENT). Specifically, a cover jpg is stored as of offset 005E:FABA (see black part) in the mp3 file, but is not detected nor displayed by Mp3tag. ...

Do you see the stored data and the picture when you set Mp3tag to display the APE tag?

DD.20131111.2255.CET

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**Author:** ![gamez](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@gamez](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gamez)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apetagex-not-handled/15190/3 "2013-11-11T20:58:20Z")

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Shame on me... ![:unsure:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/cfaeba84fe6704387c5b34dfdd8172bd51b6f533.gif ":unsure:")

I had to activate Datei -\> Optionen -\> Tags -\> Mpeg -\> APE

Sorry!

G.

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/apetagex-not-handled/15190/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:45Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC