# Can't convert tags for song
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-convert-tags-for-song/48819
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 2, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-convert-tags-for-song/48819 "2020-05-02T13:21:15Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@JTD999](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JTD999)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-convert-tags-for-song/48819/1 "2020-05-02T13:21:15Z")
I'm trying to change the metadata on an album I downloaded since most of it is nonexistent. However, 1 of the audio files' ID tags is ID3v1. So, every time i try to change the metadata i get and error saying "File cannot be opened for writing" do you want to retry? I thought this might be because of the ID tag version being different, since its the only v1 in the folder, but when I follow the procedure for converting the tag version, I get the same error I did when trying to change the metadata, any ideas whats going on there?
I might delete the song and download it individually, but if i continue to encounter this problem as i continue to clean up my music files, then that would be extraordinarily tedious and even more time consuming. Let me know if anyone has any quicker solutions. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-convert-tags-for-song/48819/2 "2020-05-02T13:24:03Z")
Most likely this has nothing to do with the ID3V1 tag.
I suspect that the file is corrupt - which you can check with the utilities linked in this thread:
> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …
And then, depending on the findings, you may need to download the file again.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-convert-tags-for-song/48819/3 "2026-02-09T12:28:34Z")