# 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")
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### 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: [May 2, 2020, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-convert-tags-for-song/48819/2 "2020-05-02T13:24:03Z")

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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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