# Can't read FLAC track and year tags anymore
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900 "2021-07-29T09:00:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Sundr0wn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sundr0wn)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/1 "2021-07-29T09:00:17Z")
I installed a new HDD a few days ago and had some troubles with mp3tag not working anymore but i got it all fixed. But now i've noticed it wont show me Track and Year Tags anymore for my FLAC files. I can still save new ones to them and mp3tag will show those. But the old tags are still there and neither be read nor overwritten by mp3tag.
Basically feels like my version of mp3tag lost the abillity to read FLAC tags and now just writes IDV3 tags over them.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/2 "2021-07-29T09:10:43Z")
See if you have still the (default) mapping of vorbis comments to mp3tag fields:
See File\>Options\>Tags\>Mapping
Tag: always VorbisComment
Source: DATE
Target: YEAR
Source: ORGANIZATION
Target: PUBLISHER
Source: TRACKNUMBER
Target: TRACK
If these are missing, create them and see if you get better results.
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### Author:  [@Sundr0wn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sundr0wn)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 9:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/3 "2021-07-29T09:21:45Z")
Thank You! That worked. Wierd, i dont remeber adding those the last time but maybe i just forgot.
However, i did about 400 files yesterday before noticing that. So where were those tags saved instead, do i have to redo them?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 9:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/4 "2021-07-29T09:22:42Z")
> [@Sundr0wn](#):
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> do i have to redo them?
I think it is best if you checked a sample.
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### Author:  [@Sundr0wn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sundr0wn)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 9:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/5 "2021-07-29T09:26:35Z")
They show up correctly in other applications. How can check what type of tag is written on the file?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/6 "2021-07-29T09:30:12Z")
In a default installation, there is a column fairly far to the right that shows the tag versions in a file. Ideally, the flac files should show only FLAC as tag.
Perhaps a filter works:
`%_extension% HAS flac AND %_tag% HAS 3`
which would show files that have the extension "FLAC" and also an ID3 name part in the TAG.
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### Author:  [@Sundr0wn](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sundr0wn)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/7 "2021-07-29T09:42:50Z")
Only FLAC. I guess everything is going to be correct, cant find anything off. I'll see it if it dont work somewhere else. Thanks for your help!
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### Author:  [@ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ryerman)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/8 "2021-07-29T13:47:06Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Perhaps a filter works:
> `%_extension% HAS flac AND %_tag% HAS 3`
> which would show files that have the extension "FLAC" and also an ID3 name part in the TAG.
That works for ID3v2, but not for ID3v1.
Mp3tag does not report ID3v **1** tags in FLAC files.
I've posted about that since 2012.
> [@ID3v1 tags are not identified in FLAC files](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/id3v1-tags-are-not-identified-in-flac-files/13156):
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> If a FLAC file has Vorbis tags and ID3v2 tags then %\_tag% expands to "FLAC ID3v2". Good. This shows me the files that should be edited to remove the ID3 tags. However, without using Mp3tag, I accidentally discovered several FLAC files with ID3v1 tags. %\_tag% expanded to "FLAC". Therefore, there was no indication of the "improper" ID3 tags that I want to remove. I could still remove the offending ID3v1 tags in the usual way but I only knew they were there by a lucky accident. Does Mp3tag i…
> [@Tags: FLAC (FLAC) and FLAC (FLAC ID3v2)](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-flac-flac-and-flac-flac-id3v2/14381/6):
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> Also, Mp3tag does not identify ID3v1 tags in FLAC files. [/t/13156/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/13156/1)
I've attached a short, silent FLAC file with ID3v1 tags in case anyone wants to experiment.
[FLAC Short, Silent, with ID3v1 tag.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/short-url/iESNJAqZ95N8EASiC35IbYxF9fK.zip) (8.2 KB)
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/cant-read-flac-track-and-year-tags-anymore/53900/9 "2026-02-09T12:29:20Z")