# 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")
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### Author: ![ryerman](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ryerman/32/5285_2.png) [@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")

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> [@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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