Can't write ID3v1 only

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My MP3 HiFi (Panasonic) only recognises ID3v1 alone (not if also ID3v2).

So I want to change my collection to ID3v1 only, deleting ID3v2 and APE tags.

I have mp3 tag settings :

Read ID3v1, ID3v2, APE
Write ID3v1
Remove ID3v2, APE

With these settings cannot change tag.
To change tag I have to enable Write ID3v2. But that writes an ID3v2 tag.

What's going on here?

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You probably have to remove ID3v2 and APEv2 tags first or just disable reading of them.

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Thanks.
Yes I've managed to do it in two passes. First writing both ID3v1 and ID3v2, then remove the ID3v2 tag. At least I think I have - I've thought myself into a state of confusion over this so I'm going to leave it for a few days!

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I ran into the problem of not being able to write ID3v2 tags because APE tags were present too, and if it was not for this post I may still be wondering hat was going wrong. I find mp3tag is too quick to report that operations have successfully completed when in fact they have not (similar problem with the leading zeros on WMA files). If is obviously a known issue so can't something be done about it (If nothing else a message thats says remove APE tags first).

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I assume that ID3v2 tags were written correctly but you had reading of APEv2 tags enabled.

Mp3tag reads tags in this priority: APEv2 > ID3v2 > ID3v1, so please just disable reading of APEv2 tags if you don't use it.