I have a file (m4b audiobook) that I can't tag. I just get the message 'can't open file for writing' yet I can rename the file in Windows Explorer. After checking the file (it was read only) I corrected read and permissions, restarted Win 10, installed the latest MP3Tag, scanned the drive, installed…

See e.g here: [image] Specific MP4 file cannot be opened for writing Support Hi everyone, I don't know if thats the right place to ask, but I have a different issue now. I triedseveral times to Batch-Process my files through Actions and also other tasks. However, always t…

Okay. It seems to be a file integrity issue. I forgot Foobar2000 has an MP4 integrity checking utility and all the unwritable files seem to have integrity issues. Something in saving tags in the AIMP app must fix the worst of the issues but it seems to be something to do with the chapter marks in th…

For anyone who is interested in the future. If I strip the chapter marks (using Foobar2000 utility) I can write tags in MP3TAG. In my files, running the integrity checker a second time finds no errors. It might help someone who can't access a replacement file.

Can't write tags to file that I can rename in WE

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ohrenkino September 2, 2022, 5:28am 2

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Renaming a file has nothing to do with writing metadata into the file..