# Changing and saving MP3 meta while playing

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-and-saving-mp3-meta-while-playing/45467
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 18, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-and-saving-mp3-meta-while-playing/45467 "2019-05-18T03:19:59Z")
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### Author: ![Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/zerow/32/11379_2.png) [@Zerow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Zerow)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2019, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/changing-and-saving-mp3-meta-while-playing/45467/8 "2019-05-22T18:26:30Z")

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If I play MP3 file in Winamp 5.666, I can safely edit tags in it via Mp3tag- because MP3s are apparently loaded 100% to that player. Proof: I can move that file around / delete it, at no pop up window will show up; and unless the playback reaches the end of such tampered with file or I press STOP, I can replay such moved / deleted file without sweat

This however does not work for other formats- to my despair  
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More about locked files by means of playback:

> [@APE files problem](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/ape-files-problem/17672):
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> I get this strange behavior from APE files: if I play an APE file in Winamp, I have to first close it before I can move it to other folder. Also, if the APE file has been played in Winamp, I have to close it before I can save changes done to it in Mp3tag. Somehow the files gets blocked by Winamp- and the same hing happens with Media Player Classic. And with BS.Player Pro, if I have an APE loaded to it, I can change tags in it via Mp3tag with no problem; but if I move it to some other folder then…

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