# Custom file extension
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 8, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171 "2005-08-08T18:02:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@aboros](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aboros)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/1 "2005-08-08T18:02:32Z")
Is there any way to load tags from custom extensions?
For example all my mp3 files has extension bin.
I tried to specify the \*.bin; in "restrict incoming files to:" field but without success.
Any sugestion?
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/2 "2005-08-08T18:13:11Z")
Not possible unless you rename the files to MP3.
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### Author:  [@aboros](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aboros)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/3 "2005-08-08T20:16:22Z")
Thanks
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### Author:  [@beaker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beaker)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/4 "2005-08-09T00:53:16Z")
> [@](#):
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> Not possible unless you rename the files to MP3.
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> \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>
It would be a great feature to be able to map custom extensions known filetypes that Mp3tag currently handles.
eg: Specify in the configuration that bin = mp3 so Mp3tag knows to search for .bin and .mp3 files.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/5 "2005-08-11T06:57:36Z")
Why would one change the extensions of his files to BIN instead of MP3?
I'm just curious 
~ Florian
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### Author:  [@beaker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beaker)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/6 "2005-08-12T02:20:54Z")
> [@](#):
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> Why would one change the extensions of his files to BIN instead of MP3?
>
> I'm just curious 
>
> ~ Florian
>
> \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>
I can't speak for abaros, but I can speak for "this guy I know" 😉 He renames his mp3's to trk's at work because our laptops are scanned for illegal/innappropriate files, such as mp3's. Since it's a simple extension search, renaming the mp3's bypasses the problem.
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### Author:  [@JEdwardP](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JEdwardP)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2005, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/7 "2005-08-12T18:05:35Z")
Are they also scanned for the better formats, such as Ogg, MPC, and lossless?
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### Author:  [@beaker](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beaker)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2005, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/8 "2005-08-12T20:57:03Z")
> [@](#):
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> Are they also scanned for the better formats, such as Ogg, MPC, and lossless?
>
> \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>
Couldn't tell you if they search for "better" formats or not...
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-file-extension/2171/9 "2026-02-09T12:19:25Z")