# Custom Genre and Saving Issue

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-and-saving-issue/4018
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [November 5, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-and-saving-issue/4018 "2006-11-05T19:44:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![wrbird](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6f9a4e/32.png) [@wrbird](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wrbird)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-and-saving-issue/4018/1 "2006-11-05T19:44:31Z")

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I'm using MP3TAP 2.32a (because I'm still running Windows ME) can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I've created a new genre in the Tools \>\> Options \>\> Genre. I select my files that I want to change the genre. I go to the pull down menu to select the genre. I save files and the genre field is now blank instead of having the selected genre in the field. What am I doing wrong?

wrbird

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-and-saving-issue/4018/2 "2006-11-06T16:03:28Z")

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Are you writing / reading ID3v2 tags? Maybe you are only reading the ID3v1 tag which does not support custom genres.

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### Author: ![wrbird](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/6f9a4e/32.png) [@wrbird](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wrbird)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2006, 1:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-and-saving-issue/4018/3 "2006-11-07T01:25:24Z")

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Thank you Sebastian. That was it!!

Wayne

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/custom-genre-and-saving-issue/4018/4 "2026-02-09T12:19:59Z")

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