# edit tag directly on iPod?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-tag-directly-on-ipod/4952
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 1, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-tag-directly-on-ipod/4952 "2007-06-01T16:18:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@pritalus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/pritalus)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-tag-directly-on-ipod/4952/1 "2007-06-01T16:18:16Z")
Hi,
I have thousands of files on my iPod, most of which are badly tagged.
I have been using MP3Tag for a while to batch-tag mp3 files on my computer.
Can I batch-tag the music files directly on my iPod, without having to unload them from the device?
Note: I tried to do this by "Change directory..."-ing to the iPod icon in "My Computer". But for some reason when I select the "Music" in the iPod tree (in My Computer), MP3Tag only reads a few files (correctly though). When I select "iPod control" from the same tree, it reads what seems like albums, but the file names are all encoded.
Can someone who is not as 'layman' as I am help me with this?
Any effort is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
=P
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-tag-directly-on-ipod/4952/2 "2007-06-01T19:46:21Z")
No that won't work. iPods reads tags form its database and not from the files.
And I don't know if it is good when you load these ipod foldersin Mp3tag, they have a different file system, you might corrupt something if you edit the files.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/edit-tag-directly-on-ipod/4952/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:19Z")