I am trying to create a sharable folder on Dropbox or OneDrive with about a dozen tracks of an LP album that was recorded about 50 years ago in Brazil. Several years ago, I took it to a local recording studio and had them convert the tracks to both MP3 and WAV files. They did a really good job editi…

Before you can change anything on the left, you have to choose a file to update on the right. Once you highlight a file, the current tag contents will show up on the left. You can add missing items and change any that need to be corrected. Then press the save button.

[image] CynthiaMoore: Can MP3Tag do this job? To me it is not quite clear which job you mean. But MP3tag is a tagging program to modify the embedded metadata in mp3 and wav files, among others.

OK. I downloaded and installed the software. I then opened an MP3 file with the File Explorer right-click option. I got a screen with the properties on the left and just that one file listed in the main window. I filled in values for Title, Artist, Album, Year, Track, and Genre. But then I could n…

[image] ohrenkino: To me it is not quite clear which job you mean. But MP3tag is a tagging program to modify the embedded metadata in mp3 and wav files, among others. Is "metadata" the same thing as "properties"? Can MP3Tag set values in what Windows calls "properties"?

Please have a look at this introduction .

[image] ohrenkino: Please have a look at this introduction I did read that piece, but I missed the part about selecting the file. I had only opened one file, so I assumed that any changes would apply to it. I think code should be added to warn a user if they change any metadata and no files …

[image] MotleyG: Before you can change anything on the left, you have to choose a file to update on the right. Once you highlight a file, the current tag contents will show up on the left. You can add missing items and change any that need to be corrected. Then press the save button. Thank y…

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ohrenkino May 13, 2021, 3:14pm 9

I do not think that you can change settings permanently if no file is selected.
Please see also this thread on a similar topic: