# Editing mp3 files acording to the CD player requirements
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 12, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170 "2016-08-12T18:57:35Z")
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### Author:  [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/1 "2016-08-12T18:57:35Z")
Hello,
Recently I burnt some CD so I can listen to some music while driving my car. My CD player plays the music but I would like to see which track are being played. The screen does not show it up. Track/album/artist titles are unknown but my PC shows it up. I looked into my CD player specifications and founded a page where supported formats were written. Downloaded Mp3tag and tried to modify my files in options menu acording to the requirements. I saw a video tutorial on YouTube and i copied the steps. Unfortunately it did not show any information on my CD player screen. There are some terms which I do not understand. Can somebody tell me please how to do it correctly? What check and uncheck in options menu?
Also I need to mention that after saving I burnt it in Windows Media Player. Does it effect the results?
## My CD player specifications
Supported formats:
-USB or memory file format: FAT32 //probably not important
-MP3 bit rate(date rate): 32-320 Kbps and VBR (Variable Bit Rate)
-Directory nesting up to a maximum of 8 levels
-Number of albums/folders: 99 (Max)
-Number of tracks/tittles: 999 (Max)
-ID3 tag v2.0 or later
-File name in Unicode UTF8 (maximum length: 128 bytes)
Unsupported MP3 Disc Format:
-Empty albums:an empty album is an album that does not contain MP3 files, and is not be shown in the display
-Unsupported file formats are skipped. For example, Word documents(.doc) or Mp3 files with extension.dlf are ignored and not played
-AAC,WMV,PCM audio files
## Supported MP3 Disc Format: -ISO9660, Joliet -Maximum title number: 512(depending on file name lenght) -Maximum album number: 255 -Supported sampling frequencies: 32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz -Supported Bit-rates: 32-320Kbps and variable bit rate
Thank you for your answers.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/2 "2016-08-12T19:31:12Z")
> [@Floyd](#):
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> ....
> -File name in Unicode UTF8 (maximum length: 128 bytes)
> ...
This does not say a lot about the tags.
If the tags still do not show, see
[/t/2785/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2785/1)
about the tag encoding.
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### Author:  [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2016, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/3 "2016-08-12T19:46:57Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> This does not say a lot about the tags.
> If the tags still do not show, see
> [/t/2785/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2785/1)
> about the tag encoding.
Thank you very much. I wont be able to burn new CD until 2 weeks so I will write later if it worked or not.
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### Author:  [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/4 "2016-08-12T19:58:44Z")
Is this OK?
What does the APE mean? Should I worry about it?
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### Author:  [@Rijkstra](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Rijkstra)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/5 "2016-08-12T21:07:08Z")
> [@Floyd](#):
>
> ...
> What does the APE mean? Should I worry about it?
What you might check is if the player supports UTF-16 for ID3v2.3. If in doubt, this default setting should be changed to ISO-8859-1 for a test disk. From your screenshot I see you may have already done that. Don't forget to save the files after changing that option.
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### Author:  [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/6 "2016-08-12T21:16:33Z")
> [@Rijkstra](#):
>
> What you might check is if the player supports UTF-16 for ID3v2.3. If in doubt, this default setting should be changed to ISO-8859-1 for a test disk. From your screenshot I see you may have already done that. Don't forget to save the files after changing that option.
Ok I will test that thanks.
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### Author:  [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2016, 8:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/7 "2016-08-13T08:27:48Z")
So I just tested the UTF-16 ID3v2.3 option and it did not work. Also I forgot to mention that I already tried the ISO-8859-1 option before I registered on this forums and it also did not work. I followed this tutorial on youtube:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJNmfTDlZtY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJNmfTDlZtY)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2016, 9:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/8 "2016-08-13T09:06:50Z")
> [@Floyd](#):
>
> Is this OK?
> What does the APE mean? Should I worry about it?
The settings for best results are usually:
read and remove for all tag types (you are currently missing the V2 remove)
write only V1 and V2.
Also, you should check your files for integrity (just as a precaution) with mp3val and/or mp3diags and or foobar2000 (all freeware).
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### Author:  [@mb2007](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mb2007)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2016, 6:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/9 "2016-08-21T06:26:54Z")
Just to be clear, the CD is being burned as a data CD, right? If you are burning an audio CD, where you have just ~74 minutes of audio only, not files, then your tags will not matter.
You might try different burning software. I use [ImgBurn](http://www.imgburn.com/).
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### Author:  [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/10 "2016-08-21T06:55:38Z")
I already tried ImgBurn. ImgBurn writes CD-TEXT not ID3 on disc. Here is a link to the ImgBurn forum where I discussed this problem. My CD player does not support CD-TEXT.
[http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?/topic/...nd-album-names/](http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?/topic/24331-cd-r-in-my-car-cd-player-does-not-show-track-artist-and-album-names/)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2016, 7:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/11 "2016-08-21T07:20:42Z")
What do you burn: native CD format (often called music CD) or a data disc with mp3 files on it?
The native CD format does not support any tags. Additional information can only be stored in CD-TEXT.
What does your car player show?
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### Author:  [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/12 "2016-08-22T11:47:31Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> What do you burn: native CD format (often called music CD) or a data disc with mp3 files on it?
> The native CD format does not support any tags. Additional information can only be stored in CD-TEXT.
> What does your car player show?
I burned native CD format. Edited tags in Mp3tag as mentioned above and burned in Windows Media Player as a audio CD. So I guess I need to burn it as a data CD? Then it will show all the information...
My car player plays the music but it does not show track name, artist and album. Like so:
Unknown Artist
Unknown Album
Unknown Track
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/13 "2016-08-22T15:44:32Z")
> [@Floyd](#):
>
> I burned native CD format. Edited tags in Mp3tag as mentioned above and burned in Windows Media Player as a audio CD. So I guess I need to burn it as a data CD? Then it will show all the information...
> ...
Try to burn it as data cd. Then, hopefully, you will see the tag information.
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### Author:  [@Floyd](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Floyd)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/14 "2016-09-09T18:39:14Z")
It worked! Now it shows the information. Thank you all for your help.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/editing-mp3-files-acording-to-the-cd-player-requirements/18170/15 "2026-02-09T12:26:22Z")