# Error "updating" tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 17, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403 "2021-09-17T13:32:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@dxsenchxnted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dxsenchxnted)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/1 "2021-09-17T13:32:51Z")
Yesterday this started happening, 2 days ago it worked normally. Everytime I edit tags in mp3tag they updated normally with the pop up showing they updated succesfully, but in the folder where the audio is in, doesnt show the tags. Tried updating and nothing, also restarted and nothing. But everytime I go to an online tag editor, it shows that it has the tags and cover image. When I open the audio with groove music, no tags appear and same in my phone, nothing. How can I solve this? It happens with everytrack I download since yesterday and works normally with previously downloaded tracks.
AUDIO IN ORIGINAL FOLDER
AUDIO IN MP3TAG
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(BOTH FILES HAVE THE AUDIO SELECTED)
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/2 "2021-09-17T13:38:58Z")
You are asking why your windows file explorer doesn't show tags like GENRE or DISCNUMBER or YEAR?
What about a right click on one of your existing file explorer columns ("Titulo" or "Album") and add the additionally wanted columns (GENRE, YEAR)?
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### Author:  [@dxsenchxnted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dxsenchxnted)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/3 "2021-09-17T13:42:19Z")
Adds them but it adds them to the other audio files, On The Wings Of A Rainbow still doesnt have tags, if you open it in Groove Music (the windows music app) it shows like a normal audio file with no tags
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/4 "2021-09-17T13:47:55Z")
This is one of the usual windows settings.
You have to add your columns for every folder with music (windows will remember it per folder)
**OR**
You have to define the view for ALL your music folders:
> **[Music folder default settings in Windows 10](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/music-folder-default-settings-in-windows-10/1207eb73-eea7-42cc-b2d4-53126a7958db)**
>
> How do I set the default options for display within a folder which is of type Music? For example in Music under this PC when I drill to where audio files are I see the default explorer defaults to
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### Author:  [@dxsenchxnted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dxsenchxnted)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/5 "2021-09-17T13:51:42Z")
doesnt work, the problem is that the tags are saved in mp3tag and only appear there or any other tag editor, but dont update on windows, its like if I have downloaded the audio without editing tags, it doesnt have anything to do with shown tag columns in a folder or something
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/6 "2021-09-17T13:59:18Z")
Please click on your song #23 "On the Wings of a Rainbow" in Mp3tag and then press ALT + T.
Can you show us a print screen of the "Extended Tags"?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/7 "2021-09-17T14:04:04Z")
> [@dxsenchxnted](#):
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> How can I solve this?
Could you check the features of your player? IMHO this is a player problem as MP3tag shows all the tags as they should be. So how should MP3tag add functions to an external program?
Besides the
> [@LyricsLover](#):
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> print screen of the "Extended Tags"?
as @LyricsLover requested, could you check which tags you read and write, what file types you try to handle?
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### Author:  [@dxsenchxnted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dxsenchxnted)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/8 "2021-09-17T14:41:43Z")
Here you go
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/9 "2021-09-17T14:52:35Z")
To summarize so far:
1.) In Mp3tag your metadata appears as expected. Everything is OK in Mp3tag?
2.) After a metadata change in Mp3tag you can't see this change outside Mp3tag, not in windows file explorer and not in "Groove Music"?
3.) If you use an online tag editor, you can see your metadata changes?
4.) This behaviour started one day ago. All files changed more then two days ago show their metadata correctly everyhwere (Mp3tag, Windows File explorer, Groove Music, Online tag editor)?
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### Author:  [@dxsenchxnted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dxsenchxnted)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/10 "2021-09-17T14:56:26Z")
Yeah, in 4 is basically files downloaded more than 2 days ago
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/11 "2021-09-17T14:58:58Z")
Can you please show us a print screen of your current Mp3tag settings for
File -\> Options -\> Tags -\>
1 x Mpeg
and
1 x Ape, Mpc ...
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### Author:  [@dxsenchxnted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dxsenchxnted)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/12 "2021-09-17T15:02:25Z")
Here you go
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/13 "2021-09-17T15:07:20Z")
I'm running out of ideas, unfortunately.
Does anyone else have a guess?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/14 "2021-09-17T15:23:25Z")
> [@dxsenchxnted](#):
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> downloaded more than 2 days ago
As the files have been downloaded, anything could have happened to them.
So please use mp3val and mp3diags to see if they are OK.
Here are the links:
> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …
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### Author:  [@dxsenchxnted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dxsenchxnted)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/15 "2021-09-17T15:44:43Z")
When I scan it, at the side of the file it says PROBLEM, here's what it shows at the bottom of the program
_ **Analyzing file "C:\Users\Encar\Desktop\Música y Álbumes\Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex\23 - On The Wings Of A Rainbow.mp3"...** _
_**WARNING: "C:\Users\Encar\Desktop\Música y Álbumes\Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex\23 - On The Wings Of A Rainbow.mp3": Too few MPEG frames (it's unlikely that this is a MPEG audio file)**_
_ **INFO: "C:\Users\Encar\Desktop\Música y Álbumes\Legends From Beyond The Galactic Terrorvortex\23 - On The Wings Of A Rainbow.mp3": No MPEG frames, +ID3v1+ID3v2, CBR** _
_ **Done!** _
I noticed that the file doesnt show Coded, bitrate, frequency or lenght in mp3tag
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/16 "2021-09-17T15:51:07Z")
I would take that message seriously. That file is broken beyond repair.
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### Author:  [@dxsenchxnted](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dxsenchxnted)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/17 "2021-09-17T16:01:05Z")
Hey, I tried downloading the mp3 from another site and apparently the mp3 downloaded correctly, so the problem was the site where the mp3 was downloaded
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/error-updating-tags/54403/18 "2026-02-09T12:29:25Z")