# Export Mp3tag data to MS Access
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 15, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004 "2025-10-15T21:51:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@dluhop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dluhop)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/1 "2025-10-15T21:51:29Z")
Is it possible to export Mp3tag data to MS Access? I have about 2,500 song records. I’d like to be able to create different sorts, queries, etc.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/2 "2025-10-16T06:13:26Z")
2 posts were split to a new topic: [Can Mp3tag import data from Apple Music?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/can-mp3tag-import-data-from-apple-music/70005)
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 6:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/3 "2025-10-16T06:08:21Z")
> [@dluhop](#):
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> Is it possible to export Mp3tag data to MS Access?
There is no direct way to write an MS Access database using Mp3tag.
But you can export your metadata in a CSV format and then import this CSV in your self created MS Access database.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/4 "2025-10-16T13:36:36Z")
> [@dluhop](#):
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> create different sorts, queries, etc.
I wonder what these sort, queries etc. would feature so that they could not be realized by MP3tag.
The problem with the transfer to Access that always prior to a sort or query the database has to be updated with the current data set from the tags.
IMHO it must be a very special query and/or sort to justify that extra effort. That is why I would be interested.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/5 "2025-10-16T15:23:18Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> That is why I would be interested.
+1 👍
Not to forget: Such queries often result in data or changes that need to be transferred back into music files. Therefore, it would also be necessary to be able to transfer the data back from MS Access to Mp3tag.
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### Author:  [@dluhop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dluhop)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/6 "2025-10-16T15:48:24Z")
Here’s my problem: the data I have in Mp3tag is from the music I had in iTunes many years ago. Since Apple decided to eliminate iTunes I moved all my music to Apple Music. I now have many more songs in Apple Music than I had in iTunes, there fore my Mp3tag data is out of date. I see no way to export my new music collection from Apple Music to Mp3tag
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/7 "2025-10-16T15:51:59Z")
> [@dluhop](#):
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> I now have many more songs in Apple Music than I had in iTunes, there fore my Mp3tag data is out of date.
You have metadata in Apple Music only?
Are you sure that this information is not saved/embedded in your tracks?
What information exactly do you miss if you load a "new" track in Mp3tag and press Alt+T (View \> Extended Tags)?
> [@dluhop](#):
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> I see no way to export my new music collection from Apple Music to Mp3tag
This is only necessary, if you really see metadata only stored in Apple Music that is completely missing inside your tracks - openend in Mp3tag and checked with Alt + T.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/8 "2025-10-16T16:00:42Z")
> [@dluhop](#):
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> the data I have in Mp3tag is from the music I had in iTunes many years ago
I do not quite follow: MP3tag reads the data from the currently loaded files. For those it does not matter which other programs access the files as long as the data is saved as metadata in the files and not the 3rd party programs database only.
I also wonder which role MS Access should play here? Does MS Access read
> [@dluhop](#):
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> Apple Music
data?
If not, I still wonder what the purpose of the intermediate step with MS Access would be.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/9 "2025-10-16T18:51:30Z")
> [@dluhop](#):
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> I now have many more songs in Apple Music than I had in iTunes, there fore my Mp3tag data is out of date. I see no way to export my new music collection from Apple Music to Mp3tag
It is unusual that none of your metadata is carried over. But if it really is, you can try the Embed scripts that are available here.
> **[iTunes | Scripts for iTunes for Windows](https://samsoft.org.uk/itunes/scripts.asp)**
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### Author:  [@dluhop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dluhop)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 7:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/10 "2025-10-16T19:59:56Z")
I must apologize to you all for my stupidity. I _do_ have the Meta data from Apple Music listed in Mp3tag. I thought the data was from iTunes, but it's from Apple Music. I never thought to verify. I'm quite happy to be able to format and sort the data any way I like. I'm sorry to have wasted your time. Thank you all.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 16, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/11 "2025-10-16T20:06:50Z")
> [@dluhop](#):
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> I’d like to be able to create different sorts, queries, etc.
Wasn't the Access function to sort and query the original trigger to ask for support? What has changed now that you found that
> [@dluhop](#):
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> _do_ have the Meta data from Apple Music listed in Mp3tag.
I am surprised that the problem should have been solved.
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### Author:  [@dluhop](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dluhop)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/12 "2025-10-17T14:52:08Z")
I will be able to create reports in Access. I'm pretty sure I now know how to move data from Mp3tag to Access. I'm going to test it out using some small amount of data.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 17, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/13 "2025-10-17T16:24:01Z")
You may have noticed a number of export scripts that generate out put in format like rtf, html, even xml would be possible (although you would need to create that yourself).
The advantage of these exports would be that you can be sure that they use the up-to-date data from the files.
And if the suggested export scripts are not enough, then there is a fair collection of user-contributed scripts the forum:
e.g.
> [@XML and HTML export configuration file](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/xml-and-html-export-configuration-file/1712):
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> First of all let me say MP3Tag is great! Many thanks to florian. This is my first attempt with export configuration files, but I hope this will be useful to someone. I usually have an artist directory and each album in its own subdir with a cover.jpg thumbnail and a playlist.m3u file in it. So I would like to have an export configuration file with which I can create a complete report of my collection. After some tries with the export configuration files I've found on the site, I've chosen to …
> [@Milka's exports](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/milkas-exports/2422):
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> Complete Exports (Last Update: 06.12.2006) Very nice album & music collection overview with covers, search, sorting, color themes (skins) and details popup. Inspired by dano and nickless. Complete Exports: [:mt\_export:][milkaComplete\_01\_html\_Album\_Overview.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/6516c1ba16df9b41e1923111c1e9c2a39e9ec8ba.zip) (13.3 KB)[:mt\_plall:][milkaComplete\_02\_m3u\_Album\_Playlist.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/a1790406a2eb69f40e04977ccf95c88e6f5de87e.zip) (396 Bytes)[:mt\_export:][milkaComplete\_03\_js\_Search\_Data.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/6d98fca7f8bbf099c7a4d6cd21d718f5c2affb84.zip) (3.96 KB)[:mt\_export:][milkaComplete\_04\_html\_Mix\_List.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/d44b6e481d4c4b08923b990b8fac1e5248c29b22.zip) (7.84 KB)[:mt\_export:][milkaComplete\_05\_html\_Album\_List.zip](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/ce9dba0077b7912e92718eb486fdc1e46fbdcdc6.zip) (…
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/export-mp3tag-data-to-ms-access/70004/14 "2025-11-16T16:24:06Z")
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