I've been getting the following error message a lot lately: "[File] cannot be opened for writing." Sometimes a computer reboot or program close/restart fixes the problem for a while, but it always comes back and then gets worse. Any ideas what may be causing this? (Sorry if I missed this issue b…

[image] ohrenkino: Thanks for testing. If you add cover art then the tag area usually has to be expanded as the cover most likely does not fit into the already existing padding for the tag. So the whole file gets rewritten, first to a tmp-file and then back to the original. If then some other p…

Kyte Logan: Okay, this problem persists and is getting worse. To further track it down, I have uninstalled the latest version and installed v2.78 to see if the issue is version specific on my computer. Now I find that all of the functions are greyed out except "Play". Any ideas? Usually, you…

[image] ohrenkino: Usually, you have to select at least one file in the files list. Of course. I'm now trying v2.79 and getting the same issue. The program starts up fine, but I noticed that existing tags do not show cover art. When I try to add some tag information to a file, the program es…

You can filter for files that apparently have no covers: %_covers% MISSING If Mp3tag cannot write back the data (probably the padding is not large enough so the file has to be re-written with the detour of a tmp-file) and has problems due to local circumstances, you might see that behaviour. So I…

Again, thanks for your assistance. I am the only person who uses this computer. The installer, user and administrator are all identical. I addressed ownership/permissions to the best of my ability during the earlier exchange. I have yet to use that link or other referenced tools. May try those next. …

Kyte Logan: .... The problems return when I load my entire library. This suggests that the program cannot handle this sized library and/or the computer is not allocating enough resources to the application. .. See this thread on possible memory problems: /t/16790/1

Kyte Logan: I did do some additional "testing". When I just load a folder/sub with far fewer files, the program seems to work as expected. The problems return when I load my entire library. This suggests that the program cannot handle this sized library and/or the computer is not allocating eno…

[image] poster: There is no library in MP3Tag. The content of the tags are read while loading and keep in memory. As a 32 bit program MP3Tag is only able to use up to about 3,5 GB of memory, if you keep a lot of software in your memory even less. The affordable memory depends on the amount of t…

Although it may not be possible to load all the files in most cases I see no necessarity for this. I think it is very seldom necessary to have all files in memory and perform actions on all of them. The dayly work is more to add new albums and tag them properly. If someone has more than 50.000 f…

I suppose we all have different needs. For my purposes, I need all loaded. I really prefer the mp3tag feel and interface to other options that I have tried over the years. I'm sure eventually a future version will overcome this barrier.

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ohrenkino March 21, 2017, 3:53pm 12

See this thread on possible memory problems:
/t/16790/1