# How do I edit ID3v2 fields?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-id3v2-fields/2396
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 23, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-id3v2-fields/2396 "2005-10-23T10:31:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@alokeprasad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alokeprasad)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-id3v2-fields/2396/1 "2005-10-23T10:31:33Z")
I am converting my music CD's to MP3 using EAC and LAME. I am editing/adding ID3 information using Mp3tag v 2.33a. The commandline for LAME defined in EAC is
-V 2 --vbr-new --add-id3v2 --pad-id3v2 --ta "%a" --tt "%t" --tl "%g" --ty "%y" --tn "%n" %s %d
When opening the files in Mp3tag, I see the following in the left pane:
Title; Artist; Album; Year; Track; Genre; Comment; Folder
These seem to be ID3v1 fields. Looking at the file information in Winamp shows additional ID3v2 fields:
Composer; Original artist; Copyright; URL; Encoded by
My questions are:
1. How can I view (and edit) the ID3v2 information, that is being written into the mp3 files by LAME, by Mp3tag?
2. I would like to add the following information to each file:
Movie; Composer; Lyricist;
How do I do that and have Mp3tag show me these fields in the left pane?
Background: Most of my CD's are compilations, so each file has a separate singer, movie, composer, lyricist in addition to having a common Album information. Presently, I'm adding this in the comment field. I would like to have them in their own ID3v2 fields, if possible.
Thanks.
Aloke
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2005, 10:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-id3v2-fields/2396/2 "2005-10-23T10:45:49Z")
Read this thread:
[/t/2381/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2381/1)
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### Author:  [@alokeprasad](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/alokeprasad)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-id3v2-fields/2396/3 "2005-10-23T17:04:33Z")
> [@](#):
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> Read this thread:
> [/t/2381/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/2381/1)
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> \<{POST\_SNAPBACK}\>
Thank you. It is a bit complicated for a beginner like me, but this is how I have set up the program:
I added 2 columns:
Name: Lyricist; Value: %lyricist%; Field: LYRICIST
Name: Composer; Value: %Composer%; Field: COMPOSER
For each song, I select the song and open the Tags (Alt-T) and add these two fields from the drop-down list.
I could not find a suitable field for the name of the Movie, so I am using the Comment field for that.
Am I doing this correctly?
Is typing in text into the columns directly the same as the Alt-T and then entering the information there?
Thanks.
Aloke
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-id3v2-fields/2396/4 "2005-10-23T17:29:14Z")
> [@](#):
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> Name: Lyricist; Value: %lyricist%; Field: LYRICIST
> Name: Composer; Value: %Composer%; Field: COMPOSER
I think _Field:_ should also be with % signs -\> %lyricist%
But your version seems to work, too.
> [@](#):
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> Is typing in text into the columns directly the same as the Alt-T and then entering the information there?
Yes.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-edit-id3v2-fields/2396/5 "2026-02-09T12:19:29Z")