# How do I get the "Director" field for an .mp4 from mp3tag to Plex?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 27, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610 "2020-10-27T17:24:55Z")
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### Author:  [@CamdenTommy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CamdenTommy)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/1 "2020-10-27T17:24:55Z")
I've done what I consider to be due diligence looking for a way to get the "Director" field for an MP4 video from mp3tag to Plex via metadata, and I come up with nothing. I did see tips on how to get "description" from mp3tag to Plex and it involves mapping ldes to PODCASTDESC and it works great, so I'm hoping there's something similar for Director. Part of the problem I've run into with searching for a solution is that searches for "director" also hit on "directory" and there are hundreds of discussions of "directory".
This seems to me to be such an obvious and common problem that there must be a solution, but at this point I'm stumped. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/2 "2020-10-27T17:45:21Z")
Have a look at the help and the list of supported fields:
> **[Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/)**
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> Overview of all available tag fields, their names in Mp3tag, and how they are mapped to the internal structures of the different tag formats. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
Perhaps you find something there.
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jimmy_Neutron)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/3 "2020-10-27T18:23:10Z")
> [@CamdenTommy](#):
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> Part of the problem I've run into with searching for a solution is that searches for "director" also hit on "directory" and there are hundreds of discussions of "directory"
Try a trick... search for "director " (with a space) instead of "director"
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/5 "2020-10-27T21:06:49Z")
Then I would assume that there is no field for that data - or you have to use a different one like COMPOSER or CONDUCTOR
There is always the option to create a user-defined field. But whether that gets displayed, depends on the features of the player
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### Author:  [@CamdenTommy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CamdenTommy)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/6 "2020-10-27T21:12:10Z")
> [@Jimmy\_Neutron](#):
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> Try a trick... search for "director " (with a space) instead of "director"
I thought about doing that but didn't think it would work - to my surprise it does, but I still didn't find anything that's relevant
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### Author:  [@Jimmy\_Neutron](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jimmy_Neutron)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2020, 10:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/7 "2020-10-27T22:00:39Z")
Sorry. Being creative doesn't always yield the desired results.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/8 "2020-10-28T09:06:50Z")
There's a mp4 "director" tag (`©dir`) but it is currently not supported by Mp3tag.
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### Author:  [@CamdenTommy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CamdenTommy)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/9 "2020-10-28T14:55:11Z")
Thanks, that's useful information - doesn't help me with my issue but explains a lot. I'm surprised nobody has brought this up before, I'm sure I'm not the only person by any stretch of the imagination who's using mp3tag for mp4 tags. And "Director/Directors" is a crucial piece of info for videos. Is there any way to petition support for the tag, even if it's only via mapping?
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/10 "2020-10-28T18:05:59Z")
I've asked Florian, so maybe it will be in one of the next updates.
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### Author:  [@CamdenTommy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CamdenTommy)
#### Post date: [October 28, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/11 "2020-10-28T18:24:07Z")
That's great news, thanks!!!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/12 "2020-10-30T11:16:30Z")
I've added support for the MP4 movie `DIRECTOR` field with [Mp3tag v3.03c](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455). Please let me know if it's working as expected with Plex.
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### Author:  [@CamdenTommy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CamdenTommy)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/13 "2020-10-30T22:54:26Z")
Thank you Florian for adding support for the DIRECTOR field. Unfortunately I am not having any luck using it to get data from mp3tag to Plex.
Before I get to what I have tried, I think it's worth mentioning that the Windows "Properties" popup for MP4 files has a "details" tab that supports some of the common fields used for MP4 metadata, such as Title, Contributing Artists, Genre, etc. By and large these fields interface well with Plex and also with the Tools/Media Information tab of VLC Media Player. But the Windows "Properties" popup field for DIRECTORS does not work with Plex. And VLC Media Player doesn't even try to support a DIRECTOR field. The implication here may be that interfacing with the Plex DIRECTOR field is not straightforward. Microsoft doesn't work and VLC Media Player doesn't even try.
Back to mp3tag: The simplest thing I tried was customizing the tag panel by adding Field: DIRECTOR and Name: Director with a large field. I tested it and it didn't work. Then I tired mapping Tag: ID3v2, Source: ©dir, Target: DIRECTOR with the same tag panel customization and that doesn't work either.
I'm admittedly still an mp3tag newbie so please try to forgive me if I've made stupid mistakes assumptions or mistakes.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [October 31, 2020, 12:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/14 "2020-10-31T00:13:35Z")
I confirm the ©dir tag field doesn't help with Plex...
The mappinig options won't help you either with this.
But reading the Plex forum the solution seems to be the iTunMOVI tag
> **[What MP4 tags can be read into Plex with local assets agent?](https://forums.plex.tv/t/what-mp4-tags-can-be-read-into-plex-with-local-assets-agent/131506/16)**
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> Yes, but you won’t like it 😉 The tag used is called ITUNMOVI and its content is a fully-blown XML document Here is an example: studioMarvel cast nameBenedict Cumberbatch adamId
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### Author:  [@CamdenTommy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/CamdenTommy)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/15 "2020-11-09T17:36:15Z")
"I confirm the ©dir tag field doesn't help with Plex...
The mappinig options won't help you either with this.
But reading the Plex forum the solution seems to be the iTunMOVI tag"
Thanks for your continued support! That reference is one I found already, but I missed the part about director(s). Nevertheless, I'm way in over my head when it comes to making sense of how to use that. I'm not a stranger to HTML/XML but I can't see how it relates to mp3tag/Plex. I'm hoping there's a less abstruse solution but I'm beginning to fear that my stopgap measure of including Director(s) in the description is going to remain my only viable option for some time to come.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-do-i-get-the-director-field-for-an-mp4-from-mp3tag-to-plex/50610/16 "2020-12-09T17:36:18Z")
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