# How to enter missing bitrate and length

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-enter-missing-bitrate-and-length/58892>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 25, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-enter-missing-bitrate-and-length/58892 "2022-10-25T18:23:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![mjw72652](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@mjw72652](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjw72652)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-enter-missing-bitrate-and-length/58892/1 "2022-10-25T18:23:17Z")

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I have some albums which show the bitrate and track length in the Metadata in Windows 11 File Explorer, but MP3Tag v 3.18 doesn't show them. There does not appear to be a way to edit the data in those fields. How can I either input that data or get MP3Tag to successfully import it?

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-enter-missing-bitrate-and-length/58892/2 "2022-10-25T18:27:10Z")

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As MP3tag has nothing to do with the data that describes the audio part, I would suggest that you follow

> [@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:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-enter-missing-bitrate-and-length/58892/3 "2022-10-25T21:08:49Z")

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> [@mjw72652](#):
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> There does not appear to be a way to edit the data in those fields.

In addition to @ohrenkino's advice to check your files for errors:  
Even for fully working music files you can not enter or edit the bitrate or length. Both values are calculated from the audio part of your songs. Mp3tag does not manipulate this audio part in any way.  
If the files are error free, Mp3tag show the bitrate and length correctly.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-enter-missing-bitrate-and-length/58892/4 "2026-02-09T12:29:57Z")

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