# Iomega Screenplay MX2 genre not detected

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/iomega-screenplay-mx2-genre-not-detected/14388>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 25, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/iomega-screenplay-mx2-genre-not-detected/14388 "2013-01-25T19:57:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![debertin](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@debertin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/debertin)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/iomega-screenplay-mx2-genre-not-detected/14388/1 "2013-01-25T19:57:51Z")

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I have a large MP3 collection which I have consolidated on the Iomega Screenplay MX2 media player. I used MP3Tag editor to tag the files with genre but the player puts a majority of the MP3s into the "other" category rather than the genre that the file has been tagged with. The strange thing is that if I open the file and edit properties through windows (not using MP3tag) and retype the genre field, the iomega player recognizes the retyped genre. What am I doing wrong?

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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:** [January 25, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/iomega-screenplay-mx2-genre-not-detected/14388/2 "2013-01-25T20:15:41Z")

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The V1-Version of mp3 tags knows only a preset list of genres, each being encoded by a number identifier. Any genre that is not in the list gets the description "other".  
V2 knows user-defined genres as well.  
So I suspect that one of your tag-writers or readers applies V1 tags. (E.g. check the settings in File\>Options\>Mpeg whether you write V2.3-tags)

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**Author:** ![debertin](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@debertin](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/debertin)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/iomega-screenplay-mx2-genre-not-detected/14388/3 "2013-02-01T14:03:35Z")

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I figured it out. I checked to ensured tagging was v2.3 . I will say that WMP is a bit finicky to work with. Thankyou for the response.

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/iomega-screenplay-mx2-genre-not-detected/14388/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:17Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC