# Library for tagging WAV files with ID3v2.3 standard

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 24, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510 "2021-09-24T07:29:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![woochaq](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@woochaq](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/woochaq)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/1 "2021-09-24T07:29:59Z")

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Hello everbody. If it is not a secret I would like to ask what library is used by Mp3Tag for tagging WAV files in ID3v2.3 standard.

I've tried with ffmpeg, mutagen, eyeD3, kid3, id3v2. All of them set ID3 tags but the wav file is not playable on Windows Media Player. It returns error '0xc00d36c4'.

I've searched whole internet without success.

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/2 "2021-09-24T07:52:54Z")

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I'm using my own library, nothing official. The issue with WAV is that you'd need to write the ID3v2 tag to an `ID3` RIFF chunk, simply writing ID3v2 to WAV is not supported.

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**Author:** ![woochaq](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@woochaq](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/woochaq)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/3 "2021-09-24T07:53:47Z")

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Is your library open-sourced or do you know any other library similar to yours ?

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/4 "2021-09-24T07:54:57Z")

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No to both questions.

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**Author:** ![woochaq](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@woochaq](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/woochaq)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/5 "2021-09-24T07:55:17Z")

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Thank you for the response. I'll keep looking.

Have a nice day.

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/6 "2021-09-24T07:56:40Z")

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Maybe you can try [TagLib](https://taglib.org/), according to the website it supports WAV and is the library used by most open source programs.

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**Author:** ![woochaq](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@woochaq](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/woochaq)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/7 "2021-09-24T07:58:50Z")

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I've tried it but it failed. I will dig more into TagLib. If I will find a solution I will describe it here. Thank you again 🙂

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**Author:** ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/8 "2021-09-24T08:01:40Z")

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[Kid3](https://kid3.kde.org/) is on the list of apps that use this library, so you could try tagging WAV with this app to see if it produces files that play in WMP.

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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/library-for-tagging-wav-files-with-id3v2-3-standard/54510/9 "2026-02-09T12:29:25Z")

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