Hello, I have Some .M4A Files with Comments & BPM TAG in Apple Music. When I Import those files to MP3TAG, the Comments & BPM Tag are not showing. How can I solve this ? I don't want to lose the Tags data available into my Apple Music Library / Traktor. thanks

[image] fracta: APE … how can I check this The default installation of MP3tag has a column that shows the tag versions. You could alternatively load the files and check with a filter %_tag% HAS APE all the files that are then displayed in the file list have APE tags. See if these are the …

[image] ohrenkino: check with a filter %_tag% HAS APE how I do that ? thanks

See the documentation about filters: [image] Filtering and Searching Files and Tags Documentation The Filter field in Mp3tag's toolbar allows for searching files that meet a certain criteria (e.g., the filename contains specific characters or a tag field has a …

ok thanks for the tips. I checked the Tag columns and it is written APEv2... see print screen. Is it why the data are not showing ? [Capture d’écran 2026-05-27 à 16.09.45]

See the documentation on the options to read, write and delete ID3 tags (and APE is one of these): [image] Mpeg – Mp3tag Documentation Documentation of ID3-related configuration options. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. It could be that the modifications a…

It could also be that if the info was written by Traktor, then it has vanished in PRIV frames. See e.g. here [image] Decoding the TRAKTOR 4 binary data inside a PRIV tag General Discussion I just add this free little online tool for all the people interested w…

[image] ohrenkino: It could also be that if the info was writen by Traktor, then it has vanished in PRIV frames. I've checked the example file, it doesn't contain a TBPM ID3v2 Frame, but it contains a PRIV frame written by TRAKTOR4. Apple Music doesn't show BPM when imported into Apple Music. …

Hello Florian, with my example file, do you see the comment field in Apple Music and MP3TAG ? Also Have you tried to play with the options to read, write and delete ID3 tags in mp3TAG to understand if the tags are in the file but not displayed... thanks

[image] fracta: do you see the comment field in Apple Music and MP3TAG ? No. Traktor has written a PRIV frame with a Comment 2 field. Please read the linked thread about problems with tags written by Traktor. Besides the PRIV frames, there may also be other fields like GEOB - all with a bin…

ok thanks...I have read the thread... I still don't get why some mp3 files have the comment field displayed in Mp3tag and some are not...and both have comment field readable in Apple Music and Traktor...

M4A Files with BPM & Comment in Apple Music/Traktor not showing in MP3TAG

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ohrenkino May 27, 2026, 2:59pm 28

It could also be that if the info was written by Traktor, then it has vanished in PRIV frames.
See e.g. here