# M4A Tagging problems

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tagging-problems/2057
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 17, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tagging-problems/2057 "2005-06-17T19:15:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![hdarwen](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f08c70/32.png) [@hdarwen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hdarwen)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2005, 7:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tagging-problems/2057/1 "2005-06-17T19:15:39Z")

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I have a few M4A files downloaded fro a site called Beatport. Having a tricky time tagging them. From memory, I think at first I could not tag them with MP3Tag, then I could with a new release (can't remember which), now I can't again. If I look at the files in MP3Tag, they are displayed correctly. But any editing blows the tags away and I can't re-tag. Also makes the tracks unrecognisable (as audio tracks - i.e. I can't import them) in iTunes.

Strangely though, I can edit the tags (of the original files) in iTunes. Anyone else seeing this behaviour? Any comments as to why appreciated.

Thx.

H.

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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: [June 18, 2005, 7:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tagging-problems/2057/2 "2005-06-18T07:18:05Z")

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You can [send](http://mp3tag.de/en/contact.html) me one of the original files for analyzing - maybe I can find something regarding this issue.

Regards,  
~ Florian

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### Author: ![hdarwen](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/f08c70/32.png) [@hdarwen](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/hdarwen)
#### Post date: [June 18, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tagging-problems/2057/3 "2005-06-18T14:27:01Z")

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Sent ... It's 4M ... sorry, but that's the smallest file I had ...

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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: [June 23, 2005, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tagging-problems/2057/4 "2005-06-23T13:18:07Z")

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I think there is something bad with the file.

Both foobar2000 0.8.3 and the current foobar2000 0.9 beta 4 refuses to open the file.

Best regards,  
~ Florian

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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, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/m4a-tagging-problems/2057/5 "2026-02-09T12:19:23Z")

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