# MOOD tag does not save to song tags
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 28, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228 "2018-03-28T21:28:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@stephensimpson53](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stephensimpson53)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/1 "2018-03-28T21:28:49Z")
Is the MOOD tag supported in mp3 files? m4a files are correctly updated with my new MOOD tags but mp3 files, without exception, are not.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/2 "2018-03-28T21:46:51Z")
see the list in help which fields are supported in which tag version:
> **[Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping/)**
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> Overview of all available tag fields, their names in Mp3tag, and how they are mapped to the internal structures of the different tag formats. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
(mood is part of the V2.4 specification)
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### Author:  [@stephensimpson53](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stephensimpson53)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2018, 10:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/3 "2018-03-28T22:47:13Z")
Apparently, Mp3tag supports ID3V2.#. I cannot determine from the documentation if it supports ID3V2.4. Does it?
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### Author:  [@Etz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Etz)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/4 "2018-03-29T04:28:30Z")
Yes, it does support id3v2.4
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/5 "2018-03-29T07:01:39Z")
> [@stephensimpson53](#):
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> Apparently, Mp3tag supports ID3V2.#.
I would say that it is not really important whether MP3tag supports V2.4 (it does) but whether your target player supports it.
E.g. the Windows functions to show tags did not support V2.4 up to now.
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### Author:  [@NateDerby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NateDerby)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/6 "2018-12-26T04:38:14Z")
I've got the same problem! I'm using Mp3tag v2.91 (from November 30, 2018), and for many other fields with mp3 files, when I change the value of that field, it shows up in Mp3tag. This doesn't happen with the MOOD field (which I assume is actually the TMOO field, as shown at [https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping](https://docs.mp3tag.de/mapping)). If I change the value of MOOD and save it, it doesn't actually save. Is there a rational reason why this would happen?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 26, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/7 "2018-12-26T23:37:24Z")
How do you know that the mood field does not get saved? (That is: which program does not show it?)
Which tag version do you read, write and delete (TMOO ist a V2.4 field only - no V2.3)?
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### Author:  [@NateDerby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NateDerby)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/8 "2018-12-27T00:43:27Z")
Thanks for asking! Using Mp3tag v2.91 (as shown in the screenshot below), looking at the song/file "Mamma Mia" by ABBA, you can see that I edited a number of fields on the left, including MOOD. But on the right, you can see that the Mood tag doesn't save, even though all the other fields save. Furthermore, through the Tag field, you can see that the tag is ID3v2.4. Or am I missing something here?
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### Author:  [@NateDerby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NateDerby)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/9 "2018-12-27T00:44:23Z")
For further clarification, please look at my tag panel setting for MOOD. Am I missing something?
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2018, 6:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/10 "2018-12-27T06:45:29Z")
You show us the panel setting but not the colums-setting.
You have to write %mood% in the columns for field (and value) or select the field from the list that MP3Tag offers you in the extended fields-selection. Then MP3Tag will write the correct field for you.
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### Author:  [@NateDerby](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/NateDerby)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/11 "2018-12-27T07:40:33Z")
Well look at that! I had %mood% in the column for the field but not for the value. Now that I've corrected for that, it works perfectly. Thank you!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mood-tag-does-not-save-to-song-tags/41228/12 "2026-02-09T12:27:20Z")