# Mp3 Tag says file has no values
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-says-file-has-no-values/64193
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 25, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-says-file-has-no-values/64193 "2024-03-25T23:38:39Z")
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### Author:  [@beaglebuddy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beaglebuddy)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2024, 11:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-says-file-has-no-values/64193/1 "2024-03-25T23:38:39Z")
I have an mp3 file (actually several) whose ID3V2.3 tags display perfectly fine in mp3 players. But Mp3Tag says it doesn't have any values. I've written my own mp3 tag parser, and sure enough, I can read all the frames and values from the tag.
Why is Mp3Tag showing no values?
[tag.txt](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/short-url/kWUZqxG1Aew8n9JeJfKzqspdqCw.txt) (29.5 KB)
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### Author:  [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-says-file-has-no-values/64193/2 "2024-03-26T00:57:06Z")
> [@beaglebuddy](#):
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> Why is Mp3Tag showing no values?
Your screen shot shows **APE v2** tags. You have probably not enabled the reading of APE tags in Mp3tag **Options**. Please see this documentation page;
> **[Ape, Mpc – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/customization/options/tags/ape/)**
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> Documentation of APE tags configuration options. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@beaglebuddy](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/beaglebuddy)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-says-file-has-no-values/64193/3 "2024-03-26T01:20:43Z")
APE Tags are enabled in the options. Still no values are shown in Mp3Tag.
Unfortunately, the upload file size limit is 3Meg, so I can' upload the actual .mp3
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### Author:  [@Doug\_Mackie](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Doug_Mackie)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 2:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-says-file-has-no-values/64193/4 "2024-03-26T02:04:41Z")
> [@beaglebuddy](#):
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> Still no values are shown in Mp3Tag.
OK, so the next step is to examine the file for corruption using the freeware utility [**Mp3Diags**](https://sourceforge.net/projects/mp3diags/)
A search of the this site (Mp3tag) will return a great many topics on using Mp3Diags. And, as you will see, screenshots of the results can be quite informative.
You might start with:
> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …
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### Author:  [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-says-file-has-no-values/64193/5 "2024-03-26T05:18:04Z")
If there are ape-tages the situation is sometimes that Id3v2-tags are not shown at all because ape-tags have priority in Mp3Tag.
First have a look at such a file with the extended tag-view ALT-t. It is possible that you only see your ape-tags there.
Then try to disable the reading of ape-tags in the options of (section of MPEG, not APE) and look with ALT-t again.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 25, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-tag-says-file-has-no-values/64193/6 "2024-04-25T05:18:42Z")
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