# Mp3s wont play after using mp3tag **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-wont-play-after-using-mp3tag/55283 **Category:** Support **Created:** [November 28, 2021, 11:49pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-wont-play-after-using-mp3tag/55283 "2021-11-28T23:49:55Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG) #### Post date: [November 29, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-wont-play-after-using-mp3tag/55283/2 "2021-11-29T04:21:41Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb here, but any chance your files that won’t play after tagging were “converted” from YouTube? You might want to read through some of the other threads on this. > [@When I tag mp3 files, Windows Media Player stops working](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/when-i-tag-mp3-files-windows-media-player-stops-working/55220): > > I have downloaded some mp3 files from youtube. I can play them with Windows Media Player. These files don't have a Title or Artist. I cannot add those in File Explorer, those fields are not editable. I can tag them with MP3TAG. However, when I do that I can not play them with windows media player, I get an error message "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file." When I look in File Explorer, the title and artist file are still empty. If I remove the tagged fields … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3s-wont-play-after-using-mp3tag/55283)._