Mp3tag reads different MP4/M4A tags than Windows Explorer and MusicBee

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Hi everyone,

I'm experiencing a strange issue with some .m4a (MP4) files.

Windows Explorer and MusicBee display the same metadata, but Mp3tag shows completely different values for fields like Album, Artist, and Title.

For example:

  • Windows Explorer / MusicBee

    • Album: - OK -

    • Artist: George Henrique e Rodrigo

    • Title: Namorar Pra Quê?

  • Mp3tag

    • Album: Sertanejo Diário

    • Artist: (www.sertanejodiario.com)

    • Title: Alisson & Anderson - Namorar Pra Que Part. George Henrique & Rodrigo

The files are .m4a (MP4 Nero).

I checked the extended tags in Mp3tag and there are no obvious duplicate fields. Windows Explorer and MusicBee are consistent with each other, but Mp3tag seems to be reading a different set of metadata.

Is this expected behavior for M4A files?

Has anyone experienced this before or knows how to make Mp3tag read the same metadata as Windows Explorer and MusicBee?

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Perhaps this thread sheds some light on the observation:

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Hi, thanks for information. I tried remove with the AtomicParsley, but my file doesn't contain moov.udta.tags. Instead it contains legacy Nero atoms (titl, albm, perf, gnre, yrrc) directly under moov.udta.

--manualAtomRemove moov.udta.tags returns "No changes".

Is there a supported way to remove these legacy Nero atoms?

Maybe edits each song in mp3Tag is a option, re writing the tags, but my collection is huge.

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You could filter for
%_tag% HAS Nero
to see only the files with Nero tags.

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Thanks, it helps a lot.