# Not allowed character in track tags, inside playlist
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [September 13, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470 "2022-09-13T15:35:42Z")
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### Author:  [@JOBOPESA](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JOBOPESA)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470/1 "2022-09-13T15:35:42Z")
Hello everyone !
Maybe this topic was already mentionned on that subject, but i let you know whatever.
It is not a question for help, just an info i want to share.
_ **OS: Microsoft Windows 11 x64** _
When creating a playlist with some tracks, the software were always skipping one track on the add.
I've input manually the tracks tags.
Here's an exemple of tags input that doesn't work:
```
(SKIPPED TRACK BY SOFTWARE WHEN ADDED TO PLAYLIST)
01. Autumn Leaves [Vladimir COSMA variation]
(ADDED TRACK IN THE PLAYLIST)
02. Cowboy BeBop Theme
```
The open and closing brackets "[]" were not accepted by MP3TAG, when creating the playlist and so
was skipping the track whose tag where containing the brackets.
I've changed the tag of the first track as it follows:
```
01. Autumn Leaves (Vladimir COSMA variation)
```
And it is ok.
Hope it could help newcomers.
PEACE ! ✌
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470/2 "2022-09-13T15:45:23Z")
> [@JOBOPESA](#):
>
> When creating a playlist with some tracks
How did you create the playlist?
I just created one from the filename
`Ambient Diary.One _ 007 _ Cold _ Strobe Light Network [Blue Glass Mix].mp3`
with the function
File\>Create playlist (selected files)
and the result was a playlist that foobar2000 played without problems
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### Author:  [@JOBOPESA](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JOBOPESA)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470/3 "2022-09-13T16:04:33Z")
I've used the same function, "Create playlist (selected files)".
And played it on VLC, skipping the first of the playlist and only this one (having brackets).
I should try on an other audio player as you did.
Thanks for the info for FOOBAR2000.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470/4 "2022-09-13T16:12:24Z")
No issues in Android players like GoneMAD or Poweramp either.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470/5 "2022-09-13T17:00:07Z")
> [@JOBOPESA](#):
>
> And played it on VLC, skipping the first of the playlist and only this one (having brackets).
I just tried my example from above - and that also played with VLC ...
So, could it be that something is wrong with the file itself?
(The reason I asked how you created the playlist: if you had used an exxport script it could be that the square brackets were interpreted as optional parameters and therefore could lead to a broken file link. But as you say that you use the built in function ...)
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### Author:  [@JOBOPESA](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JOBOPESA)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470/6 "2022-09-15T13:04:35Z")
I've tried again and it don't work.
I've used the create playlist icon and the contextual menu for creating it from selection.
None of them let the track be played.
I will try on another tracks.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470/7 "2022-09-15T13:07:43Z")
Does the file play if you play it directly?
Could you submit the file that causes the problems so that others could have a look?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/not-allowed-character-in-track-tags-inside-playlist/58470/8 "2022-09-15T15:13:28Z")
Have you used a tool like MP3 Diags or MP3val to check the integrity of the audio file itself? Maybe it has nothing to do with the playlist.
> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
>
> 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 …