# PCNT and POPM
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pcnt-and-popm/9825
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 4, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pcnt-and-popm/9825 "2010-02-04T12:14:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@rmorrow](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/rmorrow)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pcnt-and-popm/9825/1 "2010-02-04T12:14:36Z")
I may be a bit confused. I am using a program iTSFv to copy my iTunes Ratings and Playcount to from the XML database into the PCNT and POPM fields in the music files (or that is my understanding). I was wanting to confirm this by using MP3tag to view these fields, however when I went to add them to the display they are not listed under the PCNT or POPM headings. Does anyone know what fields I am looking for?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pcnt-and-popm/9825/2 "2010-02-04T12:22:49Z")
> [@rick](#):
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> ... into the PCNT and POPM fields ...?
I can only refer you to the online help, Topic "Names and mapping of ID3v2/WMA/MP4 tag fields"
It states that POPM is mapped to %POPULARIMETER%. The other one I guess ist the play counter which is part of %POPULARIMETER%.
THis is, what the online help tells us:
"This description is for only ID3v2 tags. The playcounter is an optional value.
Syntax: Email|Rating|Playcounter
Example: Mp3tag|255|5
Note: The Rating is an integer between 0 (worst) and 255 (best)."
BTW: you know that iTunes does not read this field back but stores any ratings only in the local database - WMP on the other hand does evaluate the field and displays the right amount of golden stars.
But perhaps your tool is so versatile that it updates the iTunes database.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pcnt-and-popm/9825/3 "2026-02-09T12:22:08Z")