Definitely a priority two or three item. And may be more a question to the Developer on why certain choices made. I have a Podcast I am listening to - and am downloading episodes (as mp3 files) as they come out every week or so. Once the new files added I need to update or populate their tags. I d…

These settings might help: [image] Unwanted File Timestamp Updates Support TBH, I can't tell you for sure. Every double click on a file in the main File List of Mp3tag automatically save it. Please also check your Tags options: [image] Every time I run Rob…

[image] Daksol: even tho it is only the new files which have actually changed It may be an option to fill the field RELEASETIME with the creation date of a file. Also, it would be worthwhile to check if this field isn't there already as I see that field in a lot of podcasts already with data…

[image] ohrenkino: In General: MP3tag does not compare the current tag data with the already found tag data in the files but writes the tag data for all selected files. That leads to a new "modified" date. Indeed, that is how it works. My question was why do it that way? - surely not hard to …

[image] Daksol: My question was why do it that way? Just this thought: it may be just quicker to simply write that what is currently set in the memory and keep only this data in the memory than to either keep all versions in the memory or read the tags from files again, compare the contents a…

[image] Daksol: It is not an issue - just feels like an odd functionality choice. Just an alternative view on this; If I make a few changes to one or two tracks from a single album, I typically will then highlight all tracks from that album and save them again. Even without any field changes…

[image] MotleyG: Even without any field changes, this will update the file modification date and force it to be sync'd to various players as a complete album, and not just individual tracks. This is a good point. In addition, when working my way through a great many files, the changed date s…

Possible to avoid updating files which have not changed

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LyricsLover January 14, 2026, 3:05pm 2

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