# \[Request\] Modify plID/Album ID (iTunes) for m4a songs
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [March 30, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610 "2021-03-30T19:50:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@louaizema](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/louaizema)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610/1 "2021-03-30T19:50:04Z")
I REALLY hope to see that feature in mp3tag. MP3tag is much better than any other softwares and I don't know why it doesn't support doing this. PLEASE. There are some so damn awesome itunes sources which don't do their full job because of this
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610/2 "2021-03-30T20:02:03Z")
I currently don't know how this is used (although I can find it in some of the files I've bought from the iTunes Store).
Can you give a short explanation on the purpose of this field?
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### Author:  [@louaizema](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/louaizema)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610/3 "2021-03-30T20:15:12Z")
thanks for answering. It kinda associates the album to its page on apple music/itunes store. with the album ID tag you get more of the artists work, you get the stars next to the most popular songs on the album and you also get the animated artwork if available.
the difference between an album with the plID properly tagged and another tagged using mp3tag:
[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ConstantEdibleHamster-mobile.mp4](https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ConstantEdibleHamster-mobile.mp4)
the first album tagged using a software with Album ID and plID2(?)
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### Author:  [@Crissov](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Crissov)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610/4 "2021-03-31T06:11:32Z")
FWIW, ExifTool documents the `plID` box as _playlist ID_. A classic album is just a special kind of playlist apparently.
> [@MP4-Felder (Atom/Box) in anderer Software](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp4-felder-atoms/48614/3):
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> ExifTool Die [Doku für ExifTool](https://exiftool.org/TagNames/QuickTime.html#ItemList) ist äußerst umfassend. ItemList PODCASTID (Episode Global Unique ID) wird in der Mp3tag-Doku klein egid, bei ExifTool aber groß egID geschrieben. Daneben kennt ExifTool weitere MP4-IDs: atID (Album Title ID), plID (Playlist ID), prID (Product ID), akID (Apple Store Account Type) und sfID (Apple Store Country). Für CONTENTGROUP gibt es neben ©grp auch das Atom grup. Für TITLE gibt es neben ©nam (Name) auch das 3GP-Atom titl. Für ALBUM gibt es neben ©alb a…
This ID can be used with the Apple Music API:
> **[Get a Catalog Playlist | Apple Developer Documentation](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/applemusicapi/get_a_catalog_playlist)**
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> Fetch a playlist by using its identifier.
PS: This that is probably a duplicate of [Modify iTunes Album ID](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/modify-itunes-album-id/43189)
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610/5 "2021-04-05T11:24:19Z")
It's now available as `ITUNESALBUMID` with [Mp3tag v3.06b](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/455) (among other iTunes-related fields).
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### Author:  [@louaizema](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/louaizema)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610/6 "2021-04-05T12:00:36Z")
Thank you so much! GOAT!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2021, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/request-modify-plid-album-id-itunes-for-m4a-songs/52610/7 "2021-05-05T12:00:41Z")
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