# saving tag to files on a NAS
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-tag-to-files-on-a-nas/18766
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 2, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-tag-to-files-on-a-nas/18766 "2017-03-02T08:02:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@batkung](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/batkung)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-tag-to-files-on-a-nas/18766/1 "2017-03-02T08:02:54Z")
Hi,
I have all my MP3 files stored on a QNap NAS box, whenever I try to modify and save the ID3 tag using mp3tag, I get an error which says (filename) cannot be opened for writing.
The only way I can update the ID3 tag is to copy the files to my desktop, edit the tags and then save them back to the NAS.
I'm using MP3tag 2.81 on a windows 10 box
any ideas?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 8:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-tag-to-files-on-a-nas/18766/2 "2017-03-02T08:19:41Z")
> [@batkung](#):
>
> Hi,
>
> I have all my MP3 files stored on a QNap NAS box, whenever I try to modify and save the ID3 tag using mp3tag, I get an error which says (filename) cannot be opened for writing.
> ...
> any ideas?
Insufficient access rights,
other program on NAS (or whereever) tries to access the files simultaneously
something like this.
I would not use the data on the NAS for extensive editing anyway as the network speed is by the power ten slower than access to the local hard disk. So I would copy the files, do the editing, copy them back again.
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### Author:  [@batkung](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/batkung)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 8:55am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-tag-to-files-on-a-nas/18766/3 "2017-03-02T08:55:07Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> Insufficient access rights,
> other program on NAS (or whereever) tries to access the files simultaneously
> something like this.
>
> I would not use the data on the NAS for extensive editing anyway as the network speed is by the power ten slower than access to the local hard disk. So I would copy the files, do the editing, copy them back again.
surely if it was insufficient access rights, I wouldn't be able to copy the files to the nas box either...it's the same account.
I'm only making occasional modifications so it's not that big a deal, just an annoyance.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 9:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-tag-to-files-on-a-nas/18766/4 "2017-03-02T09:03:36Z")
You may want to have a look at this thread from 2008 about a similar setup:
[/t/6332/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/6332/1)
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### Author:  [@batkung](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/batkung)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-tag-to-files-on-a-nas/18766/5 "2017-03-02T09:17:38Z")
it has to be the QNap box as I can write the tag on WD Mybooklive NAS boxes.
oh well..
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/saving-tag-to-files-on-a-nas/18766/6 "2026-02-09T12:26:42Z")