# Tags and editing of metadata

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-and-editing-of-metadata/965
**Category:** FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
**Created:** [April 16, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-and-editing-of-metadata/965 "2004-04-16T06:40:22Z")
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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-and-editing-of-metadata/965/3 "2004-04-16T06:52:36Z")

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### Which tag types are supported by Mp3tag?

This depends on the file type. Here is a small overview:

**[AAC - Advanced Audio Coding](http://www.audiocoding.com/)**  
Read: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

**[AIF / AIFC / AIFF - Audio Interchange File Format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_Interchange_File_Format)**  
Read: ID3v2  
Write: ID3v2  
Remove: ID3v2

**[APE - Monkey's Audio](http://www.monkeysaudio.com/)**  
Read: ID3v1, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: ID3v1, APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

**[DSF - Direct Stream Digital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Stream_Digital)**  
Read: ID3v2  
Write: ID3v2  
Remove: ID3v2

**[FLAC - Free Lossless Audio Codec](http://flac.sourceforge.net/)**  
Read: Vorbis Comments  
Write: Vorbis Comments  
Remove: Vorbis Comments

**[MKA/MKV - Matroska](https://www.matroska.org/)**  
Read: Matroska tags (incl. chapters and cover-art attachments)  
Write: Matroska tags (no support for adding cover art)  
Remove: Matroska tags

**[MP3 - MPEG Audio Layer 3](http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/)**  
Read: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

**[MP4 - MPEG-4](http://www.audiocoding.com/)**  
Read: MP4/iTunes Metadata  
Write: MP4/iTunes Metadata  
Remove: MP4/iTunes Metadata

**[MPC - Musepack](http://www.musepack.net/)**  
Read: ID3v1, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: ID3v1, APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

**[OFR - OptimFROG](http://www.losslessaudiocompression.com/)**  
Read: ID3v1, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: ID3v1, APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

**[OFS - OptimFROG DualStream](http://www.losslessaudiocompression.com/)**  
Read: ID3v1, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: ID3v1, APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

**[OGG - Ogg Vorbis](http://www.vorbis.com/)**  
Read: Vorbis Comments  
Write: Vorbis Comments  
Remove: Vorbis Comments

**[SPX - Speex](http://www.speex.org/)**  
Read: Vorbis Comments  
Write: Vorbis Comments  
Remove: Vorbis Comments

**[TAK - Tom's Audio Kompressor](http://www.thbeck.de/Tak/Tak.html)**  
Read: ID3v1, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

**[TTA - The True Audio](http://tta.corecodec.org/)**  
Read: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

**[WAV - Waveform Audio File Format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV)**  
Read: RIFF Info, ID3v2  
Write: RIFF Info, ID3v2  
Remove: RIFF Info, ID3v2

**[WMA - Windows Media Audio](http://www.windowsmedia.com/)**  
Read: WMA Tag  
Write: WMA Tag  
Remove: WMA Tag

**[WV - WavPack](http://www.wavpack.com/)**  
Read: ID3v1, APEv1, APEv2  
Write: ID3v1, APEv2  
Remove: ID3v1, ID3v2, APEv1, APEv2

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