Unable to edit the "Tags" tag under description in file properties

[temptestacccount]

I have been trying to figure out how to batch edit the tag called "Tags" on multiple files.

When I edit the "tags" tag using Windows explorer, nothing appears in the extended tags panel on mp3tag so I have no idea what field it uses, if any.
I apologize if the solution is obvious or if this has already been answered here. I wasn't able to find anything on it. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

[LyricsLover]

What kind of music format is this?
mp3? FLAC?

[temptestacccount]

Was hoping to use this to tag videos, MP4. Does that change things?
edit: the image above is the properties from a jpeg file. Just needed a quick example

[ohrenkino]

Just to get this straight: the Windows explorer is no (real) tagging tool.
It is not clear to me: does the WE refuse to add data to that property? Or did you add data in MP3tag and don't see it in the Windows Explorer?

[LyricsLover]

I did a quick test and your Tags content for a mp4 file goes to a
WM/Category
tag which is not supported by Mp3tag.

All supported tags are listed here:

Tag Field Mappings – Mp3tag Documentation

[temptestacccount]

Thank you for the reply. But no, when I add a tag in the "tags" field in explorer, nothing appears in the extended tags panel in mp3tag.

[temptestacccount]

Thank you.
that's unfortunate to hear.
Do you know if support for WM/Category would be impossible?

[ohrenkino]

@temptestacccount

Do you know if support for WM/Category would be impossible?

I don't think so:

M4A tags not seen by MP3TAG

Private fields are fields that in a way are user-defined fields but there is no common standard to access their contents. Some of them are used to transport DRM. MP3tag ignores these and does not even tell you that they are there. For further information you may have a look at http://id3.org/id3v2.3.0 Section 28: Private Frame http://id3.org/id3v2.3.0#Private_frame

[temptestacccount]

Thank you again. Im looking over the link but not having much luck.
Im looking in the mapping options in mp3tag rn:

not sure what source and target to enter for it to read the tags tag

[Florian]

It's not possible to add support for an unsupported tag field via the mapping options.

[temptestacccount]

Thank you. Is there any way at all to access it using mp3tag?

[Florian]

No, it's not supported at the moment.

[temptestacccount]

Okay. thanks for your time. Last thing I'll ask, is it likely to be supported soon? Or should i find a new program?

[ohrenkino]

One of the other questions would be: which target program evaluates this data (except the Windows Explorer). What would be the point to fill the item if no other program can deal with it?

[temptestacccount]

I guess ill be going elsewhere

[MotleyG]

Even MS developed programs often do not correlate well to their own Windows interface. It is highly unlikely you are going to find one that will address this specifically.

@LyricsLover

I did a quick test and your Tags content for a mp4 file goes to a
WM/Category
tag which is not supported by Mp3tag.

The WM/ tag suggests this is a Windows Media custom tag. Certainly for use in video this is out of the scope of what mp3tag supports. Although I have been successfully using mp3tag for years to tag movies, music videos, and more without any issues with my library manager or players. I do not depend on any of the Windows Explorer features.

[Tim_De_Baets]

I'm not 100% sure, but I'm guessing that Windows Explorer stores the WM/Category tag in the 'Xtra' atom of MPEG-4 files, like it does with other Windows Media tags such as WM/SharedUserRating, WM/PartOfSet etc.

ExifTool (a command-line tag editor) might provide access to these tags.