# Why am having on the tab TAG this message: MP3 header parse error

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-am-having-on-the-tab-tag-this-message-mp3-header-parse-error/69050
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 4, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-am-having-on-the-tab-tag-this-message-mp3-header-parse-error/69050 "2025-07-04T23:23:42Z")
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### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2025, 1:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/why-am-having-on-the-tab-tag-this-message-mp3-header-parse-error/69050/2 "2025-07-05T01:29:41Z")

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> [@lokochon21](#):
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> how can I fix......and why this ERROR is happening

It could be many things that lead to file corruption. Player issues, file transfer problems, drive failures, and other problems can all lead to this. Mp3tag now reports damaged files and will not allow further actions until the file can be repaired. This is to prevent further possible data loss.

See this thread for suggestions to help repair if possible.

> [@How to check files for errors?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-check-files-for-errors/44633):
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> It’s required and often helps to reduce support cycles to check files for errors before filing a bug report. Symptoms of erroneous files are often missing or wrong bitrate or length audible blips or skips tags seem to be sticky and cannot be removed There are some really good tools to check the files for errors, namely MP3 Diags — identifies many different issues in MP3 files Website: [http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net) Download: [MP3 Diags - Getting MP3 Diags](http://mp3diags.sourceforge.net/010_getting_the_program.html#binWindows) If the font size in MP3 Diags is …

If these tools don't help you may need to re-rip from CD or go back to the original source for an undamaged copy.

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