# \[X\] Can't read ID3v2 tag from iTunes mp3s

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-read-id3v2-tag-from-itunes-mp3s/4682
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [March 30, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-read-id3v2-tag-from-itunes-mp3s/4682 "2007-03-30T06:53:55Z")
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### Author: ![dandv](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@dandv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-read-id3v2-tag-from-itunes-mp3s/4682/1 "2007-03-30T06:53:55Z")

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Mp3Tag 2.37h doesn't detect the ID3v2 tag in the attached MP3. Winamp and Mp3 Tag Assistant Pro read it successfully. I have trimmed down the mp3 using mp3DirectCut. The original seems to have passed through iTunes.

I know iTunes doesn't comply with the ID3v2 tag, but it would be nice if Mp3Tag was able to fix this kind of tags.

Keep up the good work,  
Dan

[ID3v2bug.mp3](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f04b9d542bcbcc0d14fc85db0f8f6233512e048d.mp3) (112 KB)

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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: [March 30, 2007, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-read-id3v2-tag-from-itunes-mp3s/4682/2 "2007-03-30T08:50:24Z")

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fb2k also doesn't read the tag.

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### Author: ![dandv](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@dandv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2007, 9:38am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-read-id3v2-tag-from-itunes-mp3s/4682/3 "2007-03-30T09:38:51Z")

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I had also posted the issue in the [foobar2000 forum](http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=53783).

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### Author: ![dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/dano/32/6_2.png) [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2007, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-read-id3v2-tag-from-itunes-mp3s/4682/4 "2007-03-30T12:44:09Z")

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This file has a frame with the ID **????** which is not allowed.  
foobar console also says: **ID3v2 parsing failed : Invalid frame name**

Would be interesting to know which program does that cr\*\*, I don't think this comes from iTunes.

How many of these files do you have? If there's just a few you can fix it with a hex editor:  
Replace the four ???? (they come after Mashup) with **TPE2** for example.

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### Author: ![dandv](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@dandv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dandv)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2007, 8:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-read-id3v2-tag-from-itunes-mp3s/4682/5 "2007-04-05T08:58:54Z")

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> [@dano](#):
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> Would be interesting to know which program does that cr\*\*, I don't think this comes from iTunes.

I'll try to find out.

> [@dano](#):
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> How many of these files do you have? If there's just a few you can fix it with a hex editor:  
> Replace the four ???? (they come after Mashup) with **TPE2** for example.

Thanks, dano; that was the issue. I only had 21 files and I ran a binary-clean Perl replacer to s/\Q????/TPE2/. Both Mp3Tag and foobar2000 can now correctly read all ID3V2 information.

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-cant-read-id3v2-tag-from-itunes-mp3s/4682/6 "2018-12-28T14:18:55Z")

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