# \[X\] Copy/Paste WMA Tag corrupts genres

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-copy-paste-wma-tag-corrupts-genres/13725
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [August 6, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-copy-paste-wma-tag-corrupts-genres/13725 "2012-08-06T02:39:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Paul\_Coddington](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@Paul\_Coddington](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paul_Coddington)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-copy-paste-wma-tag-corrupts-genres/13725/1 "2012-08-06T02:39:10Z")

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Steps to reproduce:

1. Select source WMA file with tags that include multiple genres (Soundtrack; J-Pop).
2. Copy tags using right click Tag Copy function.
3. Select target WMA file.
4. Paste tags using right click Tag Paste function.

Results:

1. Only the first genre is copied.

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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-copy-paste-wma-tag-corrupts-genres/13725/2 "2012-08-06T03:45:41Z")

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As the semicolon acts as delimiter for mulit-value-fields for WMP could you check if you have got now 2 GENRE fields (open the extended tags dialogue for this: Alt-T)

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### Author: ![Paul\_Coddington](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/b782af/32.png) [@Paul\_Coddington](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Paul_Coddington)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-copy-paste-wma-tag-corrupts-genres/13725/3 "2012-08-06T07:01:12Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> As the semicolon acts as delimiter for mulit-value-fields for WMP could you check if you have got now 2 GENRE fields (open the extended tags dialogue for this: Alt-T)

It seems some sort of glitch may have happened earlier today, because I am now unable to replicate the problem myself (the source files have had some tagging changes since I posted).

I think I should apologise for this one and withdraw (and ask for the thread to be closed).

(I have now taken the precaution of reconfirming my other post about multilingual lyrics: that remains reproducible).

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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, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-copy-paste-wma-tag-corrupts-genres/13725/4 "2018-12-28T14:32:04Z")

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