# \[X\] FLA Files Not Recognized
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fla-files-not-recognized/8508
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [June 25, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fla-files-not-recognized/8508 "2009-06-25T22:10:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Orbit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Orbit)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fla-files-not-recognized/8508/1 "2009-06-25T22:10:48Z")
Hello Florian,
I stumbled across an album I have that uses the .fla file extension for whatever reason instead of the usual .flac and mp3tag does not process these file types by default. I added .fla to the list of incoming files in the options and now I see them in the file list. However, mp3tag does not recognize any tags in these files. If I rename them to .flac, mp3tag can see the tags just fine.
I thought would you like to know of this bug.
Thank you.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fla-files-not-recognized/8508/2 "2009-06-26T05:14:45Z")
You can only remove file extensions from this list to restrict incoming files. It's not a bug, the \*.FLA file extension is simply not supported by Mp3tag and I suggest renaming the files with the default file extension for FLAC files.
Kind regards,
Florian
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### Author:  [@Orbit](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Orbit)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fla-files-not-recognized/8508/3 "2009-06-26T16:33:15Z")
> [@Florian](#):
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> You can only remove file extensions from this list to restrict incoming files.
Hmm, I don't think the list works like this. The list is a whitelist, meaning it only matches filetypes that are IN the list. If its not on the list, it doesn't get included. Compared to a blacklist where if its on the list, then its NOT included. I was able to add \*.fla to the list and see the .fla files in the mp3tag window, but the tags were not visible. Yes, changing the file extensions to \*.flac worked and I was able to work with the files. I just want to make sure we are clear on the bug report.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2009, 7:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fla-files-not-recognized/8508/4 "2009-06-27T07:01:47Z")
Yeah, it's a whitelist but you can only remove entries from this list instead of adding own ones.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-fla-files-not-recognized/8508/5 "2018-12-28T14:26:11Z")
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