# \[X\] Tag Truncation

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-truncation/3569
**Category:** No Bugs
**Created:** [July 17, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-truncation/3569 "2006-07-17T17:39:20Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Mardovar](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mardovar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mardovar)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-truncation/3569/1 "2006-07-17T17:39:20Z")

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I am finding tags truncated at 30 characters.

For example, I set the album field to "Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track"

Windows Explorer, Properties and Media Center report the Album Field as "Saturday Night Fever: The Orig". I can use their Interfaces to update the field and they will then show the complete Album title.

I have tried setting just Write ID3v2 and I have tried setting write both ID3v2 and ID3V1. Neither setting changes how this works.

Perhaps I don't understand the options for MP3TAG, but reading the documentation hasn't given me any clues.

I am using Mp3tag v2.36

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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: [July 17, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-truncation/3569/2 "2006-07-17T17:46:16Z")

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Go to Options \> Tags \> Mpeg and change from ID3v2.4 to ID3v2.3

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### Author: ![Mardovar](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mardovar](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Mardovar)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2006, 6:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-truncation/3569/3 "2006-07-19T18:47:13Z")

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Thanks for the help. Would anyone want to explain to me why this should fix the problem?

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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: [July 19, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-truncation/3569/4 "2006-07-19T19:05:46Z")

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The programs you mentioned can't read ID3v2.4

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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, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-tag-truncation/3569/5 "2018-12-28T14:17:02Z")

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