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mixyguy2 · Post by **mixyguy2** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:44 pm

I can browse "best free MP3 tag editor" and get many hits, but wondering if there's one someone has felt worked well. My needs are basic, I just want to be able to add my own cover art (file) to an MP3 so when you play it in (for ex.) Windows media player, that shows up. I'd also like to be able to add or edit the other info (like the "ID3" info and such). It needs to be fairly simple to use, Windows compatible. I have used Winamp for this, but it's not reliable. Anybody?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:57 pm

I like mp3tag.

planetearth · Post by **planetearth** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:10 am

chk071 wrote: Tue Oct 11, 2022 10:57 pm I like mp3tag.

Same here. It works on more than just MP3s, despite the name.

Steve

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:18 am

I usually use Zune. It's stupidly easy to use and quite flexible, in that you can edit multiple songs or even multiple albums at once. e.g. If I have an artist whose albums fall into several different genres, I can select all the albums, choose "Edit" and change to the genre I want them all to show up as and it changes them all. It saves a lot of tedium but your biggest challenge might be finding the installer, as Microsoft abandoned Zune a long time ago now. I could upload the installer and send you a link if you are interested.

mixyguy2 · Post by **mixyguy2** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:29 am

Thanks for the replies. Downloading mp3tag now. If I hate it, I blame you

drumlesstrance · Post by **drumlesstrance** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:29 am

mp3tag is great but I tend to use the one that comes with dbPoweramp.

mixyguy2 · Post by **mixyguy2** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:32 am

Using mp3tag, that works, thanks again. My only complaint is that the cover art thing works stupidly...if you save cover art there and then want to replace it, it doesn't replace it...it just "appends" it to an entire cache of cover art files. wtf? Why would I want more than one? Only one will appear when the file is playing. This way I have to delete the old first, then add the new. UX fail there. But if that's the worst I have to say, I can live with it.

Greenstorm33 · Post by **Greenstorm33** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:40 am

I use a 2016 copy of iTunes to manage all my music that's physically on my device. I mostly use it for editing mp3 metadata and organizing my files. It works great. The only downside is it doesn't handle lossless files if that's something you want.

mixyguy2 · Post by **mixyguy2** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:47 am

Thanks but I don't use iTunes or have an iAnything and I'm kind of a dinosaur in that I mostly hate cell phones.

To me it's just a phone and occasional GPS. But that could be good info for someone who is! But mp3tag gets me where I want to be, simple easy editor, all I wanted.

mixyguy2 · Post by **mixyguy2** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:58 am

Great I jinxed it lol

Actually it looks like some weird thing with Windows Media Player (something from MS doesn't work surprise!). Everything seemed to work fine and when I have the preview feature of File Manager on, I can see the art work when I single click on the file. And if I open it in VLC, it's fine. But when I double-click on the MP3 to play it in Media Player, the art work doesn't show...it just shows this weird low-res, blurry picture of a CD. Any clues? Yes I saved everything. Not a big deal but I and others use Media Player, so I'd like to resolve if possible.

yellowmix · Post by **yellowmix** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:21 am

mixyguy2 wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:32 am Using mp3tag, that works, thanks again. My only complaint is that the cover art thing works stupidly...if you save cover art there and then want to replace it, it doesn't replace it...it just "appends" it to an entire cache of cover art files. wtf? Why would I want more than one? Only one will appear when the file is playing. This way I have to delete the old first, then add the new. UX fail there. But if that's the worst I have to say, I can live with it.

Are you old enough to have seen commercial physical music media? There's more than the album cover. Disc image, back cover, gatefolds, inserts, etc.. And for contemporary usage, artist image and icons. Some players will display them (like foobar2000). And the id3 tag spec allows it.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:26 am

It's that depth of data I miss with digital online music. IT's that same disappointment you get when you buy a CD and realise it's just a card, not a booklet, in the case.

J. Smith · Post by **J. Smith** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:27 am

TagScanner is a great, comprehensive editor.

yellowmix · Post by **yellowmix** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 6:31 am

mixyguy2 wrote: Wed Oct 12, 2022 1:58 am Any clues? Yes I saved everything. Not a big deal but I and others use Media Player, so I'd like to resolve if possible.

Windows Media Player is deficient. In fact, Windows has moved on to completely different applications. There's a new Media Player application in Windows 11. Windows 10 has Groove. Microsoft continues to include the old one since there are some programs that assume it is there and will launch instructional videos or whatever. Windows keeps Notepad around for similar reasons. Microsoft's pretty good about backward compatibility, unlike another company.

If you like it and prefer it, sorry, but it hasn't been getting feature updates for a long time. That includes updates to id3 tags.

ralfrobert · Post by **ralfrobert** » Wed Oct 12, 2022 7:04 am

I am using this:

https://picard.musicbrainz.org/

Cross platform, actively maintained. Has more functionality than I need.

Good MP3 tag editor (to add cover art, etc)?