[iTunes] ID3 tags won't stay changed!?

John johnsandiego at mac.com
Mon Jun 30 19:58:54 PDT 2003


Did you change the mp3 tag information from within iTunes? I've had the  
same problem on rare occasions. When this happens, I've had success  
using a third party program, in my case "MP3Rage"  
(http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ProductPages/MP3Rage.html) to edit the  
tags.

John
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On Monday, Jun 30, 2003, at 19:07 US/Pacific, The G wrote:

>    I have an interesting problem. There are a handful of MP3s I have  
> that simply do NOT want to let their tag info stay changed. Whenever I  
> change any of the info (artist name, song name, album, artwork,  
> etc...), it appears to work fine (all the info updates visibly in  
> iTunes). HOWEVER, the next time I try to play the song, all the info  
> reverts back to the original ID3 tags. Highly frustrating, to say the  
> least! The dog munched the CD, so re-ripping isn't really an option  
> (and I didn't much like the soundtrack, so I am not inclined to  
> spending $18 on it again).
>    I'd be very interested in hearing any and all theories, no matter  
> how looney!!  =;-)



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