Getting Vista, Zune Or Another MP3 Player? How To Migrate From iTunes

Part III (Optional) – Remove Non ID3v2.3 Tags Such As Ape

Mp3 files can actually have more than one type of tag embedded at a time. This can be a pain as some music players don’t read the ID3 tags first, so despite having all of our information here, you could still end up with gibberish when you use another player. To prevent this happening you can remove other tags that might be in your files. Remember, if you make a mistake, then mp3tag has a handy undo (undos only one operation though!) option (‘Edit/Undo’) which can be used at any time if you do anything wrong.

1. In mp3tag click on ‘tools’ then ‘options’ and then the ‘tags’ menu
2. In ‘Read’ only tick ‘ID3v2′
3. In ‘Write’ tick only ‘ID3v2′ and then select the ‘ID3v2.3 UTF-16′ option just below
4. In ‘Remove’ tick ‘ID3v1′ and ‘APE’ and then click ‘Ok’
5. Now go back to the main window. Select all your files and the click the ‘disc’ icon in the toolbar. This will convert ensure that a ID3v2.3 tag is written for all files.
6. Thank click on the ‘X’ in the toolbar. This will remove all non ID2v2.3 tags from your files

Stage III – Export Library

Now that you’ve got all of your ID3v2.3 tags are nicely sorted with embedded art, all you have to do is import your library into your new media player and low and behold all of your tracks will appear with the correct track information AND cover art.

I hope that you found this guide helpful. If you have a lot of files where you don’t have the full track/album details then read my popular post ‘Tidy Up iTunes MP3 Collection – Fix ID3 Tags or More’ which explains how to find and add missing artist, track details, album names, cover art etc to your files.

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