# WinAmp and \*.mp3 Id3 tags **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 14, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winamp-and-mp3-id3-tags/128460 "2002-09-14T22:59:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winamp-and-mp3-id3-tags/128460/1 "2002-09-14T22:59:13Z")
I’m having trouble with WinAmp. It’s not letting me update the tags on some of my \*.mp3 files. Some of them it does, and others it says it has, but when you check later, it hasn’t. I thought it might be because the files were listed as read-only, but this doesn’t seem to be the case. I’m running Windows XP, if that’s relevant… Anybody know why this is hapening? Thhanks, Stu. ---
**Author:** ![jbird3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jbird3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jbird3000)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winamp-and-mp3-id3-tags/128460/2 "2002-09-15T02:47:24Z")
If you’re using Winamp3, you have to press “Save Changes” on the bottom. Also, ID3v2 tags take precendence over ID3v1. If you’re editing the ID3v1 tags, make sure there’s no ID3v2. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winamp-and-mp3-id3-tags/128460/3 "2002-09-15T03:39:43Z")
Yeah, I’ve been doing both of those. I click ‘Save Changes’ and it gives me a ‘File updated’ message, but doesn’t update anything- for example, the track title in the playlist. Thanks, though.