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Gatene
Gatene
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January 19, 2020
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id3 tags not saving and not exporting.

  • January 19, 2020
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Alright,

 

I have done my research on this, and tried the normal fixes from other people, and nothing works. Okay, I am taking WAV files, and saving id3 tags (yes, id3 with WAV files). It works! However, when I export the completed WAV files to a MP3, the id3 tags do not transfer over. I close out all imported files, and open the MP3, and add them manually again, and save the MP3 as a MP3, nothing saves. I try making the MP3 lower quality (it was at 320 kbps), it still doesn't save/export. Then I try updating Audition, same issue. I try uninstalling and reinstalling Audition, and nothing new happens. Don't get me started on how hard it is to add albumart to the MP3. id3 is supposed to be for MP3, so I am frustrated, and at a loss. Oh, and I have fooled around with the settings, and I have found no apparent fix.

 

Gatene

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
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January 19, 2020

You say it works, but it doesn't really. The most succinct explanation for what's going on has come from Durin G, Audition's Product Manager, in answer to a similar question, and it goes like this:

 

"ID3 is a specific metadata format used by MP3 files. RIFF is a metadata container format most commonly used by WAV files which can hold different formats.

 

Adobe relies upon a metadata standard called XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) which can contain and map many different metadata standards or custom formats. Audition and other Adobe applications can collect metadata from one format, like MP3, and map those settings to identical or related fields in other metadata formats, acting as a sort of translator and archive no matter what formats the media file might support.

 

In the case you've described, the WAV file format selected doesn't support ID3 metadata, so the settings you've put there are stored in the RIFF container, in a format WAV does support. If you export a copy of that file as an MP3, the metadata will be placed in the ID3 fields as expected."

 

What that says to me is that you should make sure the tag data you want is correctly in the RIFF data, and then try exporting as an MP3. I have no idea whether this will be successful or not for you, but I tried adding some data to an MP3 and exporting it, and mp3DirectCut read it fine.

Gatene
GateneAuthor
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January 20, 2020

I did not mean for that to be taken as the sole purpose of my post. I cannot write id3 tags to an MP3. I tried and tried and tried to on Windows. I try on Mac, and it works perfectly! However! I transfer all of the audio over to my Mac, and now it is doing the same thing too. It will not, under any circumstances, add id3 tags to an MP3 anymore. I tried adding Riff, and it seems like it is doing it. I save and close it, reopen it, and all of the information is gone. 

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