MM4 overriding my tags applied with MusicBrainz
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2025 7:08 pm
If I use a file tagger such as MusicBrainz, MM overrides the new tags with tags that were previously in MM when I do either of the following:
1. I scan the library
2. I open the properties for the file in MM.
I’ve done the following as suggested in other posts but it does not change the behavior:
* Tools->Options->Library - Disable "Infer file properties"
* Tools > Options > Tags & Playlists - disable the option to Update tags when editing properties
MM will not accept the new tags. As soon as it scans or otherwise reads the files, MM deletes the new tags and replaces them with the old tags.
I can see the new tags if I open the file properties dialog box from Windows Explorer and they are correctly updated, but when MM scans or otherwise opens the files, I can see (in Windows Explorer) that the new tags are reverted to the old tags.
The only thing that works to get MM to accept the new tags is if I DELETE THE FILES FROM THE LIBRARY and then rescan the files. This takes a long time.
Is there another way to quickly have MM accept the new tags without scanning the whole library?
1. I scan the library
2. I open the properties for the file in MM.
I’ve done the following as suggested in other posts but it does not change the behavior:
* Tools->Options->Library - Disable "Infer file properties"
* Tools > Options > Tags & Playlists - disable the option to Update tags when editing properties
MM will not accept the new tags. As soon as it scans or otherwise reads the files, MM deletes the new tags and replaces them with the old tags.
I can see the new tags if I open the file properties dialog box from Windows Explorer and they are correctly updated, but when MM scans or otherwise opens the files, I can see (in Windows Explorer) that the new tags are reverted to the old tags.
The only thing that works to get MM to accept the new tags is if I DELETE THE FILES FROM THE LIBRARY and then rescan the files. This takes a long time.
Is there another way to quickly have MM accept the new tags without scanning the whole library?