Mp3tag V2.46a    Suggested by tedpoe - Updated by Checker on 20 Mar 2010 7MB (uncompressed) - Popularity score (3743) Website - Screenshot - Download - Comments (27) - Post comment - Permalink

Posted comments:

 Arnaud Nime: I've tagged my whole collection of mp3 with mp3tag without even knowing it was portable.
Easy to use and powerful !
I like this software ! [2007-01-19 13:44]

 Lare2: The same happened to me. Been using this app for long time and didn't knew it was portable. Now it's even better [2007-01-19 16:10]

 a: i copied this from my program/ directory to my family computer a few months ago, i didn't know it was portable either, i just assumed. hehe, anyways nice to know, because it's cool! [2007-01-19 19:17]

 alex dante: Don't be too surprised, guys, it looks like portability was added with this version :) [2007-01-20 00:56]

 Punjabo: Great program, but not TRULY portable. Even after following the suggested 'installation' method, numerous registry values are written under the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Florian Heidenreich when you run the program for the first time. The values appear to deal with window metrics (size, position, etc.). Even if you delete the key, it re-appears next time you run the program. Not a big deal...but not true STEALTH mode either. [2007-01-22 11:54]

 Andrew Lee: Punjabo, I can confirm that only docking toolbar/panel information are written to the registry. For my position on docking toolbar/panel, please see http://www.portablefreeware.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1232, so I am of the opinion that this doesn't affect portability. However, I will update the 'Write settings to" field to reflect this information. [2007-04-11 07:00]

 Midas: Sorry Andrew, but I just have to disagree with your take on dockable toolbars, pointed by the link above.

While they might result in al the mentioned application misbehaviour, I find that when properly used by the developer they are a god send that allows the user to set the application interface exactly the way s/he wants by moving the toolbars around, resizing them, even hiding. [2008-02-25 04:01]

 Midas: About the latest version of MP3Tag: I have been using this for a long time as a portable app, just by copying the install folder then uninstalling... I am glad this version makes it easy for user to make it truly portable. However, this version setup exe provides only German help files; I can't read German and I couldn't find the English help -- if it even exists...

So I removed the help folder; but the program started complaining that it needed to be reinstalled, because it couldn't find help files.

After some research, I found that it checks for the file 'helpmap.idx' in the help folder -- if you leave that file in place, you can remove the rest.

Still, an excelent portable app! [2008-02-25 04:41]

 kiwichick: Midas, I have found the same problem. As we aren't using the installer the default language isn't being installed as English so the help files will default to German. There are three ways to get around this:

1. Continue to use the old method of installing and copying the install folder (or just the help folder to your portable installation).

2. Go to http://www.mp3tag.de/en/help/ and view the English help files online.

3. Go to http://www.mp3tag.de/en/help/ and save the page as index.html and overwrite the German one in the help folder of the portable version. Unfortunately, this means the English version of Help will open when you select Contents from the Mp32tag Help menu, but if you select any other Help subjects from within the program the German pages will still open (obviously, because the German versions are still in the help folder). Of course you could save every English help page on the website by clicking every link but it seems easier to do a proper install and copy the help files. [2008-03-06 13:22]

 kiwichick: Just a thought. May be Andrew might like to make the English help folder available as separate download from here then we wouldn't need to go through the install/uninstall process. [2008-03-06 13:37]

 Dagenham: Version 2.42 just released (2008-10-25). [2008-10-29 06:22]

 wout: I've been searching for a long time for a freeware alternative for Tag n' Rename without result... But now there's this... WOW! Great renaming features. Ease of use. Displayed info. Real killer app! Thanks! [2009-02-24 15:13]

 baysakhal: It didn't show [NSIS].nsi file in extracted, I've searched all my PC, but found nothing on *.nsi weird a, hope it will work anyway. Good Luck everybody! [2009-03-16 23:45]

 Dagenham: Version 2.43 just released (2009-03-28). [2009-03-29 02:03]

 calvin: Mp3Tag can be made portable using the amazing app called JauntePE. The registry is redirected to a folder in my pendrive and all configuration is always with me. I will use my "jaunterized" version until the mp3tag devolpers team release a portable official launcher [2009-04-15 13:35]

 Nick: I was going to skip this as FLACs were not on the list, but it turns out that it does do them. Here is the list of supported formats:

aac,ape,flac,m4a,m4b,mp3,mp4,mpc,ofr,ofs,ogg,spx,tak,tta,wma,wv [2009-04-15 22:27]

 carls: Something is wrong here. Commodo's Defender finds all kinds of dubious changes to programs like Secunia's PSI and PC Tools Spyware Doctor during MP2tag installation. This had better have a good explanation ! [2009-05-02 19:34]

 Colwing: Note that this program's author has posted instructions for deploying MP3tag to a portable device here: http://forums.mp3tag.de/lofiversion/index.php/t976.html [2009-05-07 05:22]

 purpler: GREAT!!!!
it does its job, believe me!
i hate tags, and MP3Tag happen to erase all of them in matter of seconds.. Killer App!  [2009-05-24 17:34]

 Tester: I am confused with this author, so many fix, fix here and fix there, some of them are old bugs, just see version history (i.e, v2.44b Beta). Other side, this app is excellent, yeah sorry if I wrong. [2009-10-07 02:21]

 OZLperez11: This program sort of saved my life! I lost like half of my music (about 1 GB worth of music) but I'm not so worried cause all I have to do is go back and see which songs I have to download for a certain artist using the freedb tool and that way I can keep track of my songs and manage my music well. [2009-10-24 01:20]

 Nik: Can somebody please tell me how can I extract the .exe file without installing it [2009-12-03 04:41]

 Billy Bob: Nik - go look at the line which says "Download the installer and extract to a folder". The word extract should be blue, that's a clickable link. Follow it and it will tell you how to extract using a program called Universal Extractor [2010-03-14 00:06]

 Wolfghost: The prog writes settings to programdata/mp3tag with this:

How to extract: Download the installer and extract to a folder of your choice. Delete $PLUGINSDIR and [NSIS].nsi. Create a blank file in the same folder called mp3tag.cfg. Launch Mp3tag.exe.

Stealth [?]: Yes [2010-03-14 13:51]

 jamvaru: i got an error when extracting the setup file [2010-06-02 19:40]

 jamvaru: worked doing it as the above link suggests, in the forum, but is it stealth? [2010-06-02 19:58]

 MarK: I could not extract it with UniversalExtractor:

"It appears to be a(n) Nullsoft installer, which is supported, but extraction failed." [2010-08-10 19:06]

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