# Picard doesn't recognise 'original source webpage' tag for ID3 (WOAS)

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-doesnt-recognise-original-source-webpage-tag-for-id3-woas/426862>\
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard\
**Created:** [May 5, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-doesnt-recognise-original-source-webpage-tag-for-id3-woas/426862 "2019-05-05T18:25:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![hiccup](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/hiccup/32/5512_2.png) [@hiccup](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/hiccup)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-doesnt-recognise-original-source-webpage-tag-for-id3-woas/426862/1 "2019-05-05T18:25:01Z")

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Could this be a bug?

For flac files Picard reads the tag for the ‘original/official audio source webpage’ correctly (tag code: ORIGIN WEBSITE), but for mp3 files it doesn’t recognize it (tag code: WOAS).

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**Author:** ![hiccup](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/hiccup/32/5512_2.png) [@hiccup](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/hiccup)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 9:27am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-doesnt-recognise-original-source-webpage-tag-for-id3-woas/426862/2 "2019-05-08T09:27:36Z")

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I found a couple more valid ID3 tags that Picard doesn’t seem to recognize:

TOWN - File owner/licensee  
TRSO - Internet radio station owner  
TOFN - Original Filename

So if you have these present in your mp3’s, Picard will delete them without you being aware of it.  
_(if you have ‘clear existing tags’ set)_

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**Author:** ![Zas](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/zas/32/28_2.png) [@Zas](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Zas)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2019, 10:23am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-doesnt-recognise-original-source-webpage-tag-for-id3-woas/426862/3 "2019-05-08T10:23:10Z")

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@hiccup Please create matching tickets for each unsupported tag you find. We’ll have to dig if it’s a Picard or Mutagen issue, or anything else.

@outsidecontext you might want to check this

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**Author:** ![hiccup](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/hiccup/32/5512_2.png) [@hiccup](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/hiccup)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-doesnt-recognise-original-source-webpage-tag-for-id3-woas/426862/4 "2019-05-11T22:03:18Z")

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I’ll await if @outsidecontext responds to this before I create tickets.  
I learned to trust his pro-active hands-on mentality a bit more than the ticketing system.

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**Author:** ![Freso](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/freso/32/25_2.png) [@Freso](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Freso)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-doesnt-recognise-original-source-webpage-tag-for-id3-woas/426862/5 "2019-05-31T13:18:42Z")

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Doesn’t look like @outsidecontext has had the time to look in, so I’ve gone ahead and created tickets now:

> <https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1518>

  

> <https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1519>

  

> <https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1520>

  

> <https://tickets.metabrainz.org/browse/PICARD-1521>

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**Author:** ![outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/outsidecontext/32/90_2.png) [@outsidecontext](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/outsidecontext)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/picard-doesnt-recognise-original-source-webpage-tag-for-id3-woas/426862/6 "2019-05-31T14:22:21Z")

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Thanks @Freso. I actually started to write a reply to this, but all I wrote before I got interrupted was:

> No, it’s not a bug, it’s just not implemented.

🙂 Tickets for this make sense. Even though Picard itself probably cannot provide meaningful data for this itself.