ID3v1 Genres List Editor

Access: Menu > Edit > ID3v1 Genres Editor, <Ctrl+G>, Speedbuton Toolbar button

148 default genres have been defined by the technical specification for ID3v1 tags. Use the ID3v1 Genre List Editor to remove seldom-used or unwanted genres from the drop-down list presented when an ID3v1 genre cell is selected in the Editor.

Click the left-arrow button to remove selected genres from the Genre List on the right and place them into the Unused Genres list on the left. Genres in the Unused Genres are not presented in the ID3v1 drop-down genre list. Likewise, click the right-arrow button to move selected genres in the Unused Genres list back into the Genre List to allow access from the drop-down list. The double right-arrow button moves all genres in the Unused Genres list back into the Genres List.

Things to keep in mind about ID3v1 genre behavior in Library Clinic:

• * Library Clinic displays whatever genre it finds in an ID3v1 genre field, regardless of whether the genre is in its list of active genres or not. However, genres that have been removed from the active Genre List and moved into the Unused Genres List cannot be copied or pasted into ID3v1 genre cells in the Editor. The PasteDown Panel can be used at any time, however, to write any ID3v1 genre into either one or multiple files, regardless of whether the genre being written is in the active Genre List or not.
• * ID3v1 genres not in the active Genre List cannot be removed from a tag by choosing the "None" selection at the top of the drop down genre list presented in ID3v1 genre cells. However, they can be removed.