# Getting the id3 information from external MP3's without loading the MP3?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-id3-information-from-external-mp3s-without-loading-the-mp3/164936>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 6, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-id3-information-from-external-mp3s-without-loading-the-mp3/164936 "2005-10-06T06:15:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/getting-the-id3-information-from-external-mp3s-without-loading-the-mp3/164936/1 "2005-10-06T06:15:06Z")

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Is this possible? Or does the file have to be loaded before you can read the ID3 tags of an MP3?