# adding a letter in front of the title/track name **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [July 29, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-letter-in-front-of-the-title-track-name/17102 "2015-07-29T01:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mario620](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mario620](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mario620)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-letter-in-front-of-the-title-track-name/17102/1 "2015-07-29T01:52:47Z")
my eac rips the tracks as 01 - trackname.flac I want to use mp3tag to auto tag a selected group of files as 01 - a trackname.flac how can I set this up to do it automatically, using the alphabet a,b,c example: 01 - a trackname 02 - b trackname 03 - c trackname and to include the space between the a(letter) and trackname ---
**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-letter-in-front-of-the-title-track-name/17102/2 "2015-07-29T03:30:27Z")
> [@mario620](#): > > ... I want to use mp3tag to auto tag a selected group of files as 01 - a trackname.flac > how can I set this up to do it automatically, using the alphabet a,b,c > example: > 01 - a trackname > 02 - b trackname > 03 - c trackname ... Which alphabet do you want to apply? See also ... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet) [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet) [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/American\_Stan...ion\_Interchange](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Standard_Code_for_Information_Interchange) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII) These formulas work for the range 'A'..'Z', for TRACK=1..26 $char($add(64,%TRACK%)) ... or ... $char($add(64,%\_counter%)) ... or ... $mid('ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ',%TRACK%) These formulas work for the range 'a'..'z', for TRACK=1..26 $char($add(96,%TRACK%)) ... or ... $char($add(96,%\_counter%)) ... or ... $mid('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',%TRACK%) You may apply the Mp3tag Convert dialog "Filename - Filename" ... Old filename Pattern: %1 - %2 New filename pattern: %1 - $mid('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz',%1) %2 Please explain for which practical use it is worth? DD.20150729.0745.CEST ---
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-letter-in-front-of-the-title-track-name/17102/3 "2015-07-29T03:39:21Z")
> [@mario620](#): > > my eac rips the tracks as 01 - trackname.flac > I want to use mp3tag to auto tag a selected group of files as 01 - a trackname.flac > > how can I set this up to do it automatically, using the alphabet a,b,c > example: > 01 - a trackname > 02 - b trackname > 03 - c trackname > and to include the space between the a(letter) and trackname I cannot imagine what the purpose could be ... please enlighten me. Use the function Convert\>Filename-Filename Enter as Source: %1 - %2 Enter as Target: %1 - $char($add(64,%1)) %2 This takes the leading number and transforms it into a letter. ---
**Author:** ![mario620](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mario620](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mario620)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-letter-in-front-of-the-title-track-name/17102/4 "2015-10-12T15:57:19Z")
For some strange reason my car stereo does not use number tag when playing the audio track, instead the player will sort by alphabet a - z and rearranges the files as such. ---
**Author:** ![mario620](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mario620](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mario620)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-letter-in-front-of-the-title-track-name/17102/5 "2015-10-12T16:34:36Z")
[Youtube video](https://youtu.be/0MzfVkuu_4w) this is what i want to do. can this action be set up in a repeatable scrip? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-a-letter-in-front-of-the-title-track-name/17102/6 "2026-02-09T12:25:47Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC