# Adding file type or bit rate to Folder name (IF function) **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 19, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483 "2019-05-19T20:50:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LikeLinus](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bbe5ce/32.png) [@LikeLinus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LikeLinus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/1 "2019-05-19T20:50:20Z")
Hi. I'm a new user to MP3Tag and I'm trying to figure out how to rename my folders a certain way. I've created an action with the default value of "\_DIRECTORY" and then trying to use a format string for the naming convention. Basically what I want to do is have the folder name be "Year - Album [FLAC or Bitrate) I want to do this so that if the file is FLAC, it obviously shows FLAC. But if it's an MP3, I want it to show the bitrate. So I'm assuming this is done using an IF function, but I can't get it right. I've played around with a bunch of variations (few below) but I keep getting errors and I'm obviously not a coder. 🙂 I based this off the $if(x,y,z) if x is true, y is returned, otherwise z %year% - %album% $if(%\_extension%=flac,%\_extention,%\_bitrate%) %year% - %album% $if(%\_extension%=flac,FLAC,%\_bitrate%) %year% - %album% $if($eql(%\_extension% IS 'flac'),%\_extention,%bitrate%) %year% - %album% $if($eql(%\_extension%, 'flac'),FLAC,%bitrate%) I can get Year - Album [%\_extention] to work perfectly, but I'm lost of the IF statement and can't get it work. Is this even possible? Any advise would be greatly appreciated. THANKS!! Linus ---
**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:** [May 19, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/2 "2019-05-19T20:59:14Z")
THis is almost right > [@LikeLinus](#): > > %year% - %album% $if($eql(%\_extension%, 'flac'),FLAC,%bitrate%) Try `%year% - %album% $if($eql(%_extension%,flac),FLAC,%_bitrate%)` ---
**Author:** ![LikeLinus](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bbe5ce/32.png) [@LikeLinus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LikeLinus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/3 "2019-05-19T21:03:37Z")
Wow, that was fast. THANK YOU so much!! And this is why I stick to graphics and not coding 😃 You're the man. ---
**Author:** ![LikeLinus](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/bbe5ce/32.png) [@LikeLinus](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LikeLinus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/4 "2019-05-19T21:17:05Z")
Here is what I ended up with. %year% - %album% $if($eql(%\_extension%,flac),'(FLAC)','('%\_bitrate%'kbps)') Example of what you the outcome is: 1994 - The Downward Spiral (FLAC) or 1994 - The Downward Spiral (320kbps) ---
**Author:** ![djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djeurotraxx)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:18am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/5 "2022-11-03T09:18:52Z")
How would you also incorporate WAV into this? So the output is either FLAC, WAV, or bitrate ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 9:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/6 "2022-11-03T09:28:59Z")
Try `$ifgreater($strstr(FLACWAV,$upper(%_extension%)),0,$upper(%_extension%),%_bitrate% kbps)` ---
**Author:** ![djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djeurotraxx)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/7 "2022-11-03T09:49:02Z")
That works, but missing the [], so it comes out as WAV instead of [WAV] etc ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/8 "2022-11-03T09:56:19Z")
It says nowehre in the thread that the square brackets are needed. And if you need them, Use '[' and ']' to insert them, where you like them. ---
**Author:** ![djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djeurotraxx)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/9 "2022-11-03T09:56:28Z")
Think i got it $ifgreater($strstr(FLACWAV,$upper(%\_extension%)),0,$upper'[%\_extension%]','['%\_bitrate%'kbps]') Thank you! ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/10 "2022-11-03T09:59:12Z")
> [@djeurotraxx](#): > > $ifgreater($strstr(FLACWAV,$upper(%\_extension%)),0,$upper'[%\_extension%]','['%\_bitrate%'kbps]') This would be shorter: `'['$ifgreater($strstr(FLACWAV,$upper(%_extension%)),0,$upper(%_extension%),%_bitrate% kbps)']'` ---
**Author:** ![djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djeurotraxx)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/11 "2022-11-03T10:04:26Z")
That works also! I image adding a VBR variable to bitrate would be a stretch? 🙃 ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/12 "2022-11-03T10:08:34Z")
You can add whatever information you want, like `%_VBR%`: > **[Format Strings and Placeholders – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/#technical-information)** > > Documentation on format strings and placeholders to describe the structure of file names and imported data. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 10:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/13 "2022-11-03T10:11:15Z")
If the bitrate is variable ... it varies from file to file. So which value would you like to see? ---
**Author:** ![djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djeurotraxx)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/14 "2022-11-03T10:13:47Z")
So for CBR the actual [bitrate], for variable i'd like to see just [VBR] instead of the actual ---
**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:** [November 3, 2022, 10:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/15 "2022-11-03T10:23:29Z")
Before I invest any more brainpower, please note that MP3tag looks at every file individually and then renames the folder. So if you have a mixture of VBR and CBR files, you will see only one of the properties in the folder name (depending which file won). So, I doubt that this information is really beneficial. And why not make it easier and simply add the property %\_VBR% to the bitrate output so that you know how to interpret that data. ---
**Author:** ![djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@djeurotraxx](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djeurotraxx)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/16 "2022-11-03T10:40:05Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > %\_VBR% No mixtures. My folders are same CBR bitrate, or VBR - V0, V1 etc, I was not talking about having a mixture of different bitrate files in same folder. Sorry for confusion. And no worries, I appreciate your efforts! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/adding-file-type-or-bit-rate-to-folder-name-if-function/45483/17 "2022-12-03T10:40:53Z")
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