# Better way to create tags from a filename help
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 3, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589 "2024-05-03T06:59:41Z")
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### Author:  [@BARTJUNITED](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BARTJUNITED)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 6:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/1 "2024-05-03T06:59:41Z")
I have used Mp3 tag for a few years but probably not very well.
I sometimes download audio files that have long file names and I want to seperate tags into artist and title.
. Often if the filename has a - I will use this to seperate the 2 using the convert filename ro tag feature.
However sometimes the filename won't have that and there MIGHT be an \_ or nothing consistent I can use...
Short of creating individual tag creation methods for each potential type is there a better way to do this please?
TIA Bart
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 7:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/2 "2024-05-03T07:01:33Z")
> [@BARTJUNITED](#):
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> Short of creating individual tag creation methods for each potential type is there a better way to do this please?
I don't think so.
And for more ideas, real examples would be helpful.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 7:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/3 "2024-05-03T07:08:10Z")
> [@BARTJUNITED](#):
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> there MIGHT be an \_
In this case you can use the same format string in Convert Filename -\> Tag, just replace your `-` with a `_`
> [@BARTJUNITED](#):
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> ...or nothing consistent I can use...
How would you tell Mp3tag to import the parts from a long filename if there is nothing consistent?
Mp3tag - as every other software too - always needs a separator to split the parts.
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### Author:  [@BARTJUNITED](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BARTJUNITED)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/4 "2024-05-03T07:30:46Z")
Is it possible to create a string that uses more than one variable
Eg. \_ or -
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/5 "2024-05-03T07:34:27Z")
Yes, this would be technically possible.
BUT
This also would inrease the risk for a wrong import.
As @ohrenkino already asked:
Could you please show us some real example filenames?
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### Author:  [@BARTJUNITED](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/BARTJUNITED)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 7:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/6 "2024-05-03T07:59:38Z")
here are some examples
Najaa (Full Song) \_ Sooryavanshi \_ Akshay Kumar,Katrina Kaif,Rohit Shetty,Tanishk,Pav Dharia,Nikhita
so i just want the Najaa i dont even want the full song bit as the title
the rest can go in the artist column
Lat Lag Gayee Lyrical - Race 2 \_ Saif Ali Khan, Jacqueline \_ Benny Dayal, Shalmali \_ Pritam \_ Party.mp3
this one I would use the - seperator, I would like to get rid of the word Lyrical too
Lyrical Tum Par Hum Hai Atke \_ Pagalpanti \_ John A,Ileana D \_ Neha Kakkar, Mika Singh \_Tanishk B.mp3
I would like to remove Lyrical and the title should just be "Tum Par Hum Hai Atke"
with these multiple artist tracks Im only interested in the title and nothing else
hope this makes sense
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/7 "2024-05-03T08:05:43Z")
A post was split to a new topic: [How to import old settings](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-import-old-settings/64590)
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 8:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/8 "2024-05-03T08:09:55Z")
> [@BARTJUNITED](#):
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> so i just want the Najaa i dont even want the full song bit as the title
> ... this one I would use the - seperator, I would like to get rid of the word Lyrical too
As the converter function needs a pattern that is the same for all the files to work, you can see that these files do not have a pattern in common.
So they have to be treated individually.
Esp. the case of
> [@BARTJUNITED](#):
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> Lat Lag Gayee Lyrical - Race 2 \_ Saif Ali Khan, Jacqueline \_ Benny Dayal, Shalmali \_ Pritam \_ Party.mp3
would be a problem for an import when both appear: the hyphen and the underscore - which one is to be used as separator? MP3tag cannot guess what you like, you have to tell it.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 8:16am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/9 "2024-05-03T08:16:49Z")
As you can see from an online source like MusicBrainz it is not that obvious what exactly should be imported into TITLE or ARTIST or ALBUM:
> **[Najaa](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/9ab5dbb2-e6eb-4c64-ab58-66c63c06f796)**
>
> Recording
> of Najaa
> by Tanishk Bagchi, Pav Dharia & Nikhita Gandhi
>
> Duration: 03:11
> **[Lat Lag Gayee](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/3f682503-e1eb-4564-afca-1951345acb38)**
>
> Recording
> of Lat Lag Gayee
> by Pritam
>
> Duration: 04:40
> **[Tum Par Hum Hai Atke](https://musicbrainz.org/recording/9e03b86e-be05-4b7f-9b29-24900e11527b)**
>
> Recording
> of Tum Par Hum Hai Atke
> by Neha Kakkar & Mika Singh
>
> Duration: 02:58
Unfortunately for these examples there is no "better way" to automate the import of tags.
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2024, 8:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/10 "2024-05-03T08:22:53Z")
Just another idea:
Are you sure that your downloaded audio files does not already contains information in the TITLE or ARTIST or ALBUM tag?
To be sure press Alt + T on such tracks to inspect the existing tags.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 2, 2024, 8:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/better-way-to-create-tags-from-a-filename-help/64589/11 "2024-06-02T08:23:01Z")
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