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 someti…

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: [CB] [LB] Najaa Recording of Najaa by Tanishk Bagchi, Pav Dharia & Nikhita Gandhi Duration: 03:11 …

[image] BARTJUNITED: 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.

[image] BARTJUNITED: there MIGHT be an _ In this case you can use the same format string in Convert Filename -> Tag, just replace your - with a _ [image] BARTJUNITED: ...or nothing consistent I can use... How would you tell Mp3tag to import the parts from a long filename if there is n…

Is it possible to create a string that uses more than one variable Eg. _ or -

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?

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 _ B…

[image] BARTJUNITED: 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…

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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