# Bulk import cover arts
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [December 20, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432 "2014-12-20T11:19:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@mihalv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mihalv)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2014, 11:19am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432/1 "2014-12-20T11:19:04Z")
Hello. I have a lot of files with similar name structure:
**title.tvepisode\_date.ext**
and the same number of covers (their names are equivalent to **tvepisode.jpg** ).
How to import right covers for files based on the part of filename?
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 20, 2014, 12:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432/2 "2014-12-20T12:11:17Z")
Using the filename is not the optimum approach.
If you have a structure in the filename then you should first convey that structure to tag fields and import the data into the fields.
e.g.
Convert\>Filename-Tag
%title%.%TVEPISODE%\_%dummy%
Then use an action of the type "Import cover from file" and enter as filename:
%TVEPISODE%.jpg
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### Author:  [@mihalv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mihalv)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432/3 "2014-12-22T20:05:51Z")
Thanks. Please help with following. I have files with name structure: Artist\_Publisher\_Episode\_Date.ext
'Episode' sometimes = Unknown Episode
I try to write 'title' tag like this:
%artist% (%publisher% / $if(%episode%="Unknown Episode",%date%,%episode%))
What's wrong here? mp3tag always writes %date%.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432/4 "2014-12-22T20:11:43Z")
There is not really a field called DATE. Some players/taggers create this.
The only fields that carry date information are YEAR or RELEASETIME.
It its not quite clear how you get a TITLE from the filename.
Edit: I had to think a little - could it be that the syntax for $IF is wrong? If you want to compare 2 strings then you have to issue a $eql() statement:
$if($eql(%episode%,'Unknown Episode'),%date%,%episode%)
It is not possible to use the = as comparison operator.
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### Author:  [@mihalv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mihalv)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432/5 "2014-12-22T20:22:17Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> There is not really a field called DATE. Some players/taggers create this.
> The only fields that carry date information are YEAR or RELEASETIME.
>
> It its not quite clear how you get a TITLE from the filename.
I get tags %date%, %episode%, %artist% and %publisher% from filename at first of course. mp3tag extracts these tags correctly, inc. %date%.
The problem is somewhere in syntax I think.
If I use %artist% (%publisher% / $if(%episode%="Unknown Episode",%date%,%episode%)) mp3tag always writes %date% ...
if I use %artist% (%publisher% / $if(%episode%\<\>"Unknown Episode",%episode%,%date%)) it always writes %episode% regardless of episode name (even it is Unknown Episode).
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432/6 "2014-12-22T20:24:27Z")
> [@mihalv](#):
>
> ...
> The problem is somewhere in syntax I think.
> ...
That is what I gathered after I thought a little. Please see the edit of my previous post.
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### Author:  [@mihalv](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mihalv)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/bulk-import-cover-arts/16432/7 "2014-12-22T20:28:46Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
>
> That is what I gathered after I thought a little. Please see the edit of my previous post.
Thanks. It works ok now!