# Case conversion leaving parenthesis intact

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-leaving-parenthesis-intact/52066>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 20, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-leaving-parenthesis-intact/52066 "2021-02-20T17:00:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![billarhos](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e95f7d/32.png) [@billarhos](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/billarhos)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-leaving-parenthesis-intact/52066/1 "2021-02-20T17:00:41Z")

</div>

Hi  
i would like to know if i can capitalize all first letters from words in filename leaving the words in paranthesis unchanged

Example:  
almodovar - Ne ME quittez pas (ATMOS).mp3  
Convert to:  
Almodovar - Ne Me Quittez Pas (ATMOS).mp3

thank you  
ps. i have already tried hard but with no success.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [February 20, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-leaving-parenthesis-intact/52066/2 "2021-02-20T17:05:49Z")

</div>

See the [scripting functions help](https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting/#string-functions) with special attention to $caps2()  
" Case conversion _Normal_ (without changing uppercase characters)"

use the scripting function in an action of the type "Format value" or Convert\>Tag-Tag.  
if you want to manipulate only the

> [@billarhos](#):
>
> ...filename

then please be warned that occasionally those changes are not registered by the file system as case changes do not count as real renaming.  
In general: I would get the tag data right and then construct a filename from there.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/case-conversion-leaving-parenthesis-intact/52066/3 "2026-02-09T12:29:05Z")

</div>