# Convert file name to tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-file-name-to-tag/61498
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 9, 2023, 8:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-file-name-to-tag/61498 "2023-07-09T08:08:16Z")
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### 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: [July 9, 2023, 8:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-file-name-to-tag/61498/2 "2023-07-09T08:11:27Z")

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> [@oldmanbob](#):
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> which would also nail the bug for diagnosis

I doubt that you see a bug.  
I much more assume that the pattern in the filename has changed.  
Or that the hyphen is no hpyhen but something else.  
See e.g. here:

> [@Take Part of Filename and Copy it to a Field](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/take-part-of-filename-and-copy-it-to-a-field/61477/5):
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> @Andacar If you want to quick test your filename for special (unicode) characters, you can copy & paste it in the Input text box here and press "Identify": [https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Unicode/whatisit.html](https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Unicode/whatisit.html) Then you can check in the result box, if one of the text characters is not the one you used in the format string. For example if your hyphen is not the usual U+002D : HYPHEN-MINUS {hyphen, dash; minus sign} or your space is not the usual U+0020 : SPACE or your underscore ist not the u…

A screenshot helps in many cases to analyse the problem.

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