Convert 'filename->tag' messes up the TRACK tag

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I created a 'filename->tag' conversion rule to split the filename and extract just one word from it. The new tag was named 'YEAR_NAME' and really did the trick I needed.

When I opened one file with the new tag, I noticed that the TRACK tag was changed from '01/07' to the song's title. This has occurred to all files that contain the new YEAR_NAME extended tag.

To reproduce:

  1. create a file with year info in its filename like this "10cc - I'm not in love [1975].mp3"

  2. the conversion rule extracts the "1975" token and stores in extended tag YEAR_NAME
    %artist% - %track% [%year_name%]

  3. check the TRACK tag

This is the file that has the new extended tag:

mp3tag
mp3tag748×671 88.9 KB

Files that don't contain the new extended tags show the original untouched TRACK info.

mp3tag2
mp3tag2847×663 114 KB

2

TRACK is used for the track number in Mp3tag and you'd need to use TITLE if you want to import to the track title field. Check your format string.

3

The problem is that I don't want to change the TRACK tag. The conversion procedure put the TITLE in the TRACK tag. I just want to populate the YEAR_NAME tag without changing anything else.

4

I got it... I'll change as you said. Thanks

5

If you really don't want to touch any of the other fields, you could also use the %dummy% placeholder. It is used as a throw-away placeholder and doesn't import anything that's matched into the tags.

%dummy% [%year_name%]

6

Now I'm using %dummy% as you suggested. It works like a charm. Thank you!

Your program is fantastic, and your support is even better!