# Convert Filename - Tag

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag/16074>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 30, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag/16074 "2014-08-30T07:04:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sbretzke](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@sbretzke](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sbretzke)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 7:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag/16074/1 "2014-08-30T07:04:28Z")

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Hi,  
what am I doing wrong here?  
My file names look like this:  
01.-Pink-Try.ogg  
where Pink is the Artist and Try is the Title and 01. is the track number.  
So I figured I might use Convert Filename - Tag to save some manual work here.  
But Preview and OK buttons in the Convert options window are greyed out, no matter what I specify as conversion format.  
What am I doing wrong here?  
Any help is most appreciated.  
Thank you,  
Steffen

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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:** [August 30, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag/16074/2 "2014-08-30T07:14:26Z")

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Unfortunately, you do not give even one example of what you have entered.

Here is my suggestion for the example you gave tor a filename:  
%track%.-%artist%-%title%

This mask will not work for any filename that has a different pattern.

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**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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/convert-filename-tag/16074/3 "2026-02-09T12:25:13Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC