# Converter - Album Artist **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [April 11, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converter-album-artist/16819 "2015-04-11T08:21:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![randronoth](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@randronoth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/randronoth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 8:21am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converter-album-artist/16819/1 "2015-04-11T08:21:54Z")
The Explanation on how to xfer the artist name from the "File Name" to the "Album Artist" column works fine. But I have a lot of albums, each in their own folder, which means I would have to load each one individually into MP3TAG, go thru the process, change subdirectory to the next album, do the conversion ...and so on. Is there a way to scan thru all subdirecories, insert the "Album Artist" store the result and go on to the next subdirectory? Like some sort of batch command sequence? randronoth ---
**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:** [April 11, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converter-album-artist/16819/2 "2015-04-11T08:26:08Z")
This depends a lot on the data you have in your filenames and folders. In general, it should not make a difference whether you load all files in one go or individually as long as the data pattern stays the same. So, try it: load files from 2 folders and use the same convert pattern. or show us the filename and foldername (structure). ---
**Author:** ![randronoth](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@randronoth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/randronoth)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converter-album-artist/16819/3 "2015-04-13T12:18:07Z")
@ohrenkino Thx 4 info. Please see attached doc. randronoth [Answer01.pdf](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/cbb7f2c005f0a0eebe5b238dd7cb56bb04c55c4e.pdf) (76.6 KB) ---
**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:** [April 13, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converter-album-artist/16819/4 "2015-04-13T13:31:51Z")
> [@randronoth](#): > > @ohrenkino > Thx 4 info. Please see attached doc. > > randronoth The example you gave for e.g. 2 Unlimited looks to me like this: 2 Unlimited - No Limits\02 - Tribal Dance - 2 Unlimited.mp3 You can now use the Convert\>Filename-Tag function and this string: %albumartist% - %album%\%track% - %title% - %artist% Or, if you only want to fill the ALBUMARTIST: %albumartist% - %dummy%\%dummy% This should work even for the compilations in such a way that ALBUMARTIST remains empty - so that you can filter for %albumartist% MISSING and set the Albumartist, e.g. Various Artists, in one go. ---
**Author:** ![randronoth](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@randronoth](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/randronoth)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converter-album-artist/16819/5 "2015-04-14T19:18:01Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#): > > The example you gave for e.g. 2 Unlimited looks to me like this: > 2 Unlimited - No Limits\02 - Tribal Dance - 2 Unlimited.mp3 > > You can now use the Convert\>Filename-Tag function and this string: > %albumartist% - %album%\%track% - %title% - %artist% > Or, if you only want to fill the ALBUMARTIST: > %albumartist% - %dummy%\%dummy% > This should work even for the compilations in such a way that ALBUMARTIST remains empty - so that you can filter for > %albumartist% MISSING > and set the Albumartist, e.g. Various Artists, in one go. It is entirely my fault, I did not understand how the program works. I thought when I added all MP3s from my subdirectories, and added the "album artist" that in the end I would wind up with a new folder containing the 4000+ MP3s in the MP3Tag window. Following your advice I found out that this is not the case but the result of the "converter process" finds it's way into the original folders. Thx for your help. randronoth ---
**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/converter-album-artist/16819/6 "2026-02-09T12:25:38Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC