# Copy filename to something other than title? **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [May 1, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849 "2023-05-01T00:51:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djmattdodge](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@djmattdodge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djmattdodge)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/1 "2023-05-01T00:51:02Z")
I have my whole music library correctly tagged the way I wanted songs, artists, genres etc. I plan on converting the title and artist to filename BUT I was hoping to first copy whatever is in the filename now...to something I don't use like ALBUM ARTIST. Because I want to eventually go back and find some of the remixers names in the filename. But I want my filenames to be clean NOW, and then I will work on going through the album artist to pull out the remixers...if that makes sense? Basically im looking to do FILENAME - ALBUM ARTIST Is this possible? ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/2 "2023-05-01T02:14:47Z")
This is possible, use the converter for Filename-\>Tag and choose which field you want to use. But rather than overwrite this into a standard field, why not use a user-defined field that won’t show up in any regular players in the meantime. You can choose some name like Old\_Filename and still use this later in mp3tag. ---
**Author:** ![djmattdodge](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@djmattdodge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djmattdodge)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/3 "2023-05-01T02:28:31Z")
Ok I will give that a shot..the filename to tag. I guess I don't know what you mean. I use Serato Pro and in that program album artist is an option so I can also edit in that program too. Not all the fields in mp3tag are in Serato. ---
**Author:** ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/4 "2023-05-01T02:39:45Z")
> [@djmattdodge](#): > > Because I want to eventually go back and find some of the remixers names in the filename. I was thinking this would be easier to do in mp3tag than most other music programs, including Serato. But if you do need the filename data in the meantime, then I guess using a field like AlbumArtist is an option for now. ---
**Author:** ![djmattdodge](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@djmattdodge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djmattdodge)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/5 "2023-05-01T02:51:12Z")
Ive seen other programs that claim to extract the remixer from the filename. not sure how accurate it is. Thanks for the info! ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 5:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/6 "2023-05-01T05:56:24Z")
A real filename would be nice. > [@djmattdodge](#): > > extract the remixer Do you refer to the field MIXARTIST? Or which field does your player display? See also here: > [@Remixer Field Tags From Serato](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remixer-field-tags-from-serato/52438): > > Hi Everyone, Hope somone can please help. I use Serato for Dj'ing and I use the fields called Comments and Remixer to add notes. I can see the comments field in MP3 Tag but not the remixer field. Can someone pls advise how I can display this please? Many Thanks ---
**Author:** ![djmattdodge](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@djmattdodge](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djmattdodge)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 9:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/7 "2023-05-01T09:44:29Z")
That’s good to know for future that I can find the remixer field. But yeah for now I’m ok with just copying the file name over to a new unused field. ( I do use comments myself in sersto also) a program called lexicon $16 a month claims to be able to extract the remixer from the file name. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 9:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/8 "2023-05-01T09:46:55Z")
Honestly, if you showed us a real filename then we could probably think of something to get the remixer without the $16 fee. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-filename-to-something-other-than-title/60849/9 "2023-05-31T09:47:38Z")
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