Create action to change filename to title field

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I can do this easily with "Convert," but I can't figure out how to do it with an Action. I've tried to follow the FAQ here: Actions and batch-operations - #16 by Florian

I have:

ACTION: Format value
FIELD: Filename
FORMAT STRING: %title%

but that's not working.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks.

2

It's field _FILENAME see also Format Value – Mp3tag Documentation

3

OK, that worked. But now I'm trying to create an action to replace the title with
$num(%track%,2) - %title% - %Album% - %Artist%

So I have:
REPLACE
FIELD: TITLE
ORIGINAL: %title%
REPLACE WITH: $num(%track%,2) - %title% - %Album% - %Artist%

And I don't understand why that doesn't work.

4

Don't use the REPLACE action. Use Format Value instead. The Replace function is looking for a specific string in a field (you specified Title) and replacing it with another.

5

I'm pretty sure I tried REPLACE and it didn't work... But I may have been doing something wrong.

6

Yes. "Replace" needs a fixed string and does not accept variables. Or the other way round: the function would look in TITLE literally for the string "%title% - which would be rather unusual for a hit.

7

I'm sorry, I meant to say that I tried Format Value and it didn't work. But again, I could be doing wrong.

8

Then show us the settings for "Format value"

9

Please show us a screenshot from your Action attempt.

10

Do you really want to have a title with these informations?
It looks to me for a typical scheme for a filename, not a title.

11

I got it working.

I use all that because I play MP3s from a flash drive in my car, and the car pulls only the title from the MP3s.