# Filename to Tag action

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/17030>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 7, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/17030 "2015-07-07T08:14:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![COOL1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@COOL1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/COOL1)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 8:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/17030/1 "2015-07-07T08:14:39Z")

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I can't seem to get this simple action down. I've searched around here.

I have a filename: Track - Artist - Title

I need to create an action to parse the "Artist" & "Filename" into their associated tags. What Action Type should I be using?

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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:** [July 7, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/17030/2 "2015-07-07T08:45:55Z")

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> [@COOL1](#):
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> ... to parse the "Artist" & "Filename" ...

What? I thought that you already have a filename?!

If you want to get the artist out of  
Track - Artist - Title  
you may use Convert\>Filename-Tag  
with  
%dummy% - %artist% - %dummy%  
The same can be achieved with an action of the type "Guess values" for \_FILENAME  
Guessing pattern is the same as for the Convert function.  
If you want to get all the information from the filename (which you should if you have not already got it), use:  
%Track% - %Artist% - %Title%  
From this structured data you can create almost any filename you want.

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**Author:** ![COOL1](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@COOL1](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/COOL1)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-action/17030/3 "2015-07-07T16:46:02Z")

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Thank you ohrenkino! The guess value action type worked! As for the "%Filename%" parse....yeah, i need to proofread better early in the morning. lol

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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/filename-to-tag-action/17030/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:45Z")

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