# Filename to Tag guess value

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-guess-value/15483>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 6, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-guess-value/15483 "2014-02-06T23:47:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Sven\_Golly](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Sven\_Golly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sven_Golly)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-guess-value/15483/1 "2014-02-06T23:47:21Z")

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I have a lot of tracks without tags that have the filename in one of two forms:

Album-Track - Title - Artist

OR

Album - Track - Title - Artist

(sometimes Title & Artist are flopped but that can only be solved manually.)

I have been racking my brain to figure out if there's a way to combine both types into one action or group but so far I'm not coming up with it.

The problem is the white space. Guess values sees " - " and "-" differently.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![chrishirst](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@chrishirst](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chrishirst)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-guess-value/15483/2 "2014-02-06T23:55:59Z")

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Create an action group that runs both match patterns, followed by an action that renames them to the format you prefer.

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**Author:** ![Sven\_Golly](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Sven\_Golly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sven_Golly)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2014, 1:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-guess-value/15483/3 "2014-02-07T01:08:49Z")

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Oh thanks. I was thinking a 2nd action like the first would undo the first but in the case of Guess, it doesn't.

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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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag-guess-value/15483/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:54Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC