# Filename to Tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag/1619
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 11, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag/1619 "2005-01-11T23:46:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![MP3-Spazz](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MP3-Spazz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MP3-Spazz)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag/1619/1 "2005-01-11T23:46:06Z")

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I have some files that are named: Artist Date-1.  
I want to use the Artist as artist, date as the album and the 1 as the Title. Can this be done with Convert filename - tag?

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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2005, 7:35am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag/1619/2 "2005-01-12T07:35:19Z")

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Only if Artist contains no spaces. %artist% %album%-%title%

Please do a forum search before asking. "Filename - Tag" questions has been answered at least one zillion times 🙂

~ Florian

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### Author: ![MP3-Spazz](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@MP3-Spazz](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MP3-Spazz)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2005, 11:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag/1619/3 "2005-01-12T11:03:06Z")

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I actually did a search and couldn't find anything. I really asked my question wrong. I should of given a better example. The problem is withe the date section of the filename.: Artist Date-1. EX: Artist 1-12-05-1. The date is screwing me up.  
I want to use the Artist as artist, date as the album and the 1 as the Title. Can this be done with Convert filename - tag?

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag/1619/4 "2005-01-12T14:00:48Z")

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I am not sure if it can be done in a faster / simpler way than by using an action set consisting of 3 actions:

1. **Type:** _Guess values_ **Source format:** _%\_FILENAME%_ **Guessing pattern:** _%artist% %album%_
2. **Type:** _Guess values_ **Source format:** _%ALBUM%_ **Guessing pattern:** _%dummy%-%dummy%-%dummy%-%title%_
3. **Type:** _Replace with regular expressions_ **Field:** _ALBUM_ **Regular expression:** _(\d\*)-(\d\*)-(\d\*)-(\d\*)_ **Replace matches with:** _$1-$2-$3_

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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, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filename-to-tag/1619/5 "2026-02-09T12:19:18Z")

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