# Filter for albums with more than 1 disc **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [October 10, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-albums-with-more-than-1-disc/62350 "2023-10-10T07:46:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sheepdisease](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@sheepdisease](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/sheepdisease)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 7:46am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-albums-with-more-than-1-disc/62350/1 "2023-10-10T07:46:16Z")
Yep, definitely enlightened. Thanks! How do I filter by albums containing more than one disc? ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:03am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-albums-with-more-than-1-disc/62350/2 "2023-10-10T08:03:55Z")
I don't know how more than 1 disc should be detected in your collection. Here is a thread with a similarly named problem: > [@Help with the renaming template](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-the-renaming-template/52965/8): > > Yes (I think). First filter for files that have CD in the filename %\_path% MATCHES CD\d+ and import the data with a mask like %artist%\%year% - %album%\CD%discnumber% - %discsubtitle%\%dummy% then filter for files that do not have CD in the filename NOT %\_path% MATCHES CD\d+ and import the data with a mask like %artist%\%year% - %album%\%discsubtitle%\%dummy% You cannot have 1 mask for 2 different patterns. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 8:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-albums-with-more-than-1-disc/62350/3 "2023-10-10T08:07:33Z")
> [@sheepdisease](#): > > How do I filter by albums containing more than one disc? Mp3tag knows nothing about an "Album". It manages track by track. You need to find something in your tags (or filename or directory structure) that identificate your track belonging to a specific album and a specific discnumber. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-albums-with-more-than-1-disc/62350/4 "2023-10-10T08:56:27Z")
> [@LyricsLover](#): > > You need to find something in your tags This may become particularly tricky, if this has already happened: > [@What's missing for this regex replace expression? DISCNUMBER "1 / 2" or "2 / 2" etc](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-missing-for-this-regex-replace-expression-discnumber-1-2-or-2-2-etc/62299): > > Hello there, I have a regular expression to detect the discnumber and convert to single digit. It's always been fine but now it's not changing my example. I just want it to show as 1, 2 or any relevant number that the disc is. Or this observation: > [@Problem with folders containing tracks from multiple discs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/problem-with-folders-containing-tracks-from-multiple-discs/62294/18): > > Just an observation: This thread was also about albums with several discs. and if there are several discs, then this should be reflected with separate folders. If the discnumber is now cut that it only shows 1, 2, 3 etc. then all albums with just 1 disc could not be separated from albums with more discs as "1" always is "1" and not "1/1" or "1/2". So I would expect, that all files of album no. 1 are left in the original folder while the others get moved to a subordinate folder labelled ... … ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:14am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-albums-with-more-than-1-disc/62350/5 "2023-10-10T09:14:47Z")
You are right! That is why I explicitly drew the attention of the OP to this > [@What's missing for this regex replace expression? DISCNUMBER "1 / 2" or "2 / 2" etc](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-missing-for-this-regex-replace-expression-discnumber-1-2-or-2-2-etc/62299/4): > > Please be aware that you can not undo this step. > The information about how many discs your current album has (2 in the above example) is gone after appying this regular expression. It only remains the discnumber itself. and the OP answered: > [@What's missing for this regex replace expression? DISCNUMBER "1 / 2" or "2 / 2" etc](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-missing-for-this-regex-replace-expression-discnumber-1-2-or-2-2-etc/62299/5): > > I'm pleased to be left with only one digit in the DISCNUMBER. ---
**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, 12:30pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/filter-for-albums-with-more-than-1-disc/62350/6 "2026-02-09T12:30:10Z")