# Getting id3's from path + filename
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-id3s-from-path-filename/1160
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 23, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-id3s-from-path-filename/1160 "2004-07-23T10:37:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@ruler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ruler)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2004, 10:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-id3s-from-path-filename/1160/1 "2004-07-23T10:37:36Z")
hey guys..
i collect mp3 albums for so many years now. i never cared about id3 too much, cause i only recently bought a standalone mp3 player (the nomad zen xtra), so i just renamed directories and files till now. i use the following pattern: artist - album (release\_year)/track\_number - track\_title.mp3
what i want to do is get the program to grab that information from the path/filename and automatically fix my id3 tags.. is that possible at all?
thanks!
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### Author:  [@ruler](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ruler)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2004, 10:40am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-id3s-from-path-filename/1160/2 "2004-07-23T10:40:37Z")
duh... i had searched all over for this feature, but now that i right-clicked a file on the program i saw it there, under "convert".
this works great.. fantastic! thanks a lot for the superb program, and sorry for the stupid question.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/getting-id3s-from-path-filename/1160/3 "2026-02-09T12:19:14Z")