# guess values from directory

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/guess-values-from-directory/17700>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 27, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/guess-values-from-directory/17700 "2016-02-27T06:01:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/slayerist/32/4940_2.png) [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/guess-values-from-directory/17700/1 "2016-02-27T06:01:48Z")

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Hi there 🙂

I love using mp3tag and really dig into forums before i post here

I have directory/folders like these (YEAR) Album name (1986) Reign In Blood

I don't have the date/tyear tagged in my tracks..so i would like to use the value (YEAR) without paranthesis from the directory and write it to mp3's year/date field..

Format  
guess values  
%\_directory% ![:huh:](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/1X/f15ee73c0fd9ec3b0db7481f0558638f8ee224ce.gif ":huh:")

Thanks all,

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/guess-values-from-directory/17700/2 "2016-02-27T06:57:55Z")

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> [@slayerist](#):
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> ... I have directory/folders like these (YEAR) Album name ... (1986) Reign In Blood ... i would like to use the value (YEAR) without paranthesis from the directory and write it to mp3's year/date field. ...

**Action "Format value" ... or ... Convert "Tag-Tag" Field: YEAR Formatstring: $regexp(%\_directory%,'^\((\d{4})\).\*$','$1') Test: '(1234) Test' ==\> '1234'** 

... or ...

  

**Action "Guess values"  
Source format ..: %\_directory%  
Guessing pattern: (%YEAR%) %DUMMY%**

 

DD.20160227.0905.CET

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**Author:** ![slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/slayerist/32/4940_2.png) [@slayerist](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/slayerist)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 8:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/guess-values-from-directory/17700/3 "2016-02-27T08:50:25Z")

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> [@DetlevD](#):
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> **Action "Format value" ... or ... Convert "Tag-Tag" Field: YEAR Formatstring: $regexp(%\_directory%,'^\((\d{4})\).\*$','$1') Test: '(1234) Test' ==\> '1234'** 
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> ... or ...
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> **Action "Guess values"  
> Source format ..: %\_directory%  
> Guessing pattern: (%YEAR%) %DUMMY%**
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> DD.20160227.0905.CET

Thank you very much 🙂

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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, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/guess-values-from-directory/17700/4 "2026-02-09T12:26:07Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:26pm UTC