# Help with Filename to Tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-to-tag/51578
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 15, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-to-tag/51578 "2021-01-15T04:32:00Z")
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### 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: [January 15, 2021, 5:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/help-with-filename-to-tag/51578/6 "2021-01-15T05:30:42Z")

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> [@bobwiley](#):
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> Is there a tutorial somewhere that explains these things in layman's terms?

There is the FAQs and HowTo section in this forum, for instance:

> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016):
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> Mp3tag provides a variety of possibilities to get tag information from parts of the filename or rename files based on the information stored in the tag of a file. The base concept behind all converters in Mp3tag is the so called format string, which describes a pattern (or template) of a filename or a line in a tag-list file. A format string consists of any characters and predefined placeholders or scripting functions. Every placeholder begins with the percent sign %, followed by a tag field n…

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