# Import Cover - Filename 'conversion'

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-cover-filename-conversion/3902
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 15, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-cover-filename-conversion/3902 "2006-10-15T07:05:36Z")
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### Author: ![wab66](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@wab66](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wab66)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2006, 7:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-cover-filename-conversion/3902/1 "2006-10-15T07:05:36Z")

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I have exported 1005 covers with the export parameters %artist% - %title% and converted the png to jpg. Than I deleted all the covers out of the mp3 and began to import. But the import only imported 878 covers.

The problem is that I need a kind of conversion from the artist title name to the allowed filename characters.

The titles with a "?" had created a filename without that "?" (Eurythmics - Why? =\> Euryhmics - why.jpg)  
If I do the import the system tries to find a eurythmics - why?.jpg which doesn't exist.

How can I convert the %artist% - %title% parameter to the allowed (filename) characters. There must be a rule because for the export there's an automatic way.

Thx

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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: [October 15, 2006, 7:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-cover-filename-conversion/3902/2 "2006-10-15T07:37:29Z")

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Did you try $validate(%artist% - %title%,)?

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### Author: ![wab66](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@wab66](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/wab66)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2006, 8:45am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/import-cover-filename-conversion/3902/3 "2006-10-15T08:45:25Z")

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No, but I will try it soon and post, how it works.  
THANKS

**OK, $validate(%artist% - %title%,) =\> that works as expected  
but you have to do it on both sides for Export & Import**

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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/import-cover-filename-conversion/3902/4 "2026-02-09T12:19:55Z")

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