# Importing tags from one library to another **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-tags-from-one-library-to-another/42192 **Category:** Support **Created:** [July 4, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-tags-from-one-library-to-another/42192 "2018-07-04T23:46:48Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### 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: [July 5, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-tags-from-one-library-to-another/42192/2 "2018-07-05T05:04:52Z")
I think you have to use %\_filename% instead of %\_path% Also, the FILENAME should be included in the export data. The example that you gave looks like a mock-up as the separating characters do not match. Did you know that if you have the source files and the target files in the same order and selected matching numbers then you can transfer the tags with copy/paste from the source to the target. So the first target file gets the data from the first source file, the second from the second and so on. See also here: > [@Copy mp3 idv3 tags to flac tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-mp3-idv3-tags-to-flac-tags/7671/2): > > Hi Mark, you can use Mp3tag's [:mt\_export:] Export feature with, e.g., txt\_taglist as export configuration to export the tags to a flat file or just load both your MP3s and your FLACs and use [Ctrl+C]/[Ctrl+V] to copy/paste the tags from the MP3s to the FLACs. Kind regards, Florian or here: > [@How to automate Copying MP3 tags to FLAC files in batches](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-automate-copying-mp3-tags-to-flac-files-in-batches/7073): > > MP3TAG is a very useful program, much appreciated. I am converting over from MP3 to FLAC files. My MP3 files already have customized tags viewable in MP3TAG, so they would be very time consuming to re-create. I am trying to figure out the most efficient way in which to copy over these MP3 tags to the FLAC files. I assume I will set this up by placing each pair of MP3 and FLAC files in the same directory, and with the same file name and path, only differing in the extension. I know how to do… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/importing-tags-from-one-library-to-another/42192)._