# MP3 data import into MP3TAG

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-data-import-into-mp3tag/48039
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 29, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-data-import-into-mp3tag/48039 "2020-02-29T06:30:11Z")
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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: [February 29, 2020, 8:09am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-data-import-into-mp3tag/48039/2 "2020-02-29T08:09:22Z")

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> [@izzyforeal](#):
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> If the software knows what it is, why doesn't it populate those fields?

Because the filename is no tag data. Only you know that it has the structure of ARTIST - TITLE.  
So give MP3tag a clue and import it with the function Convert\>Filename-Tag.  
See also the HowTos on importing data:

> [@Converters to rename files or to import tags](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3):
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> How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter \> Filename - Tag] Converter \> Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…

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