# Mp3tag Filename to Tag pattern support issue
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-filename-to-tag-pattern-support-issue/4338
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 16, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-filename-to-tag-pattern-support-issue/4338 "2007-01-16T01:22:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@directjj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/directjj)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-filename-to-tag-pattern-support-issue/4338/1 "2007-01-16T01:22:56Z")
Mp3tag usage question (or ERQ)
Filename to Tag pattern support for e.g.
Roy Orbison - Mystery Girl 01 You Got It.flac
Using %dummy% after %album% U can come close, but get album = Mystery
Otherwise I shoves the track number into the song field.
I don’t use the extra dashes between album and track and track and song to shorten the file name (windows path limitation) and to basically make it more readable in a small window on my PC and or MP3 player or TV.
Programmatically you can see where the track number begins since it is numeric (I always use preceding zeroes) or maybe there could be a dialog that allows the user to position the cursor where the track number begins…??
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JJ
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-filename-to-tag-pattern-support-issue/4338/2 "2026-02-09T12:20:06Z")