# Multiple Artists to Title (...\\\\...\\\\...) to (... ft. ...\_...). But ignore "Various Artists"

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artists-to-title-to-ft-but-ignore-various-artists/17090
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [July 24, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artists-to-title-to-ft-but-ignore-various-artists/17090 "2015-07-24T15:52:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![RexManning](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@RexManning](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RexManning)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artists-to-title-to-ft-but-ignore-various-artists/17090/1 "2015-07-24T15:52:41Z")

</div>

Having read all but over a dozen topics about roughly the same issue (or the other way around), I just can't seem to discover an answer to my question.

I have only a few albums where this is necessary, but I would love to be able to have an action to:

- Write my multiple artists to the song title.
- Ignoring the "Various Artists" artist.
- If there are more than 1 artists (more than Various Artists + 1) separated by "\_"
- Write the names inverted (so from Last Name, First Name to First Name Last Name) without the comma.

Example:

Album: A Trip To Brazil - 40 Years Of Bossa Nova  
Title: Desfinado  
Arist: **Various Artists\\Getz, Stan\\Byrd, Charlie**  
Album Artist: Various Artists

Desired outcome:

Album: A Trip To Brazil - 40 Years Of Bossa Nova  
Title: Desfinado **ft. Stan Getz\_Charlie Bird**  
Arist: Various Artists\\Getz, Stan\\Byrd, Charlie  
Album Artist: Various Artists

Thanks a lot for any help on this!

I have used this forum for a great deal of help on my big cleaning project and am finally almost done after months of work, but this is the last hurdle.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2015, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artists-to-title-to-ft-but-ignore-various-artists/17090/2 "2015-07-24T17:55:47Z")

</div>

> [@RexManning](#):
>
> Example:  
> Album: A Trip To Brazil - 40 Years Of Bossa Nova  
> Title: Desfinado  
> Arist: **Various Artists\\Getz, Stan\\Byrd, Charlie**  
> Album Artist: Various Artists  
> Desired outcome:  
> Album: A Trip To Brazil - 40 Years Of Bossa Nova  
> Title: Desfinado **ft. Stan Getz\_Charlie Bird**  
> Arist: Various Artists\\Getz, Stan\\Byrd, Charlie  
> Album Artist: Various Artists  
> ...

Give this a try ...

**TITLE \<== 'Desfinado' ARTIST \<== 'Various Artists\\\\Getz, Stan\\\\Byrd, Charlie' ... or ... ARTIST \<== 'Getz, Stan\\\\Various Artists\\\\Byrd, Charlie' ... or ... ARTIST \<== 'Getz, Stan\\\\Byrd, Charlie\\\\Various Artists' TEMP \<== %TITLE%' ft. '$trim(** 

**```
                     <!--coloro:#800080--><span style="color:#800080"><!--/coloro-->$regexp<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->(<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->
                     <!--coloro:#800080--><span style="color:#800080"><!--/coloro-->$replace<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->(<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->
                     <!--coloro:#800080--><span style="color:#800080"><!--/coloro-->$meta_sep<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->(<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->ARTIST<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->,<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->_<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->)<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->
                     <!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->,<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->Various Artists<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->,<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->)<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->_<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->
                     <!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->,<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->_?(.+?), (.+?)_<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->,<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->_$2 $1<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->)<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->
                     <!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->,<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->_<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#008080--><span style="color:#008080"><!--/coloro-->'<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc--><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->)<!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->**

**```**

 **TEMP ==\> 'Desfinado ft. Stan Getz\_Charlie Byrd'**

DD.20150724.2159.CEST

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![RexManning](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@RexManning](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RexManning)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artists-to-title-to-ft-but-ignore-various-artists/17090/3 "2015-07-24T18:35:03Z")

</div>

%TITLE% ft. $trim($regexp($replace($meta\_sep(ARTIST,'_'),'Various Artists',)'_','_?(.+?), (.+?)_','_$2 $1'),'_')

Worked perfectly! Thank you very...VERY MUCH!!!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### 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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/multiple-artists-to-title-to-ft-but-ignore-various-artists/17090/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:47Z")

</div>