# Music Filename To TAG Fields Artist & Title
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [November 5, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663 "2023-11-05T10:43:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@JanVC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JanVC)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/1 "2023-11-05T10:43:14Z")
Hi,
I have all my music stored with filenames ex. like this 🙂
Jellybean - The Real Thing (1987)
Now , what kind of string can I use in filename to tag, to extract the and populate the "Artist , Title , Year"
If I use the format string : ARTIST - TITLE , only artist field is populated with the complete filename OR title with the complete filename , but not separated ...
Is here a possibility to add screenshots so I can show it...
Thx for help
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 10:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/2 "2023-11-05T10:56:21Z")
> [@JanVC](#):
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> Is here a possibility to add screenshots so I can show it...
Yes, there is:
> [@Hints for asking Support Requests](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190):
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> If you need support using Mp3tag, you can help the community members that are about to support you in finding a solution or workaround to your problem, by following these simple guidelines. Be descriptive, also in what you’ve already tried Please give a short explanation what’s not working as expected or what you’re trying to achieve. It’s best to know any details about the problem at hand and especially, what steps you’ve already tried to solve it by yourself. Helpful information also includ…
Also see:
> **[First Steps – Mp3tag Documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/getting-started/first-steps/#importing-parts-of-the-file-name-to-the-tag)**
>
> A collection of tasks with step-by-step instructions intended for novice users of Mp3tag. Mp3tag is the universal Tag Editor.
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### Author:  [@JanVC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JanVC)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/3 "2023-11-05T13:14:47Z")
Hi ,
Thanks for your reply 🙂 Here is a screenshot from how I want it to be automatically rename, in this screenshot I did it all manually... So left is the filename , containing : Artist - Title (Year)
This info need to be converted to the corresponding tags .. HOW and where do I need to fill in the strings ... I try with the convertor ... but I loose always , OR the artist, or the title ..
Thanks in advance
Kind regards ,
Dirk
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/4 "2023-11-05T13:38:39Z")
Oh, you are on a Mac!
Still, try as
Formatstring: `%artist% (%year%) - %title%`
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### Author:  [@JanVC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JanVC)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/5 "2023-11-05T13:53:12Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> `%artist% (%year%) - %title%`
Yes right on a Mac 🙂
But I try what you proposed , now the "CONVERT" button stays greyed out .. cannot click on that , meaning strings not good ☹ sorry ...
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/6 "2023-11-05T13:56:40Z")
Every character and space counts.
Also, it could be that the hyphen in the filename is not the hyphen that you (can) enter via the keyboard but only looking like one.
So, what happens, if you copy and paste that character?
I think that the converter has a preview that dynamically shows what would be put into which field - if you type in the formatstring - up to which character does the preview work?
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### Author:  [@JanVC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JanVC)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/7 "2023-11-05T14:01:33Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> %artist%
By entering "artist "
By entering the other strings ,, this ☹
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/8 "2023-11-05T14:03:22Z")
at least for the longer string you are missing the brackets and the hyphen.
i would have expected the format string to work at least up to the opening brackets.
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### Author:  [@JanVC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JanVC)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/9 "2023-11-05T14:23:55Z")
Can you give an example please ? As I don’t understand the word hyphen …I’m Dutch .. 🙂
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/10 "2023-11-05T14:25:48Z")
hyphen = the "minus" character between (1996) and Jump for Joy
Have you tried to copy&paste that character from the filename?
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### Author:  [@JanVC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JanVC)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/11 "2023-11-05T16:12:10Z")
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> `%artist% (%year%) - %title%`
Hi again,
Sorry to annoy you with this ... I tryed the following. see screenshot , almost ok , but now its also separating the year field , which is ok for filling up the year tag , but I want the year also after the artist like in the filename...
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### Author:  [@JanVC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JanVC)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/12 "2023-11-05T16:28:46Z")
It seems that this did the trick now !! 🙂
Thanks for your quick support 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 4:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/music-filename-to-tag-fields-artist-title/62663/13 "2023-12-05T16:29:03Z")
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