# Playlist name format question **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094 "2022-08-04T15:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bukweet6](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Bukweet6](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bukweet6)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094/1 "2022-08-04T15:59:00Z")
I am trying to create playlist on my SD card connected to my PC. The drive letter is F. When I hit Ctrl+P in mp3tag I get a pop-up for the name of the playlist like this: F:\Britny Fox\mp3tag.m3u In this case the playlist in the "Britny Fox" folder will be named "mp3tag.m3u". However, I want all of my playlists to be in the top directory F:\ with the name of the artist as the play list, like so: F:\Britny Fox.m3u This accomplishes having multiple playlists with different names. If I leave the default settings then all playlists will have the same name "mp3tag.m3u" and that would be problematic if I moved the playlists to a master playlist folder later after creation. And I can't figure out any combination of changes to the File -\> Options -\> Playlist section that would accomplish this. Every playlist I create I have to delete the "\mp3tag" portion of the playlist... not a problem for one of two playlists, but I will be creating over 300 of them. Is there a solution that I'm missing? ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094/2 "2022-08-04T16:31:59Z")
As mentioned in the [playlist documentation](https://docs.mp3tag.de/playlists/#saving-playlists), you could use [playlist-specific placeholders](https://docs.mp3tag.de/format/#playlist) for your playlist name. ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/9/95e1d25f2eff85c86b52b9443dc1cfc2c80ce49f.png) ---
**Author:** ![Bukweet6](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Bukweet6](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bukweet6)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094/3 "2022-08-04T16:37:04Z")
Hi and thanks for the quick reply. Do you mean like this: ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4dbd0e083031692b673ca0f7b7f463d1c7e9fe07.png) I'm not sure I did it correctly because the result comes up once again like this: ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/0/0b2265fe3350e1d9da0dfb90f4087f3d4a317087.png) ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094/4 "2022-08-04T16:38:20Z")
You have to use the exactly correct syntax: `%_playlist_folderpath%` (add an underscore between `%` and `playlist`) ---
**Author:** ![Bukweet6](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Bukweet6](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bukweet6)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094/5 "2022-08-04T16:39:05Z")
Hi yes I caught that and was just replying about that. However, it still gives me the same result. ---
**Author:** ![LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/c6cbf5/32.png) [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094/6 "2022-08-04T16:42:04Z")
You can try to use a fixed path, like this as "Filename of playlist" `F:\%ARTIST% - %ALBUM% - %YEAR%.m3u` Just replace the placeholders with values you want to use. ---
**Author:** ![Bukweet6](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@Bukweet6](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bukweet6)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094/7 "2022-08-04T16:45:02Z")
SUCCESS! ![image](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/2/2a02c221e4984a6df62623857e4fa5e03a4eb4a8.png) That worked perfectly! Thank you so much for your help and patience! Best regards, Steven ---
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/playlist-name-format-question/58094/8 "2026-02-09T12:29:52Z")