Problem w Adding Tags to File Name (and Title)

[dec]

although i have a coupole of other tag edits that i find confusing, THIS one (i thought) should have been simple (even for me)

the task was to add Length and Bitrate to the end of File Name and Title (possibly)

so i thought what i think i did in the past shpould have made this easy

%_filename > %_filename %_bitrate& %_length%

see attached actual attempt

but it simply refuses to do anything at all for either File Name or Title

and i then tried to add %Artist% the same way (as this is related to another fix)- with the same result - nada.

and i cannot see anything at all wrong with syntax - and i have doine it before with a different file set.

so what am i not seeing?

BTW, thank heavens this Forum allows screenshot uploads: it

is just impossibly in most cases w/o that

[ohrenkino]

see here for the correct use of an action of the type "Replace":

Replace treats %Artist% as a literal

[mp3tag-replace-error-21-06-2023 20-22-32] [mp3tag-replace-error-2-21-06-2023 20-20-32] can you spot any error? i cant. it obvious finds the TBA string becuase that is what it replaced immediately after, it did another odd thing. when i chan [mp3tag-replace-error-21-06-2023 20-20-32] ged back and tried again, it just ignored it. see 3rd screenshor.

[dec]

so the problem is that i was (again) using Actions when i needed to use Convert (one reason was before i saw an existing such action, but that must have been a previous one that didn't work. i will have to check for those and delete. the prob is that i have all these Actions, and i can't be sure which one don't work, but i can i identify this type.

changing the subject slightly, when checking your reference, i came across (again) your mention of 'How Tos'

the prob is that i had not seen that listed in Manual T0C, and when i checked again, still no mention - so where is this, and why not in the Manual?

thanks & cheers

[ohrenkino]

@dec

so the problem is that i was (again) using Actions when i needed to use Convert

No, the problem is the action type. If you want to assign new data to a field then use an action of the type "Format value".

The most straight-forward way to rename files would be the converter, in fact. and that is mentioned in the HowTos

Converters to rename files or to import tags

How to rename files based on tags? Renaming files, creating folders and complete directory structures from tags can be done by using the [:mt_ttf:] Converter > Tag - Filename with a format string. A format string is used to describe the structure of the desired filename. Besides using normal placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...) and arbitrary text (e.g., Music) it also allows for separating folders with the backslash \ character. Here is an example that renames the file based on the t…

and the documentation.

Rename Files – Mp3tag Documentation

If you insist on an action, the search function in this forum reveals with the search word "rename file" e.g. the following thread:

renaming files, not tags!

hi! i'm using this program for a few days. it is ok, but i have one question. when i arrange all tags, add picture if available, i usually also rename files. format for renaming is ARTIST - name of song.mp3. but, in mp3tag i can not do such renaming. file rename exists, but there is only for whole file name. all upper, or all lover case. so, is there possibility to rename file in UPPER - lover. ext? thanks in advance!! regards!