# pulling apart a filename

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pulling-apart-a-filename/14985>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 21, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pulling-apart-a-filename/14985 "2013-08-21T22:58:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gouldopfl](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@gouldopfl](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/gouldopfl)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pulling-apart-a-filename/14985/1 "2013-08-21T22:58:37Z")

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I have a filename

1. Donny Osmond - Puppy Love

There is no title nor artist. I would like to first get the artist and the title and put them in the correct tags. Then once that is done, then I will rebuild the filename with the proper information so that it is like the rest of my library.

What I haven't been able to figure out is how to get Donny Osmond as the Artist and Puppy Love as the title. The value of %title% when I do a filename to tag conversion is the whole filename.

Best Regards

Michael Gould

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 5:31am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pulling-apart-a-filename/14985/2 "2013-08-22T05:31:26Z")

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Try Convert\> Filename - Tag  
Enter  
%track%. %artist% - %title%

The preview should show you which information will go to which field.

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**Author:** ![JCSullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/a4c791/32.png) [@JCSullivan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/JCSullivan)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2013, 9:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pulling-apart-a-filename/14985/3 "2013-08-22T09:48:35Z")

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Have you tried TagSouces\>FreeDB? I have only just discovered this and it worked great - filled-in many missing tags.

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**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, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/pulling-apart-a-filename/14985/4 "2026-02-09T12:24:38Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC