# Read Tag-data from XML-file
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 30, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814 "2012-08-30T07:17:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ruedigers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ruedigers)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814/1 "2012-08-30T07:17:22Z")
Hallo folks,
we have a set of mp4 files with an accompaning xml-file that holds the meta-data about the clip, like title, language etc.
- TEST00619\_dh.mp4 (hires clip)
- TEST00619\_dl.mp4 (lores clip)
- TEST00619.XML
We would like to put that metadata into the proper tags with mp3tag.
Is there a way to do that with the import-text-file?
Thanks in advance,
RooDee
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814/2 "2012-08-30T10:34:27Z")
> [@RooDee](#):
>
> ... TEST00619.XML
> We would like to put that metadata into the proper tags with mp3tag.
> Is there a way to do that with the import-text-file? ...
If there is a chance to convert the XML data into a CSV alike format, then it would be possible to use Mp3tag converter "Textfile - Tag".
For example see there ...
[http://www.luxonsoftware.com/opensource/xmltocsv](http://www.luxonsoftware.com/opensource/xmltocsv)
[http://xmltocsv.codeplex.com/](http://xmltocsv.codeplex.com/)
DD.20120830.1434.CEST
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### Author:  [@ruedigers](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ruedigers)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814/3 "2012-09-07T03:25:26Z")
> [@DetlevD](#):
>
> If there is a chance to convert the XML data into a CSV alike format, then it would be possible to use Mp3tag converter "Textfile - Tag".
>
> For example see there ...
> [http://www.luxonsoftware.com/opensource/xmltocsv](http://www.luxonsoftware.com/opensource/xmltocsv)
> [http://xmltocsv.codeplex.com/](http://xmltocsv.codeplex.com/)
>
> DD.20120830.1434.CEST
Thanks so far! I think I am on track now. I will generate my own csv's with a small script.
However my task is a bit more complex than just one file.
I have about 1000 clips, which will be english (e) and german (d) in high (h) and low (l) quality, which is designated by the file name. Each set of 4 files has an .xml that goes with it, which I will now make into an english and a german .csv.
All clips with number 619 contain the same "video"-content in high or low quality, just the speaker is German or English:
> data00619-dh.mp4 \<-- german high Q data00619-dl.mp4 \<-- german low Q data00619-eh.mp4 \<-- english high Q data00619-el.mp4 \<-- english low Q data00619.xml \<-- contains both english and german meta-information data00619-d.csv \<-- german data00619-e.csv \<-- english
I got this to work: 
**Action group**
1. import text file (with filename of clip) into a dummy tag, e.g. comment
filename: %\_folderpath%$left(%\_filename%,$sub($len(%\_filename%),1)).csv
2. Guess-Values
Source Values: %comment%
Guessing pattern: %title%;%album%;%genre%;%language%
3. Remove Fields: %comments%
Is there a more straightforward way to do this? 
Thanks a bunch in advance! 🙂
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814/4 "2012-09-07T04:10:34Z")
> [@RooDee](#):
>
> Thanks so far! I think I am on track now. I will generate my own csv's with a small script. ... I got this to work ... Is there a more straightforward way to do this? ...
Nice to hear that you got it working!
As I said above ... the intended way is using the Mp3tag converter ...
[https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-text-files](https://docs.mp3tag.de/converters/import-tags-from-text-files)
... but your way allows to do it by an action group.
DD.20120907.0810.CEST
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/read-tag-data-from-xml-file/13814/5 "2026-02-09T12:24:01Z")