Rename tags from filename

[ohrenkino]

There is a "howTo" in the FAQs that describes how to import data from the folder structure:

Converters to rename files or to import tags

How to import parts of the filename into the tag? Importing tags from filenames and directory names can be done by using the [Converter > Filename - Tag] Converter > Filename - Tag. The basic concept is the notion of a format string which describes the structure of the name to import from. The format string is built of either standard text (e.g., Music), placeholders (such as %artist%, %title%, ...), or backslash characters \ that denote directory structures. Here is an example that imports t…

@Mrakobes666

|Ayreon
............|2013 - The Theory of Everything (Limited Edition)
...........................................................................................|CD1 - Phase I׃ Singularity ⁄ Phase II׃ Symmetry

could be imported with
Format string: %artist%\%year% - %album%\CD%discnumber% - %myalbum%
If you want to have a special format in a field that you have to modify that field after you have imported the data.
If the data is split across the full filename, use a helper field like %myalbum% and merge it after import with an action of the type "Format value" or Convert>Tag-Tag for the target field ALBUM with the
Format string: %album% (%myalbum%)