Replace name with just title and artist

[MusicMaikel]

Hello everyone,

I need some help to quickly set my filenames and tags the right way.

For example, I have this title:
Fragma with Damae - Man In The Moon (2003) (Original) #fragma #vocaltrance #2000s

When I need to rename the files by hand I need to do a lot of manual work. I have tried to to it with the "replace"-action, but it's kind of a hastle. What I want is the following format:

Artist (and ft. if there is one) - Title

Does anyone have a good solution to do this?
Thanks in advance.

[ohrenkino]

As MP3tag is a tagging program that mainly deals with metadata in tags (and not filenames): which of the tag fields have you filled with data?
Because: if you have filled ARTIST and TITLE then it is child's play to create a new filename with
Converter>Tag-Filename
Format string: %artist% - %title%

If the tag fields have not been filled, import the data first with Converter>Filename-Tag

[MusicMaikel]

Sometimes the data is filled, sometimes it isn't.

Problem only is, when I do the converter, it gets all the extra info as well in the tag which isn't preffered.

[ohrenkino]

@MusicMaikel

, it gets all the extra info as well in the tag which isn't preffered

That is something I can hardly believe.
Did you have a look at the documentation?

Import Tags from File and Folder Names – Mp3tag Documentation

Esp. at %dummy% for data that you want to leave out?

[MotleyG]

@MusicMaikel

Problem only is, when I do the converter, it gets all the extra info as well in the tag which isn't preffered

Which part of your example would be considered "extra info"? I'm assuming this is when you are using the metadata fields to generate your filename?

@MusicMaikel

Sometimes the data is filled, sometimes it isn't

So then you have only the filename to work with in these cases, and have to use this to create the metadata fields like artist, title, and others. Which is the opposite converter. And depending on your filename structure, will create the tag fields. I would suggest using the Guess action if the filenames are consistent.

[MusicMaikel]

@ohrenkino

Esp. at %dummy% for data that you want to leave out?

I did not notice that, thanks for that!

@MotleyG

Which part of your example would be considered "extra info"? I'm assuming this is when you are using the metadata fields to generate your filename?

I mean by this things in a filename like "(Official video)" or "(Radio Edit)"

@MotleyG

So then you have only the filename to work with in these cases, and have to use this to create the metadata fields like artist, title, and others. Which is the opposite converter. And depending on your filename structure, will create the tag fields. I would suggest using the Guess action if the filenames are consistent.

Is there any documentation about this Guess action? And what I can use to use it in a right way?

[MotleyG]

@MusicMaikel

Is there any documentation about this Guess action? And what I can use to use it in a right way?

It is documented here, including the %dummy% placeholder that @ohrenkino mentioned.

Guess Values – Mp3tag Documentation

[ohrenkino]

@MusicMaikel

Fragma with Damae - Man In The Moon (2003) (Original) #fragma #vocaltrance #2000s

I would use Converter>Filename-Tag as that has a preview, so yu can check right away whether the pattern fits.
The above filename can probably be split into:
%artist% - %title% (%year%) (%dummy%) #%genre%