# Shorten Filename Title with script
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filename-title-with-script/7166
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 8, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filename-title-with-script/7166 "2008-09-08T03:41:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filename-title-with-script/7166/1 "2008-09-08T03:41:06Z")
I want to shorten long filenames to 64 characters by reducing the length of the title only e.g.
01 - This Track Has A Very, Very, Very, Very Long Title - Abba - The Best Of Abba.mp3
to
01 - This Track Has A Very, Very, - Abba - The Best Of Abba.mp3
Using Convert Filename - Filename I got this far:
%1 - $iflonger(%\_filename\_ext%,64, ????? ,%2) - %3 - %4
any help appreciated.
P.S. I don't want to rely on tag data at all.
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2008, 5:59am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filename-title-with-script/7166/2 "2008-09-08T05:59:00Z")
> [@Oblio](#):
>
> I want to shorten long filenames to 64 characters by reducing the length of the title only ...
You may try:
**%1 - $left(%2,$ifgreater($len(%1 - %2 - %3 - %4),60,$sub($len(%2),$sub($len(%1 - %2 - %3 - %4),60)),$len(%2))) - %3 - %4**
This will result into a 64 character string:
"01 - This Track Has A Very, Very, - Abba - The Best Of Abba.mp3"
It seem that Mp3tag system placeholders like "%\_filename\_ext%" are not supported in converter filename-filename. I would suggest to use an action otherwise.
DD.20080908.1003.CEST
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### Author:  [@Oblio](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Oblio)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filename-title-with-script/7166/3 "2008-09-12T01:11:51Z")
Thanks DetlevD you rescued me again!
This works perfectly, as usual. 😃
> [@DetlevD](#):
>
> You may try:
> **%1 - $left(%2,$ifgreater($len(%1 - %2 - %3 - %4),60,$sub($len(%2),$sub($len(%1 - %2 - %3 - %4),60)),$len(%2))) - %3 - %4**
>
> This will result into a 64 character string:
> "01 - This Track Has A Very, Very, - Abba - The Best Of Abba.mp3"
>
> It seem that Mp3tag system placeholders like "%\_filename\_ext%" are not supported in converter filename-filename. I would suggest to use an action otherwise.
>
> DD.20080908.1003.CEST
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/shorten-filename-title-with-script/7166/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:05Z")