# Split Filename into Title And Album Artist

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-into-title-and-album-artist/15415>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 20, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-into-title-and-album-artist/15415 "2014-01-20T17:18:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jp\_18in](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jp\_18in](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/jp_18in)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-into-title-and-album-artist/15415/1 "2014-01-20T17:18:42Z")

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hi everyone

i have lots of file names in the following format

02.Poo Muthal Pen Varai-Yuvan Shankar Raja

i want to have Title- 02.Poo Muthal Pen Varai

& Album Artist - Yuvan Shankar Raja

So how to go about it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

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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:** [January 20, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/split-filename-into-title-and-album-artist/15415/2 "2014-01-20T17:33:12Z")

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> [@jp\_18in](#):
>
> ...  
> 02.Poo Muthal Pen Varai-Yuvan Shankar Raja
> 
> ...Title- 02.Poo Muthal Pen Varai
> 
> & Album Artist - Yuvan Shankar Raja
> 
> So how to go about it.
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated

Use Convert Filename-Tag and the mask  
%track%.%title%-%albumartist%  
or (as my example imports the tracknumber to TRACK instead of TITLE)  
%title%-%albumartist%

The preview should show you the result.  
IF the preview does not show the correct result then you have to modify the mask so that it matches the pattern. This could mean that you have to adapt the number of blanks or modify the separating characters.

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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/split-filename-into-title-and-album-artist/15415/3 "2026-02-09T12:24:52Z")

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