# Tag based on folder information
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 30, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143 "2008-01-30T02:24:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@dave88](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dave88)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/1 "2008-01-30T02:24:48Z")
I've just converted a whole bunch of live music shows to flac from shn. I would like to tag them based on information in the containing folder names.
example folder name: gd77-05-07.sbd.Boston.Garden.flac16
I would like to tag the files with the date and venue extracted from this info, is this possible with mp3tag?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/2 "2008-01-31T18:50:46Z")
Maybe you can say a little more about the folder names, what parts are consistent or how can venue and date be recognized.
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### Author:  [@dave88](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dave88)
#### Post date: [January 31, 2008, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/3 "2008-01-31T22:15:52Z")
Well I've changed the folder names a bit I've removed any "." in venue names so "Boston.Garden" is now "Boston Garden"
Before the first "." is the date "gd77-05-07" (the gd stands for grateful dead) after the first "." is the source "sbd" after the second "." is the venue "Boston Garden"
Here are a few examples
gd71-08-06.aud.Hollywood Palladium.flac16
gd71-08-21.aud.Mickeys Barn.flac16
gd74-10-18.sbd.Winterland.flac16
gd77-05-07.sbd.Boston Garden.flac16
gd77-10-07.sbd.U of New Mexico.flac16
I have about 250 shows in this format, I have used mp3tag to mass add artist and year tags, but date and venue as album titles looks to be a very tedious cut and paste project.
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/4 "2008-02-01T10:00:09Z")
If you removed the dots from the venue it is rather simple:
Make a [new action](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/967/1)
_Action type:_ **Guess values**
_Source format:_ **%\_directory%**
_Guessing pattern:_ **%date%.%dummy%.%venue%.%dummy%**
Or Convert \> filename - tag
Format string: %date%.%dummy%.%venue%.%dummy%\%dummy%
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### Author:  [@dave88](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dave88)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/5 "2008-02-02T00:27:27Z")
Cool, I'll give it a try.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@dave88](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dave88)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2008, 8:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/6 "2008-02-05T08:10:46Z")
With a little experimenting and a couple replace functions I was able to tag them all with date and venue as album title. IE "77-05-07 Boston Garden" Mp3tag is a truly powerful tool.
Thanks again 
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### Author:  [@Bluesrule](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bluesrule)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/7 "2021-09-02T00:24:07Z")
Found this by search .
I've folders named XXXX - Album , where XXXX is the year .
Is it possible to extract just the year to go into the tag field ?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/8 "2021-09-02T01:44:32Z")
%year% - %dummy% using the guess vales function
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/9 "2021-09-02T04:27:09Z")
If you address the folder, then you would have to expand
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> %year% - %dummy%
a little to
`%year% - %dummy%\%dummy%`
if you use Converter\>Filename-Tag
or in case of
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> guess val(u)es
action:
You need %\_directory% as source. Then the format string would be as you said:
> [@MotleyG](#):
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> %year% - %dummy%
Also, this problem has been handled in the [FAQs](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/converters-to-rename-files-or-to-import-tags/8016/3).
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2025, 7:13am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-based-on-folder-information/6143/10 "2025-03-13T07:13:04Z")
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