# Tag mp3 from file path
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 17, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275 "2008-02-17T13:45:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Kirkski](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kirkski)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275/1 "2008-02-17T13:45:39Z")
Hello all,
I'm sure there's a logical way to do this but i can't figure it out.
I've tagged all my mp3 based on the solution found in
[/t/5621/1](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/5621/1)
For example %Artist%\%Album%\%Title% tagged the file "C:\David Bowie\Ziggy Stardust\track1.mp3" ...
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Ziggy Stardust
Track:Track1
However, (as you'd expect) the path "C:\David Bowie\Platinum Collection\cd3\track1.mp3" tags Track1.mp3 ...
Artist: Platinum Collection
Album: CD3
Track:Track1
Are there any RegExp heads out there that know how to tag the below file in the format detailed below?
Path:
C:\David Bowie\Platinum Collection\cd3\track1.mp3
Artist: David Bowie
Album: Platinum Collection - CD3
Track:Track1
Thanks in advance.
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### Author:  [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2008, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275/2 "2008-02-17T14:15:10Z")
Hi,
Does %artist%\%album%\CD%discnumber%\%title% help? But this needs the extended Tag discnumber to be filled in. (You get Extended Tags by pressing ALT - T or via View - Extended Tags
Regards
Michael
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275/3 "2008-02-17T14:51:49Z")
> [@Kirkski](#):
>
> ... Are there any RegExp heads out there that know how to tag the below file in the format detailed below?
> Path:
> C:\David Bowie\Platinum Collection\cd3\track1.mp3
>
> Artist: David Bowie
> Album: Platinum Collection - CD3
> Track:Track1
> ...
You may try:
```
%Artist%\$regexp(%Album%,^(.+) - (CD\d+)$,$1)\$lower($regexp(%Album%,^(.+) - (CD\d+)$,$2))\\%Title%
```
DD.20080217.1651.CET
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### Author:  [@Kirkski](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Kirkski)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275/4 "2008-02-17T15:21:11Z")
Ok,
I've tried the first solution using the discnumber tag. It almost meets my requirements, the only thing that's missing is the numbering on the album tag. For example:
Album: Platinum Collection
Not
Album: Platinum Collection - CD3
Thanks Mike\_nl.
The second solution returns the following:
Artist: C:
Title: track1
DetlevD, Have you missed something in your RegExp?
Thanks (again) in advance.
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### Author:  [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2008, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275/5 "2008-02-17T15:46:42Z")
Hi,
then I think
%artist%\%album% CD %Discnumber%\%title%
Must work
Regards
Michael
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### Author:  [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275/6 "2008-02-17T17:44:36Z")
> [@Kirkski](#):
>
> ... The second solution returns the following:
> Artist: C:
> Title: track1
>
> DetlevD, Have you missed something in your RegExp? ...
Hmm, I thought you have a tagfield named ALBUM which contains for example such a string like 'Platinum Collection - CD3', that means, this string has two parts connected by a space-hyphen-space sequence, so that:
'$regexp(%Album%,^(.+) - (CD\d+)$,$1)$lower($regexp(%Album%,^(.+) - (CD\d+)$,$2))'
will result in:
'Platinum Collection\cd3'.
This case has been prooved to be correct.
DD.20080217.1944.CET
Hmm ... I did misunderstand OP Kirkski request and proposed a format string on the base of already proper filled tag-fields, but the OP wanted to split the filepath into its components to be stored in the tag-fields, with the special need to combine some splitted values into one tag-field, just in one process.
User Mike\_nl in post #2 gave the solution to fill the path component "CD number" into the tag-Field DISCNUMBER.
That is the right way.
In a following step both values from the ALBUM tag-field and from the DISCNUMBER tag-field can be combined into the ALBUM tag-field.
Action: Format value
Field: ALBUM
Formatstring: %ALBUM%' - CD'%DISCNUMBER%
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tag-mp3-from-file-path/6275/7 "2026-02-09T12:20:47Z")