# Tagging from folders and files

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-folders-and-files/18716
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 17, 2017, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-folders-and-files/18716 "2017-02-17T20:04:59Z")
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#### Post date: [February 18, 2017, 5:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tagging-from-folders-and-files/18716/8 "2017-02-18T05:48:43Z")

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> [@garethsnaim](#):
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> So it looks like your naming convention should work and I believe thats how I have set it up but no dice, I run the group and MP3tag just says 0 files changed.

Sorry about this and that my posting led to confusion. I mixed it all up.  
Maybe it was really too late yesterday or I am getting old. 😉

Here is the way you have define the actions:

1. 

Action Type: Format Value  
Field: ARTIST **or** ALBUMARTIST  
Format String: % \_parent\_directory%

1. 

Action Type: Format Value  
Field: ALBUM  
Format String: %\_directory%

1. Action Type: Guess values  
Source Format: %\_filename%  
Guessing Pattern: %tracknumber%, %title%

The third action is based on your information in the initial posting that the tracknumber-information in the filename has ", " as a delimiter from the title-information.  
But your screeenshots show that the delimiter is " - ".  
So the third action has to be:

1. Action Type: Guess values  
Source Format: %\_filename%  
Guessing Pattern: %tracknumber% - %title%

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