Trying to combine file name parts to a tag in different order

[ChipR]

I receive many mp3 audio files for dance comps. The format is always fixed. If is a duet so two names the format is catagory_level_1st person last name_1st person first name_2nd person first name_2nd person lastname.

id like title to be names as 1st person first 1st person last & 2nd person first 2nd person last
then catagory to Artist and level to Album

I'm doing it with several passes now
convert filename>tag with %artist%_%album%_%composer%_%title%_%genre%_%comment%
so now name parts are in several "temp" locations

second pass puts name parts all together in right order
convert tag>tag with %title% %composer% & %genre% %comment%

then clear all temp stuff from composer, genre and comments

I gotta think there is a better way of doing this all directly but can' figure one out!!

*** ok when I posted this the convert filename to tag separators _ got dropped between most of the six tag types no idea why

thanks for any ideas
chip

[ohrenkino]

@ChipR

*** ok when I posted this the convert filename to tag separators _ got dropped between most of the six tag types no idea why

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I am not sure that I understand what happens as you use regular field names and call them

@ChipR

temp stuff

In which field do you want the data to appear? TITLE or are we talking about the filename (which is not really a tag field)

Could you show us a real filename, the function with which you retrieve the data and the desired result?

[ChipR]

real filename as emailed to me:
Jazz group_level3_Jones_Suzie_Annie_Brown.mp3

want TITLE to be Suzie Jones & Annie Brown
ARTIST to be Jazz group
ALBUM to be level 3

[ohrenkino]

@ChipR

Jazz group_level3_Jones_Suzie_Annie_Brown

Try an action group of the type "Guess value"
Source string: $replace($regexp(%_filename%,(.*?)_(.*?)_(.*),$1==$2==$3),_, )
Guessing pattern: %artist%==%album%==%title%

The & will have to be entered manually as it is hard to guess where to split the 4 words