# Use Directory in Album name **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 14, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409 "2014-12-14T00:10:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![poyntzj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@poyntzj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poyntzj)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409/1 "2014-12-14T00:10:08Z")
I am looking to change the Album field on a few thousand tracks. Not to hard as all the files are in sequential folder album series\01 album series\02 and so on I want to amend just the album using this folder as the prefix is correct in the folder structure, but the tags are inconsistent. Is this possible ? i looked at trying to use the following Filename - Tag option **\%album%\1%track% - %artist% - %title%** but this just changes the album to be the folder number I cannot see where to start with the Scripts (I see them mentioned, but not how to get a script page up to write anything to make it prefix anything to the album field - If I import using the above Filename - Tag option adding a prefix is easy) Any pointers would be appreciated ---
**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409/2 "2014-12-14T07:54:01Z")
> [@poyntzj](#): > > I am looking to change the Album field on a few thousand tracks. ... > album series\01 > album series\02 > ... I want to amend just the album using this folder ... Is this possible ? > i looked at trying to use the following Filename - Tag option ... > but this just changes the album to be the folder number ... Convert: Tag -Tag ... or ... Action: Format value Field: ALBUM Formatstring: %\_parent\_directory% DD.20141214.0958.CET ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 7:57am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409/3 "2014-12-14T07:57:49Z")
> [@poyntzj](#): > > I want to amend just the album using this folder as the prefix is correct in the folder structure, but the tags are inconsistent. Please supply us with a concrete example, because I don't exactly know what you want to do. To change the album tag you could use an action "Format Value" or you take the Convert-Menue "Tag-Tag". With the Converter "Tag-Tag": Field: ALBUM Format String: %\_directory% %album% ---
**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:** [December 14, 2014, 8:32am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409/4 "2014-12-14T08:32:31Z")
> [@poyntzj](#): > > ... > album series\01 > album series\02 > and so on > > I want to amend just the album using this folder as the prefix ... If I get it right then you have the same album but several volumes like Bravo Hits 01, Bravo Hits 02, yet the volumes are split up in a separate folder for each volume and the volume number is not yet reflected in the ALBUM field. You may use the Convert\>Filename-Tag function: %album%\%album%\%dummy% The first %album% contains "Album series" and the second adds "01" to ALBUM. ALBUM should contain "Album Series 01" after the treatment. ---
**Author:** ![poyntzj](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@poyntzj](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poyntzj)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 10:50am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409/5 "2014-12-14T10:50:54Z")
Hi Ohrenkino Excellent. I had to rename the folder from an abbreviation and then the conversion, but a 2 second change to achieve what I wanted 🙂 Cheers - much appreciated > [@ohrenkino](#): > > If I get it right then you have the same album but several volumes like Bravo Hits 01, Bravo Hits 02, yet the volumes are split up in a separate folder for each volume and the volume number is not yet reflected in the ALBUM field. > > You may use the Convert\>Filename-Tag function: > %album%\%album%\%dummy% > The first %album% contains "Album series" and the second adds "01" to ALBUM. ALBUM should contain "Album Series 01" after the treatment. ---
**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, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/use-directory-in-album-name/16409/6 "2026-02-09T12:25:24Z")
Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC