# Variable for "current folder" in "albums"

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/variable-for-current-folder-in-albums/49046
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 23, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/variable-for-current-folder-in-albums/49046 "2020-05-23T09:17:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Bjarne](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@Bjarne](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bjarne)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2020, 9:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/variable-for-current-folder-in-albums/49046/1 "2020-05-23T09:17:40Z")

</div>

Hi

Thanks for at great program, I am using it very much  
and donated a couple of times.

When I tag my mp3's a.o. I always name the album-tag after the  
Current folder in my file-system.

ex. C:\pink floyed\*_The Dark Side of the moon_\*\trackxx.mp3

Is the a way that "Mp3tag" can do that with a variable, or something like that ?

Thanx in advance

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### 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: [May 23, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/variable-for-current-folder-in-albums/49046/2 "2020-05-23T09:20:58Z")

</div>

see here:

> [@Folder Name to Album Tag, Is it possible?](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/folder-name-to-album-tag-is-it-possible/48968/):
>
> Hi. First, thank you for a fantastic app. It's helping me a lot. I've always organized my music by folder name. Recently, Windows 10 changed their file structure so folder names are no longer showing in streaming devices (dlna in my case). The only data that is passed along is the metadata, i.e., tags. My best option is to reorganize my music collection by the Album tag. The problem is that many of my Album tags are either blank or inconsistent with their folder names. Right now, I am pai…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Bjarne](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@Bjarne](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Bjarne)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/variable-for-current-folder-in-albums/49046/3 "2020-05-29T12:39:18Z")

</div>

Hi I found the solution myself (with a little help from this forum)

Just Convert/ Tag to tag/

Field: Album

Variable: %\_directory%

Thanks

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2025, 2:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/variable-for-current-folder-in-albums/49046/4 "2025-07-20T14:14:33Z")

</div>

This topic was automatically closed 30 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.