VBR vs. constant bitrate

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Hello, I have a question - my collection of mp3s is organized like this:
Folder name:"artist - album name (bitrate)"
bitrate is either number (128kbps, 192kbps) or variable (VBR).
For MP3Tag to rename my folders of albums correctly, I have to use two different settings of folder naming (hence two different mp3tag.cfg files) which I manually switch (through a use of macro obviously) but then I have to restart MP3Tag in order to the different mp3tag.cfg to come in effect. Can MP3 tag somehow recognize that album is in variable bitrate and therefore offer a "VBR" text instead of 136kbps(or any other nonstandart number) in folder renaming (variable %bitrate%)?

Thank you for any advice, other than this, I love this program :slight_smile:

Endy

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Use the field %_vbr%

The field will contain either VBR or CBR.

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Thanks, but this doesnt help - I would need a decisive algorythm - because if it is CBR, then i want number and suffix "kbps" (like "128kbps"), if it is VBR, then "VBR" is good enought.

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You really don't need different mp3tag.cfg files to make different allbum structures with Mp3tag.
Which tool from Mp3tag do you use for renaming?

You can use scripting to check if a file has VBR:
$if($eql(%_vbr%,VBR),VBR,%_bitrate%kbps)

https://docs.mp3tag.de/scripting

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Awesome, that was EXACTLY what I was looking for, thank you very much. :slight_smile: