Format specifiers

Format specifiers can be used to split a file name into tags and to name a file or playlist based on existing tags using the scanner.

Format specifier

Corresponding tag field

%a

Artist: this is the artist or artists who created the track, this field may contact a featured artist as well as the album artist

%z

Album artist

%b

Album title

%c

Comment: this is the free-form comment field

%p

Composer: this is the creator of the track

%r

Copyright holder: this is usually the artist, but it can also be the record label

%d

Disc number

%e

Encoded by: this is usually the person who encoded the file, but the field is also used for the application that was used to encode the file

%g

Genre

%i

Ignored: this format specifier can only be used in Fill Tag to specify parts of the file name which should be ignored

%l

Number of tracks: the total number of tracks on the medium

%o

Original artist

%n

Track number

%t

Track title

%u

URL

%x

Number of discs

%y

Year of recording, sometimes the date of release is used instead