# Keeping multiple releases of the same album separate?

**URL:** https://community.metabrainz.org/t/keeping-multiple-releases-of-the-same-album-separate/814309
**Category:** MusicBrainz Picard
**Created:** [March 1, 2026, 10:21am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/keeping-multiple-releases-of-the-same-album-separate/814309 "2026-03-01T10:21:16Z")
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### Author: ![aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/user_avatar/community.metabrainz.org/aerozol/32/116_2.png) [@aerozol](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/aerozol)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2026, 5:52am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/keeping-multiple-releases-of-the-same-album-separate/814309/3 "2026-03-02T05:52:45Z")

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> [@bizzybody](#):
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> Is there an option in Picard to tag a folder name with something denoting which media type it is?

You can do this in the file naming script (MusicBrainz Picard \> Options \> File Naming \> Edit file naming script).

This is the script that I use that does that for some specific formats:

`$noop([special format])$if($in(%media%,CD-R),[CD-R] )$if($in(%media%,8cm CD),[8cm CD] )$if($in(%media%,Cassette),[cassette] )`

That will add the format to the folder name, e.g. _Album name (CD-R)_

This script only adds it for some formats - CD-R, 8cm CD and cassette. You can find the full list of %media% variables in MusicBrainz [here](https://musicbrainz.org/doc/Release/Format), and add them to the script as you wish.

> [@bizzybody](#):
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> Only multiple copies of _exactly_ the same track from _exactly_ the same release should be dumped into the same folder.

There’s lots of ways to do this. [This post](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/help-naming-script-how-to-handle-different-two-similar-versions/568936) for instance has some other solutions. If you want to be reeeaallly specific you can add the release ID to the folder name.

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