# How to have multiple path formats?
**URL:** https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-have-multiple-path-formats/1966
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [December 23, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-have-multiple-path-formats/1966 "2021-12-23T20:13:21Z")
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### Author:  [@will5023](https://discourse.beets.io/u/will5023)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-have-multiple-path-formats/1966/1 "2021-12-23T20:13:21Z")
Hey, I’m not sure if this is covered somewhere and I just can’t find it, but is there a way to specify path formats per artist? I’d like for a couple of the artists in my library to have “original release date” as part of the path format. Thanks.
I think I answered my own question, but does this look like it would achieve my goal?
```auto
paths:
default: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/$disc-$track $title
singleton: Non-Album/$artist/$title
comp: Compilations/$album%aunique{}/$disc-$track $title
albumtype:soundtrack: Soundtracks/$album/$disc-$track $title
albumartist:Grateful Dead: $albumartist/$original_year-$original_month-$original_day/$album%aunique{}/$disc-$track $title
```
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### Author:  [@ctrueden](https://discourse.beets.io/u/ctrueden)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2021, 2:14am UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/how-to-have-multiple-path-formats/1966/2 "2021-12-28T02:14:30Z")
@will5023 I believe that will work. But I personally encountered mixed success when setting up my paths for specific album types, specific artists, etc. I ended up wanting something more powerful, so I used the [inline plugin](https://beets.readthedocs.io/en/stable/plugins/inline.html) to define my own album and item fields using Python code. Here is the relevant part of my `config.yaml`:
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And then the corresponding Python source code:
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You may not need something this complicated, but I just wanted to show it here so that you (and others) know that you have the power of Python, should you need it! 🦸