Remove all "total track number" entries?

[DesertRaid]

Hello everyone,

I've been using MB for several days now, and am slowly finding my way around, but still have a few questions. First up, is there a way to clear the total track number fields for several tracks at once? Eg: where it might currently say "Track 5 of 11" I want to clear the box that says 11. I find they're quite often inaccurate, especially with numerous discs or various re-releases, so would rather lose them, but doing so one at a time is a bit tedious!

Thanks

[karbock]

Hello DesertRaid, and welcome to the forum!

You can remove the total track count this way:
- select the tracks
- right-click -> edit
- tick the check box between "track ___" and "of ____" (cf. screenshot)
- empty the text box containing the total track count
- [Save]

[MotleyG]

A word of caution - it is very easy to remove all of this data once as you have requested. It is much more difficult to restore it if you change your mind later. It will take much more manual work. Consider this before making a decision you may regret in the future. I always recommend keeping a backup of your library. Perhaps in this case you need at least one more backup for the backup before you proceed.

[DesertRaid]

Thanks both. I love just how powerful and full of variety/options it is. Potentially it could be too dauntingly complex to master, but the existence of these forums unlocks it brilliantly.

[hiccup]

FWIW, if you don't want to use or edit the track count tag of your files, but still want to see the actual track count, you could also use use a virtual tag like this:

name:
Tr./Cnt.

code:
$Pad(<Track#>,1) /$Count(<Album>)

This will always show the actual and current track count for an album.
(regarding multi-disk albums, re-releases etc, the count will depend on what is set to define an album under Configuration > Sorting/Grouping > grouping)