Feature request: Allow "track-total" (total number of tracks) to be empty

[dcharles]

I use eyeD3 with the CD-ripping software abcde, which allows you to pass in command-line parameters (e.g., --no-zero-padding) to eyeD3. However, I have not been able to find a way to force eyeD3 to empty the "track-total" field.

The manpage of eyeD3 notes: "Options for manipulating tag data have the side-effect of removing a frame when the data specified is the empty string. For example, --artist="" (or -a "") would cause the artist frame to be removed. This is especially useful for removing comment frames."

However, the argument of "--track-total" is a number, not a string, so it appears that it is not possible to empty this field.

I attempted to accomplish this by passing in a value of zero (i.e., "--track-total=0"). After running that command and using eyeD3 to check the mp3 file, the total number of tracks is no longer shown. However, if I use another program (e.g., puddletag) to check the mp3 file, the "track" field is still populated with a zero: e.g., "01/00".

If it helps, my eyeD3 version number is 0.6.18.