If files (mp3 or flac) have replaygain already applied, I’d like Picard to clear that before applying new tags.
I have the “clear existing tags” box checked, but after tagging replaygain is still there, and I clear them manually with foobar.
I don’t use replaygain, so I just want it to be cleared when I re-tag stuff the way I like it. Is there some reason the “clear existing tags” option doesn’t do this already?
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Replaygain tags, like a few other tags, are considered calculated data that is linked to a file’s audio and does not come from MB metadata. Hence it is always merged with the data from MB when assigning a file to a recording. That way calculated replaygain stays even if the file is moved between recordings.
If you always want to remove it use a script with $delete to mark those tags for deletion. To delete all replaygain related tags known to Picard:
$delete(replaygain_album_gain)
$delete(replaygain_album_peak)
$delete(replaygain_album_range)
$delete(replaygain_track_gain)
$delete(replaygain_track_peak)
$delete(replaygain_track_range)
$delete(replaygain_reference_loudness)
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That works great. Thanks 
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