audacity / audacity/audacity

Clear Metadata on all files processed via Macro

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Enhancement Request macros / scripting Metadata minor feature
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Description

### Your idea

Option to add 'Clear Metadata' to a Macro chain. Every file processed by this Macro would have Metadata removed.

### Problem to be solved

Better results when bulk processing files in specific cases. Currently I can use "EditMetaData:" in my Macro and it will display the Metadata screen each process and I can click 'Clear' and 'Ok' but this is not efficient or bulk processing. We would like this to be automatic.

### Prior art

I have used this tool before to bulk remove metadata from mp3s https://crates.io/crates/id3-image

### Additional context

Thanks

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by tracing the existing "EditMetaData:" Macro command and the Metadata screen's "Clear" action. Determine how a Macro processes each file and make the requested option remove metadata without opening the screen; done when every file in the Macro chain is processed this way.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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