Incorrect media times in some podcasts

[Greg Meyer]

On Wednesday 11 October 2006 9:13 am, Art Alexion wrote:
> I have no idea if the problem is with amaroK (1.4.3), the media (mp3)
> itself, or the podcast server.
>
> Yesterday, I was having problems with some different podcasts (different
> servers, too).  Amarok downloaded them, but they were cut short.  After I
> tried deleting the media and downloading again, I noticed that the total
> play times displayed were much shorter than they should have been.  I tried
> deleting and downloading again, same thing.  I checked the directory (ls
> -l) and found that the file sizes were in the range where they should be. 
> I tried playing them again and found, by example, a half hour podcast that
> amarok was showing as four minutes, indeed played for a half hour.  Amarok
> would track the first four minutes correctly, the progress slider would
> stop at the end, but the track completed correctly.
>
> What's up with this?  Can I fix it?

If they are mp3s it sounds like maybe the xing header is b0rked or not 
existant so amarok cannot tell what the bitrate is so it is guessing.  A 10 
minute recording at 64kbps might look like a 5 minute recording at 128kbps.  
-- 
Greg