Long files do not properly display Time

[Mark Kretschmann]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Robert Smits <bob at rsmits.ca> wrote:
> I listen to a lot of audio books, and I've noticed that when I play them in
> Amarok 1.4.10 on my Suse 11.0 32 bit box, whenever the length of the file is
> much more than an hour, the display that shows where in the file you are
> currently, as well as the total time of the file are incorrect.
>
> It's annoying because a file an hour and 30 minutes long will show as 3:24,
> for example, and after 3 minutes you can't move the pointer to play a
> different part of the file.

The imprecise track length is a general problem with many VBR
(Variable Bit Rate) formats. For MP3, the trick is to encode with the
"XING" tag enabled, which describes the correct length. Without it the
length can only be estimated.


Here's some more info on this topic:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_bit_rate

-- 
Mark Kretschmann
Amarok Developer
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