Long files do not properly display Time

[Orcan Ogetbil]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Mark Kretschmann  wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:40 AM, Robert Smits  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.
>

Can amarok do "re-estimate"s every few seconds based on the average
bitrate of the already played part?

Orcan