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wrong song lengths in iTunes
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jnicholas
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Oct 25, 2006, 02:06 PM
 
I have some mp3s that show weird, long times. For example one song is really 4:26 but itunes displays 29:37. The odd thing is that Quicktime player shows the length correctly. I assume this is from some info missing or wrong in the header. Is there anyway to fix this without re-encoding it? They show up wrong in the ipod too. Another symptom is that the counter shows the song counting down time left as if it were the longer length but correctly goes to the next song when it is over.
     
WJMoore
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Oct 26, 2006, 07:53 AM
 
Are these variable bitrate (VBR) MP3s? If the header is wrong in them then that might explain it. Not sure how to go about fixing it if that is the case though. Have a search for MP3 fixer or MP3 cleaner and see what that brings up.
     
   
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