Martin Medrano Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Hi im having an issue with one of my songs the amount of time that is played is 3:54 but it goes over this to 4:11 does anyone know why this happens. This does not happen on samsung music with the same song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmp Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 The track has duration metainfo not matching actual track length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 What does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3wilkes Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Is it a VBR mp3? If so you could try the VBRFix program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 How about cbr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w3wilkes Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 Sorry, can't help with CBR as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 No worries thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 I think i found my issue i use mp3 automatag and whenever i apply the album art to the song the song goes back 10 seconds causing the time issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 11, 2020 Author Share Posted March 11, 2020 Only Poweramp seems to do this I've checked my computers file of the same song and samsung music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 As Max has said, the header information in your MP3 file probably does not contain the correct running time information, so PA has to 'guess' the overall length based on the file size and the stated bitrate. This calculation can go wrong if the file uses a variable bitrate, or it has a large header block (such as a big cover image) which will skew the file size. If you could upload a sample file, it would be possible to confirm that though. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 How do i do that. Also all of my album art is 1200x1200 because i use an app called automatag which tags my music and sets the album art to that size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 If you can share one or two files that show this problem, via either an online file-sharing site (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc), that might help Max see what's going on, and if there's anything he can do to workaround this issue for your file types. Obviously take the file back down after it's been looked at. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Hi andre here is the file If I Had You.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 That file works fine for me, it shows a total length of 3:54 in PA and on my PC audio programs, and that's how long it plays for if you start listening to it from the beginning. Have you maybe edited it after you first used it in PA, in which case perhaps the modified status of the file is not getting updated? Try a Full Rescan (in Settings > Library) to see if that helps. Is it only this one file that is causing you this problem? Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Yes like i mentioned the app i use is automatag that is what i used to edit the tags of the song. And i did a full rescan but it did not help. If you listen to the song there is a part of the song that happens at 3:17 without using the wave seek to get to it. If i seek through the song that part at 3:17 does not happen until 3:37. Hope this makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Ok i did this i just played the song without touching anything and it played fine. I played it again and moved the seek bar to the 3:17 mark and what supposed to be sung then wasn't until 3:37. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Ah, you didn't mention seeking before. Sometimes if a file does not contain suitable 'helper' metadata to aid with finding locations within VBR data, then seeking to a very specific timecode can be a bit inaccurate. However in this case it also seems to work fine for me, timecode 3:17 plays the same portion of the song whether I start from the beginning or seek to it.. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 So what could i do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Ok i went into the app that i use to edit the tags and removed them. I edited them inside Poweramp instead and it fixed it now i just need to find a way to embed album art into the file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 59 minutes ago, Martin Medrano said: Ok i went into the app that i use to edit the tags and removed them. I edited them inside Poweramp instead and it fixed it now i just need to find a way to embed album art into the file. I use TagScanner on my PC, you can batch edit tags, add artwork from files or clipboard, etc. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 If i add the album art like that will it affect the file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Try it and see, it works fine for me. But remember that if the positional help data is not correct within the file (it's basically a table of contents, TOC) then the larger an image file that you add, the worse seek precision might become. The easiest way to check is to try to seek to somewhere near the start of the file (a few seconds in) and see if it lands there, or at the zero point. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 i downloaded tag scanner and im wondering how do you put album art into the file where do you get your album art from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 I usually look on Amazon for cover artwork, but Googling would probably work well too. Right-click and Copy Image, then just paste it into the artwork box in TagScanner and Save the file. TagScanner is a batch tag editor, it's not an automatic title/image/lyrics/etc finder. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Medrano Posted March 12, 2020 Author Share Posted March 12, 2020 Oh ok thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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