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Hello everyone,
I clicked on the song lenght header to sort my library by song lenght; I wanted to see what were the longest among them.

I spotted many that should not belong at the end of the list. In the main view area as well as in now playing, they show 31;04 for instance, but in the mm player, they show correct at around 3min.

Those ones are so much off they're easy to spot, but I am wondering if the problem could be more widespread.

Anyone has any idea what is causing this, & obviously if there's a way to correct this?

tia

Hmmm. I do not remember what MM version has occasional problems with some MP3 Files but I think that it fixed in latest versions.

There used to be a VBR header problem, but I thought this had been fixed as well. What encoding format are the songs?

No, it's not (completely) fixed. I'm having the same problems... at least with VBR files.

To fix incorrect VBR song length, use VBRFix: http://www.willwap.co.uk/Programs/vbrfix.php

Another interesting thread: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5565

Cheers
Steegy

Yes all the affected songs seem to be in vbr.
Will try the fix & let you know...
THANKS

Indeed, very good thread, tks Steegy!

This applies to me as well:

In many cases this
causes the track to be cutoff before the end

It was driving me crazy to keep hearing truncated songs that I was sure were OK before. I may even have deleted some already before double-checking with another player.

Sorry to be a pest but...
is there a way for me to do a search & find on vbr encoded files specifically?

You can use the following MagicNodes mask:
You can find more info on MagicNodes in the scripting forum.

You can use the following Magic Nodes specification: In case you don't want to install Magic Nodes ( ), you can also use this little line of VBScript: Cheers
Steegy

Damned, too late

As you can see, I'm not very "Magic Nodes" literate

Actually, I'm totally green to both magic nodes & vbs scripting, I don't know what they are, or how to use them.

I have to go now, will be back in about 10hrs or so, so no hurry here.

And thanks both!

The magic node I posted above is very useful, it shows the various file types (mp3, wma, wav, etc), then by cbr/vbr, then by bitrate.

Makes it very easy to see what files are what and to find odd files/bitrates.

I used it initially to go thru my library and clear out older crappy versions of songs with low bitrates and to get rid of wma files.

Magic Nodes script thread: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3358
(with a lot of explanation and examples, be sure to visit the author's website linked in the thread)

If you still would have problems installing it: http://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6345

BTW: Installing Magic Nodes is certainly worth the little effort. It's the most advanced script I have seen around here.

Cheers
Steegy