MusicBrainz and Winamp

aerno · 2nd February 2004, 00:52

I've searched but didn't exactly find a post about it... I've used MusicBrainz (http://www.musicbrainz.org/) to tag all my mp3s, and now when I load them up into the playlist, I get (on some, not all) crazy figures for track length times. It will range from 1 to 20 minutes off from the actual track length time. I've never had this problem until I used MusicBrainz, might be worth the effort into looking how it changes the mp3 file and make the corrections in Winamp.

DJ Radio · 2nd February 2004, 09:03

why should winamp compensate for a broken program? this sounds like a bug in musicbrainz, not in winamp...

aerno · 2nd February 2004, 09:19

Might be, but good programmers try to work around mistakes or other factors concerning their programs. Who's to say that it's MusicBrainz problem? I (haven't tried it yet) could load the music into another media player to see if it could accurately guess the file length. Actually, I'll do that right now.

Edit: Yes, Windows Media Player seems to get it right down to the second.

Another observation: while actually playing the file, it seems to find the length just fine. I can scroll accuratly. The playlist entry, however, remains incorrect.

2nd February 2004, 00:52	#1
aerno Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2	MusicBrainz and Winamp I've searched but didn't exactly find a post about it... I've used MusicBrainz (http://www.musicbrainz.org/) to tag all my mp3s, and now when I load them up into the playlist, I get (on some, not all) crazy figures for track length times. It will range from 1 to 20 minutes off from the actual track length time. I've never had this problem until I used MusicBrainz, might be worth the effort into looking how it changes the mp3 file and make the corrections in Winamp.

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2nd February 2004, 09:03	#2
DJ Radio Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: a galaxy far far away Posts: 31	why should winamp compensate for a broken program? this sounds like a bug in musicbrainz, not in winamp...

2nd February 2004, 09:19	#3
aerno Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 2	Might be, but good programmers try to work around mistakes or other factors concerning their programs. Who's to say that it's MusicBrainz problem? I (haven't tried it yet) could load the music into another media player to see if it could accurately guess the file length. Actually, I'll do that right now. Edit: Yes, Windows Media Player seems to get it right down to the second. Another observation: while actually playing the file, it seems to find the length just fine. I can scroll accuratly. The playlist entry, however, remains incorrect.