Exact Audio Copy/LAME - ripped MP3s show wrong total playing time- RESOLVED!

[tk149]

Me = Total Newbie at ripping MP3s - so speak to me as if I were a Kindergartener.

I downloaded the latest versions of EAC (V0.9 beta 4) and LAME last week.

I set up EAC using the "beginner mode-hide all advanced features" and told it to use LAME to encode MP3s.

Here's the "additional command line options" EAC is feeding to LAME:
%l--alt-preset 192%l%h--alt-preset standard%h %s %d

I ripped a bunch of MP3s, and have found that Windows Media Player reports the incorrect total playing time of the MP3s I've created. WMP reports the correct playing time for my friend's MP3s.

Winamp reports the correct time (almost - it's off by a few seconds - but I guess that has something to do with the CDROM drive and EAC advanced settings).

I looked at the command line options page at http://lame.sourceforge.net/USAGE, but I don't understand what EAC is doing with LAME.

Why is WMP giving the wrong playback time and how can I fix it?

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Are they variable bitrate? I know that can cause that problem.

 

[JW310]

WMP can't properly handle VBR-encoded MP3s. It'll play them fine, but the actual playing time, as you've found, is screwed up.

JW

 

[Sid59]

Originally posted by: JW310
WMP can't properly handle VBR-encoded MP3s. It'll play them fine, but the actual playing time, as you've found, is screwed up.

JW

yep. Even on some lame vbr files, winamp doesn't display the correct time.

 

[tk149]

Thanks for the info, all. At least now I know I'm not screwing up.