I encoded a 5 hour audiobook into VBR mp3.
I always prefer VBR due to the high quality and small filesizes, but in this case I had a problem.
The file is reported to have a certain track length (say, 300:10) but it runs about 15 seconds past that length (up to around 300:25) which Winamp does not track correctly in its timer box. The timer goes all the way to 300:10, then stops at that figure, but the mp3 plays for another 15 secs. Clearly something is wrong, either with the mp3, or with Winamp.
I did a little research, and I read some things suggesting that this has something to do with a Xing VBR tag that LAME automatically writes in the mp3 header. I also read things suggesting that Winamp itself is at fault, and better decoders have no problems with inaccurate time reporting.
Have any of you had inaccurate time reporting problems with large VBR mp3's? Is it only specific to Winamp? Do other players deal well with this sort of thing?
Thanks.
I always prefer VBR due to the high quality and small filesizes, but in this case I had a problem.
The file is reported to have a certain track length (say, 300:10) but it runs about 15 seconds past that length (up to around 300:25) which Winamp does not track correctly in its timer box. The timer goes all the way to 300:10, then stops at that figure, but the mp3 plays for another 15 secs. Clearly something is wrong, either with the mp3, or with Winamp.
I did a little research, and I read some things suggesting that this has something to do with a Xing VBR tag that LAME automatically writes in the mp3 header. I also read things suggesting that Winamp itself is at fault, and better decoders have no problems with inaccurate time reporting.
Have any of you had inaccurate time reporting problems with large VBR mp3's? Is it only specific to Winamp? Do other players deal well with this sort of thing?
Thanks.
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