[gpodder-devel] incorrect podcast duration?
- From: ml at rudkin.me.uk (Paul Rudkin)
- Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:17:39 +0000
Thomas Perl wrote:
> You wrote:
>
>>> From: Nick Nobody <me at nikosapi.org>
>>>
>>>> Whenever I upload a podcast with gPodder to my ipod nano 4th generation,
>>>> the length of the podcast on the ipod always shows incorrectly as 2:59:59
>>>> or something close to that (perhaps 3:00:00). I've searched to see if
>>>> anyone else reports a similar problem, but haven't had much luck. Anyone
>>>> hear of this before or know how to fix it?
>>>>
>>>> Note: this problem does not occur when uploading the same podcasts and the
>>>> same device using RhythmBox and other software; just gPodder.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any advice.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> You just need to install mplayer, I added this to the FAQ list:
>>> http://tinyurl.com/6l4n9c
>>>
>> Just to follow up: installing mplayer fixed most of the duration issues, but
>> not all. Example:
>>
>> http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/download/uupc_s01e18_high.mp3
>>
>> Duration displayed by gpodder: 3:24:22
>> Actual duration: 51:16
>>
>
> Is this file a VBR file and mplayer does not correctly display the
> duration? If so, there is nothing we can do about it apart from
> exchanging mplayer with a better tool/library for detecting MP3 file
> lengths. In the past, mplayer length detection was more reliable then
> detection with eyeD3 or pymad, so that's why we decided to use mplayer.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
Whatever code FireFly media server (http://www.fireflymediaserver.org)
uses seems to work....now all I have to do is find out what it is using!
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