Yes, I know, that's why I said it was a simple way of estimating rather than visiting the properties of each individual track to get an accurate measurement.
Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hayden Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 9:14 PM Subject: Re: Playing time of MP3 > That is not always true. Different methods of mp3 encoding and different > versions of the encoder may produce different sizes of files. Therefore, > there is no accuracy in this. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:58 AM > Subject: Re: Playing time of MP3 > > > > There's been a lot of methods already mentioned here for accurately > > checking > > track duration of MP3 files. However, if you're looking for a simple way > > of > > estimating track duration and you know the bit rates of the files in > > question, a rough guide is that an MP3 file encoded at 128kbps will yield > > 1 > > meg for each minute of music. So if you have 200 meg of MP3 files all > > encoded around 128kbps then you've got 200 minutes of music. Of course, > > if > > your MP3 files are closer to 320kbps you can very roughly say that a 5 > > minute track will take up approximately 10 meg of disc space. > > > > Regards. > > > > Kevin > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Donald L. Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 5:55 PM > > Subject: Re: Playing time of MP3 > > > > > >> Along the same line, is there a tool which will tell you the > >> total playing time of an m3u play list; or, conversely, could one > >> group a bunch of mp3s together in the same folder and find out > >> the playing time of all files when played together? > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Don Roberts > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Chris Skarstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 3:38 PM > >> Subject: Re: Playing time of MP3 > >> > >> > >> hi. There is no given length for the time of a specific file > >> based > >> on the file size, because of how it's produced, what bitrate it's > >> at, > >> sampling rate also comes into play, etc. > >> If you use JAWS and Winamp, any version from 2.9 up to the > >> current > >> 5.24, press control insert pluss t and you will be told how long > >> the > >> file is in minutes and seconds. Similarly, if you press alt plus > >> shift plus t, the elapsed time of the currently playing track > >> will be > >> spoken. you can also do this while a track is paused. Finally, > >> to > >> get the remaining time of the track,control plus shift plus t is > >> what > >> you'll want to press. If you don't use JAWS however, you can > >> press > >> control plus j and the jump to time dialogue box will open. You > >> will > >> be told how long the file is and it'll give you the opportunity > >> to > >> jump to a specific point in the file, in minutes and seconds. So > >> if > >> you have a 65 minute long file, and you want to jump 25 minutes > >> and > >> 15 seconds in, press control plus j and then type the following: > >> 25:15 > >> and press enter. and then you should be taken to that point in > >> the file. > >> Hope this helps. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> At 04:36 PM 7/4/2006, you wrote: > >> >Hello, > >> >Is there a chart of any nature that will tell me the playing > >> >time of the > >> >many MP3 files that I have on my computer? > >> >What I am after is, when I go into the properties of a file it > >> >says , as an > >> >example, 22.1MB How long of a playing time is there for a MB of, > >> >or how long > >> >for 10MB? > >> >Hope this makes sense. > >> >Thanks, > >> >Morey > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > >> >http://www.pc-audio.org > >> > > >> >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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