Public bug reported: mediascanner extract different durations for identical songs stored on SD card and internal storage.
For example, the title below last 79s and 77s depending on where it is stored: phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/.cache/upstart$ grep -E -A4 'Added song.*behaviour.mp3' ~/tmp/mediascanner-2.0.log Added song to backing store: /home/phablet/Music/[2000] Unreasonable Behaviour/05 - Unreasonable behaviour.mp3 author : 'Laurent Garnier' title : Unreasonable behaviour album : 'Unreasonable Behaviour' duration : 79 -- Added song to backing store: /media/phablet/Médias SDc/Music/[2000] Unreasonable Behaviour/05 - Unreasonable behaviour.mp3 author : 'Laurent Garnier' title : Unreasonable behaviour album : 'Unreasonable Behaviour' duration : 77 And it is the same file: a9a96c769c657fe8563f26dc540464a4 /home/phablet/Music/[2000] Unreasonable Behaviour/05 - Unreasonable behaviour.mp3 a9a96c769c657fe8563f26dc540464a4 /media/phablet/Médias SDc/Music/[2000] Unreasonable Behaviour/05 - Unreasonable behaviour.mp3 The duration reported by mp3info is 79 seconds. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: mediascanner2.0 0.103+14.10.20140819-0ubuntu1 Uname: Linux 3.4.67 armv7l ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2 Architecture: armhf Date: Mon Aug 25 09:04:39 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-25 (0 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn (development branch) - armhf (20140825-020205) SourcePackage: mediascanner2 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: mediascanner2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug armhf qa-touch utopic ** Tags added: qa-touch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361056 Title: Identical songs have different durations To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mediascanner2/+bug/1361056/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs