On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Eric Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Instead of seeking to the end of the file to calculate an > exact > duration as you describe, it is much cheaper to estimate the duration by > processing a fixed portion of the file and extrapolating to the duration > based on the file size. QuickTime does this and it works quite well. I expect this works much better for mp3 than it does for variable bitrate streams. Nevertheless it's much better than nothing. Your argument that the durationchange event makes flexible determination reasonable is a good one. I'm fine with not including the duration argument, for whatever that's worth. -r
