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. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> 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. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > 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. To see what other > >lists we offer, visit us on the web at > >http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. To see what other > lists we offer, visit us on the web at > http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > __________ NOD32 1.1599 (20060614) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ 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. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
