Posted by fred-bloggs on 07/25/06 09:03

2privatus@comcast.net wrote in
news:1153791336.690844.195270@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

> Situation:
>
> I own a 30 GB Photo iPod (purchased in January '06). I communicate
> with it using iTunes 6.0.5.20. I run all this using a PC with a
> Windows XP OS.
>
> I've been converting a series of pre-recorded lectures from audio tape
> to Mp3 digital format using Audio Cleaning Lab 11 (Magix).
>
> The resulting Mp3 files play normally using Windows Media Player
> 10.00.00.4036 -- Each file plays out to the end, and its duration is
> properly recorded.
>
> However, when I take these Mp3 files, import them into iTunes, and
> then export them to my iPod, I experience the following problems...
>
> Problem 1: For some of these Mp3 formatted lecture files, both iTunes
> and my iPod abruptly end playing the file before the file has actually
> concluded and then switches on to the next file.
>
> Problem 2: Also, iTunes and iPod do not properly record the times for
> the files. Each file is roughly 45 minutes long. Yet iTunes/iPod
> shows them (incorrectly) as being anywhere from 39 minutes to 58
> minutes in length.
>
> Attempted Solutions:
>
> I've tried clearing the Mp3 files from my iTunes and my iPod, and then
> re-importing them to iTunes and exporting them to my iPod. However,
> both the problems specified above persist.
>
> Question:
>
> How do I get iTunes and my iPod to deal with these Mp3 files so
> that... a) They will play out to the end of the file before switching
> to the next file, and,
> b) They will recognize the duration of the files correctly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> 2privatus@comcast.net
>
>

For the mp3s you already have try fixing the seek tag with vbrfix,
mp3trim or foobar2k.

If that solves the problem, in future try encoding wavs from Audio
Cleaning Lab with Razorlame.

--
fred

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