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Amarok Variable Bit Rate (VBR) Track Time

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Shad

I just recently installed Amarok on my Ubuntu desktop at home. It has been years since I have used anything other than XMMS to play my mp3 collection. Let me tell you…Amarok is probably the best mp3 player I have used including anything I have used on Windows. (I do not have a Mac, so I can’t vouch for any music players beyond iTunes.)

One of the issues I had after installing is that my variable bit rate (VBR) mp3 track lengths were all wrong. After reading a few HOWTO’s and forum posts, I collected enough information to fix the issue by writing the track length in the mp3 track tag.

  1. Download and install vbrfix.
    sudo apt-get install vbrfix
  2. Run vbrfix against all your mp3 files.
    find /myth/music -type f -name "*.mp3" -exec vbrfix {} {} \;
  3. Start Amarok.
  4. Rescan your music collection (assuming the songs had been added to the library).
    Tools > Rescan Collection
  5. Restart Amarok.
  6. The track times should be accurate.

I am still working out how to control my Alsa PCM channel via Amarok and LIRC. If I have time to find a solution, I will try to post it.

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