# FLAC Song Length Rounding Up One Second

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-song-length-rounding-up-one-second/60283
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 5, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-song-length-rounding-up-one-second/60283 "2023-03-05T16:40:37Z")
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### Author: ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/flac-song-length-rounding-up-one-second/60283/2 "2023-03-05T18:12:03Z")

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See this thread on rounding length:

> [@SUGGESTION: Count the lengths of files with accordance to reality](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-count-the-lengths-of-files-with-accordance-to-reality/45915):
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> I made a simple experiment concerning the way Mp3tag adds lengths of files I created a WAV file that was 44 Hz stereo 16-bit. And I made difference version of it on account of its lenght. And then multiplied it and loaded to Mp3tag. The results were A] 1.000 seconds long file x 60 = 60 seconds in Mp3tag B] 1.001 seconds long file x 60 = 60 seconds in Mp3tag C] 1.499 seconds long file x 60 = 120 seconds in Mp3tag D] 1.501 seconds long file x 60 = 120 seconds in Mp3tag This might seem un…

It looks as though different programs handle different formats differently.  
Es.p this finding:

> [@SUGGESTION: Count the lengths of files with accordance to reality](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/suggestion-count-the-lengths-of-files-with-accordance-to-reality/45915/8):
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> For the nearly 3-second files, FLAC and mp3 (cbr & vbr) formats were rounded off upwards but the wav files were rounded off downwards in Mp3tag. In Foobar though, all file formats were rounded off upwards.

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