# Looking for help calculating total play time for a list of files

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-help-calculating-total-play-time-for-a-list-of-files/45823>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [July 5, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-help-calculating-total-play-time-for-a-list-of-files/45823 "2019-07-05T21:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-help-calculating-total-play-time-for-a-list-of-files/45823/1 "2019-07-05T21:13:48Z")

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I need to be able to calculate the total play time for a finite collection of FLAC or mp3 audio files. Can anyone provide an action item script for doing that? It would be very helpful when creating a list of files for a DJ's music program on the radio.

Thanks...

"d2b" .... aka Dennis

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**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-help-calculating-total-play-time-for-a-list-of-files/45823/2 "2019-07-06T04:05:29Z")

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You know that you can see the total playing time of a selection of files in MP3Tag in the lower right corner?

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**Author:** ![d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/2bfe46/32.png) [@d2b](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/d2b)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 6:23am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-help-calculating-total-play-time-for-a-list-of-files/45823/3 "2019-07-06T06:23:04Z")

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No, I did not know that...but you're right! Thank you a million times for that information.

Make that two million times!

Dennis, aka "d2b"

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/looking-for-help-calculating-total-play-time-for-a-list-of-files/45823/4 "2026-02-09T12:28:09Z")

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