# Mp3 duration more than actual duration **URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-duration-more-than-actual-duration/43353 **Category:** Off-Topic **Created:** [October 22, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-duration-more-than-actual-duration/43353 "2018-10-22T05:47:14Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### 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: [October 22, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-duration-more-than-actual-duration/43353/6 "2018-10-22T14:06:44Z")
Ok, I try to be a bit more supportive: Here is a thread that deals with variations of length in VBR files: > [@\[X\] VBR Files have a wrong playlength](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/x-vbr-files-have-a-wrong-playlength/2281): > > Hi, I noticed that Mp3Tag reports a wrong play length of VBR files, this is not a big issue and does not affect the program at all. Beste Grusse aus Frankreich ! or here on VBRs in general: > [@mp3tag screws VBRs up](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-screws-vbrs-up/8744): > > Ok what I did in short form: Encoded an mp3 with LAME and VBR Put it on my mp3 player (File 1) Edited its tags with mp3tag 2.43 Put it on my mp3 player again (File 2) What I got: No problems with file one. It will play and I even can fast-forward and rewind it (however that works with an vbr) and the player shows the average bitrate. File two will be played as well. However the ffw and rew features are crippled: I can jump only in blocks and the player shows ridiculously high bitrates (abov… or here - the general notion being that the header is corrupt: > [@Track length sometimes incorrect](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/track-length-sometimes-incorrect/1468/11): > > I've always had problems with duration on my MP3 VBR files being shown correctly. After getting tired of this, I found a applet called VBRFix. It's beta and it's use at your own risk, but I've done lots of files without any problems. I added it to the tools menu so I can just right click a series of MP3s. Just a thought. Jeremy --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3-duration-more-than-actual-duration/43353)._