# Total time is incorrect
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [September 1, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795 "2024-09-01T16:14:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@aemurray](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aemurray)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/1 "2024-09-01T16:14:30Z")
I have 39 MP4s each with a duration of ~52 minutes. The total length of time displayed shows "1 day, 10:04:03" when it should read ~33:24:03. Why is the total time incorrect?
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/2 "2024-09-01T16:26:11Z")
Where exactly do you see this incorrect value?
Could you please show us a [screenshot](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/hints-for-asking-support-requests/56190#use-screenshots-to-exemplify-the-issue-2)?
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### Author:  [@aemurray](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aemurray)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/3 "2024-09-01T17:04:45Z")
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/4 "2024-09-01T17:12:01Z")
for me 1 day = 24h plus 10:04:03 would be 34:04:03 (but not
> [@aemurray](#):
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> ~33:24:03.
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### Author:  [@aemurray](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aemurray)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/5 "2024-09-01T19:20:07Z")
Can we please stay on topic and address the issue at hand and not waste time and effort with irrelevant responses. Firstly, I did state approximately (~). It displays 39 episodes as 10:04:03. Selecting only E01-E27 = 23:09:01. If I select E28 in addition to E01-E27, it displays as 00:31:01 and any additional selection increments accordingly and inaccurately. Selecting E28-E39 = 10:25:02 (independent of E01-E27). Thus, the total of the selections is 33:24:03.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/6 "2024-09-01T19:36:05Z")
Is this a problem that always occurs after 27 files?
What is special about E28?
Is the sum correct if you leave out E28?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/7 "2024-09-01T19:52:16Z")
The sum of all tracks is 2044m 3s, which is 1d 10h 4m 3s as displayed in Mp3tag.
Can you please double check?
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/8 "2024-09-01T20:23:26Z")
> [@aemurray](#):
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> Selecting only E01-E27 = 23:09:01. If I select E28 in addition to E01-E27, it displays as 00:31:01 and any additional selection increments accordingly and inaccurately. Selecting E28-E39 = 10:25:02 (independent of E01-E27). Thus, the total of the selections is 33:24:03.
You are not including the first part of the time display that says "1 day". This is the first 24 hours. When you add this to the other 10 hours, 4 minutes, and 3 seconds that adds up to the total time I see in your total list. Just over 34 hours.
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### Author:  [@aemurray](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aemurray)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/9 "2024-09-01T20:37:57Z")
Okay, MotleyG pinpointed my calculation error. Thank you. I always ignored the '1 day' indicator as insignificant as I assumed the total time would be displayed numerically and not half-text/half-numeral. Thanks to all for your support.
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### Author:  [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/10 "2024-09-01T20:41:10Z")
Actually, I also mentioned this day:
> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> for me 1 day = 24h plus 10:04:03 would be 34:04:03
which you ruled out as not
> [@aemurray](#):
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> on topic
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### Author:  [@aemurray](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/aemurray)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/11 "2024-09-01T21:37:57Z")
My apologies. As a coder myself, to me it would be more logical to have the length of time all numerical rather than half-text/half-numeral, maintaining one format rather than two but now that I am aware of the 1 day coding I can work with it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/total-time-is-incorrect/65795/12 "2024-10-01T21:38:24Z")
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