[born2c0de]

Does anybody know how to find the length of a song (i.e. duration, not file size) from an mp3 file?

I've tried looking everywhere (MP3 Headers, ID3 Tag Formats) but I can't seem to find anything about the song duration. I guess I'm not looking at the right places.

The only thing I could gather from whatever I read is that the duration is stored in milliseconds.

Is there any way to calculate the song duration from an mp3 file? (Any Language will do)

Thanks in Advance.

[PsychoCoder]

Hey B2C, check out this article, I think it may help. It's in C# by the way

[born2c0de]

aWsm, that's just what I needed Psycho!
I haven't tested the code yet but it should work.
Thanks.

[PsychoCoder]

No problem, glad I could help

[born2c0de]

...and it works fine.
Thanks again.

[ehudbk]

hello, I have the same problem but the article is no longer available.
Do you by any chance have the acrticle saved anywhere?

Thanks,

Ehud

[AdamSpeight2008]

Saved page at web.archive.org

[111027]

I do not have the article, nor while i put code here, but here's the general idea:

A sound file is encoded by length. Most mp3 files use up 128 or 256 kilobits of memory to store a singe second of data (audio). That number is in the file description, which you could easily obtain using a proper API to your operating system. Also, you'll need the total filesize, which is also obtainable. Now, the last step? Divide the filesize by the bit rate, and you have the length of the song.