#19 MP3 Length

[Split Cell Software]

I am using your library and everything seems to work but for some reason I can not get the Length of the mp3 file to put in a textbox. Is this a bug or am I just not doing it right. Here is the code I am using:

lengthTXT.Text = file.TagHandler.Length.ToString();

[Andrew Pearmund]

Sorry it's taken so long to look at this. The TagHandler.Length property returns a TimeSpan from the contents of the ID3 TLEN frame. This is not always populated by the creating software, so could really be blank. You can also get a length from the IAudio.Duration property, which returns the number of seconds from the xing/vbri headers or from the id3 TLEN frame. Ultimately, the only certain way to obtain the duration of a VBR file seems to be to decode the audio stream and measure it.
If on the other hand you have an mp3 file that has a TLEN frame that's not being read correctly, please send it to me or attach it here so I can see what's going wrong.

[Split Cell Software]

Now I need to apologize for my delay. I have been working on a package that is absorbing most of my free time. Thanks again.