I recently spent quite a bit of time editing my .mp3 files to cut out some commercials from files I ripped from RipCast.
I then converted all of the changed files to .m4a, to play on my iPod. I am taking a laptop with my on the next leg of my journey, and don't have room for the original files (mainly the .ape file), so everything was converted to .m4a.
The problem I'm having is that the times shown in MC are no longer accurate for many files, since they've been shortened. I used the "update library from tags" function, but it changes song names and album names, and I think even album names. I think it's coming from the filenames, even though album name isn't even used in the filenames. I'm not sure where this info is coming from, but it's overwriting my well manicured tags in MC. I updated tags from library before doing any of this, but it's still screwing up my tagging.
I did notice that MC shows the right time in the bottom toolbar. Well, at least the time it shows doesn't change from before updating to after, so MC seems to know how long the songs really are, it just shows the wrong info in the 'duration' field.
I guess it's not too big of a deal, since MC seems to know the right info, but it still bothers me. I also don' t know how accurate my smartlists are that use time as a qualifier. As in give me a 70 minute CD type smartlists. Those ones use duration to grab music, and the info isn't right.
I assume part of the problem is that they are .m4a files, and not totally supported, but maybe somethig can be done.
Any suggestions?