needed help fixing an mp3 (a minor fix, I think)

[Rooster_Ties]

Hi everybody,

My guess is that something minor is messed up with an mp3 file I'm trying to download and burn to CD. It plays fine on two different media-players on my PC, but when I try to burn it to CD (expanded, so it'll play on a standard CD player), the track always gets cut off at only 2:30 into the tune, which should otherwise be 5:01 in length. Hey, 2:30 is exactly half of 5:01 (or nearly so), so is that a clue about what's wrong with the file???

Perhaps I should mention that one of my media players plays the track correctly, and displays the correct 5:01 length. The other player plays the track correctly, but displays a length of 2:30 (it just keeps playing the track to the end, even though the wrong time is shown).

The track is a tune called "Resurrection", an can be found on two different web-pages -- though I'm pretty sure the file is the same on both pages, since I get the same problem no matter which one I download. Here are the two links where the file can be found.

http://bartholomusic.com/music.html

http://rivaband.com/music.html

The musician, Adrian Bartholomew, is local to Kansas City currently, but grew up in Trinidad. Here's his bio, if anybody's interested: http://bartholomusic.com/story.html

Anything that can be done to fix this track?? Thanks!! -- Rooster T.

Edited June 12, 2005 by Rooster_Ties

[rostasi]

OK RT, this is the best I can do...I think...

Seems to be nothing wrong with the file itself.

Opened it up in a sound editing program and all looks just fine.

I *did* normalize it, but noticed nothing strange really.

Anyway, try here:

http://stasick.org/resurrection.mp3

If you still have probs, then I'm guessing that it's hardware-based.

Rod

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Now playing: Adam Pieronczyk - Japanais

[Rooster_Ties]

That seems to have done the trick. The file is bigger now too, but more importantly -- the tune comes up in both my media-players correctly, and in my CD burning software correctly too (which it didn't do before). Haven't tried actually burning it yet -- but I'm about sure it'll work this time.

THANKS rostasi. Much appreciated!!!!!

Edited June 12, 2005 by Rooster_Ties

[rostasi]

That seems to have done the trick.  The file is bigger now too, but more importantly -- the tune comes up in both my media-players correctly, and in my CD burning software correctly too (which it didn't do before).  Haven't tried actually burning it yet -- but I'm about sure it'll work this time.

THANKS rostasi.  Much appreciated!!!!!     

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Great! Can't explain the diff, but it's a normalized VBR mp3 file now.

Rod

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Now playing: Iancu Dumitrescu - Origo

Edited June 12, 2005 by rostasi