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Old 05-01-2004, 09:42 PM   #1
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Command line tool to print length of mp3 files?

Is there a lightweight commandline tool to print the length of mp3 files to stdout?

Which is the best one?
 
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find -iname "*.mp3" -exec ls -l {} \;

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Old 05-02-2004, 04:39 AM   #3
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mp3info -p "%m:%s\n" filename
outta do it...if you have mp3info installed....
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Old 05-04-2004, 05:01 AM   #4
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mp3info -p "%S" /path/to/file
gives me the playing time in seconds. It is just what I need.

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