Length of some audio file formats is not shown [BUG]

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Thy Grand Voidinesss
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Length of some audio file formats is not shown [BUG]

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Recently I have indexed the Length parameter for all of my files - but only some formats revealed their time duration. Those are [that I know of]:
FLAC
MP3
OGG
WAV


The ones [that I know of] that do not show their Length in the column are:
APE
MID
MOD
M4A
MP2
MPC
S3M
SAP
TTA
WMA
WV



I am using Everything 1.5.0.1346a x64 Portable on Windows 10 Enterprise 20H2
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

Post by void »

Please check what file types you are indexing under Tools -> Options -> Properties -> Length -> Include only files.

Please change "Include only files" to include your desired file types.
-or-
Clear "Include only files" to include all file types.



Everything will need 8 bytes to store the length value for each included file.

Gathering length for all files types will take a really really long time.
Even when the file doesn't contain a length, it will still take some time to check.

I recommend indexing only the desired file types for improved indexing speed and less RAM usage.



The default Include only files for length is:
*.flac;*.mp3;*.wav;*.ogg;*.mkv;*.mp4;*.avi;*.flv;*.webm
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

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void wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 12:59 am Please check what file types you are indexing under Tools -> Options -> Properties -> Length -> Include only files.
[...]
I did see that and had set-up to my liking - but then something went wrong and I forgot to recheck this
void wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 12:59 am I recommend indexing only the desired file types for improved indexing speed and less RAM usage.
[...]
I will - and I will see how it goes from there
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

Post by therube »

Aside from container; mp3, wav, m4a, wma... the actual codec may or may not be supported, in which case Length may or may not show up for a particular file.


(And again, for those files that Length is not seen, does Windows Explorer see Length?)
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

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Thy Grand Voidinesss wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 8:15 pm [...]
void wrote: Sun May 21, 2023 12:59 am I recommend indexing only the desired file types for improved indexing speed and less RAM usage.
[...]
I will - and I will see how it goes from there
It did not help, as e.g. APE, MP2, TTA and WV still do no reveal their Length
therube wrote: Mon May 22, 2023 5:30 pm [...]
for those files that Length is not seen, does Windows Explorer see Length?)
It does not


So this point to the issue of [them not being of] known type, right? [viewtopic.php?p=57111#p57111]
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

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So this point to the issue of [them not being of] known type, right?
Correct.

You will need a third party property handler to see length for ape, mp2, tta, wv etc..
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

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So this is a sole fault of the operating system? Of that Windows Property System?
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

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I wouldn't say fault.

These properties are not supported out of the box on Windows.
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

Post by Thy Grand Voidinesss »

So if for example Mp3tag at the same time shows Length for these aforementioned file formats without a sweat, then it means it has a built-in property handler; or some metadata extraction capability?

Would it be too much to ask of you @void for inclusion of a similar solution to this question in Everything?
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Re: BUG: Length of some audio file formats is not shown

Post by void »

Everything will support common types (types that will open in a webbrowser)

I am working on adding more types.

I am considering mediainfo support in a future version of Everything.

Thank you for the suggestion.
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