ITunes :: Misreading The Length Of One Of Mp3 Files?
Feb 20, 2012
Actual length of the file is 5:03 minutes, itunes is showing it to be 27:08, so it won't fit on a cd in it's current playlist. How to fix? Latest version of itunes running the latest version of lion on a shiny old macbook.
Info:
black macbook(2007), iphone 4, Mac OS X (10.7)
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