How to repair MP3 files to restore normal time display

SC2 2017-08-18

2021-08-30

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When playing an MP3 file, the player may not correctly recognize the playing time.

Many of these issues are due to special tags prepended to MP3 files, which occur in VBR encoded MP3 files.

Vbrfix is a software that has the potential to solve this problem.

The official website is closed and difficult to obtain, but we confirmed that it is available from the Internet Archive. ( Internet Archive , 2017-08-18 )

It does not support Japanese.


VBR	Variable BitRate	Variable bit rate
CBR	Constant BitRate	Constant bit rate

Software information

Vbrfix 0.32(beta)-0 2009/06/13,
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991

Software that can repair corrupted MP3 files encoded with variable bit rate (VBR). It can handle many MP3 files on the fly.

VBR MP3s often have a special tag at the beginning to let players know how to process VBR files. VBRFix can create/replace this special tag. It can also be used to remove unrecognized data from mp3 and find other problems.

How to use Vbrfix

There is no need to change the setting.
Use it in the activated state.

[procedure]

Start VbrfixGui.exe
Drop the VBR-encoded MP3 file with the time display problem on the Vbrfix screen and click the [Go] button at the bottom of the screen.

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detail of function

You can adjust the behavior by launching Settings.

The default state is as follows.

Settings

[Fix Settings]

Skip Non-VBR Files (Only Fix VBR Files)
Skip files where the Xing tag appears correct

[Remove Object Types]

Xing Tags
VBRI Tags

[Output Settings]

Prompt For Each

Afterword

Variable bitrate has a smaller file size than fixed bitrate, so if the file size is the same, variable bitrate gives better quality.

The official website of VbrFix has been closed, but you can get it from the Internet Archive or the download site that distributes free software.

[Operating environment｜VbrFix]