Duration is always shown as 00:00 in podcast listing
Posted: 13 Feb 2010 13:42
Hello,
I am a web software developer and currently we're adding podcast support (both server and client) to our software. I noticed that VLC does have OK support for podcasts, but I did not manage to convince it that my mp3s really have a non-zero duration:
I use the standard itunes:duration tag for specifying stream duration, that is as far as I know the only option for doing that. A copy of the generated xml of my podcast can be found here: [url]htttp://support.decos.nl/berend/podcast.xml[/url], or if you prefer, you can download a zipped xml file here.
The podcast is a valid rss feed (feedvalidator result) and the itunes:duration tags work fine in iTunes:
My rss item xml looks like this:
The format of the duration tag is not complex, and I don't see what I could have done wrong there. It looks like a small bug in VLC player to me. I tried a sample podcast from podCast411, that has the same problem. VLC player versions that I tried were versions 1.0.2, 1.0.3 and 1.0.5 Goldeneye for Windows, using Dutch and US English locale settings under Windows XP.
I hope you will find the time to fix this minor problem. I much prefer to use VLC over iTunes and I really do not want to install iTunes for Windows ...
I am a web software developer and currently we're adding podcast support (both server and client) to our software. I noticed that VLC does have OK support for podcasts, but I did not manage to convince it that my mp3s really have a non-zero duration:
I use the standard itunes:duration tag for specifying stream duration, that is as far as I know the only option for doing that. A copy of the generated xml of my podcast can be found here: [url]htttp://support.decos.nl/berend/podcast.xml[/url], or if you prefer, you can download a zipped xml file here.
The podcast is a valid rss feed (feedvalidator result) and the itunes:duration tags work fine in iTunes:
My rss item xml looks like this:
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<item>
<title>1. Coldplay - See you soon</title>
<description>
Volgnr.: 1<BR />
Titel: Coldplay - See you soon<BR />
</description>
<link>http://5.10.6.200/decosweb/aspx/item.aspx?I=6D4D516489B5CD44B26AAA6DFEB7D4E4</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:47:17 GMT</pubDate>
<category>Berend's Podcast</category>
<guid isPermaLink="false">6D4D516489B5CD44B26AAA6DFEB7D4E4</guid>
<enclosure url="http://5.10.6.200/decosweb/aspx/3206525912BC363F26985B4A67FCA2E1653BD9E8/950D8DD657B0894ABC11F92F20C5C8B9.mp3"
length="2704112" type="audio/mpeg" />
<itunes:duration>00:02:49</itunes:duration>
</item>I hope you will find the time to fix this minor problem. I much prefer to use VLC over iTunes and I really do not want to install iTunes for Windows ...
