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Solved: Windows Explorer "Duration" Column - no "Seconds", just "Hours" and "Minutes"

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#1 ·
In Windows XP, fully updated, I have several folders full of mp3's and want to see the bit rate and duration. I right click on a column heading and select "Bit rate". I then click on "More..." so I can get to "Duration", and I select that one too.

But all the figures in the "Duration" column appear to be in "hours" and "minutes", so I see "00:04" or "00:03", but what I want is "minutes" and "seconds".

Any thoughts as to how to change this?
 
#5 ·
Greetings Somnamna

Right Click On the ".Mp3" ..Select Properties ..Go To Summary Tab > Check If The Duration Is Displayed Correctly
Hi devil_himself! I think you're on to something here. I had to click on "Advanced" in the "Summary" tab, and then I saw the same duration data as I get in Explorer. (Picture attached).

So can we do something about this? These mp3s have been on my external USB drive for ages and I'm sure the duration used to show minutes and seconds before I restored my XP system a couple of months ago. (That was when I had a problem that 'mosaic1' sorted for me but, while sorting it out, I did a rebuild of my XP system from the manufacturer's "Recovery CDs".)
 

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#7 ·
Do You Use Any Third Party App To Edit "ID3 Info" ?
I'm sure I must have a utility that does that, but I can't recall the last time I deliberately edited any "ID3 Info".

In case you're thinking that maybe such a utility went through all my mp3's and changed the ID3 info, I must tell you that I have over 90 GB of mp3's in 23,000 files :) , so I think it would've taken several hours/days for a utility to do that!

I put my thinking cap on and decided to try a few things. First, I started in "safe" mode - but the problem is still there.

I then unzipped some mp3's that I had in an original zip file, and they too only showed the hours and minutes - no seconds.

I then copied the mp3's that I posted a picture of earlier, to the other PC on my home network - an old Dell lap top. The ID3 data is there, and gets displayed as I would like on my Acer PC as "hours:minutes:seconds". (Picture attached)

So, the ID3 data is there, but the O/S is not displaying the "seconds" data. :(

Any ideas?
 

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#8 ·
One more bit of information... I have a backup hard drive which I haven't switched on for several weeks. It's 500 GB in size and is a complete copy of my working drive.

But it also shows the duration as hours and minutes only. So I guess that reinforces the idea that the ID3 data is there, but XP isn't displaying the seconds value.

Could this be due to a registry setting?
 
#12 ·
Download "FileExtInfo" - http://windowsxp.mvps.org/fileextinfo.htm

Select ".mp3" from the listing and generate a report. Post the info here.
Here it is:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
File association information for [.MP3] file type
Generated by FileExtInfo v2.0 on 2008-03-15 21:45:30

FileExtInfo ? 2005-2007 Ramesh Srinivasan.
Homepage: http://www.winhelponline.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3]
"PerceivedType"="audio"
"Content Type"="audio/mpeg"
@="mp3file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\OpenWithList\ShowTime.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\OpenWithList\wmplayer.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\OpenWithProgIds]
"mp3file"=hex(0):

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\PersistentHandler]
@="{098f2470-bae0-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\shell\AddToPlaylistVLC]
@="Add to VLC media player's Playlist"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\shell\AddToPlaylistVLC\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe --started-from-file --playlist-enqueue \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\shell\PlayWithVLC]
@="Play with VLC media player"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.MP3\shell\PlayWithVLC\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe --started-from-file --no-playlist-enqueue \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file]
"PreferExecuteOnMismatch"=dword:00000001
"EditFlags"=hex:00,00,01,00
@="MP3 Format Sound"
"FriendlyTypeName"="@C:\\WINDOWS\\inf\\unregmp2.exe,-9925"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\wmploc.dll,-732"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell]
@="play"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\Batch Convert with WavePad]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\Batch Convert with WavePad\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\NCH Swift Sound\\WavePad\\wavepad.exe -batch \"%L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\Edit with WavePad]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\Edit with WavePad\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\NCH Swift Sound\\WavePad\\wavepad.exe \"%L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\open]
@="&Open"
"LegacyDisable"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\" /prefetch:6 /Open \"%L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\open\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\play]
"MUIVerb"=hex(2):40,00,25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,\
6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,69,00,6e,00,66,00,5c,00,75,00,6e,00,72,00,65,00,67,\
00,6d,00,70,00,32,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,65,00,2c,00,2d,00,39,00,39,00,39,00,\
31,00,00,00
@="&Play"
"LegacyDisable"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\play\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe\" /prefetch:6 /Play \"%L\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shell\play\DropTarget]
"CLSID"="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]
@="{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\mp3file\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPPlayAsPlaylist]
@="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.MP3]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.MP3\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.MP3\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.MP3\shellex\PropertyHandler]
@="{875CB1A1-0F29-45de-A1AE-CFB4950D0B78}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio]
"TileInfo"="prop:Artist;Album;Duration"
"InfoTip"="prop:Artist;Album;Year;Track;Duration;Type;Bitrate;Protected;Size"
"Details"="prop:Name;Size;Type;Artist;Album;Year;Track;Duration"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\DefaultIcon]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Windows Media Player\\wmplayer.exe,-120"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\OpenWithList\wmplayer.exe]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPAddToPlaylist]
@="{F1B9284F-E9DC-4e68-9D7E-42362A59F0FD}"
"CheckSupportedTypes"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\audio\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WMPPlayAsPlaylist]
@="{CE3FB1D1-02AE-4a5f-A6E9-D9F1B4073E6C}"
"CheckSupportedTypes"=""

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.MP3]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.MP3\OpenWithList]
"a"="wmplayer.exe"
"MRUList"="acb"
"b"="firefox.exe"
"c"="wavepad.exe"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.MP3\OpenWithProgids]
"mp3file"=hex(0):
 
#14 ·
Post The Output

Start > Run > cmd /c reg query HKCR\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers /s >DH.TXT && DH.TXT
Here it is:

! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{0D2E74C4-3C34-11d2-A27E-00C04FC30871}
<NO NAME> REG_SZ

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F01-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}
<NO NAME> REG_SZ

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{24F14F02-7B1C-11d1-838f-0000F80461CF}
<NO NAME> REG_SZ

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ColumnHandlers\{66742402-F9B9-11D1-A202-0000F81FEDEE}
<NO NAME> REG_SZ
 
#20 ·
Lets See A List Of Installed Programs

Copy Everything From The Code As .. Paste In Notepad .. Save The Notepad As "InsApps.vbs" With Quotes . Double Click To Run .. Log In "C:\InsApps.txt" .. Open It up And Paste It Here

Code:
Option Explicit

' Variables
Dim objReg, objFSO, objFile
Dim arrSubKeys, strSubKey, strValue, intRet

' Constants

Const HKLM = &H80000002
Const strKey="Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\"

' Object Initialisation

Set objReg=GetObject("winmgmts://./root/default:StdRegProv")
Set objFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile=objFSO.CreateTextFile("C:\InsApps.txt")

' Main Code

objReg.EnumKey HKLM, strKey, arrSubKeys
objFile.WriteLine "Installed Applications"
objFile.WriteLine "----------------------"
 
For Each strSubKey In arrSubKeys
    intRet = objReg.GetStringValue(HKLM, strKey & strSubKey, "DisplayName", strValue)
    If intRet <> 0 Then intRet = objReg.GetStringValue(HKLM, strKey & strSubKey, "QuietDisplayName", strValue)
    If (strValue <> "") and (intRet = 0) Then objFile.WriteLine strValue
Next
 
objFile.Close
Set objFile=Nothing
Set objFSO=Nothing
Set objReg=Nothing
 
#21 ·
Lets See A List Of Installed Programs

Copy Everything From The Code As .. Paste In Notepad .. Save The Notepad As "InsApps.vbs" With Quotes . Double Click To Run .. Log In "C:\InsApps.txt" .. Open It up And Paste It Here
I restored back as far as I could - 25th Feb - which was just before the "CMD Here PowerToy" was installed, and the problem was still there. I then restored back to today's restore point and ran the vbs code.

Here is the log:

Installed Applications
----------------------
Adobe Flash Player ActiveX
ATI - Software Uninstall Utility
ATI Display Driver
avast! Antivirus
Azureus Vuze
Beyond Compare Version 2.5.2
CloneCD
SoftV92 Data Fax Modem with SmartCP
COMODO Firewall Pro
CompuPic Pro
Conexant AC-Link Audio
ffdshow [rev 610] [2006-12-01]
Freez FLV to MP3 Converter
Microsoft Internationalized Domain Names Mitigation APIs
Windows Internet Explorer 7
Inline Search v1.3 for Internet Explorer (remove only)
Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 drivers.
QuickTime
IrfanView (remove only)
IsoBuster 1.6
Kaspersky Online Scanner
Windows XP Hotfix - KB873339
Windows XP Hotfix - KB885835
Windows XP Hotfix - KB885836
Windows XP Hotfix - KB886185
Windows XP Hotfix - KB887472
Windows XP Hotfix - KB888302
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890046)
Windows XP Hotfix - KB890859
Windows XP Hotfix - KB891781
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB893756)
Windows Installer 3.1 (KB893803)
Update for Windows XP (KB894391)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB896344)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896358)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896423)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB896428)
Update for Windows XP (KB898461)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899587)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB899591)
Update for Windows XP (KB900485)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB900725)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901017)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901190)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB901214)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB902400)
Update for Windows XP (KB904942)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905414)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB905749)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB908519)
Update for Windows XP (KB908531)
Update for Windows XP (KB910437)
Update for Windows XP (KB911280)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911562)
Security Update for Windows Media Player (KB911564)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB911927)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB913580)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB914388)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB914389)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB914440)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB915865)
Update for Windows XP (KB916595)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB917344)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB918118)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB918439)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB919007)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920213)
Update for Windows XP (KB920342)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920670)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920683)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB920685)
Update for Windows XP (KB920872)
Update for Windows XP (KB922582)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB922819)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923191)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923414)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB923980)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924270)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924496)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB924667)
Security Update for Windows Media Player 6.4 (KB925398)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB925902)
Hotfix for Windows XP (KB926239)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB926255)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB926436)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB927779)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB927802)
Update for Windows XP (KB927891)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB928255)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB928843)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB929123)
Hotfix for Windows Media Format 11 SDK (KB929399)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB930178)
Update for Windows XP (KB930916)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB931261)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB931784)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB932168)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB933729)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB935839)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB935840)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB936021)
Update for Windows XP (KB936357)
Security Update for Windows Media Player 11 (KB936782)
Security Update for Windows Media Player 9 (KB936782)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB937894)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB938127)
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB938127)
Update for Windows XP (KB938828)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB938829)
Hotfix for Windows Media Player 11 (KB939683)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB941202)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB941568)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB941569)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB941644)
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB942615)
Update for Windows XP (KB942763)
Update for Windows XP (KB942840)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB943055)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB943460)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB943485)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB944533)
Security Update for Windows Internet Explorer 7 (KB944533)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB944653)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB946026)
K-Lite Codec Pack 3.8.0 Full
Liberty BASIC v4.03
Mirage Driver 1.1
Mozilla Firefox (2.0.0.12)
Microsoft Compression Client Pack 1.0 for Windows XP
NetMeter 1.1.3
Microsoft National Language Support Downlevel APIs
OpenSource Flash Video Splitter (remove only)
PeerGuardian 2.0
Privoxy 3.0.6
QWallet
RealPlayer
Riva FLV Encoder 2.0
Sharp World Clock 1.43
Liberty BASIC Workshop
UPSee 411
Synaptics Pointing Device Driver
Tech-Pro Utilities 1.2
TightVNC 1.3.9
Tor 0.1.2.19
Vidalia 0.0.16
VideoLAN VLC media player 0.8.6d
WavePad Uninstall
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
Windows Media Format 11 runtime
Windows Media Player 11
WinRAR archiver
Windows Media Format 11 runtime
Windows Media Player 11
Microsoft User-Mode Driver Framework Feature Pack 1.0
ATI Control Panel
Java(TM) 6 Update 3
WebFldrs XP
Google Earth Pro
CmdHere Powertoy For Windows XP
Camtasia Studio 5
TIxx21
Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003
QuickTime
Intel(R) Processor ID Utility
Adobe Reader 6.0
Nero 7 Ultra Edition
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1
Apple Software Update
User Profile Hive Cleanup Service
 
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