mpeg time length

[umair]

i just cut out a few clips from a mpeg file and then i combined them together. but for some reason after i combine the files the time length in media player says the video is 2mins and 12secs long, but when i move the bar all the way to the end the video keeps going to 3mins and 30secs. how do i make media player see the whole video?

[BJ_M]

forget media player --- its hopeless on reporting correct time

maybe media player classic is better (it is at everything else vs. media player)

[umair]

it worked fine with the other mpeg files, its just this one that messes up

[BJ_M]

use a better mpeg editor .

dont use vbr mpeg (in this case)

one or both of the above

[umair]

i used a few different ones, they all give a different length in time when i open it with media player and none of them have the whole time. is there a specific one you were thinking about?

[Baldrick]

What did you use to join the mpgs? Some editors does NOT fix the mpg headers so the total time gets messed up.

[umair]

i used iFilmEdit and tmpgenc. i just copied the file to another computer and the media player on that computer sees the whole length. so i guess there is nothing wrong with the file, its my media player