Incorrect Bitrate and Track Length

Many tracks in my iTunes library are being reported in the columns with false bitrates and track lengths. For example, some tracks are reported as being over 20 minutes long when they're actually only about five minutes in length. Also, many songs are showing up as 32kbps [CBR] when they are actually much higher VBR variable bitrates. I heard that this is a problem with VBR files using an old way of encoding. Is there a way to fix this without re-encoding my files?

I seem to have fixed this new problem on my own. I deleted everything on my iPod and then copied all of the files in my library from my PC back onto it. I think that after I updated/fixed all of my files, the Sync feature wasn't detecting that these files were actually modified and left the old improperly-working, outdated versions of them on there.

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