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Hi all-
Here's a question I haven't seen posted before. I have a set of mp3 files that were recorded from some online radio shows that I wanted to preserve for my own listening use. These were recorded on my Mac Pro Tower (currently running 10.8.2) using Wiretap Pro software. These are all varying lengths, but they are all at least 18 hrs. long (128 kbps), so yes, they are pretty large files. I can play them just fine on my system using Quicktime Player. However, a strange thing happens when I try to import them into iTunes. No matter what the actual length of the file is, the total time that displays in iTunes is 13:31:36. When I try to play any of the files, they just stop / get cut off at the 13:31:36 mark. Does anyone know why this is happening? Does iTunes have some arbitrary time limit for audio files that it can process and play? If there is, I suppose I could break up the files into lengths that are shorter than 13:31:36, but I really would prefer to keep the files the full lengths that they are.
An additional twist: as I was writing this, I decided to import a few of these files onto my new iPhone 5 to see what would happen. Again, the time displayed for the files both in iTunes on my Mac (looking at the My iPhone panel), and on the iPhone itself (in the song listing) is 13:31:36. HOWEVER, when I go into the Music Player on the iPhone, and play the file, the entire file length DOES display properly in the "time slider" at the top of the player screen, and it does seem like the entire file will play correctly all the way to the end. I'm happy about this, but still confused about the 13:31:36 time limit in the Mac iTunes.
Any help / suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Here's a question I haven't seen posted before.
Likely the reason you haven't and why you also got no reply to your other post yesterday is probably extremely few people have recordings that long.
I have no idea if this is an iTunes limitation (not having an 18 hour track). Don't forget iTunes is likely primarily designed to play your 3-4 minute track purchased from the iTunes Store and anything after that is incidental support. It is possible they didn't even test it with a file that long. Try transcoding to different format, or even to the same format but using a different encoder, and see if you have the same problem (no, this isn't ideal but you are the one with the 18 hour tracks and the idea is to see if it will play in any format). There are small differences in mp3 encoders and you may be making one that iTunes doesn't like. If you have the same problem then you'll just have to live with it or split the file into smaller segments.

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