Missing finder feature in Tiger

Question

Hello,
In previous OS versions When viewing audio files in column view or using "Get Info" In 10.2 Jaguar or 10.3 Panther. the file info showed the Duration of your audio file. This is helpful to me when putting asset catalogs together for various projects I have translated from English into other languages. Rather than open the file in Quicktime and see how long the file plays, it was much quicker to click on the file in Column view and see the Duration (shown below in Jaguar).
Now in Tiger I can't seem to figure out why it's not displaying (see below):
The "Duration" field is present, but it's inactive and grayed out.
Any ideas on this? Thanks.
J.E. Flynn
Dual G5 2Gig AND a Dual G4 867   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

Answer 1

That's interesting. I checked an MP4 file that was on my desktop and viola! it showed Duration info. There was a .wav file there too so I checked it and "Huh?" it also showed Duration info o.O
I guess the difference here is that the files that I screenshot above are on a Server using Mac OS 10.2 Jaquar Server. I checked an MP4 and MP3 file and niether showed Duration over the network. Could it be that Duration info is not saved?
That must be the factor here. Any other thoughts from anyone who CAN see Duration info over the network?
J.E. Flynn
Dual G5 2Gig AND a Dual G4 867   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  
Dual G5 2Gig AND a Dual G4 867   Mac OS X (10.4.4)