Retrieving playing time

The question is how can I retrieve the playing time of a video or audio sample. I do not referring the media time I'm referring the time the sample is being playing. I guess I have to get down to video/audio renderer level but I a litle lost at this area.
I need this information to write down in a log file in order to make some remote synchronization performance analisys. Thank you all.

have you try'd "processor.getMediaTime()" or "player.getMediaTime()" ?

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If your country's iTunes Store allows you to redownload purchased tracks, I'd delete your current copies of the dodgy tracks and try redownloading fresh copies. For instructions, see the following document:
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Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
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Hi Guyz,
I am on SE Asia Time (GMT+7) and my PC clock is set correctly, but every time I play song in iTUnes, it's Last Played time is off (earlier) by exactly 1 Hour.
Anyone why it's doing that.
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Hi Ed2345,
Thanks for taking the time to reply
I just did a "recheck Windows Update" and the only missing (hidden) updates are
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2709981 (Something to do with WMP 12 and DVD)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592687 (Something to do with RDP 8.0)
and silverlight and language packs
I will keep you informed if the US of A Time change solved my Promprem
Edit: // Maybe iTunes 11 solves everything

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Rosapeas wrote:
I like to listen to lectures, etc. and find it very annoying to have to press the on/off button to restart it every 10 minutes. Couldn't find a way to extend playing time in settings. Any suggestions? This is my first iPod and I am ready to take it back if I am unable to extend the playing time. Frustrating!
I can imagine that is frustrating as heck. My daughter has one of these and I know for a fact hers does not turn off after 10 minutes because I have to turn it off for her every night after she has fallen asleep. Below is what Apple has to say about it from a troubleshooting standpoint.
"If music stops when the iPod nano screen turns off m Make sure the earphone port is free of debris. m Make sure the earphone or headphone connector is pushed in all the way. To see an illustration, go to support.apple.com/kb/ts3700."
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Hello!
I have a mp3 file and i want to determine it's play time from it's length. Is this thing possible? Could anyone point me in the right direction?
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Cheers!
Radu

Thanks you both for your replies!
I posted yesterday late in the evening and my brain didn't work quite well :)). After i've read your posts today, i realized that i will be using mplayer in slave mode to play the audio file, and a quick google search showed me that mplayer offers a way to retreive the play time of any audio/video file (in seconds). Tested it today and it works! So i guess my question has been answered.
Thanks again
Cheers!
Radu

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<snip>
Java 1.5 added nanosecond methods for hardware/OS
combinations that can support it.Which at current includes none at all :)<snip>
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Commandline                     1300
CrimsonEditor                    500
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