# totalTime of an MP3

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/totaltime-of-an-mp3/256557>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 4, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/totaltime-of-an-mp3/256557 "2008-04-04T01:52:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![rmo518](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@rmo518](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rmo518)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/totaltime-of-an-mp3/256557/1 "2008-04-04T01:52:04Z")

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According to Flash documentation about Media.totalTime:

> The default value for MP3 files is the play time of the media.

Are there any known reasons why this would return a result that is off by several minutes?