# Getting the playback time in a music folder

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 6, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-playback-time-in-a-music-folder/523863 "2010-01-06T03:38:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-playback-time-in-a-music-folder/523863/1 "2010-01-06T03:38:45Z")

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Does anyone know of software that would tell how much time it takes to play a folder of music?

Something like Aces music - 33 Flac files 1 hour 36 minutes

dbpoweramp gives the playing time of a audio cd.

You can look at properties on any audio file and see how long it is.

Seems like somebody has written a nifty program to give the playing time of a folder.

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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-the-playback-time-in-a-music-folder/523863/2 "2010-01-06T04:02:00Z")

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Never mind. :smack: Bill Gates read my mind.

select all the music files, right click properties and the audio tab gives the total playing time.

I must be really tired to have missed it earlier. My ass is dragging and it’s only Tuesday.