I can’t seem to find much information about this problem throughout the forum. Hopefully someone here can assist me.
Since, about a month ago, whenever I add a new artist to my music library the bitrate is incorrect. Everything should be 320kbps, but they are showing up as usually a little bit higher, like 337kbps. I’ve checked with different programs to see what the bitrate should be, and they all show 320kbps. It’s only Plex that is giving a different result.
Does anyone know what’s causing this?
Here are pictures of different programs showing the same file. (The path may be different, but the files are the exact same)
I’m seeing the same. Often it’s even just one bit higher, for example 321kbps. The files all play fine, so I guess it’s just a bug in the way Plex calculates these bitrates?
Check out the most right column of the “Media Info” screen you got from Plex… there, your bitrate is listed as 320 kbps as well. That’s the information of the audio stream.
The bitrate listed in the left column represents the overall average bitrate of your file (taking into account the absolute size of your file, e.g. including header and container information)
7,137,317 bytes = 57,098,536 bits
@ 169.235 s (2:49.235) duration that’s 337,392 bits per second = 337 kbps (using 1 kb = 1,000 bits)
edit: considered the milliseconds which properly rounds to 337 kbps
