There is no method of setting the track duration in iTunes. As far as I know, iTunes reads it when it first loads the file. ie. when it is added.

While Yate supports the 'length' field which can be edited, it is more historic than useful. Yate also has an option to set the 'length' field to the correct value whenever it loads a file. This will not help with iTunes.

You could always import the 'library' only metadata (ratings, loves, play counts, etc.) and then have Yate delete and re-add the items to iTunes. Technically, this should work but there is no way to tell in a library which is not experiencing the issue.

I could always add code to read the 'duration' from iTunes. You could then compare the read value with the 'real' value and in the case where it was off than more a threshold you could automate the process. Yate currently does not read the iTunes duration as it should always be exactly the same as the real value.

The Length field is in milliseconds and to the best of my knowledge is no longer used by any players or other audio applications. As the Length field is in milliseconds it is enforced to be an integer only value in Yate's UI.

Yate automatically extracts the duration of an audio stream whenever a file is loaded. This is also a value in milliseconds. All known applications, including iTunes and Music, extract the audio duration in this manner.

There are lots of ways to view a more readable duration in Yate.

- from the Audio Properties panel in the File Browser.
- from the Audio Properties panel on the Audio editing panel
- by doing a View>Get Info on a single file (menu or context menu).
- via the Time column in the main window.
- via an Edit>Snapshot and looking at the Properties tree.