How to Install and Uninstall vbrfix Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "vbrfix" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install vbrfix on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                vbrfix
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "vbrfix" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall vbrfix on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                vbrfix
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the vbrfix package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: vbrfix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.24+dfsg-1build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 73
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/v/vbrfix/vbrfix_0.24+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 21316
MD5sum: 532468cd1c808d6716589e8dec0e0498
SHA1: db8a489035a3b607ab9a2a37d82275fd5e3f05fc
SHA256: 8da22ef925bc6ba55609c9193a9e7a31b5f40aada77263c7ce52a595a8512f91
SHA512: 5f2f802f99592d4ab516b65762d9e9bb91666631f0f6776a9986a7413ce33220db476cc58b35c9d9147b952d320154214992cb75b90b9e702a348d7c0449afcf
Description-en: corrects MP3 files that have incorrect VBR information
In an average song there are points that require high quality and points
that require low quality (i.e. silence).
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Instead of having the whole file at, say, 160kbps CBR (Constant Bit Rate),
we can use VBR (Variable Bit Rate). This allows us to have use low bitrates
at points that does not require high quality (were a higher bitrate would
not affect the sound heard) and high bitrates when needed. The result is
usually a smaller MP3 file, with higher quality.
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Unfortunately, the many MP3 decoders estimate the time of a MP3 file based
on the first bitrate they find and the filesize. This means that the
"prediction" used by such decoders is wildly wrong with VBR encoded files
and, as a result, you can get fairly random times for such songs.
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As most songs start with silence you usually get the song length being
shown as much longer than it should be. Also when you jump through a
file encoded in VBR, 50% through the file is usually not 50% through the
song.
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A VBR null frame is placed at the beginning of the file to tell the MP3
player information about the song length and indexing through the song.
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The problem arises because some poor encoders don't produce this null
frame or do so incorrectly and this is what vbrfix attempts to fix.
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Vbrfix can also fix other problems with MP3s as it deletes all non-MP3
content (you can keep tags that you state, though). It can also help
when merging two VBR MP3s together with a merging tool and then needing
a newly calculated VBR null frame.
Description-md5: 5674e258385b80cc1350086036f70d23