How to Install and Uninstall vbrfix Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "vbrfix" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install vbrfix on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall vbrfix on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: vbrfix
Priority: optional
Section: universe/sound
Installed-Size: 116
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Rogério Brito
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.24-7
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.4.0)
Filename: pool/universe/v/vbrfix/vbrfix_0.24-7_amd64.deb
Size: 29102
MD5sum: 2e1bee91b02e0441c15027e92e2b01fc
SHA1: 2b596c73819c56c046b5f46c545403e96da6b66e
SHA256: 8c45ae57d00cfd21d577769eac2b001e54db06a8bd819035462ede1d84033496
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu