vbrfix 0.24-1.2 (hppa binary) in ubuntu intrepid

 In an average song there are points that require high quality and points
 that require low quality (i.e. silence).
 .
 Instead of having the whole file at 160kbps CBR (Constant Bit Rate), we
 can use VBR (Variable Bit Rate). This allows us to have say 96kbps at
 points not requiring high quality and 192kbps when we need it: resulting
 in an overall smaller but higher quality MP3.
 .
 Unfortunately, the problem is that many MP3 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.
 .
 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 not 50% through the song.
 .
 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.
 .
 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.
 .
 Vbrfix can also fix other problems with MP3s as it deletes all non-MP3
 content (other than tags you state you want to keep). It can also help
 when merging two VBR MP3s together with a merging tool and then needing
 a newly calculated VBR null frame.