flac duration / header issues

[the-arm]

Hi - I'm using Max Version 0.9.2b4 (25) on Big Sur. I recently updated to this version after leaving Mojave and needing to update the version of Max (64 bit presumably?).

I'm having issues with the way Max creates flacs - whether via transcoding or via ripping of CD. The symptom is that the flacs it creates confuse VLC and other players - they can't detect the length of the song. They'll play, but you can't fast forward or navigate through a song. I also noted that other header information doesn't seem to be written to the flac either. A little googling tells me that if the header is missing or incomplete this can occur? But that's the extent of my knowledge.

I tried (ripping and just transcoding) transcoding to mp3 and to wav and those behave as you'd expect so it seems like it's limited to flac.

I was able to use XLD to transcode to flac and the flac behaves appropriately in VLC, so it isn't something global on my system.

Thanks!