Why do track times sometimes differ from store to store?

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    Tydirium New Member Thread Starter

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    Does anybody know why the track times can at times differ so much for a single release, from store to store? How does releasing an album work, anyways; does the label send the same files to all the different services/stores (and then those services add/remove time at the end of tracks?), or do some services get a different set of files than others? As an example, take the first 5 tracks from this album, German Opera Arias by Matthias Goerne from 2000:

    CD
    1. 2:40
    2. 2:30
    3. 3:50
    4. 4:42
    5. 2:30

    Apple Music/iTunes
    1. 2:47
    2. 2:35
    3. 3:55
    4. 4:47
    5. 2:35

    Qobuz
    1. 2:46
    2. 2:34
    3. 3:54
    4. 4:46
    5. 2:34

    Amazon
    1. 2:43
    2. 2:31
    3. 3:51
    4. 4:43
    5. 2:32

    Presto
    1. 2:43
    2. 2:31
    3. 3:50
    4. 4:42
    5. 2:31

    Obviously, the CD listed timings may be approximate and are not necessarily the accurate lengths of the tracks, but you'll notice that the timings between Apple and Qobuz are more or less the same (probably the same files with some rounding-up or rounding-down involved in the numbers), whereas the timings between Amazon and Presto are also more or less the same—albeit each about 3 or 4 seconds shorter than the Apple/Qobuz offerings... It's almost like there were two separate sets of files sent out by the label. Just trying to figure out if anybody knows what the cause of this is, and which is preferable.
     
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