Index: contrib/file.py
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--- contrib/file.py
+++ contrib/file.py
@@ -247,11 +247,11 @@
             "url": "file:///"+url,
             "genre": "",
             "album": "",
             "artist": "",
             "length": "n/a",
-            "bitrate": "n/a",
+            "bitrate": 0,
 #            "format": mime_fmt(fn[-3:]),
             "format": mime_fmt(fn[-(len(fn)-fn.rfind(".")-1):]),
             "editable": False,
             }
         try: