diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
index b62f72c09..c935e0667 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/metadata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import mutagen
-import math
 import os
 import copy
 from collections import namedtuple
@@ -8,6 +7,7 @@ from mutagen.easymp4  import EasyMP4KeyError
 
 from media.monitor.exceptions import BadSongFile
 from media.monitor.log        import Loggable
+from media.monitor.pure       import format_length
 import media.monitor.pure as mmp
 
 """
@@ -94,24 +94,6 @@ truncate_table = {
         'MDATA_KEY_COPYRIGHT' : 512,
 }
 
-def format_length(mutagen_length):
-    """
-    Convert mutagen length to airtime length
-    """
-    t = float(mutagen_length)
-    h = int(math.floor(t / 3600))
-    t = t % 3600
-    m = int(math.floor(t / 60))
-    s = t % 60
-    # will be ss.uuu
-    s = str(s)
-    seconds = s.split(".")
-    s = seconds[0]
-    # have a maximum of 6 subseconds.
-    if len(seconds[1]) >= 6: ss = seconds[1][0:6]
-    else: ss = seconds[1][0:]
-    return "%s:%s:%s.%s" % (h, m, s, ss)
-
 def truncate_to_length(item, length):
     if isinstance(item, int): item = str(item)
     if isinstance(item, basestring):
diff --git a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py
index b8f3b4c12..4c607d1c2 100644
--- a/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py
+++ b/python_apps/media-monitor2/media/monitor/pure.py
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ def organized_path(old_path, root_path, orig_md):
 
     # MDATA_KEY_BITRATE is in bytes/second i.e. (256000) we want to turn this
     # into 254kbps
+
     # Some metadata elements cannot be empty, hence we default them to some
     # value just so that we can create a correct path
     normal_md = default_to_f(orig_md, path_md, unicode_unknown, default_f)
@@ -477,12 +478,12 @@ def file_playable(pathname):
     """
     Returns True if 'pathname' is playable by liquidsoap. False otherwise.
     """
-    #when there is an single apostrophe inside of a string quoted by
-    #apostrophes, we can only escape it by replace that apostrophe with '\''.
-    #This breaks the string into two, and inserts an escaped single quote in
-    #between them.  We run the command as pypo because otherwise the target file
-    #is opened with write permissions, and this causes an inotify ON_CLOSE_WRITE
-    #event to be fired :/
+    # when there is an single apostrophe inside of a string quoted by
+    # apostrophes, we can only escape it by replace that apostrophe with
+    # '\''. This breaks the string into two, and inserts an escaped
+    # single quote in between them. We run the command as pypo because
+    # otherwise the target file is opened with write permissions, and
+    # this causes an inotify ON_CLOSE_WRITE event to be fired :/
     command = ("airtime-liquidsoap -c 'output.dummy" + \
         "(audio_to_stereo(single(\"%s\")))' > /dev/null 2>&1") % \
         pathname.replace("'", "'\\''")