diff --git a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libasf/asf.c b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libasf/asf.c
index 4e3235a422..5f6456a2cb 100644
--- a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libasf/asf.c
+++ b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libasf/asf.c
@@ -386,11 +386,17 @@ int asf_get_timestamp(int *duration)
 int asf_seek(int ms, asf_waveformatex_t* wfx)
 {
     int time, duration, delta, temp, count=0;
+    int bitrate = ci->id3->bitrate*1000/8;
 
     /*estimate packet number from bitrate*/
     int initial_packet = ci->curpos/wfx->packet_size;
-    int packet_num = (((int64_t)ms)*(wfx->bitrate>>3))/wfx->packet_size/1000;
-    int last_packet = ci->id3->filesize / wfx->packet_size;
+    int packet_num = (((int64_t)ms)*(bitrate))/wfx->packet_size/1000;
+    /*subtract header size in case theres a lot of metadata*/
+    int last_packet = (ci->id3->filesize-ci->id3->first_frame_offset) / wfx->packet_size;
+
+    /*
+    DEBUGF("bitrate:  %d\n", bitrate);
+    DEBUGF("attempting seek to: %d ms, initialp: %d, lastp: %d, estimating packet: %d, packet size:  %d\n", ms, initial_packet, last_packet, packet_num, wfx->packet_size);*/
 
     if (packet_num > last_packet) {
         packet_num = last_packet;
@@ -409,7 +415,7 @@ int asf_seek(int ms, asf_waveformatex_t* wfx)
 
         /*check the time stamp of our packet*/
         time = asf_get_timestamp(&duration);
-        /*DEBUGF("seeked to %d ms with duration %d\n", time, duration);*/
+        /*DEBUGF("seeked to %d ms (%d) with duration %d\n", time,packet_num, duration);*/
 
         if (time < 0) {
             /*unknown error, try to recover*/
@@ -427,7 +433,7 @@ int asf_seek(int ms, asf_waveformatex_t* wfx)
             delta = ms-time;
             /*estimate new packet number from bitrate and our current position*/
             temp += delta;
-            packet_num = ((temp/1000)*(wfx->bitrate>>3) - (wfx->packet_size>>1))/wfx->packet_size;  //round down!
+            packet_num = ((temp/1000)*(bitrate) - (wfx->packet_size<<1))/wfx->packet_size;  //round down!
             packet_offset = packet_num*wfx->packet_size;
             ci->seek_buffer(ci->id3->first_frame_offset+packet_offset);
         }
diff --git a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libasf/asf.h b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libasf/asf.h
index a7d384cf3d..2398a44eab 100644
--- a/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libasf/asf.h
+++ b/lib/rbcodec/codecs/libasf/asf.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct asf_waveformatex_s {
     uint16_t blockalign;
     uint16_t bitspersample;
     uint16_t datalen;
-    uint16_t numpackets;
+    uint64_t numpackets;
     uint8_t data[46];
 };
 typedef struct asf_waveformatex_s asf_waveformatex_t;
diff --git a/lib/rbcodec/metadata/asf.c b/lib/rbcodec/metadata/asf.c
index 469a5739d2..50e021b6a4 100644
--- a/lib/rbcodec/metadata/asf.c
+++ b/lib/rbcodec/metadata/asf.c
@@ -275,16 +275,16 @@ static int asf_parse_header(int fd, struct mp3entry* id3,
 
                     fileprop = 1;
                     
-                    /* Get the number of logical packets - uint16_t at offset 31 
-                     * (Big endian byte order) */
-                    lseek(fd, 31, SEEK_CUR);
-                    read_uint16be(fd, &wfx->numpackets);
+                    /* Get the number of logical packets - uint64_t at offset 32
+                     * (little endian byte order) */
+                    lseek(fd, 32, SEEK_CUR);
+                    read_uint64le(fd, &wfx->numpackets);
+                    //DEBUGF("read packets:  %llx %lld\n", wfx->numpackets, wfx->numpackets);
                     
                     /* Now get the play duration - uint64_t at offset 40 */
-                    lseek(fd, 7, SEEK_CUR);
+                    //lseek(fd, 4, SEEK_CUR);
                     read_uint64le(fd, &play_duration);
                     id3->length = play_duration / 10000;
-
                     //DEBUGF("****** length = %lums\n", id3->length);
 
                     /* Read the packet size - uint32_t at offset 68 */
@@ -338,8 +338,22 @@ static int asf_parse_header(int fd, struct mp3entry* id3,
                         read_uint16le(fd, &wfx->bitspersample);
                         read_uint16le(fd, &wfx->datalen);
 
-                        /* Round bitrate to the nearest kbit */
-                        id3->bitrate = (wfx->bitrate + 500) / 1000;
+                        /*sanity check the included bitrate by comparing to file size and length*/
+                        unsigned int estimated_bitrate =  (wfx->packet_size*wfx->numpackets)/id3->length*8000;
+
+                        /*in theory we could just use the estimated bitrate always,
+                          but its safer to underestimate*/
+                        if( wfx->bitrate > estimated_bitrate)
+                        {
+                            /* Round bitrate to the nearest kbit */
+                            id3->bitrate = (estimated_bitrate + 500) / 1000;
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            /* Round bitrate to the nearest kbit */
+                            id3->bitrate = (wfx->bitrate + 500) / 1000;
+                        }
+                        /*DEBUGF("bitrate:  %d estimated:  %d\n", wfx->bitrate, estimated_bitrate);*/
                         id3->frequency = wfx->rate;
 
                         if (wfx->codec_id == ASF_CODEC_ID_WMAV1) {