Automatic calculation of digital media content durations optimized for overlapping or adjoined transitions

A method for sequentially playing at least first and second songs upon a single device, the method comprising the steps of:

• instantiating first and second media players, each player having an independent audio stream output;
• commanding the first media player to start playing a first song;
• automatically determining a total measured duration interval of the first song;
• storing, without association with any song or media player, at least one predetermined silence suffix interval;
• automatically subtracting, from the total measured duration interval, the at least one predetermined silence suffix interval to obtain, for the first song, a calculated creative content interval;
• assigning the calculated creative content interval to an independent play event timer object;
• simultaneously with said step of commanding, starting a timer by the independent play event timer object;
• and when the timer reaches the end of the calculated creative content interval, automatically commanding the second media player to start playing the second song,
• wherein the method further comprises storing a Boolean (True/False) Cold End Status data field for each song, and wherein the predetermined silence suffix interval is one of first and second predetermined silence suffix intervals;
• and
• if the Cold End Status data field for the first song is False, automatically subtracting the first predetermined silence suffix interval from the total measured duration interval of the first song to obtain the calculated creative content interval of the first song;
• if the Cold End status data field for the first song is True, automatically subtracting the second predetermined silence suffix interval from the total measured duration interval to obtain the calculated creative content interval of the first song.