diff --git a/abstracttrack.h b/abstracttrack.h
index 249141a..6b285c4 100644
--- a/abstracttrack.h
+++ b/abstracttrack.h
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ public:
     MediaType mediaType() const;
     std::string_view mediaTypeName() const;
     std::uint64_t size() const;
+    void setSize(std::uint64_t size);
     std::uint32_t trackNumber() const;
     void setTrackNumber(std::uint32_t trackNumber);
     std::uint64_t id() const;
@@ -396,6 +397,19 @@ inline std::uint64_t AbstractTrack::size() const
     return m_size;
 }
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Sets the size in bytes.
+ * \remarks
+ * This is used by MediaFileInfo to set the track size for certain types of tracks before invoking the parsing.
+ * If you use this a class derived from AbstractTrack directly you may want to do the same if not the entire
+ * input stream is supposed to be considered part of the track and the parser would otherwise assume that (like
+ * the parser of MpegAudioFrameStream might do).
+ */
+inline void AbstractTrack::setSize(std::uint64_t size)
+{
+    m_size = size;
+}
+
 /*!
  * \brief Returns the track number if known; otherwise returns 0.
  */
diff --git a/adts/adtsstream.cpp b/adts/adtsstream.cpp
index 057d157..405fbda 100644
--- a/adts/adtsstream.cpp
+++ b/adts/adtsstream.cpp
@@ -24,15 +24,8 @@ void AdtsStream::internalParseHeader(Diagnostics &diag, AbortableProgressFeedbac
     if (!m_istream) {
         throw NoDataFoundException();
     }
-    // get size
-    m_istream->seekg(-128, ios_base::end);
-    if (m_reader.readUInt24BE() == 0x544147) {
-        m_size = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(m_istream->tellg()) - 3u - m_startOffset;
-    } else {
-        m_size = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(m_istream->tellg()) + 125u - m_startOffset;
-    }
-    m_istream->seekg(static_cast<streamoff>(m_startOffset), ios_base::beg);
     // parse frame header
+    m_istream->seekg(static_cast<std::streamoff>(m_startOffset), ios_base::beg);
     m_firstFrame.parseHeader(m_reader);
     m_format = Mpeg4AudioObjectIds::idToMediaFormat(m_firstFrame.mpeg4AudioObjectId());
     m_channelCount = Mpeg4ChannelConfigs::channelCount(m_channelConfig = m_firstFrame.mpeg4ChannelConfig());
diff --git a/mediafileinfo.cpp b/mediafileinfo.cpp
index 112c13e..b1a3eca 100644
--- a/mediafileinfo.cpp
+++ b/mediafileinfo.cpp
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ MediaFileInfo::MediaFileInfo(std::string &&path)
     , m_containerFormat(ContainerFormat::Unknown)
     , m_containerOffset(0)
     , m_paddingSize(0)
+    , m_effectiveSize(0)
     , m_fileStructureFlags(MediaFileStructureFlags::None)
     , m_tracksParsingStatus(ParsingStatus::NotParsedYet)
     , m_tagsParsingStatus(ParsingStatus::NotParsedYet)
@@ -354,6 +355,13 @@ void MediaFileInfo::parseTracks(Diagnostics &diag, AbortableProgressFeedback &pr
         default:
             throw NotImplementedException();
         }
+        if (m_containerFormat != ContainerFormat::Flac) {
+            // ensure the effective size has been determined
+            // note: This is not required for FLAC and should also be avoided as parseTags() will invoke
+            //       parseTracks() when dealing with FLAC files.
+            parseTags(diag, progress);
+            m_singleTrack->setSize(m_effectiveSize);
+        }
         m_singleTrack->parseHeader(diag, progress);
 
         // take padding for some "single-track" formats into account
@@ -453,6 +461,9 @@ void MediaFileInfo::parseTags(Diagnostics &diag, AbortableProgressFeedback &prog
         m_id3v2Tags.emplace_back(id3v2Tag.release());
     }
 
+    // compute effective size
+    m_effectiveSize = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(effectiveSize - m_containerOffset);
+
     // check for tags in tracks (FLAC only) or via container object
     try {
         if (m_containerFormat == ContainerFormat::Flac) {
diff --git a/mediafileinfo.h b/mediafileinfo.h
index 80d068b..4e90707 100644
--- a/mediafileinfo.h
+++ b/mediafileinfo.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ public:
     std::string_view mimeType() const;
     std::uint64_t containerOffset() const;
     std::uint64_t paddingSize() const;
+    std::uint64_t effectiveSize() const;
     AbstractContainer *container() const;
     ParsingStatus containerParsingStatus() const;
     // ... the chapters
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ private:
     ContainerFormat m_containerFormat;
     std::streamoff m_containerOffset;
     std::uint64_t m_paddingSize;
+    std::uint64_t m_effectiveSize;
     std::vector<std::streamoff> m_actualId3v2TagOffsets;
     std::unique_ptr<AbstractContainer> m_container;
     MediaFileStructureFlags m_fileStructureFlags;
@@ -296,6 +298,15 @@ inline std::uint64_t MediaFileInfo::paddingSize() const
     return m_paddingSize;
 }
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Returns the "effective size" of the file if know; otherwise returns 0.
+ * \remarks This is the size of the file minus tags at the beginning and the end.
+ */
+inline std::uint64_t MediaFileInfo::effectiveSize() const
+{
+    return m_effectiveSize;
+}
+
 /*!
  * \brief Returns an indication whether tag information has been parsed yet.
  */
diff --git a/mpegaudio/mpegaudioframestream.cpp b/mpegaudio/mpegaudioframestream.cpp
index bb64acc..4ae5e4e 100644
--- a/mpegaudio/mpegaudioframestream.cpp
+++ b/mpegaudio/mpegaudioframestream.cpp
@@ -35,15 +35,8 @@ void MpegAudioFrameStream::internalParseHeader(Diagnostics &diag, AbortableProgr
     if (!m_istream) {
         throw NoDataFoundException();
     }
-    // get size
-    m_istream->seekg(-128, ios_base::end);
-    if (m_reader.readUInt24BE() == 0x544147) {
-        m_size = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(m_istream->tellg()) - 3u - m_startOffset;
-    } else {
-        m_size = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(m_istream->tellg()) + 125u - m_startOffset;
-    }
-    m_istream->seekg(static_cast<streamoff>(m_startOffset), ios_base::beg);
     // parse frames until the first valid, non-empty frame is reached
+    m_istream->seekg(static_cast<std::streamoff>(m_startOffset), ios_base::beg);
     for (size_t invalidByteskipped = 0; m_frames.size() < 200 && invalidByteskipped <= 0x600u;) {
         MpegAudioFrame &frame = invalidByteskipped > 0 ? m_frames.back() : m_frames.emplace_back();
         try {