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iPod Audiobooks

Hello everyone

I've been looking on the net the last few days for a way to convert MP3 Audiobooks that I have to Audiobooks for my iPod to take advantage of the extra features it gives for Audiobooks. However, all I have been finding is tedious guides for iTunes...

I am looking for a way to automate this as I have too many of them... it's all tagged and ready to go. I just need a way to convert it to a single MP4 file with chapters for iPod and then rename to M4B. I tried foobar's Convert to Album Images with Cuesheets and Chapters but that doesn't work with iTunes/iPod. Also the iPod plugin doesn't support this yet...

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance
everwicked

iPod Audiobooks

Reply #1 –
which os are you using?

iPod Audiobooks

Reply #2 –
Quote from: everwicked on
I tried foobar's Convert to Album Images with Cuesheets and Chapters but that doesn't work with iTunes/iPod.


So did an earlier Windows user here:

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....showtopic=42900

I found that by googling: "apple chaptertool" windows

ChapterTool is the application used on a Mac to do it. From the sound of that thread, which isn't that old, there's no equivalent yet on Windows.

If you know someone with a Mac, there's a script that will do the whole shebang:

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"... enable you to join the files of selected iTunes tracks together--including CD tracks--with QuickTime and export them as a single AAC file/track. Optionally, with Apple's ChapterTool application installed (download link included), it will create a "chapterized" audio file of the exported AAC file".


http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts07.php

iPod Audiobooks

Reply #3 –
Quote from: everwicked on
I've been looking on the net the last few days for a way to convert MP3 Audiobooks that I have to Audiobooks for my iPod to take advantage of the extra features it gives for Audiobooks. However, all I have been finding is tedious guides for iTunes...


FWIW, i use Rockbox on my 5G to play MP3 books.  Rockbox does bookmarks.  (for general music listening, i switch between Apple & Rockbox.)

iPod Audiobooks

Reply #4 –
I am on Windows...

Quote from: Spam Fodder on
Quote from: everwicked on

I've been looking on the net the last few days for a way to convert MP3 Audiobooks that I have to Audiobooks for my iPod to take advantage of the extra features it gives for Audiobooks. However, all I have been finding is tedious guides for iTunes...


FWIW, i use Rockbox on my 5G to play MP3 books.  Rockbox does bookmarks.  (for general music listening, i switch between Apple & Rockbox.)


It seems Rockbox doesn't support the 80GB iPod which I have... is there anything else like Rockbox?

iPod Audiobooks

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there is a linux-project which aims similar things.. you could check this option...

http://www.ipodlinux.org/Project_Status

The 80G iPod isn't supported by any of the iPod Linux solutions, unfortunately. It seems Apple changed the disk controller code in a way which is frustrating a port. Still, we live in hope, at least the firmware isn't encrypted  .