Adding audiobook
How do I import an audiobook into the audiobook label in my library and ipod? I just bought and audiobook-imported it to itunes and it is under MUSIC. Please help. Thanks!
Windows XP
Is this an iTMS Audiobook?
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I don't know what the iTMS stands for, sorry. It is an audiobook I purchased at a book store, it is on several CD's. I am new to adding anything other than music to my IPOD. Thanks,
iTunes Music Store.
Unfortunately, there are many Audiobooks out there that are not coded per Apple's specs because (I suspect) that it's easier to code them as music. I've got the same situation with a personal (family) Audiobook that I created. After four months of effort, I finally gave up.
It's not all that much of a problem except to go to Get Info (Options) and check "Skip when shuffling."
Unfortunately, there are many Audiobooks out there that are not coded per Apple's specs because (I suspect) that it's easier to code them as music. I've got the same situation with a personal (family) Audiobook that I created. After four months of effort, I finally gave up.
It's not all that much of a problem except to go to Get Info (Options) and check "Skip when shuffling."
OK, thanks so much.
It's very simple.
To get your audiobooks to show up under Audiobooks in iTunes and the iPod, they need to be a file type of .m4b.
See these links for more info...
Aldo on Audiobooks
How do I get my audiobook to appear in the Audiobooks menu on my iPod?
To get your audiobooks to show up under Audiobooks in iTunes and the iPod, they need to be a file type of .m4b.
See these links for more info...
Aldo on Audiobooks
How do I get my audiobook to appear in the Audiobooks menu on my iPod?
I was there before (probably got the info from you). Everything looked great until I tried to listen from the iPod. Play for two seconds and quit.
FWIW, my recordings began life as cartridge tape thirty years ago and I then created 4 audio CDs and one mp3 CD. (They're discussions with my grandmother who, at that time, was already pushing a hundred years old.) There probably is a solution but, as I told the OP, it's not a major concern.
FWIW, my recordings began life as cartridge tape thirty years ago and I then created 4 audio CDs and one mp3 CD. (They're discussions with my grandmother who, at that time, was already pushing a hundred years old.) There probably is a solution but, as I told the OP, it's not a major concern.
*Everything looked great until I tried to listen from the iPod. Play for two seconds and quit.*
Never heard of this before.
Have you tried again (from scratch) lately?
Never heard of this before.
Have you tried again (from scratch) lately?
No, I keep putting it off. Like I said, it's not a major problem and I do try to prioritize (right now my priority is finding a job but that's another story).
Rest assured that, if I do try again and have difficulty, you'll hear from me here.
Rest assured that, if I do try again and have difficulty, you'll hear from me here.
Is a little labor intensive, but it worked for me. Thank you very much. I am going to look up the command shell in Windows.
The simple way to do the above is;
Import as AAC.
Change the file extension to .m4b.
You don't need the the command shell at all.
Import as AAC.
Change the file extension to .m4b.
You don't need the the command shell at all.
Why, why, why can't Apple simply let any type of file be placed in Audiobooks?
Sure would be simpler than all the hassles so many of us have.
PLEASE... if anyone is listening. Just fix this. Thanks.
How, BTW, does anyone get a suggestion to the right folks? No easy way to do that it seems.
Also, I can't find where in Hades one starts a new thread. The help instruction says click on the new post line at the top of the page, but I can't find any such link anywhere.
Sure would be simpler than all the hassles so many of us have.
PLEASE... if anyone is listening. Just fix this. Thanks.
How, BTW, does anyone get a suggestion to the right folks? No easy way to do that it seems.
Also, I can't find where in Hades one starts a new thread. The help instruction says click on the new post line at the top of the page, but I can't find any such link anywhere.
I am having the same issues with my audiobooks. I have finally managed to get them into the audiobook section of my ipod by following aldo's instructions to the letter, but still they will not appear on the main menu - It continues to say I have no songs(?)....which is very true - I have several books in there that I would like it to list! . It's frustrating and not what I expected from an expensive but otherwise seemingly flawless piece of technology. I bought the ipod with the soul intention of putting all my (paid for) audiobooks that were not sourced from "itunes" or "audiobooks" only to find that it involves a process akin to giving birth to get them to appear as they should! arrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhh!!! Please help!!
Adding audiobook