iPod Touch 2.1 and Audiobook problems

Same here, everything works good with 2.1 but the audiobooks! I got 31 books and I cant seem then. The moment i press the audiobook option, it takes me back to the home screen 😟

And I am not bothered with this playlist solution too, it's not even halfway fixed. APPLE DO SOMETHING PLEASE.

Same here - nothing new to add, just adding my name to the list having the same issue. I've tried the restore & am able to sync just a few books vi a playlist ok. Not good enough though!!

I am also experiencing this error. I just upgraded to 2.0, and now with the 2.1 update, I can't listen to all my audiobooks.

In my case, I have the entire New Testament (Bible) on my iPod Touch, with each separate book of the New Testament listed as its own audiobook. I got this in audiobook format so that I could have the whole NT with me wherever I go. Now, since there are 27 books in the NT, I can only have 19 of them.

RIDICULOUS! Apple, if your customers are PAYING to update their iPod softwear, DON'T MAKE NEWER VERSIONS WORSE!

Please fix this problem ASAP.

I am experiencing a different problem... My audiobooks (over 300 from audible) show up fine when on playlists including normal playlists - not just the audiobook playlist - try that first if you're having the above problem.

However, after a while (a few hours) of playing a book, the audio becomes garbled. Pausing and restarting play does not fix this, however, moving forward and then backward through the file seems to fix the problem. I usually go 1 min forward and then back as close as I can get to where I was.

This is rather annoying since the scrubber control on the touch is so small and hard to use accurately...

This problem started after I upgraded to 2.1.

This is a great alternative!!
Thanks for sharing this.
I think you are right. At least we can have the audiobooks we want to listen with easy access.
I'm sure they will fix this problem on the next update.
For right now, limiting the number of audibooks manually should be fair enough.
Thanks.

Are you experiencing this with multiple titles? Or is it just one book that is giving you trouble?

Pete

Multiple titles. I have 36 audiobooks and looks like other users have up to 300 tittles.
Apparently, limiting the number of tittles to a minimum possible is another workaround.

So far, I have had it happen 4 times with 2 different files. - Doesn't sound like much, but I only updated yesterday.

At first, I thought it might be a corrupt file, so I tried a different file. When it happened to that file, I played the first file on my old iPod video. The old iPod had no problems playing it, and when I went back to the file on the touch, it played fine.

The last 2 times, scrubbing a little forward and then back got rid of the problem.

Same problem for me too -- with an iPod Touch (16GB) updated to 2.1. I didn't have this problem with 2.0!

It doesn't even let you enter the audiobook section of your music Icon.
But the problem only occurs with the last update 2.1 of the Ipod Touch and if you have more than 19 or 20 audiobooks in your library. Earlier versions don't have a problem, and that's the reason why all of us in this tread are regretting updating our Ipods.
Please don't tell me that you have the latest update 2.1 and are still able to listen your audiobooks because I will commit suicide right at this very moment!.

it seems to be more closely related to the format. I have just finished listening to a 2 hour mp3 without a problem, but before that I had it happen only 30 minutes into a 47 minute audible file.

Prior to that, the other two files were both 6 (or so) hour long audible files.

All of the files it has happened with were format 3 audible files.

It also doesn't seem to happen if you are moving or skipping around in the file... Only after significant time playing straight through.

Sorry, I had the same issue as you when I first upgraded. Now I'm having a different issue (garbled audio on audible files after listening to them straight through)
Here's what I did to "resolve" the issue you're having:
1. set music to sync selected playlists only (started out that way since my 40GB music collection won't fit on the touch.)
2. DID NOT select the Audiobooks playlist.
3. Created 2 new regular playlists for the books I want on the device: (Current books and other books) and set them to sync.

I now have 36 out of my 300+ audible titles on the touch. I can play them on those playlists, and the audiobook section works!

I'm actually finding it to be easier and better to manage my books on these 2 small playlists than on my long audiobooks entry.. even after apple fixes that problem, I think I will continue to do it this way.

Incidentally, all of the audiobooks that are on my touch are format 3 Audible files.

Just wanted to follow-up -- the iPhone 2.1 update does not have the audiobook problem... So it looks specific to the Touch 2.1 update.