how to restart audiobook from where I left off?
lenovo thinkpad, Windows XP Pro
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lenovo thinkpad, Windows XP Pro
With the nano 6th gen when I plug into the computer to recharge the battery I lose the last position played. I have 1.1 software and I have the remember playback position checked for this audiobook...so what is the secret i am missing?
I use the 6th every day. I HATE IT. But it's the only mp3 player I have and so I have to use it. I use it for nothing but Audio Books and I've listened to well over 100. What I hate are the tiny controls. I don't have big fingers but even so, it's just too dam fiddly.
With mp4 audiobook files you have a slider which is impossible to place at the exact point you need it - sometime required after a re-charge. This needs to be addressed.
There is a 30sec wind back icon which {I suppose} is to help zero in on the exact spot you desire after the cumbersome slider has been used. Whatever - it's just fiddly.
The designers at Apple were obvioulsy none audio book users. They need to ask those specific users to test the deature before release.
The slider needs an update so we can 'wind on' [remember the old wheel in previous nano's - brilliant] to the desired spot.
With mp3 files there is no slider or 30sec wind back. Nightmare once you lose your place or wish to go over a part again.
Another thing - I dropped it a week after getting it. Dropped onto a soft surface and the glass cracked. I'd never buy another version 6.
iPod shuffle has same problem.
I've just tried converting the audiobook to AAC rather than mp3. I read somewhere on here that would fix it (they were wrong). Of course it remembers your position if you just turn it off or pause it. It's if you listen to something else then go back and listen to the audiobook -- at that point it starts from the start not where you were up to.
Can't iPods do this? Seems very important basic functionality to me. But they can't do it. What other mp3 player makes can do this?
John, yes just converting to AAC is not enough to make an mp3 file remember its place. You also need to change the extension of the file (or files) from m4a to m4b.
You can do this with Doug's AppleScripts for iTunes (http://dougscripts.com/itunes/)which are also very useful for other audiobooks adjustments. The one you want for converting the extension to m4b is Make Bookmarkable (http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=makebookmarkable).
I've used this method on over 80 audiobooks with great success.
how to restart audiobook from where I left off?