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iOS 7 and Audiobook Chapters

iOS 7 seems to have removed the ability to view individual audiobook chapters in the music app. It has also replaced the chapter length with the length of the entire book in the time scrubber. When tapping the top right-hand corner to access the list of chapters, now it only shows one file for the whole book, whereas before it listed all the chapters, just like it lists all the songs in an album. This change applies to my own audiobooks created using the Mac Audiobook Builder app and to Audible downloads. I haven't tried it on an iTunes purchased audiobook.

If I manage to lose my place, scrubbing (even using quarter-speed or fine) through a 30+ hour audiobook is...let's be polite and say "challenging." I really liked knowing where I was in a chapter, being able to see how much time was left, being able to view the list of chapters, etc. My hope is I'm just missing something here and some iOS 7 wizard can show me how to correct this. But I suspect Apple's just updated the app.

iMac, Macbook, iPhone, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 2:34 PM

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dieterfi

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Apr 12, 2015 4:43 AM in response to TABKenya

i'm so frustrated so, that apple ignores all reports i made! I actually trying "audiobooked" on WP (the developer are answering and interest in suggestions) and "akimbo" in Droid (developer are also interest on upgrade its app). On iOS there are AudioChef and AudioMark!

Hopeful Apple will read this thread!

dieterfi

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Apr 14, 2015 6:31 AM in response to dieterfi

Something happend on iOS 8.4 beta 1

Answers for Speed, Sleep-Timer, Chapters and Timeline:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2caa-Tm1nY

Chapterlist? ... Check!
Chapter playtime? ... Check!
Show individual chapternames? ... Unknown!
chapter-oriented scrubbing? ... Possible!
chapter left playtime? ... Check!
Cover per chapter? ... Unknown!

Apr 14, 2015 10:41 PM in response to dieterfi

That looks promising. At least they now have the Chapterlist back. So it "Track 1", "Track 2", etc. the way your chapters are actually titled?

You say that "show individual chapter names" status is unknown. However, it DOES have the chapter list. Are you saying that it lists the chapters, but gives them generic names instead of their actual chapter names?

dieterfi

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Apr 26, 2015 1:47 AM in response to teacher24_70

i'm not sure whether Apple makes the same mistake and gives chapters generic names (like in iOS 5.0) or the shown with the chapter names from M4B. I haven't got a beta version installed, i have only found screenshots and videos where generic chapter names exists. Therefor i said: "Unknown"!

QuickTime (OS X 10.8.5)

iOS 4:

iOS 6:

Alternativ: AudioMark and AudioChef on iOS or "Smart Audiobook" on A.-Platform!

Jul 2, 2015 4:15 PM in response to ecdc05

This is finally fixed with ios 8.4!!'

chapters are back. Audiobooks moved to iBooks nice new interface.

slide the cover art left right to quick jump incrementally.

Jul 2, 2015 4:21 PM in response to onelife2000

It seems very glitchy on my end. It doesn't remember where I left off and and keeps starting me back two or three chapters. And sometimes the forward and backward buttons don't work either. I've had to go back to one of my third-party applications until this one becomes more stable.

Aunty32

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Jul 3, 2015 8:54 AM in response to ecdc05

HI,

I don't like this either, but what I did to get my chapters back is, Imdeleted the book from my ipad, reloading the book as music instead of as an audiobook and I have my chapters back again, in the music app though. So far so good, give it a try,

Tamatu

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Jul 16, 2015 2:14 AM in response to ecdc05

If you download from the Audible site they have an app which will play your books. It has a bookmark system as well . Doesnt do the chapters well though.

Nov 29, 2015 8:11 AM in response to ecdc05

It's Sun Nov 29, 2015. MONTHS ago I called itunes and complained about the new IOS screwing up my audiobooks. I have some audiobooks downloaded onto my computer in itunes and some in audiobooks. what a fiasco, but in the end it all worked out and it made sense that I could access audiobooks in the audible app, the issue is books from my computer to my iphone will NOT list the chapters!! So, for example if I do an audiobook that's a collection of short stories, how do I know which story it is if it just says '0' on all of them?!!! or if the chapters of a book are listed by number rather than the titles how do I know which chapter it really is? UCH!!! WHY can't APPLE get it right??!! I do not know why buy this drives me INSANE!!

Feb 26, 2016 7:11 PM in response to ecdc05

Please fix this @apple

iOS 7 and Audiobook Chapters