Hi guys;
If I'm reading an ebook on my ipad and iphone, they are synced (if i read to chapter 7 on iphone I'll pick up the ipad and find its bookmarked and the page has turned to the spot I left off on the other device)
Very cool
But...
Is this possible for audiobooks from an ipod to an iphone?
I buy Audible and the format is AAX if that makes any difference.
Drew
No, not unless both have synced with iTunes.
tt2
When you say "not unless both have synced with iTunes"
do you mean the same iTunes app loads the same audiobook to both devices?
Or is this a cloud thing?
Or do I have to buy the audiobook through the iTunes Store to have it sync?
(sorry for the barrage of questions)
Drew
If your devices sync with iTunes (as opposed to being manually managed) and you listen to an audiobook on device A, then sync with your library, the current bookmarked position should be synced back to the library (along with ratings, play counts, last played, etc.) and this can later be synced to device B. This assumes that books from Audible are treated the same way as Apple's .m4b audiobook format. There is no automatic over the cloud syncing of audio bookmarks as there is with iBooks.
tt2
I have found that the playback position on content from Audible (about 9/10ths of my library) has behaved the same as content from other sources -- remember to ensure that the "remember playback position" option is checked doe your audiobooks in iTunes (otherwise it won't). As noted elsewhere, the way to share this position is by having the title on each device and by regularly syncing the devices with iTunes. (I don't play from the Cloud so I cannot comment how that works).
HOWEVER - as noted elsewhere in this forum - there are two problems that have occurred since Apple made changes to how audiobooks are played on Iphones/Ipads -- which is a) I have found that the audiobook is marked as Played/Read immediately it is opened in iBooks (so as before not when it is actually completely played) and b) since Itunes 12.4 was released I can no longer changed the played status of audiobooks in iTunes.
"Dear Apple please move the playing of Audiobooks back to the Music App, where all worked well, and please give us back the basic functionality that you allow to all other types of media which is to manage the played status of titles in our libraries in iTunes"
- Re: Why can't I change the played status of audiobooks in Itunes 12.4
Audiobook on ipod and iphone
