multiple copies of same audiobook

1. Download the script from this direct link AudiobookSortName (right-click and use download, save as, or a similar option in your browser.
2. Select the audiobook chapters to fix using Ctrl+A to select all when they are in view.
3. Run the script by double clicking on it.
4. Follow the prompts issued by the script.
5. Change to a different view, like Music, and then go back to Audiobooks. (iTunes won't refresh the view automatically after the fix is applied, so we're using another workaround.)
6. There should now be one cover for each book.

See also Audiobooks on iPods. Re-ripping is unlikely to help unless you're prepared to convert everything to a single file because this is a problem with the way current versions of iTunes handle metadata for multi-track audiobooks.

tt2

Since you're running Windows you can select your audiobook chapters and run the script AudiobookSortName to fix the display so that you only get one cover for each audiobook. It works even if you don't understand what it is doing.

tt2

Interesting. I just downloaded MalwareBytes to see what it made of the source file at my end and it was happy with it, so I downloaded a copy from my website and scanned that too without a problem. As the author of the script I'm hardly impartial, and .vba scripts could potentially be misused just like any other program so you're wise to think twice. Would you be able to take a screenshot of the warning message that I'm not seeing and post it here? I'd like to know more. 😕

tt2

In Authors view select the book and enter "command + I".

In the pop-up interface there will be several tabs.

Choose "Sorting" tab.

Copy information in the "title" window and paste in the "sort as" window below it and another "sort as" window under "chapter".

Copy information in the"author" window" and paste it in the "sort as" window below it.

Click "OK". When you return to the regular audiobooks view you should see only one copy of the book.

See Organizing audiobook chapters.

tt2

Ah I see. I guess you were trying to run the script directly from the browser rather than downloading it first. Thanks for filling in the blanks.

tt2