On 11:15 Mon 09 Jul , David Brodbeck wrote: > > On Jul 5, 2007, at 8:22 PM, Matt Price wrote: > >i'd like to convince the ipod that these tracks are not music > >but audiobooks (whatever that really means). > > > >does anyone know how to do this? if it can be done from amarok that's > >great, otherwise i can use whatever music player is required. > > There's a Windows utility that does this, called "MP3 to iPod Audio > Book Converter". If anyone knows of a Linux app that does the same > thing, I'd like to hear about it. > > There is a simpler way. Just convert the MP3 to MP4a using any of the open source converters and then rename the files with a MP4b extension. The iPod should then set a bookmark when you stop playing and start again from the correct place.
If it is just to differentiate between music and speech then tag the genre as Audiobook Regards, John -- War is God's way of teaching Americans geography Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
