Hi Paul! I think on one of the other posts about this said, when you've got to that select all part you can do command+i and in there you can put them all under the same group I think! Then they will stay together! hth Colin On 8 Sep 2010, at 13:35, Paul Erkens wrote:
> Hi Esther, > > I think I'm almost there. Thanks for your clear explanation. A few questions > though. > > My audio books come in numbered mp3 files and I'd like to have them with me > on the iphone. Does itunes take into account the filename when it imports > files into itunes? Of course, for an audiobook, the order in which the files > are played is important. > Do I need to add all, say, 402 mp3 files to one single playlist that has the > name of the book? I'm not sure on how to do this. I was used to organising > everything in folder trees and neatly named files. Itunes is different, > because I never cared about the mp3 tags, but now I will have to learn what > to do instead. Given 402 consecutive files that I want to have in one > audiobook on the iphone, allowing me to resume, how do I go about then? I'll > tell you what I think I should do. Please correct me if you see a mistake. At > a certain point I get stuck. You'll see. > > 1. Given my directory full of files, nicely numbered, I first use a utility > to make the track number field of the mp3 tags inside all files reflect its > filename, so that 001.mp3 gets 001 in its mp3 track tag field. Is this > necessary? > > 2. I would then open itunes and press command plus o to add stuff to my > library. > > 3. Then I would be in the dialog where you have the choose button, and from > the list of files, I would navigate until I am in the folder where all 402 > mp3 files making up my book are stored. One folder up is command up, and > descend down into a folder is command plus down. Correct, or is there an > easier way? Of course I could turn quicknav off and arrow up down left right. > > 4. I then select all files using command plus a and I press the choose button. > > 5. Next, I try to find all the new files in my music library. Do I create a > playlist here? Then what do I do? From here I'm stuck. Very interested to > know about this. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:11 PM > Subject: Re: itunes and file tagging > > >> Hi Paul, >> >> The genre field of track in iTunes can be set to anything, and does not >> determine whether a file appears in music, photos, ring tones, etc. A file >> will show up as a ring tone if and only if it is basically one of Apple's >> AAC files (usually with .m4a extension, if this started as a music file), >> is under 40 seconds in length, and has a .m4r file extension. If you clip >> an AAC music file to under 40 seconds in length, rename the file extension >> from .m4a to .m4r, and import it into iTunes, it will automatically show up >> under ring tones. For audiobooks, mp3 or AAC files in your music library >> can be placed in this playlist if you select these tracks, do a "Get Info" >> with Command-I, then navigate to the "Options" tab and press the pop up >> menu button for "Media Kind" with VO-Space, then arrow down to change it >> from "Music" to "Audiobook". To put tracks in to the podcasts playlist, >> change the "Media Kind" to "Podcast". You might also want to check the >> boxes for "Remember playback position" and "Skip when shuffling" if you >> want these tracks to bookmark and be kept out any shuffled playlists you >> create. (If your podcast is a music podcast, you might not want to check >> these boxes.) The first checkbox lets you resume your listening at the >> point you left off. If it is not checked, your tracks will always start >> playing from the beginning (even if they are placed in the audiobook or >> podcast playlist because you changed the "Media Kind"). The second >> checkbox keeps the tracks from appearing in shuffled playlists which would >> otherwise sample your whole library. It can be disconcerting to listen to >> shuffled music selections, and suddenly have a track from an audiobook show >> up <smile>. >> >> You can select multiple tracks at once to change "Media Kind" on the Options >> tab with Command-I. You'll simply be asked by iTunes whether you are sure >> you want to edit multiple tracks. Once you change the media kind of a >> track that is initially in your music library, upon exiting "Get Info", the >> track will disappear from the music playlist and reappear under Books or >> Podcasts. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Sep 8, 2010, at 00:38, Paul Erkens wrote: >> >>> Hi list, >>> >>> When importing files into itunes, I suspect that the genre field in the >>> mp3 tag determines in which playlist (music, photos, ring tones etc), the >>> imported file is going to appear. >>> >>> For example, a tag that itunes does not know about, will place its file in >>> music. If you set the genre tag of a file to podcast, it might appear in >>> podcasts instead of in music. >>> >>> Does any of you know about a list of tags to which itunes >>> normally responds? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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