Hi eSther. Lately I've been making the .m4B file, and then converting that to MP3 under the Advanced menu. I still keep the .m4B, but I also have a copy that's an MP3 for use with my Booksense. Very helpful with books that I've ripped as one or more long files.
Jane On Jul 12, 2011, at 3:49 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Justin, > > I suspect that when you hear the last second of your imported audiobook > tracks cut off, that may be do to the cross-fade setting in iTunes playback. > Try bringing up your iTune preferences menu (Command+comma), navigate to > Playback (Command+2, or you can navigate to the Playback button in the > titlebar and press it with VO+Space), then navigate to "Crossfade Songs" and > either uncheck the check box (VO+Space) or navigate to the slider, interact, > and adjust the value way down (maximum is 12 seconds, and it may be set there > as a default.) > > The other thing you could do is follow ShamelessFanGirl's suggestion, and rip > your audiobook CDs as a single, joined track -- either MP3 or AAC. When the > CD is inserted in your drive, you want to select all (Command-a) in the songs > table and then choose the "join CD tracks" option in the "Advanced" menu on > the iTunes menu bar before you start importing. This option will be dimmed > if you have not first selected the tracks, because there will be nothing to > join. Jane has posted detailed instructions on list about ripping audiobooks > this way with iTunes, and if you go to the secondary Mail Archive site for > this list at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/ > and type in the search text box "from:Jane join tracks" (without the > quotation marks, but with the colon after the "from" and before "Jane" with > no space around the colon), then press "return", you should get her post. > > Alternatively, if you are willing to change the audiobook to AAC format, for > playing on the iPod Touch, you can get either Audiobook Binder (free) or > Audiobook Builder ($5.95) from the Mac App Store, and automate the process of > ripping your audiobook into a single (or a few) files, including adding > chapter markers for navigating within the text. Audiobook Builder gives you > some more options with metadata and I think the user interface is more > robust, but either one should work. Both these software applications convert > to .m4b file, though, so if it is important for you to maintain mp3 format > (for compatibility with other devices), you might try joining by tracks. > > If you have multiple mp3 audiobook files and want to play them, the easy way > is to create a smart playlist. If you want to read up more about that, try > going to the Mail Archive site given above, and type in "smart playlists > audiobooks" into the search text field and press return. Then read the first > few linked posts that come up in the list for an overview of how do to this. > The third or so link will be a somewhat lengthy post introducing smart > playlists and describing how they work. There have been a few changes > (mostly, added features) since that post was written, but it covers all the > key concepts. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jul 11, 2011, at 05:11, ShamelessFanGirl wrote: > >> Good morning, >> >> This is perhaps grossly basic, but I'm beginning at ground level to avoid >> giving you mis-information. Do you find this behavior persists if you rip >> the disc in one track? select all the tracks, go to advanced, and have it >> rip your disc that way. Definitely report back with your findings, or feel >> free to contact me offlist. >> >> Have a good one, and I hth >> >> >> >> Foursquare: IndigoCellist >> >> Twitter: @IndigoCellist >> >> Skype: shameless_FanGirl >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Jul 11, 2011, at 8:34 AM, "Justin Ekis" <je...@fastmail.us> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I recently purchased an audiobook on CD, and I'm trying to copy it to my >>> computer for use on the iPod touch. I'm experiencing a small issue while >>> trying to do this with iTunes. The last second or two of each track is >>> getting cut off. I've never seen anything like this when ripping music CDs. >>> As expected, everything sounds fine when I play the CD directly in itunes. >>> I guess I could put up with this if I had to, since I can still understand >>> exactly what should have been said, but I just thought I'd ask here before >>> giving up. Does anyone know how to prevent this behavior? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Justin >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
