by kknostman » Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:45 pm
Ok, I've seen the various threads here that talk about MM support for "audiobook" format for ipod, or lack thereof. Here's my confusion and question.
In the current Itunes versions out there, 7 to 8, you can take an MP3 or a bunch of MP3 files and "flag" them as audiobooks. You do this by selecting the files, going to "Get Info", chosing the "Options" tab, then selecting "Audiobook" as the "Media Kind" choice. Pretty straight forward AND the file is still an MP3.... so the question is why can't I do this in MM.
My current understanding is that the only way to get audiobook like functionality is to fake it with assigning Book as the genre of the file(s) (or a variation of Book) and synchronizing whereas bookmarking is enabled.
Why can't MM simply flag the MP3 in the same way iTunes is doing, assuming that IS what it is doing, to provide the proper Audiobook functionality on the iPod/iPhone/etc?
About half my library are audiobooks and I find myself forced back to iTunes because of this lack.
Thanks
Ok, I've seen the various threads here that talk about MM support for "audiobook" format for ipod, or lack thereof. Here's my confusion and question.
In the current Itunes versions out there, 7 to 8, you can take an MP3 or a bunch of MP3 files and "flag" them as audiobooks. You do this by selecting the files, going to "Get Info", chosing the "Options" tab, then selecting "Audiobook" as the "Media Kind" choice. Pretty straight forward AND the file is still an MP3.... so the question is why can't I do this in MM.
My current understanding is that the only way to get audiobook like functionality is to fake it with assigning Book as the genre of the file(s) (or a variation of Book) and synchronizing whereas bookmarking is enabled.
Why can't MM simply flag the MP3 in the same way iTunes is doing, assuming that IS what it is doing, to provide the proper Audiobook functionality on the iPod/iPhone/etc?
About half my library are audiobooks and I find myself forced back to iTunes because of this lack.
Thanks