Yes. In fact, we encourage you to do so. Audiobook Builder is fully functional before registration but it will limit output to the first twenty minutes or so of each Project.

Please send us an email outlining your feature request and some specific examples of how you would use the feature to feedback@splasm.com.

You can download Audiobook Builder in Disk Image format at http://www.splasm.com/downloads/audiobookbuilder/Audiobook Builder.dmg. Double-click the file to reveal a window named Audiobook Builder X, where X is the version you have downloaded. The window will have two icons inside: ReadMe and Audiobook Builder. Drag Audiobook Builder to your Applications folder or wherever you keep your applications. Return to the Audiobook Builder X window, select the File menu and choose Eject.

Disk Image files are special files that allow us to deliver CheckBook in a single package that acts very much like a CD or USB drive. When you double-click a Disk Image, your Mac reads the file and places a new icon on your Desktop that looks just like a hard drive icon. This is known as a Disk Image. If you open this new icon you will see the actual files we want you to have - the ReadMe and the CheckBook application. While you can use these files directly from the Disk Image, it is best that you copy the CheckBook application to your Applications folder on your hard drive and use it from that location. Once you have copied CheckBook to your Applications folder you can safely eject the Disk Image by dragging its icon to the Trash. If you like, you can save the Disk Image file for future installation of CheckBook.

Each update is designed to completely replace previous versions, so download the latest version of Audiobook Builder at http://www.splasm.com/downloads/audiobookbuilder/Audiobook Builder.dmg and overwrite your existing copy. Your registration for Audiobook Builder entitles you to all updates before Audiobook Builder 2.0, so feel free to download and install the latest version at any time.

No. Audiobook Builder does not work on Mac OS X 10.3.x.

Yes. The regular download is a Universal Binary and will run natively on PowerPC and Intel Macs.

No. Audiobook Builder is only for Mac OS X. Check out MarkAble at ipodsoft.com for a possible Windows solution.

You can use Audiobook Builder on another Mac, as long as you respect your license agreement. The single-user license states that you are licensed to use Audiobook Builder on only one Mac at a time. Make sure each copy of Audiobook Builder using the same serial number is not running on more than one Mac at any given time and you're welcome to copy it to as many Macs as necessary. The family pack license expands the number of Macs you may use Audiobook Builder simultaneously on to five (5).

Audiobook Builder should be able to read the audio from any QuickTime-compatible file with discrete audio tracks. It can also import directly from audio CDs.

Audiobook Builder can also handle Ogg, FLAC, and Speex with the help of the following:

Ogg Vorbis: Visit xiph.org/quicktime/download.html to download the Xiph QuickTime Components (XiphQT) which provides support for the Ogg Vorbis format.

It depends. Most tracks purchased from the iTunes Store are protected by Apple's FairPlay® digital rights management technology and the audio they contain is not available to third-party applications like Audiobook Builder. However, Apple offers some tracks without FairPlay in a format called iTunes Plus. These tracks should work just fine with Audiobook Builder.

No. Audible.com content is protected by digital rights management technology and is not accessible to applications like Audiobook Builder.

Unfortunately, the 3G iPod and earlier models do not support Audiobook chapter stops.

Twelve hours is approaching the maximum length of a file encoded at 48kHz that the iPod will play successfully. Twelve also seemed like a round number that would help prevent a massive number of chapters in a single part - the iPod's display is only 320 pixels wide at best, so anything more than a few dozen chapter stops looks a little ugly, no?

The icon and Kind info you see in the Finder were chosen by Apple to describe M4B files, but they do not apply to Audiobook Builder's output.

M4B files aren't necessarily in a "protected" format, but they can be. For example, Audiobooks purchased from the iTunes Store are usually protected by digital rights management technology, meaning their audio data is encrypted and cannot be read by any unauthorized applications or iPods. However, Audiobook Builder's output, even when it's in an M4B file, is not limited in any way and can be freely edited in most QuickTime applications and shared with users on other Macs. It's not protected at all.

No, Chapter Tool is not required.