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Author:  keithg [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:29 am ]
Post subject:  Re: iPod touch and iPhone firmware 2.0.2 breaks some Audiobooks

You can start a new Project and drag in the final 8-hour Audiobook Parts one at a time. They should split up into Chapters according to how they were chaptered in the original Projects. If you added artwork to the original Projects you'll need to redo that. Then, as long as everything's in the right order, when you go to build again they should simply pass through into the new Part length you've selected.

Author:  Crumm [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:06 am ]
Post subject:  Re: iPod touch and iPhone firmware 2.0.2 breaks some Audiobooks

keithg wrote:
This is an issue we reported to Apple over two years ago, with instructions on how to reproduce using only QuickTime Player to create a plain M4A file and setting the track as bookmarkable in iTunes. They acknowledged the issue but, so far, have not committed to a resolution.

I have several audiobooks that I downloaded from iTunes that have parts much larger than 2.5. I just tried one that is 8.9 and sure enough it goofs up too. I always wondered why at times I could not get back to where I was before I turned it off but other times I could. Seems strange that if Apple knows they have a problem that they would sell audiobooks with parts longer than 2.5.

Is there anyway to cut the part size down on protected files that were downloaded from iTunes?

Author:  keithg [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: iPod touch and iPhone firmware 2.0.2 breaks some Audiobooks

That's the first we've heard of official iTunes Store Audiobook files weighing in longer than 2.5 hours. Most are under that. Can you tell us which ones you have?

I wish we could help out on the stuff you've purchased from the iTunes Store. Unfortunately, Apple's FairPlay DRM prevents third-party applications, like Audiobook Builder, from working with protected iTunes Store tracks.

Author:  Crumm [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: iPod touch and iPhone firmware 2.0.2 breaks some Audiobooks

keithg wrote:
That's the first we've heard of official iTunes Store Audiobook files weighing in longer than 2.5 hours. Most are under that. Can you tell us which ones you have?


The Shack by William P. Young (top seller for several weeks on iTunes) 8:49

The Rebel of Bodie by Gary McCarthy 5:49

The Rail Warriors by Gary McCarthy 5:31

Whiskey Creek by Gary McCarthy 6:07

Comstock Camels by Gary McCarthy 6:31

A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck (Unabridged) by Trace Adkins 8:09

Burst of Sound (Unabridged) by Trevor Scott 5:53

Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside Down (Unabridged) by Kaylene Johnson 2:58

Author:  Crumm [ Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: iPod touch and iPhone firmware 2.0.2 breaks some Audiobooks

keithg wrote:
That's the first we've heard of official iTunes Store Audiobook files weighing in longer than 2.5 hours. Most are under that. Can you tell us which ones you have?

Just downloaded another one:

The Associate by John Grisham 6:01

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