Thread: Sideloading Audiobooks
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Old 11-03-2021, 07:42 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by xor_ View Post
m4a files inside .mp3z, the player sees them, but doesn't play them

straight up m4b or m4bz formats don't show up in the library

but an m4b audiobook converted to mp3 and uploaded as mp3z gets played nicely
I've never played with audibooks before. I had to go looking for something before I started. But, the clues I got from the database and elsewhere suggest Kobo's audiobooks were MP3's and I knew there would be a way to sideload them.
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Exactly. connected smoothly with my bluetooth headphones. But you have to do it before calling up the file.

So, yes, mp3 playback is nice to have. But it's really nothing new. The sweet thing would be progress tracking across reading modes and devices.
Liked purchased ebooks, Kobo is syncing the status of purchased audiobooks to other devices and their apps. They have never synced anything for sideloaded books, so this is expected.

For the record, I think sideloading audiobooks will fit in the same category as sideloading kepubs. It will work, it probably won't be blocked, but, it is probably not going to be officially supported. I would like to think that will change, but, at the moment, I don't think so.
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