01-28-2013, 07:31 PM | #16 |
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Another iTune user. I mostly buy from Audible, so I download the files, load them into iTunes and then put them in a backup directory on my drobo. Half the time, I listen on my iTouch in the car (I use a playlist to keep things in order) the other half of the time, I listen on my iPhone or iPad using the audible app. I just wish that Audible would make it a universal app and support playlists. In iTunes, I keep a couple of playlist (fiction and nonfiction) to keep track of what I haven't listened to yet.
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My husband doesn't use the Audible app to listen to audiobooks, so I use iTunes to keep track for him. He puts 'finished' in the Grouping box under the Info tab when he removes the audiobooks from his iPod and I use a smart playlist to sort by that. |
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MediaMonkey for the win. Itunes is bloated and finicky and it tries to take over everything on my computer. MediaMonkey is a great piece of software that gives a lot more control over how one handles audio files. Video too, now, though I haven't explored that. |
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01-28-2013, 11:54 PM | #19 |
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I love the Sansa players. I have a Clip+, the previous model to yours. They've got good battery life, are small and light, and are cheap enough that losing/breaking one wouldn't make me break out in tears. Support for many more formats than Apple. Paired with MediaMonkey, it's a winner for sure.
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01-29-2013, 07:22 AM | #22 |
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Thanks guys
Hi thanks for the great response. I use Itunes to load my Ipod but I was looking for a database programme that held meta data as well and would go searching on the internet just like the ebook prog. I will try the other programmes mentioned above to see what they are like.
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01-29-2013, 08:40 AM | #23 |
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You can add metadata in the iTunes options menu.
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01-29-2013, 09:24 AM | #24 |
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01-30-2013, 07:26 AM | #25 |
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So, umm, I THOUGHT most of the audiobooks I wanted were available as MP3s. Last night, I did some digging and set up my four library sites in an alternative browser in desktop view: in my genre, my libraries have a third of the audiobooks in MP3s and two thirds in WAV. The fact that it escaped me that I was missing something is pretty embarassing.
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01-31-2013, 11:18 PM | #27 |
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Sorry, yes, I meant WMA.
The thing is that the site detects what device you use when you browse their regular website, and based on this, you see more or less of a selection. I was not even aware of this! I usually browse from my iPad. Audiobooks that are WMA only don't show when I browse the catalog. |
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I'm a two-credits-a-month Audible user since 2006 or so, first with my iPod, now with my iPhone. Until a couple of months ago I used iTunes playlists to manage my audiobooks, but I've switched to the audible app because I sometimes use whispersync for voice(tm). And I don't miss setting up playlists.
As a side note, I would recommend that anyone who listens to audiobooks a lot on a phone (or other device with bluetooth) look into getting some bluetooth headphones - I have a decent pair from Motorola that cost $35 at Amazon. Not having the headphone wires is very nice. |
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It can only be converted if it's DRM-free, and the whole point of libraries using WMA is that it's a format that supports DRM.
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02-01-2013, 04:03 AM | #30 |
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*shudder* iTunes. I'm sure it's great on Macs, but I really came to hate that beast and its many tentacles on Windows. For my audiobooks, I just use folders, and loosely organized ones at that. My audiobook players are my Android phone and tablet, so I just navigate to my PC Audiobooks folder over WiFi and grab the folder for my next 'read,' then delete it from the device(s) when I'm done.
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