Hello Anne and Will, On Wednesday, March 14, 2007, at 08:37AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
>Hello Will, > >On 14 Mar 2007, at 6:22 PM, william lomas wrote >> can i get i tunes to just play the current file i select, and when >> it gets to the end, stop i tunes >> i.e. just play a book and then when that book ends, stop the next >> file in the library playing > >If you create a Playlist of the items you want to listen to at one >time, iTunes will play through it and then stop. iTunes plays all tracks that appear under the "Songs Outline" of your Music or Audiobooks libraries. So you can either restrict the list of what appears under the "Songs Outline" when you have selected one of these libraries under your "Source Outline" by requiring other search matching criteria or by navigating to a playlist in your "Source Outline" that already contains these restrictions. If you know exactly which track you want to play, you can type the name in the "Search Text" field and only that track will appear in the "Songs Outline". An easier solution and more general solution is to enable the browser to select or search for your files. Toggling on the browser with command-b allows you to display tracks selected by Genre, Artist, or Album. When the browser is turned on, when you tab from the "Search Text" field, instead of going directly into the "Songs Outline" you will move through these three browser fields before going to the "Songs Outline". If your book is named by Album, just tab three times past the "Search Text" field to reach the Album browser. VoiceOver will say "All" and tell you the number of albums. Either use down-arrow to move through the Album selections or type the first few letters of the Album to go directly to the Album. When you tab into the "Songs Outline" you will only see the contents of that album. This is a good way to create a playlist for an album. If your book is from Audible.com, use the down-arrow under the Genre browser to move to "Audiobook". This produces a list of all Audible audiobooks in your library under the "Songs Outline". You can refine these results by using the other browser fields or the "Search Text" window. For example, to see all Audible books by a particular author, either right-arrow or or tab to "Artist" under the browser and down-arrow or type the first few letters of the author's name (starting with the first name). If your book is from the iTunes store, use the down-arrow under the Genre browser to move to "Audiobooks" (with an "s"). Again, you can refine your search using the selections under the Artist and Album browser field. This is an easy way to search your iTunes libraries. It can be used to make selections for playlists, but you can also use it to narrow down the entries for what you want to play without making a playlist. I use "Books & Spoken" for the genre of audiobooks from source other than Audible or iTunes. You can also remove genre from the browser by unchecking the box for "Show genre when browsing" under the general pane of your iTunes preferences. In that case, only the Artist and Album fields will be used. HTH Cheers, Esther
