Hi Vickie, Chapter Tool was a software beta program that Apple released when they first started supporting podcasts in iTunes. It allowed users to insert chapter markers, images, and links to web pages in "enhanced podcasts". It provided a way of inserting "chapter markers" into these aac files so that you could navigate to them with keyboard shortcuts and with the arrow keys on the iPod. As far as I know, it only works as a command-line beta program although some people have written GUI interfaces to use it. Doug Adams at the AppleScripts for iTunes site wrote a Join Together and Chapterize AppleScript. This isn't as flexible as you might think, since you have to write out and create a completely new file with chapter markers, and sometimes the operation has been broken in newer versions of iTunes. As far as I know, Apple has never upgraded the software beta since they released it. The program also has to be placed in a specific directory to work.
This used to be available as a link at the bottom of the Garageband podcast page, but I think you can find it at mac.softpedia.com and other places if you google for it. Greg can probably tell you more about this. Cheers, Esther On Thursday, September 06, 2007, at 05:57PM, "John Weir" wrote: >What is the Apple chapter tool program? Vickie Weir > >Greg Kearney wrote: > >> I have a simple tool that will make an iPod audio book out of a DAISY >> digital talking book provided the audio is in playable order and in >> MP3 format. DTBmaker produces books like this. I have added an option >> to DTBmaker that will make a chapter tool XML file at the same time >> as you make the book. With this and Apple's Chapter Tool program you >> can convert book to iPod audio books with chapters. >> >> The Chapters are made for each heading of the book as it is being >> recorded and the XML file is placed in the books folder I am thinking >> of changing my DTB2iTunes program to look for this file and if it is >> there to make the book a chapter enable book. >> >> Any comments? >> >> Greg
