Hey Esther, I read that you had to check the box for manually managing
content on your iPod. I think this is a bit of a bummer perhaps, but I
guess once you send the content over, I guess you could change it back
to semiauto mode. Of course I haven't been able to play with this
really other than getting the app. THe library seems to be having some
server issues. Btw, when I attempted to run the Overdrive app, there
was nothing on the screen, is that normal? I mean I couldnt' access
any menu items etc.
tnx
On Nov 19, 2008, at 7:54 PM, Esther wrote:
Hi David,
I just tried all this, and it works fine with VoiceOver. I have a
downloaded MP3 file playing right now on my iPod Nano 4G, and the
titles are announced. You'll need to have a library card set up with
your local public library, and the library needs to subscribe to
OverDrive.com for audiobook downloads and also have subscription
selections in the category "OverDrive MP3 audiobook file" -- not
just WMA audiobook files.''
The OverDrive console installation for the Mac is fine; I ran this
first.
When you check out a downloadable book, you have to download a
license file (that will expire at the end of your checkout period).
This will show up in your Safari downloads directory (e.g., you can
find it with Command-Option-L and open it in Finder from the
Downloads window, but it will probably just go to the "Downloads"
folder under your user account.) The license file will have a name
that starts with the title of the book, and ends with an extension
type of ".odm". I double-clicked it (by holding down Command,
Option, and Shift keys, and tapping the space bar twice) to open the
OverDrive Console.
When you download parts of books, I didn't notice a progress bar,
but there might be one on the Console window. You can go to your
"Documents/My Media/MP3 Audiobooks" folder in Finder and look under
the folder created for each book to see whether the parts are there,
There's a "Transfer" button that works to send the files to your
connected iPods. The help has information on command sequences to
be used in the case of the iPod Shuffle. You must have the checkbox
to "Manually manage your music" checked on the iPod to use the
transfer.
Oddly, the tracks don't show up under Audiobooks -- you can find
them under the "Recently Added" smart playlist, or under Album
(Book Title), or Artitst (Author), or Genre, etc. but not under
Audiobooks.
Hope this is of interest.
Cheers,
Esther
Scott Howell
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