Oh so the join tracks does not work if you have regular tracks to join? such as tracks you imported that you want to such as a 3 movement piece?
Take care. On Oct 6, 2012, at 5:50 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ian, > > If you want to join tracks on your CD when importing, you'll find the option > under the "Advanced" menu on the iTunes menu bar. I'll assume you have > already set up your importing settings under iTunes preferences, so that your > format is MP3 instead of the AAC format that comes up as a default. (For > other list members reading this post, changing the default format of imported > CD tracks is done from the "General" tab of iTunes preferences. Bring up > preferences with Command-comma, then on the "General" tab that comes up by > default, navigate to the section for "When you insert a "CD" and press the > "Import Settings…" button to get a dialog window to select your options for > encoding format and bit rate or quality.) > > Once you've inserted your CD you'll want to click on tracks listed in the > songs table for the CD and use Command-A to select all. In principle you > could join subsets of contiguous tracks when importing with the "Join CD > Tracks" option, so in an audio book CD with short stories I could select and > join tracks that belonged to the same story by selecting and highlighting the > first track of a story by clicking with VO-Shift-Space, then pressing on the > Shift key and arrowing down to the last track of the story. The "Join CD > Tracks" option in the "Advanced" menu of the menu bar stays dimmed if there > are no tracks selected for joining. So after you have selected your CD > tracks for joining, use VO-M or Control-F2 to move to the iTunes menu bar and > press "a" to navigate to the "Advanced" menu. Arrow down and press "j" to > move to the "Join CD tracks" option and press "return". Then proceed to > import your CD as usual. > > HTH. I'm giving instructions from memory, since I'm using a MacBook Air with > no CD drive at present. Jane can probably tell if I've made a mistake in > these instructions, since she frequently imports audiobooks using the "Join > CD Tracks" option in iTunes. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
