hi with angelas ashes, i have the book in eighteen mp3's. so if I imported this folder would itunes still organize it strangely?
On 25 May 2009, at 22:09, Esther wrote: > > Hi Will, > > Actually, the only thing that might be time consuming is how you have > ordered or tagged the files. If they're named so that the tracks are > ordered in iTunes, you just add the files, select all (Command-A) to > bring up Get Info with (Command-I), and set 3 pop up buttons on the > Options tab -- 1 step. Even if they are only ordered within > individual Disc folders, that's easy. I forgot to ask whether there > are .m3u playlists in these folders. If so, you can try importing > the .m3u playlists (go to the iTunes menu bar with VO-M, navigate to > the File menu, and under Library there will be a submenu you reach > with VO-Right Arrow that has an "Import Playlist" entry. > > I don't use .m3u playlists very often, so someone else may be able to > help. The reason for mentioning the Automator workflow in my > PostScript is that you can select a folder to import, and choose the > name of a playlist to import the contents to. That's actually pretty > easy if you are comfortable running Automator; if you know the two > actions to add (which I listed -- one from the Files & Folder actions > Library and one from Music), you just need to double-click them in the > corresponding actions table for each library to add them to the work > flow area. In the actions you interact with pop up buttons to set > the folder to check -- it's pretty much like the Finder dialog window > and the same shortcuts for home library, applications, utility, etc. > work so you can use Command-Shift-G (Go to folder) and type in any > specific folder path. > > Remember that you can add to playlists in blocks -- 5 CDs means 5 > imports and 5 playlists added to a master playlist. Do it in order in > a regular playlist and your order of tracks is preserved. Select all > with Command-A in the songs table of the master playlist and make the > 3 Get Info settings for audiobook, remember position, and do not > shuffle all at once. You can also make your smart playlist with two > rules: <Playlist> <is> <name of playlist> and <Play count> <is> <0>. > > This is actually more time-consuming to describe (and type up) than it > is to do. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > On May 25, 2009, at 10:29 AM, william lomas wrote: > >> >> ah thanks for this sounds complicated and time consuming but at least >> it can be done >> >> On 25 May 2009, at 21:07, Esther wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Will, >>> >>> iTunes and iPods don't really see folder structure, except in the >>> case >>> of podcasts, although you can organize your playlists into folders >>> in >>> the sources table of iTunes on your computer. If you import a set of >>> mp3 files for an audiobook into iTunes, they will appear as >>> individual >>> tracks in your Music Library (i.e., no folder structure maintained). >>> To move them into your audiobooks library, select all tracks and use >>> Get Info (Command-I). You'll be prompted with a dialog window >>> asking >>> are sure you want to edit multiple items. Either press carriage >>> return or navigate to the yes button and press it (VO-Space). If >>> your >>> focus isn't in the dialog window or Get Info window, use window >>> chooser menu (VO-F2 twice) to select it. Navigate (VO-Right Arrow) >>> to >>> the "Options" tab and select it (VO-Space). On the "Options" tab, >>> VO- >>> Right arrow to the pop up button for "Media Kind". Use VO-Space to >>> press the pop up button then arrow down to change the selection from >>> "Music" to "Audiobook". Navigate (VO-Right Arrow) to the pop up >>> buttons for "Remember position" and "Skip when shuffling" and set >>> these to yes, too. These three options will: (1) move tracks to the >>> audiobooks library in iTunes and on your (recent model) iPod, (2) >>> turn >>> bookmarking on, and (3) keep these tracks out of music shuffle play. >>> >>> If you want to keep your audiobook as multiple mp3 tracks, then the >>> easiest way to play them on your iPod is to use a smart playlist and >>> use two rules like: <Album> <contains> <name of audiobook> and >>> <Play >>> count> <is> <0>. You should check that the playlist tracks appear in >>> the order you want. Remember that iTunes sorts alphabetically, so >>> if >>> you have folders named "Disc 1", "Disc 2", etc. and beyond "Disc 10" >>> you might want to use leading zeros for the disc numbers -- >>> otherwise >>> your audiobook volumes may have "Disc 10" and "Disc 11" appearing >>> just >>> after "Disc 1" and before "Disc 2". (If you only have numbers >>> running >>> from 1 through 9, or fewer, this isn't a problem.) >>> >>> Play the audiobook on your iPod Nano 4G using the smart playlist. >>> The >>> live updating feature of the smart playlist means that as soon as >>> you >>> finish listening to one track, its play count will increase to 1, >>> and >>> it will fall off the smart playlist. The first track in the smart >>> playlist will always be the current (unfinished) track, and it's >>> position will be bookmarked when you stop listening. >>> >>> Of course, you can also find these tracks on your iPod in the album, >>> artist, genre, audiobooks, and other categories, too. And any >>> tracks >>> you've finished listening to will also still be on the iPod -- just >>> not on your smart playlist. What's really slick is that if the >>> smart >>> playlist is one of the playlists you sync, the next time you connect >>> your iPod to your computer, all the tracks you've listened to will >>> automatically be removed from the iPod Nano, since they no longer >>> meet >>> the "Play count is 0" rule. If you want to reset the play count to >>> 0, >>> just select the tracks in your iTunes songs table and use the >>> contextual menu (VO-Shift-M) and choose "Reset Play Count". >>> >>> For more details on making smart playlists, see the earlier post in >>> the archives: >>> >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg01294.html >>> (Introduction to Smart Playlists in iTunes) >>> >>> The other way to handle your audiobooks is to merge your tracks. >>> There's a shareware tool called Audiobook Builder ($9.95) that >>> automates this process, including setting the status of tracks to >>> show >>> up in the Audiobooks section of iTunes/iPod. It also has other >>> features like support for chapter markers if you rip from CD. I >>> think >>> Alex may also have a project in the works to do something like this. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> P.S. If you're interested in trying Automator, you could import >>> selected files into iTunes in (regular) playlists of your choice >>> with >>> an Automator workflow that uses two actions: "Find Finder Items" and >>> "Add Songs to Playlist". The first specifies the folder or directory >>> to check and the second names the playlist (new or existing), and >>> brings the music tracks into iTunes in the specified playlist. >>> >>> On May 25, 2009, at 5:23 AM, william lomas wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> hi i have a book where each disc is a folder and within the folder >>>> are the files in mp3 pertaining to the disc. >>>> If I import all this folder into ITunes would an IPod nano see it >>>> as >>>> an artest and then each disc as a folder, under the artest, if that >>>> makes sense? >>>> Will >>>> Or could I just make the book appear under the "audiobooks" section >>>> of >>>> my Nano >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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