thanks, Esther!!! you sure know your stuff! this is great!! On 2009-09-23, at 1:38 AM, Esther wrote:
> > Hi, > > To have your mp3 audiobook show up under audiobooks instead of music, > select all tracks and use "Get Info" (Command-I) to edit. iTunes will > ask whether you really want to edit multiple tracks. Just press return > to indicate that you do. In the Multple Item information window, VO- > Right arrow to the "Options" tab and press (VO-Space). Then navigate > (VO-Right arrow) to the pop up button for Media Kind and change this > from "Music" to "Audiobook" (VO-Space and use your arrow keys). Next, > navigate (VO-Right arrow) to the pop up button for Remember Position > and change this from "No" to "Yes". This will remember your place in > the track. Finally, navigate (VO-Right arrow) to the pop up button > for Skip when shuffling and change this from "No" to "Yes". This will > omit your audiobook tracks from random shuffle play. Press return (or > navigate to the "OK" button and press it with VO-Space) to commit your > changes. > > The tracks should vanish from the Music library and reappear under > Audiobooks. Finally, make up a smart playlist to play your book. I'm > assuming that your mp3 files are tagged to identify the book in the > album title and that the individual tracks are also tagged and > ordered. Either find the "Make Smart Playlist" menu option from the > File menu on the iTunes menu bar or use the shortcut, Command-Option- > N. Navigate (VO-Right arrow) to the rules section and interact (VO- > Shift-Down Arrow). You're going to create two rules: > <Album> <contains> Name of your book > <Play count> <is> 0 > Press (VO-Space) the first pop up button and change it from "Artist" > to "Album" (by arrowing up or by quickly typing the first few letters > of the keyword). VO-Right arrow past the "contains" pop up button to > the text field and type in the album name. (You can change the pop up > button for "contains" to "is" if you want an exact match, but either > should work). At the end of the first rule, VO-Right arrow to the > "Add" button and press it (VO-Space). Then VO-Right arrow to the next > rule. Change the pop up button to "Play Count". The remaining > arguments should read "is 0". Stop interacting with the rules section > and VO-Right arrow to make sure that "Live Updating" is checked (which > it should be by default), then either press return to commit your > changes or VO-Right arrow to the "OK" button and press it with VO- > Space. Then type in a name for your smart playlist. > > Play your audio book from your smart playlist. As each track is > played, it's play count will increment to 1, and the live updating > feature will cause it to drop off the smart playlist, so that the next > unplayed track is always at the top of the playlist. Since iTunes > remembers the position within your current track, your current > position is always bookmarked. If you want to reset your play count > to 0, just select all tracks and use the contextual menu in the songs > table to "Reset Play Count" and you can reuse your smart playlist. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > Jessi and Goldina wrote: > >> >> hey guys >> >> I have an audio book in mp3 format that someone sent me. I imported >> it >> into iTunes and it shows up with all my other music. is there a way >> to >> put it with my other audio books? all the ones I get from audible >> show >> up in the audio books playlist and I want this one to show up there >> too. also, is there a way to have my mac and iPod remember my place >> in >> the book like it does with the audible ones? >> thanks. >> Jessi and Goldina >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
