Hi Tim, Yes, it is a little frustrating in some senses, but it also gives me some hope that I too could get it to work properly. Maybe the problem is just with the particular audiobook files I’ve been using. Although, in the one audiobook, sometimes I can jump forward and back 15 seconds in one chapter but not in another, and this is where the whole book and all its chapters are just one file. It’s a little odd.
Was the audiobook you used a .m4b file? I think I use AudiobookBuilder as well, although I’m not on my iMac just now and there’s a couple of similar apps with very similar names. > On 28 Aug 2015, at 10:23 am, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Nick, > > Sorry for being slow at checking into this. I just checked things with a > audio book that I ripped from CD using AudioBook Builder and everything > worked perfectly. That is, > > • was able to rewind and fast forward 15 seconds while playing or paused. > • could pause the book, open another app, go back to the book and it was > right where I left off within a second or two. > • went back out of the book, did the same as above and worked as it should. > • just for fun, I opened my Mac and went to the audio book in iTunes and it > started from where I had left off on my iPhone. > > Sorry, I hate it when things work flawlessly for one but not for the other. > It's like when we take our truck to the mechanic, the problem is seldom > visible when they are there. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Aug 19, 2015, at 22:11, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi List, > > I’ve listened to around four or five audiobooks in the new iBooks for iOS > now. While I believe the playback controls all worked quite well for audible > .aa files, there still seems to be some issues for audiobooks I’ve imported > into iTunes myself. I think these are m4b files. > > With these files, the skip back and forward 15 seconds buttons don’t work. > Flicking up and down on the book position scrubber doesn’t work either. > though tapping, holding, and sliding does work, though it’s difficult to > control accuracy this way. Also, I often lose my playback position, with > iBooks simply starting the audiobook from the beginning when I open the book > back up after having taken a break. > > Has anyone else experienced these difficulties? Has anyone else used it > successfully for audiobooks not purchased through Audible? > > Best, > Nic > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
