Hi Nick, Yes, it was a .m4b file. I tend to split audio books into multiple parts of no more than 3 hours at a time. A throw-back to when they seemed to need to be that way whereas purchased ones often go up as long as 8.5 hours nowadays. Not sure if that makes any difference but it's a factor that could be considered.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug 27, 2015, at 22:29, Nicholas Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: 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. -- 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.
