How do you put a book through voice dream reader if it is mp3 like that. I've not done that yet. Thanks. On Feb 20, 2014, at 8:39 AM, "Russ Kiehne" <russ94...@gmail.com> wrote:
> IN my case, when it comes to books that are several mp3 files, I use voice > dream reader. Works great! > > -----Original Message----- From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 10:41 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: MP3 Files > > Fanus, > > Everything is done in Chapter and Vers, but it uses the iTunes encoder to do > the conversion so iTunes will open if you don't already have it open. > > All I do is open iTunes, then I open Chapter and Vers and in Chapter and > Vers focus is usually on the "Add Files" button. I activate it, set the file > type to MP3, browse to the folder of MP3 files I want to convert and use > Control+A to select them all. Then I tab to "Open" and activate it. > Now Chapter and Vers (let's call it CV for convenience) does what it calls a > file validation on each of the MP3 files. You can use Jaws Key+Page Down to > read the status bar of CV and follow that. > Once it's done you have an option to update the encoder settings, e.g. > bitrate, mono/stereo, there is something called "Optimize for Voice" which > is a checkbox and so on. > You can also specify if you want the converted files to be placed in the > same directory with the MP3 files, I usually do that because later you can > save your single file elsewhere and once I have the book converted and > everything is in one big file I usually delete all the original MP3 files > and the converted M4B files. > There are also other tabs in this dialogue other than the Conversion tab, > but I don't have time to write a full tutorial on how to use CV now. > If you have multiple MP3 files which each are a chapter or maybe they each > are about an hour or whatever, this structure is preserved in the single > large file you get and you can still use Previous and Next to go to these > files or chapters or whatever they are. > Once you have set your conversion options activate the Save button, then > focus will be on the "Yes, Convert" button. Activate it and all files will > be converted into M4B. > When you first press the "Yes, Convert" button and check the status line, CV > will say "Updating iTunes AAC encoder Parameters". > This takes a moment and then you get the message that it is "Converting 01 > Valhalla Rising", that is just an example of a Clive Cussler book I am > converting as I am typing this so I don't miss any steps. > The conversion will take some time depending on how long each file is and > how many files there are, in this case of Valhalla Rising there are 24 files > and each seems to take 40 or 45 seconds to convert, so in total this book > takes about 12 or 15 minutes to convert, then building the final single file > will take another couple of minutes. > It also depends on your computer's speed. > When the initial conversion of all the MP3 files is complete it may seem > that CV is "Not responding" and it will most likely say "Closing iTunes > Connection", just let it sit and do it's thing. > It then goes through another validation before it will tell you it is > "Generating Chapter Data Files" and after that it goes through the "Merging > Audio" process. > When it's done and your book is longer you may get the following warning > message: > > Audio Duration Warning > The total duration of the audio files you selected is 1,654,433,568 audio > samples. > Audiobooks longer than 650,000,000 samples may have problems playing on > certain ipods. > The latest generation of iPod's (e.g. iPod classic and iPod Touch) appear to > have corrected the problem. > It is recommended that you split your audiobook into multiple parts if you > have an earlier generation iPod or experience playback issues with longer > audiobooks. > > There is a "Do Not Show this message again" checkbox and an OK button. > As the message said, you can pretty much ignore it, I never had a problem > with any length of book. > > OK, now in the status line if you do Jaws Key+Down Arrow you would hear, in > my example, Ready, Files: 24, Chapters: 24". > You now have a visual list of all the files and durations and you can move > them around, but of course normally you would want to leave them in their > correct order. > You now can tab to the "Built Audio Book" button and activate it. > It will ask you to "Choose Output File and Location", this is basically a > standard Windows Save As dialogue box, you can give your book a proper name > and save it in which ever folder you want. > After you activate "Save" the files are merged and saved as 1 file in M4B > format. > At the very end CV asks if you want it to automatically add the file to your > iTunes library, I usually say Yes and then it's there ready to be synced to > my iPhone. > > Converting books this way is not a fast process, but it is a one-time > process and you can sort of start it and then do something else and just > check back to continue to the next step. > The steps above maybe sound more complicated than they are, but once you, > for example, set your encoder settings you can just add the files and then > go straight to "Yes, Convert" without updating the settings again. > > Hope this helps, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Fanus > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:33 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: MP3 Files > > Hello Sieghard > I downloaded the Chapter and Vers manual and it seems that one must first > import the files into iTunes and then convert them file by file into the > Apple format. Is there no other way to do batch conversion into the Apple > format? It seems that the process described in the manual involves much work > before one can eventually play the book on the iDevice. > Regards > Fanus > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sieghard Weitzel" <siegh...@live.ca> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 6:15 PM > Subject: RE: MP3 Files > > > Hi Claudia, > > > > Yes, any iDevice can play MP3 files just fine. As far as > whether you have to > go through iTunes to get them onto the device the answer for > the most part > is Yes. > > However, if you want to listen to audio books you could buy > Voice Dream > Reader and then, as long as you also are set up with Dropbox > on both your > computer and your iPod Touch, you can compress/zip an audio > book folder > which contains MP3 files, then copy said folder into a > Dropbox folder (you > could call it Voice Dream" or "iPod Audio Books" or whatever > you want. > > Now once the book has uploaded and keep in mind that if you > have a large > book which is a few hundred Mb, this could take a while, you > can now open > Voice Dream and add a book, select that you want to add it > from Dropbox and > browse to the folder where you have it saved. Double tap on > it and Voice > Dream will download the book into the app (it can be used in > offline mode) > and it will then unzip the files and you can listen to the > audio book. > > Having said all that, my preferred method is to use the free > Chapter and > Vers software from Loden Software which lets me convert an > audio book with > multiple MP3 files into a single file audio book of the > iTunes format (with > extension M4B). > > At the end of the conversion Chapter and Vers asks if you > want to import the > book into iTunes, you can say Yes and it will show up in > your Books library. > > From here all you have to do is connect your phone and > either choose to sync > all books or to sync selected books, then check the book or > books you want > and press Apply. > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com > [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Claudia > Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 3:30 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: MP3 Files > > > > Hi Again, > > > > I also have a great deal of MP3 files on an external drive; > this includes > many audio books that I have downloaded or purchased, over > the years, from > other sources. > > Am I able to play these files, on my Ipod Touch, and if so, > how do I do > this? 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