[X4U] Audio Books on iPod

[Andrew T. Lynch]

Is an mp3 bookmark-able?  I was under the impression that only aac  
files were bookmark-able.  I create aac files with my Griffin  
radioShark, change the suffix from .m4a to .m4b, and then import the  
files into iTunes.  These files then support bookmarking.

The scripts that Neil mentions sets the bookmarkable flag on a file  
without the extension being m4b.  I'm not sure it will work on an mp3.

In any case, if you need to, you can use iTunes to convert the mp3 to  
m4a, then use the mentioned applescript to make it bookmark-able.

One thing I've found is that if you have an aac file, (ends in .m4a),  
and you change the suffix to .m4b, it becomes bookmark-able.

-Drew


On Apr 20, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Neil Cadsawan wrote:

> On 20 Apr, 2005, at 1:35 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was just browsing the iPod web site and it mentioned how iTunes and  
>> iPods can add bookmarks (place keepers) to audio books but only if  
>> they're in .aa (from Audible.com) or .m4b (from iTunes Music Store)  
>> format. I have a bunch of audio books in mp3 format. Is there a way  
>> to convert mp3s into either .aa or .m4b files? I searched both  
>> VersionTracker and MacUpdate without any luck. Is this possible?
>>
>> Mark Des Cotes
>> Systems Manager/Graphic Designer
>
>
> Here's how you can do this:
> http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts07.php? 
> page=2#makebookmarkable
>
> This site also has many other cool applescripts.
>
>
> -Neil
>
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