[iTunes] iTouch/iTunes difficulty

[Ken Stevens]

Yes the playlist would be long, but that really doesn't matter.  All  
the playlist does is keep the files in order.  And allows
you to play them in order/

Ken
On Mar 14, 2009, at 3:43 PM, Terry Pogue wrote:

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>> I have a number of audio books in my library.  I did not join  
>> tracks when I ripped them from CD.  I created a Playlist for each  
>> book and
>> moved the ripped files to that playlist.  I made sure all the files  
>> were in order.  My books play from beginning to end from that  
>> playlist,
>> no problem.
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>> I take it that you have several large files, one for each CD.  Try  
>> placing them in a playlist in the proper order and they should play
>> without a problem.
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>> Failing this there is a program named Fission by Rogue Amoeba.  It  
>> lets you join tracks together to make one large file and then
>> re-import them to iTunes.  You could also do this with Quicktime Pro.
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>> Ken
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> So doesn't that make the playlist really long? Each CD has dozens of  
> tracks and if one has a long book like The Count of Monte Cristo  
> which is 38 CDs. That's an incredible long playlist without joining  
> the tracks on each one.  that's only one reason I have always joined  
> tracks using iTunes at the start. I've done it that way since itunes  
> was first released.
> I'll import a book and not join the tracks and try that. I'll let  
> you know.
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> http://www.terryanddave.com/Terry
> "My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the kitchen, peeling,  
> chopping, and stirring while the words of a good book fill the air  
> around me." Ruth Reichl
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>> On Mar 14, 2009, at 11:44 AM, Terry Pogue wrote:
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>>> Thanks Ken, I do have a mac but I had already joined the tracks of  
>>> each disk. It's the individual disks the iTouch is treating as  
>>> individual books and it doesn't look like the Applescript you  
>>> suggested joins the CDs.  Either Apple broke iTunes when when it  
>>> updated it yesterday or it's me. I'm assuming it's me.
>>> I load a book from CD, it automatically goes into Music, i do  
>>> command "i" and choose to move it to Audiobooks and it disappears  
>>> from the library. It's very odd but I believe that is why my book  
>>> is not loading correctly on my iTouch.
>>> I'll try re-loading this problem book and NOT change it from Music  
>>> to Audiobooks and see if that makes any difference.
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>>> http://www.terryanddave.com/Terry
>>> "My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the kitchen, peeling,  
>>> chopping, and stirring while the words of a good book fill the air  
>>> around me." Ruth Reichl
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>>> On Mar 14, 2009, at 12:17 PM, Ken Stevens wrote:
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>>>> If you have a Mac you might want to try this applescript program
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>>>> http://dougscripts.com/itunes/itinfo/jointogether.php
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>>>> Ken
>>>> On Mar 14, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Terry Pogue wrote:
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>>>>> For some reason one book I have is loading into my iTouch in the  
>>>>> list of books and not in the Audiobooks section so it is  
>>>>> treating each disk like a separate book and not going to the  
>>>>> next disk. As far as I know it's been loaded just like the  
>>>>> others. I checked in iTunes (command i) that it is marked as an  
>>>>> audiobook and not music and the resume is checked.
>>>>> Any ideas on how to solve this issue? I have an iPod Classic and  
>>>>> it's loading correctly as is my iPhone and my friends iTouch.  
>>>>> It's just this one of mine. I did reset it to Factory Settings  
>>>>> but nothing has changed.
>>>>> Thanks so much. I'd love to get this fixed.
>>>>> terry
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>>>>> http://www.terryanddave.com/Terry
>>>>> "My idea of pure heaven is to spend a day in the kitchen,  
>>>>> peeling, chopping, and stirring while the words of a good book  
>>>>> fill the air around me." Ruth Reichl
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