[X4U] Audio Books on iPod

[Mark Des Cotes]

Thanks Neil, but what script are your referring to?

Mark Des Cotes
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On Apr 20, 2005, at 1:45 PM, 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
>
> I forgot to mention that this script only converts AAC to M4B, not 
> MP3.   So you'll have to use iTunes to convert the MP3 files to AAC, 
> and that will create some digital artifacts in the files and hence, 
> lower quality files. Unfortunately, this is the only way I know of to 
> create bookmarkable files for iTunes.
>
> -Neil
>
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