audiobooks

gibz · 09-23-2008, 05:36 AM

i just finished putting the 7th harry potter book on my zune, there are a couple hundered tracks. whenever i listen to my zune, i have it on shuffle. i am very dissapointed in the fact that every other song is the book. does anyone else feel that MS needs to release 3.1 ASAP with no changes but an Audiobook section on the main menu.

Netrix · 09-23-2008, 06:10 AM

Not really. There is already audiobook support (Audible).

Scotchtapeloser · 09-23-2008, 07:18 AM

you can either use Audible Manager or Overdrive to put Audiobooks on your Zune. You can also combine all of the tracks into one large file and sync that as an audiobook with overdrive.

gibz · 09-23-2008, 08:57 AM

i already have it on the zune and it works, i was saying that there needs to be a folder on the main menu for audiobooks, just like there is one for music, videos, and pictures

Scotchtapeloser · 09-23-2008, 01:04 PM

agree. there should be a section in the zune software for audiobooks, to atleast view what is on the zune device and to delete the title. I can understand not having it as well since there wouldn't be a playbe due to audible/overdrive's drm/checkout setup.

but atleast list what titles are on the zune!

vornhamm · 11-05-2008, 04:08 PM

So, how do you delete the audiobooks, since you don't see audiobooks as an option in the Zune software?

fartblossom · 11-13-2008, 09:26 PM

I combine each disk of audiobook files into one mp3 using freeware called "Makeitone"

Then I edit the tag of the mp3 to 'genre' "Podcast"

then I place the mp3's in the 'podcast' folder that zune created in my music folder on my computer.

Now the audiobook shows up as podcasts on my zune. Each file is deleted automatically after I've finished it, and if I pause in the middle of a file, it always remembers where I was when I start it again.

Matt · 11-14-2008, 08:50 AM

please do not bump old threads

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gibz Jr. Zuner Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 48 Reputation: 9	i already have it on the zune and it works, i was saying that there needs to be a folder on the main menu for audiobooks, just like there is one for music, videos, and pictures __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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Scotchtapeloser Squirt Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15 Reputation: 10	you can either use Audible Manager or Overdrive to put Audiobooks on your Zune. You can also combine all of the tracks into one large file and sync that as an audiobook with overdrive.

09-23-2008, 01:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Scotchtapeloser Squirt Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 15 Reputation: 10	agree. there should be a section in the zune software for audiobooks, to atleast view what is on the zune device and to delete the title. I can understand not having it as well since there wouldn't be a playbe due to audible/overdrive's drm/checkout setup. but atleast list what titles are on the zune!

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vornhamm Zewbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 Reputation: 10	So, how do you delete the audiobooks, since you don't see audiobooks as an option in the Zune software?

11-13-2008, 09:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
fartblossom Zewbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 Reputation: 10	I combine each disk of audiobook files into one mp3 using freeware called "Makeitone" Then I edit the tag of the mp3 to 'genre' "Podcast" then I place the mp3's in the 'podcast' folder that zune created in my music folder on my computer. Now the audiobook shows up as podcasts on my zune. Each file is deleted automatically after I've finished it, and if I pause in the middle of a file, it always remembers where I was when I start it again.

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