Getting Audiobooks into Audiobooks in iTunes

[dichertz]

Okay.

I have imported an audiobook into iTunes.
I cannot move it from "Music" into "Audiobooks".
I can drag it into "Playlists" but not "Audiobooks."

What step am I missing?

Also, is it possible to convert the 650MB cda files to mp3?

Thanks
Dana

[Eragon]

Originally Posted by dichertz

Okay.

I have imported an audiobook into iTunes.
I cannot move it from "Music" into "Audiobooks".
I can drag it into "Playlists" but not "Audiobooks."

What step am I missing?

Also, is it possible to convert the 650MB cda files to mp3?

Thanks
Dana

Try this link:

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/art...od-audiobooks/

[Alderete]

Originally Posted by dichertz

have imported an audiobook into iTunes.
I cannot move it from "Music" into "Audiobooks".
I can drag it into "Playlists" but not "Audiobooks."

Here are two sets of instructions you might find useful:

How to Import Audio CD audiobooks into iTunes with Updates for iTunes 7

How to Import MP3 audiobooks into iTunes

I've also written a slew of FAQs on exactly this topic; they start with How do I get my audiobook to appear in the Audiobooks menu on my iPod?

[dichertz]

Thank you very much.

So I wasn't stupid!

Dana

[dichertz]

Hey Alderete

Respond to this post so I can thank you again!
I would NEVER have figured that out!

Dana

[dichertz]

Hey Chris (Administrator)

Should this be stickied?

Sorry if this is the improper way to ask.

Dana

[dichertz]

I can't believe that I might have made a contribution to this website.

In one of the above links about audiobooks, it said:

<<<For whatever reason, Apple has decided — in both iTunes and on the iPod — that a true audiobook must be in either Audible.com’s .aa format or in Apple’s .m4b Protected AAC format. Anything else, and it won’t show up in the Audiobooks menu.
So, to get your audiobooks to show up there, you need to trick iTunes and your iPod into thinking the tracks are stored in that format. On Windows, this is easy enough to explain and understand, but the process is labor-intensive. You need to change the file extension for every track in the audiobook from .m4a to .m4b, and then play a few seconds of each track after renaming.>>>

Since I don't have a Mac, to access the info on my Dell, I had to highlight the track, which I created from the above link and right click.
When I right clicked I scrolled down and noticed that there was an option convert to ACC, just like mentioned above. So I did.

Once I converted it, I couldn't see what the file extension was, so (since there wasn't properties tab-and since I am on a PC I thought the only way I could look at it through Windows Explorer.
I opened that and saw that the file was m4a, which itunes will not accept.
So I hit rename and renamed it m4b, got the danger message (unstable) which I ignored, and voila!

An audiobook on a Windows machine converted to a format that iTunes will accept.

I hope I am not copying someone else's work here, I cannot believe I figured something out by myself.

Dana

[Sheryl22]

Here is a link, http://www.im-listening-audio-books.com/ where you can download loads of books even for free. Try it out.