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August 23, 2008 08:58 AM

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Dplant

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Joined: 08/23/2008

First I would like to extend a hearty hello to all.  I am new to forums in general and the Fuze technology in particular.  I recently purchased a Fuze (days ago) for the primary purpose of listening to audio books on my daily commute.  I download books from netlibrary (a great service) and transfer them with Windows Media Player 11.  Here in lies my question.  It apprears that the Fuze will support chapters if activated in the audio book files.  I can't seem to access this feature??  My sync function always loads the protected WMA's for the audio book into the music folder.  How do I get my audio books to sync to the audio book folder on the Fuze??  I am hoping if I get the file identified and loaded correctly I can use the chapter feature.  Currently I pause the playback and restart from pause.  If I don't I end up starting from the beginning (8 - 18 hours of playback time makes this a problem).  Am I missing some other type of bookmark feature?   Any help from the informed user group would be greatfully appreciated. 

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August 23, 2008 6:46 PM

I would also really like to know this! Thanks for putting it up.

Jill

August 27, 2008 3:53 PM

Welcome to the community ^_^

I'm apix, and you'll soon know me as the guy who writes essays for answers lol (just ask Tgirl). So without further delay...here we go:

Bookmarking is a feature that is exclusive not so much to the device the audio book is being used on, but the filetype itself. .AA (audio books) are the only true format of both audio books, and the ability to "bookmark". Being that Audible.com holds the license to .AA's the only place you'll find a true audiobook is from them. Now other places, Net library, Overdrive etc have "Audiobooks" but in .wma format as they can't infringe on Audible's filetype without their consent.
Now until the Fuze, if you had a Audiobook that was not in .AA form, you were pretty much out of luck. Luckily with the Fuze this is now an attainable feat.

Advantages of the Fuze:
Non AA files can now be placed in the Audiobook folder on the Fuze's main system hierarchy
Files placed in the Audio Book folder will act as a AA would to an extent

How to:
Take your Audio book file (if it's not a true AA) and drag and drop (or copy and paste) into the Audio Book folder on the Fuze. (This can be found by going to My Computer and Double Clicking on the Fuze)
Once you have placed your "Audio Books" into the Fuze, disconnect it and check the Audible section of the Fuze itself. You should see you transferred files in this section now.
You will now have the ability to pause the file at some point and resume it later, be it after you turn the player off, go and listen to regular music, watch a movie etc.

Let me know if you have any questions, or if i missed something and I'll be happy to assist

Again, welcome to the community... and sorry for the essay :)

August 27, 2008 5:04 PM

I want to add that having one window and trying to use copy or move doesn't work, but opening two separate windows and dragging most certainly does! Lovely!! Thanks a lot.

Jill

August 27, 2008 5:49 PM

The send to or move command really wont work.. though copy should. Are you right-clicking and selecting copy or Ctrl C?

August 27, 2008 6:28 PM

I tried both! (all four really, copy, move, control c and control v) Now it might work after a shutdown and re-start, but I never tried it again.

Jill

August 27, 2008 7:45 PM

Apix,

It is nice to meet you. Thank you very much for the "essay". I copied the book from the Fuze (Music folder) to my desktop then from my desktop to the Fuze (Audiobook foler). When I tried to direct copy from folder to folder on the Fuze I got a deivce disconnected message. But, the method above worked and the resume feature is FANTASTIC! Thanks!

September 6, 2008 7:35 PM updated: September 6, 2008 7:37 PM

Howdy -
I'm new here too, but want to chime in here. If your audiobook is in mp3 format, you can change the genre on your mp3 id tag to audiobook & it will treat the file as if it was in the audiobook file, and will auto bookmark it, so when you reopen the file you'll get the "start from last place" or "restart" options.

September 6, 2008 8:04 PM

Right-o, so do you mean file extension? And what would be the right file extension, perhaps .aa? Always learning here....
I'd not been using my Fuze while listening so I'd not lose my place, so this would be very nice to figure out! thanks!

Jill

September 6, 2008 8:10 PM

jakewoodblues said:

Howdy -
I'm new here too, but want to chime in here. If your audiobook is in mp3 format, you can change the genre on your mp3 id tag to audiobook & it will treat the file as if it was in the audiobook file, and will auto bookmark it, so when you reopen the file you'll get the "start from last place" or "restart" options.


How do you or what is the best way to change the ID tag to an audiobook? I have been looking for an easy way.

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September 6, 2008 8:38 PM

Ok, I guess I didn't explain clearly. This only works Only if the audiobook is in mp3 format. Right click on file. The properties box comes up. Click on the Summary tab. If the "simple" box comes up, click on advanced, then type in audiobook for the genre.

September 8, 2008 8:25 PM

Cool help! Thanks for the reply. That makes more sense now.

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October 10, 2008 4:17 PM

If you are ripping your own audio book, use a id tag editor to name all the track albums the same and rename the tracks sequentially. Then when you place the tracks in the Audiobooks folder on your Sansa Fuze or Clip they will all show up under one name and the whole thing will play in correct order. For example I start by renaming the files to 01-01, 01-02, etc for disk 2 it would be 02-01 and so on. Then I use the file names to rename the Track id tags. I use Tag&Rename to do all this but there may be better editors available. The Chapter Mode On seems to allow you to skip to the next track / file. With it Off it is a safeguard to prevent accidentally jumping from where you are currently listening. I think I would leave it off. You can fast forward / reverse in any file. I think the main differences between files in the Music folder and in the Audiobooks folder is this next track protection and the hierarchy of the file display.

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