I would also really like to know this! Thanks for putting it up.
Jill
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.
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 :)
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
The send to or move command really wont work.. though copy should. Are you right-clicking and selecting copy or Ctrl C?
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
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!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
I get audio books from the local library-( most have between 8 to 14 cd's in a book. I rip them in the right order using Windows M/Player and then drag them from the W/M/P library to the sync column with My 8G Fuze attach and click on "Synce" unfortunately somehow they don't go on my FUZE in the right order- CD 1 and 2 and 3 are in the right order- then it jumps to CD 6 or 11 and then 9 and in the dark when I'm out walking the dog it's a pain- surely there mus be a simple way to put the CD's on my Fuze in the correct order to play?
Bob
Bob Dut
I use Tag & Rename to first rename all tracks to disk-track (01-01) format. Then I rename all tracks to same format (can be done with one click after file names are set up). I also rename all tracks to uniform album name and rename all titles to the same as track name. This sounds like a lot of work, but with Tag & Rename, it can be done in about 2 minutes.
Tag @ Rename is cool to try, but is a 30 day trial. Go with TagScanner. Download.com has it. It's a free licensed software and works great. As simple as hitting the browse button to go to the folder you ripped your cd's, highlight them all (ctrl+a or the second button from the left at the top of the screen), right click the highlighted files and select Autonumbering. That's it!!!! Autonumbered the whole Harry Potter series in less than 5 minutes :D !!!!! It'll renumber all the cd's tracks since each CD is 1 to whatever per CD. You don't need to change the names of the tracks at all because the track number takes precedence over everything. Changing track names is pretty much gonna come down to whether you want to see only a number or the actual names of the chapters/tracks. I like the names personally.
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Hello everyone!!! Just got the e260 and I downloaded books on there but when I get to play them it says
HI! I am new to blogs and mp3 players... Just got a 4gb Fuze and downloaded a few sermons. Somehow some have an Album Name, but some are . Is there a way to name/ rename the album? Thanks for your help!
OD said: HI! I am new to blogs and mp3 players... Just got a 4gb Fuze and downloaded a few sermons. Somehow some have an Album Name, but some are . Is there a way to name/ rename the album? Thanks for your help!
Hi
You need a "tag editor" to access the data fields hidden inside the .mp3 files. There are loads out there, some mentioned in this thread. It should be possible to get a freeware/gpl one.
I too am new to the sansa fuze and downloading of audio books. I don't have an option for audio books - is it created under other media or playlists. Thx
Greetings
I have a sansa clip+. I imagine it's about the sams as the fuze.
The issue is about the same as some of the others listed here. One issue i didn't see mentioned is when I download audibooks from my local library and sync them via windows media player the books become listed on the sansa by the author's name. I always have to click on the author's name to figure out what book is attached.
I tried to get the names of the books to appear without the authors name but no luck.
Anybody have any suggestions on this - how to have the audiobooks listed by title instead of author's name?
I just use Windows Explorer and drag and drop audiobook folders downloaded to my hard drive from the library to the Audiobooks directory on my Sansa Clip+. Note that I am copying the book folders not the individual chapter files.
The books then appear on the Sansa Clip+ by book title in the Music > Audiobooks menu.
I download an audiobook using Overdrive. I've tried MP3 and WMA. When my Sansa e260 is connected to my PC, I see an Audiobook folder with my book. But, when I disconnect, the book is just listed in my music folder. I'm trying to figure out how to listen to a book without having to start at the beginning of a Part everytime. Do I need to get a Fuze or will this player do that? Thanks for any advice.
I HAVE THE SANSA CLIP, I'M REPLYING TO THE DISCUSSION OF APRIL 17, I'M A SANSA MEMBER - THE THREAD WAS EMAILED TO ME. I HAD THE SAME ISSUE. AFTER THE AUDIOBOOK WAS DOWNLOADED TO MY SANSA'S MUSIC FOLDER I HAD TO COPY IT AND PASTE IT INTO THE SANSA'S AUDIOBOOK FOLDER. EVERYTHING WORKS FINE AFTER THIS. THE CLIP REMEMBERS WHERE YOU LEAVE OFF IN THE BOOK.
DON'T FORGET TO DELETE THE FILES IN THE MUSIC FOLDER THOUGH,(AFTER COPYING AND PASTING) SINCE YOUR NOT USING THESE AND WILL TAKE UP A LOT OF SPACE.
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