Saturday, June 16, 2007
iTunes: bookmarking audio book files
I started listening to audio books on my iPod. Our local public library has a massive collection of full, unabridged books on CD just waiting to be checked out and imported to iTunes.
This past week, I listened to Brad Meltzer’s The Book of Fate. I enjoyed listening to it. The only problem I discovered was that unlike a podcast, my iPod would not remember where I left off. I would have to do a lot of hunting for the exact place I left off when coming back to listen to more. I eventually got to the point where I would write down on a yellow sticky the file and the time mark where I left off.
There had to be a better way.
I started poking around iTunes and I think I found out how to make it so my iPod remembers where I left off. While looking at each individual album (CD) in iTunes, group highlight the audio files. Hold Ctrl+A if you are a Windows user. Then right-click your mouse button while pointing to the highlighted files. A drop-down menu will appear. Select Get Info located at the very top.
A box will appear with all sorts of options to choose.
Located at the very bottom of the box is Remember Position. Check the box and change it to Yes. Now all the files you highlighted will be bookmarkable in iTunes and on your iPod.
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This also comes in handy if you happen to download Howard Stern or Opie and Anthony episodes (for sampling purposes only).