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Any help with iTunes audio woes would be greatly appreciated. All the tracks for my books are being sorted 1, 10, 11, 2, 3, 4, etc. Any fix for this issue? Also - each CD I burn of my books keeps being read as separate books. I tried "part of compilation" and nothing happens. There are still 11 different "books" when in reality it's just an 11 CD book. Found a thousand different answers online and any smart goon tips would be incredibly appreciated. Thanks!!
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Litch991 posted:Any help with iTunes audio woes would be greatly appreciated. No first hand experience on CD burning and I don't know if you're burning 1 long file or several tracks per disc but you can try editing the tags to be Disc [1] of [11]. It might be confused by 11 discs with the same album name.
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Nov 30, 2012 08:01
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mystes posted:You're thinking of Samuel Delany.  And yeah, iTunes is a miserable way to organize your audiobooks. I had to rename a lot of files as well when I used it for podcasts and stuff.
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Nov 30, 2012 18:14
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Ulio posted:Is the subscription for audible worth it? If I am getting maybe one or two audiobooks a month? Totally worth it. In Canada, $10-$13 is the pre-tax price for a brand new paperback novel. On Audible, that's the cost of any* book I care to buy; fiction or non-fiction, long or short. And if after calculating the member discount and/or a sale, an audiobook is cheaper than a credit, I'll buy it outright. Also, after you use your credits, they'll supply banner ads and emails with more incentives to buy (three more credits for ~$33, $5 sales, additional _% off, etc.). Finally, the free subscription to the WSJ/NYT is a nice way to keep abreast of American news topics. I've acquired 115 books in two years (Sept. 2010-present), and in that time, I've been exposed to authours and narrators I might never have considered giving a chance. Also, I've never averaged that high a rate of book purchases even in hardcopy... and I love reading. *Some exceptions may apply. Certain titles may not be available for purchase in your region. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 05:00 on Dec 1, 2012 |
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Dec 1, 2012 04:22
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Litch991 posted:Any help with iTunes audio woes would be greatly appreciated. I ususally put them into a playlist. If you play them in numerical order, that is how they arrange in the playlist.
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Dec 1, 2012 04:39
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Roydrowsy posted:I ususally put them into a playlist. If you play them in numerical order, that is how they arrange in the playlist. Not necessarily. On (Windows) iTunes, playlists will play in the order of whichever sorting column is being used, whether Track Number, Release Date (good for podcasts), Song Name, etc. For example, I sort podcasts by release date. If I switch it from ascending to descending, it'll play the newest one first (which is annoying for multi-part podcasts). In a playlist, It'll play according to how it's sorted, top to bottom. If you manually switch the songs around, it will play them in the order you leave them. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Dec 1, 2012 |
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Dec 1, 2012 04:48
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So for starting are there any recommendation for good audiobooks/narrators?
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Dec 2, 2012 00:52
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Here's a small sample of narrators I like: Scott Brick - Michael Pollan, Mark Kurlanski, Orson Scott Card, Dune franchise, various baseball/finance/other books Stefan Rudnicki - Orson Scott Card, erotica, a poo poo-ton of other books James Marsters ("Spike" from Buffy) - Dresden Files novels Steven Pacey - Joe Abercrombie books (this guy is loving incredible) Christian Rodska - Churchill's histories of WWII/English Speaking Peoples Michael Kramer - Brandon Sanderson novels More: Sean Runnette, Jesse Boggs, Coleen Marlo, Stephen Hoye, John H. Mayer, Kirby Heyborn, Paul Boehmer, Paul Thornley, Joe Barrett. My recommendation is to start with books you like, then checking what else the authour/narrator has done, in a "Six Degrees of Seperation" kind of thing. And being able to mouse-over a title to check book blurbs is a God-send. Way faster than just browsing at a B&M. The wish list also makes a good "check back later/maybe column" when scrolling through entire genres just to see what exists. I don't recommend that unless you're terminally bored at your monitor, though. Thankfully, Audible has a lot of filters, be it price levels, abridged/unabridged, languages, length, sub-genre, etc. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 07:04 on Dec 2, 2012 |
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Dec 2, 2012 07:02
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Thanks Macys, I'll see if they do a book I want to read. I know some authors do narration themselves, are those any good or is it better to just go with pros?
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Dec 2, 2012 21:49
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Uncommon. Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman is the only audio book I've listened to that was done by the author. Thought he did a good job.
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Dec 2, 2012 21:56
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Not sure but I've heard Stephen King has done some. I would listen to a Colbert book if he did himself.
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Dec 2, 2012 22:09
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Ulio posted:Not sure but I've heard Stephen King has done some. I would listen to a Colbert book if he did himself. He did, actually. The audio version of I Am America (And So Can You!) is read by Colbert (with a few others) and is pretty great. In a similar vein, you might also like Hodgman's The Areas Of My Expertise and its sequels, and Bruce Campbell's books, also read by the respective authors.
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Dec 2, 2012 22:22
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Nicee, totally gonna get that, that should be a pleasant experience.
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Dec 2, 2012 23:49
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Ulio posted:Thanks Macys, I'll see if they do a book I want to read. I'd listen to the samples, but Gaiman, Scott Card, Colbert, Michael Pollan are alright. I don't have many though. The authours are typically too busy. Other ones I have: Schwarzenegger (Prologue & Epilogue only) John Hofmeister (ex-pres of Shell) Yahtzee Croshaw (don't get the audible book. unlike his Escapist vids, he's near lifeless. The stories themselves are quite good, in an A. Lee Martinez way) Jeremy Wade (River Monsters tv series) Richard P. Feynman Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Dec 2, 2012 |
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Dec 2, 2012 23:53
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Mister Macys posted:Here's a small sample of narrators I like: Brick does an awesome job on Stephen Donaldson's Thomas Covenant books too.
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Dec 3, 2012 07:15
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There's a wonderful full cast version of His Dark Materials narrated by Philip Pullman. Guy has a fantastic voice for it. Since you mentioned Scott Brick, too, he does a nice reading of Foundation by Asimov.
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Dec 3, 2012 10:58
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I realize I must be in the minority, but I really dislike Scott Brick. Something about his tone of voice makes me space out and I have a really hard time following his narration.
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Dec 3, 2012 22:14
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I'd say it depends on the book. Dune is a great sci-fi story, but I don't think even Morgan Freeman can make it sound as good as it reads. If you want Brick at his dramatic best, try "Ender's Shadow", and Harry Markopolos' book "No One Would Listen: A True Financial Thriller" on the Madoff scam/SEC's incompetence. I also like "Emperors and Idiots: The Hundred Year Rivalry Between the Yankees and The Red Sox", though that may be due to the expert pacing and building of tension. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 23:41 on Dec 3, 2012 |
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Dec 3, 2012 23:38
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Ulio posted:Thanks Macys, I'll see if they do a book I want to read.
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Dec 4, 2012 01:55
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Kojiro posted:There's a wonderful full cast version of His Dark Materials narrated by Philip Pullman. Guy has a fantastic voice for it. The full cast version of His Dark Materials is AMAZING. I've listened to them more times than I can count, ever since my parents played them in the car on long road trips. If anyone is interested in play-like adaptations, I can't recommend these enough.
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Dec 4, 2012 07:12
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Borh posted:I realize I must be in the minority, but I really dislike Scott Brick. Something about his tone of voice makes me space out and I have a really hard time following his narration. The thing I don't like about him is the sense that every line is super important. Other then that he does a pretty good job.
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Dec 5, 2012 00:47
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Strange Matter and anyone else who has read The Quantum Thief on audio: how was it? I've skimmed the book at stores and it looks like something I have to read, but I get the impression it would be one of those books like Anathem or The Malazan Books of the Fallen that throw you in the deep end and expect you to start swimming. Those tend not to be well-suited to a format where you can't easily re-read a section or flip to the glossary to figure out what's going on.
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Dec 10, 2012 18:41
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Kestral posted:Strange Matter and anyone else who has read The Quantum Thief on audio: how was it? I've skimmed the book at stores and it looks like something I have to read, but I get the impression it would be one of those books like Anathem or The Malazan Books of the Fallen that throw you in the deep end and expect you to start swimming. Those tend not to be well-suited to a format where you can't easily re-read a section or flip to the glossary to figure out what's going on.
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Dec 10, 2012 19:13
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Can anyone recommend me something to listen to on Audible that's anything like Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch or similar? After something easy enough to listen to while I'm getting some work done, preferably with a bit of humour. I'm piling through the Dresden Files for the second time, but I'll be out of that soon and I'm not sure where to go next!
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Dec 11, 2012 16:02
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Kojiro posted:Can anyone recommend me something to listen to on Audible that's anything like Joe Abercrombie, Scott Lynch or similar? After something easy enough to listen to while I'm getting some work done, preferably with a bit of humour. I'm piling through the Dresden Files for the second time, but I'll be out of that soon and I'm not sure where to go next! Hmm... Try A. Lee Martinez (Sci-Fi & Fantasy). He's got the humour, but not the depth (or profanity) of Abercrombie. All of his novels are stand-alone. More of an American Terry Pratchett, except he doesn't just write about Discworld. I believe I've got eight out of his nine (ten next year) novels: three in audio, four on my Kindle, and one hardcover on clearance. Also, I've had this on my wish list for a while now. In RPG terms, it sounds like Rifts meets Cyberpunk, minus Rifts' complete societal apocalypse. I'm still not sure if I want to try it or not. And then there's this. Haven't tried it either. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 16:30 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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Dec 11, 2012 16:19
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Kestral posted:Strange Matter and anyone else who has read The Quantum Thief on audio: how was it? I've skimmed the book at stores and it looks like something I have to read, but I get the impression it would be one of those books like Anathem or The Malazan Books of the Fallen that throw you in the deep end and expect you to start swimming. Those tend not to be well-suited to a format where you can't easily re-read a section or flip to the glossary to figure out what's going on.
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Dec 11, 2012 17:45
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If you're even remotely interested in the Wool omnibus, you really should get the audiobook. It's on Audible and the reader is fantastic.
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Dec 11, 2012 20:39
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Ulio posted:So for starting are there any recommendation for good audiobooks/narrators? I really like Nick Podehl. The first book I heard him do was "This Book Is Full Of Spiders" which I loved (by David Wong). I checked out Wong's previous book, "John Dies at The End" which had the same characters in a previous horror story, but a different narrator, and it wasn't as fun. I just got another book narrated by him that I'm listening to - it's another end-of-the-world horror zombie thing, and his voice and his narration is so great. (The Beginning Of The End: Apocalypse Z). Another one that surprised me was Fisher Stevens - an actor from a lot of cheese 80's flicks. He narrated A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore and it was awesome. HUMAN FISH posted:If you're even remotely interested in the Wool omnibus, you really should get the audiobook. It's on Audible and the reader is fantastic. I was checking that one out yesterday, but almost every review bashes the narrator, Minnie Goode. Most comments said her character voices were too distracting from the story - like either she went way too far out there, or just plain sucked at them? I don't know. The reviews tend to love the story, love the writing, but can't stand her voice. I'm not exaggerating: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=sr_1_1?asin=B00904FYUI&qid=1355262746&sr=1-1 "0" Star Performance" Would you try another book from Hugh Howey and/or Minnie Goode? Never, ever, EVER from Minnie Goodie. magnificent7 fucked around with this message at 22:55 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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Dec 11, 2012 22:51
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magnificent7 posted:I really like Nick Podehl.
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Dec 12, 2012 16:15
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Taking my newborn out for long walks is begging for audiobooks. I found the shortstory Thanasphere by Kurt Vonnegut which wasn´t bad and after that Wintersmith by Terry Prattchet performed by Steven Briggs, which is nothing short of amazing. His naration is great, his voices fit the world of discworld perfectly. I several times walked around my town with a wide grin on my face and laughed at complete strangers. Living in cold old scandinavia, would Audible.com work for me or is it US only?
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Jan 5, 2013 21:10
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I've heard people have issues in the UK and Australia but that was due to specific books not being available in their region due to licensing issues.
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Jan 8, 2013 02:05
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Clinton1011 posted:I've heard people have issues in the UK and Australia but that was due to specific books not being available in their region due to licensing issues. I have that living in Korea, its really annoying.
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Jan 8, 2013 02:24
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Books 1-11 of the Wheel of Time (read by Michael Kramer and Kate Reading), all the Hitchhikers guide books (read by Stephen Fry) and the Cryptonomicon (read by Scott Brick) have all had great readers. Catch 22 read by Jim Weiss is awful, I like the book but the reader is horrible.
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Jan 8, 2013 16:45
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Prophaniti posted:Taking my newborn out for long walks is begging for audiobooks. I found the shortstory Thanasphere by Kurt Vonnegut which wasn´t bad and after that Wintersmith by Terry Prattchet performed by Steven Briggs, which is nothing short of amazing. His naration is great, his voices fit the world of discworld perfectly. I several times walked around my town with a wide grin on my face and laughed at complete strangers.
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Jan 8, 2013 18:17
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Just finished the first Mistborn book, Mistborn: The Final Empire by Brandon Sanderson. Plot was pretty basic and while there were twists, thought they were predictable. Also found aspects of the book to be repetitive. Magic system is super cool though. Don't know who the reader was but I hated one of this voices. Total hard boiled detective thing and it felt real out of place in a fantasy story. The rest of the voices were good though. All that said, I was totally hooked to this story and couldn't stop. Looking forward to listening to the rest of the series.
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Jan 8, 2013 19:22
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I wasn't nearly as impressed with the rest of the series, after a while you get awful tired of pages-long descriptions of jumping around by flicking coins.
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Jan 8, 2013 19:48
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Yeah, that was repetitive. Author was also not very creative in expressing Vin's trust issues. Same lines over and over again. Reminded me of Robert Jordan, which is fitting. Fun story though. Like I said, was hooked.
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Jan 8, 2013 21:11
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I enjoyed that series. If you liked the first book, I would definitely recommend finishing the series. The story remained interesting, and the repetitive bits didn't get any more repetitive (but didn't go away either.)
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Jan 8, 2013 21:17
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I dunno, I had a hard time remaining engaged in the second book due to the lack of a certain character who provided a lot of personality for me. I kind of lost interest and wandered away from the series, I think halfway or 2/3 through the third book.
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I really like the Mistborn books, seriously a lot. Though I never recall anything about book 2, and I had the ending of book 3 figured out by the middle of book 2 :/ Or atleast the important bits of it.
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