Audio book chapters out of order.

Question

I have been having this issue for years with no resolve. I import audio books into itunes, and they are in order.  I then move them to my ipod and they are out of order. ANY HELP?? PLEASE? I see people have posted this problem all over for years but I see no resolution.

Answer 1

I had the same problem as you and what was causing it was that the sort fields were not the same for each track.  So the tracks that had the same info in their sort fields were grouped together when they transferred to my iphone.
I know that might not make things clear.  Here's what you can do to fix it.
In itunes, select all the tracks of the audiobook, then hit Command-I to open up the Get Info/Multiple Item Information window.
There should be four tabs: Info, Video, Sorting, Options.  Click on the Info tab first.  Any fields that are empty are either fields that were never entered when you burned the disc OR they could be fields that are not the same for each track.  If it's the latter, that will be a big problem.  The only fields you want different between tracks are the "Disc ___ of X" and "Track ___ of X" fields.  The fix here is to put in something into each field.  But don't hit "OK" yet.
Next click on the Sorting tab and fill in something for each field because any differences here will also cause you headaches when you tranfer over to the ipod. So fill in information in each field.  Now hit okay.
If you've done it right, the software will be forced to look at the "Disc ___ of X" field when transferring the files over to your ipod and the tracks will be in the right order.