Importing Audio Book on Multiple CD's

I have imported an Audio Book comprising mutliple CD's (23 to be precise)into my iTunes Library. I added them to a play list in order i.e. Disk1 followed by Disk2 etc
However when I sync the playlist with my new series iPOD Classic , they are not in the correct order i.e. the list may be Disk1 followed by Disk10 then Disk2
How can I ensure that the sequence is maintained i.e the disks play in the correct order ?

iTunes isn't numerically aware. As far as the alphabetic characters are concerned it will go 1,10,11,...19,2,20,21,22,23,3,4...9. This can be sorted withing iTunes by adding some leading zeros.
With iTunes 8.x you have the option to tell iTunes to treat any audio file as an audiobook. Simply select the tracks, *Get Info.*, then on the options tab set *Media kind* to Audiobook. You can also set options to *Remember playback position* and *Skip when shuffling*.
Assuming, however, that the books consist of more than one file you may have problems if you plan to listen to them on an iPod. The Audiobooks feature was originally designed for books that have been stitched up into a single file and hasn't been updated to reflect the changes that make multi-track audiobooks easy to work with in iTunes. The iPod lists audoibooks by track name and takes no notice of album values or track numbers. There are tools for creating iPod-friendly audiobooks for which Aldo on Audiobooks is probably the best reference. Personally I don't bother with the extra effort and just have an "Audiobooks" playlist folder containing sub-folders for each author and within these playlists for each audiobook. Although I still mark the files as Audiobooks when it comes to the iPod I ignore its Audiobooks section and use my own playlists for access.
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Might you find the answer here?
http://aldoblog.com/audiobooks/

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how do you import audio books so they are like the ones you buy from itunes?

There are a number of tools for merging the files into one. Personally I don't bother, but you'll find links on my page which describes how to manage Audiobooks on iPods.
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If I import audio books into the music section of itunes it lists the books as albums and all the chapters as tracks fine when I sync them to my ipod classic, but not if I import them as audiobooks, any ideas please?

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If you import the audiobook as an audiobook to your iTunes Library, it will be listed in the Books section of your Library. You may need to turn on Books in order to see them. If you cannot see the File/Edit... etc. menu, use CTRL B on your keyboard to make that menu bar appear. Then go to Edit/Preferences>Books and put a tick in the box.
But, if the imported audiobook shows up in the Music section of your iTunes Library, highglight the files (in iTunes) and select File/Get Info/Options/Media Kind>Audiobook. These files will now transfer to the Books section of iTunes.
Once on an iPod Classic, look under the Audiobooks menu. Again, you may need to change the settings in the Settings menus, in order to have the Audiobooks option shown on the Main Menu and/or the Music Menu.

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Folks,
In iTunes 7, I could import audio books at 32k mono and they would sound good (after all, it's just someone reading - doesn't need stereo or high sample rate). However, in iTunes 8, for 32k the sound crackles and is distorted. Quality is OK at 64k mono but obviously now the files are twice as big. Am I right in slating the blame to iTunes 8? Is there some way I can use iTunes 7 encoding?

I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't try it. To get a non-crackled 32kb mono AAC you have to:
- Select the AAC Encoder's "Custom..." from the drop-down
- Change the (stereo) bit rate to 64kbps
- Leave sample rate on auto
- Change channels to mono
- (And most importantly) keep the "optimize for voice" box UNchecked
I tested it several times with different audiobook CDs and settings and it seems that the voice optimization causes mono tracks of any bit rate to be garbled and crackle. Hope that helps!
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Importing audio books

As I import audio books into iTunes the order of the tracks is inverted, which obviously makes a book "impossible" to listen to.
Additionally, if the CD contains more than 9 tracks, the tracks are listed eg T12,T11, T10, T1, T2, T3....etc.
1) How can I avoid these two problems?
2) How do I get the Tracks into the AudioBooks playlist? Is that only possible with content purchased over the net?

but it seems like when I search on a topic I get
more PC junk that Mac.
Click on 'more options' at the right side of this
page (just below 'Search Discussions') and restrict
your searches to the 'iTunes for Mac' category.
I was just joking around and knew that an advanced search would eliminate PC comments but being the APPLE web site I would think that APPLE comments would be teh default. Its a streach but it is almost like being Political Correct.
An excellent tutorial about importing audiobooks from
CD is available here.
Thanks for the link. I will try that tongiht when I get home.
If you're searching for scripts, go to
http://www.dougscripts.com.
Search for audiobook(s). A few scripts are available.
Installation instructions are included with every
script.
Once you've read the tutorial mentioned before, you
may not even need them.
Hope this helps.
M
17' iMac 800 MHz, 768
MB RAM, 200 GB HD, DL burner Mac OS X (10.4.8)
iTunes 7.0.1
17" 1.9 Ghz Power PC G5 iMac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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I am using windows XP and am new to using iPod. I bought an audio book. This audio book is in the form of multiple CDs and each CD contains multiple .wma files. I copied them to my Windows PC into different directories called "CD1", "CD2" etc. each containing multiple tracks - "Track 1.wma", "Track 2.wma" etc. etc.
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Sir,
were you able to obtain an answer to your question? I have the same problem and I am unable to determine how to load audio books from CDs that I own. The chapters are interleaved as they are loaded from one CD to the next and on to the Itunes library. Additionally, how do you get the files to the audio books section? I certainly wish documentation was better on this and other issues. Please let me know if you discover the solution to importing audio CD's. Thank you. [email protected]
Dell Inspiron Windows XP

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Here are some hints and guidelines for labeling and organizing audiobooks in iTunes.
Click on the first file of the audiobook imported files list. Press and hold down the “Shift” key while doing so. While you continue to hold this key down, press the down arrow on your keyboard repeatedly until all of the files (chapters) for the first audiobook are selected. At the last file of the first audiobook, click your left mouse button once. You will see all the files from the first to last file highlighted.
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Save the settings. Click on “Audiobooks” in the long left hand side menu in iTunes. This should be in the upper left hand area. You will see a list of your newly renamed audiobook files to the right hand side.
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When you are finished the audiobook will not only be in the proper track order which allows you to play the chapters in order, but the audiobook will be labeled and easy to find.
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Ripped, yes, thank you. My window does not look the same: at the top, I can click Playlists and those show. The CD I've got in my drive used to show above that, including the title. Now I can click the CD icon to the left of the My Music, Playlists, Radio & iTunes store and then the window no longer shows the playlists, just the CD's track names and numbers. Can I have both windows open at once so I can drag to the playlists to rip?

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I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't try it. To get a non-crackled 32kb mono AAC you have to:
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In the latest version of iTunes, 11.0.1, I can't find the 'JOIN Tracks' button which is needed when importing an audio CD to keep each disc treated as one book instead of storing each chapter as a separte entry. Without this, I can't find a way to keep the chapters to play in proper order as each CD, starts with chapter 01.
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Click near the top-right of the iTunes window, and choose Join CD Tracks.
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12278

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