Podcast chapters backwards

I need some help! I've been downloading podcast audio stories. On my computer's iTunes folder, everything is nice and neat and in order. The chapters were labeled part one, part two, etc... I figured out that it was looking at them alphabetically, and relabeled them with numbers. They look just fine on iTunes, but when I open my iPod, they are all backwards again. I have to physically restart my book every 20 minutes when it begins a new 'chapter'.
Any help?

Podcasts are connected in iTunes via a hidden tag field called ITUNESPODCASTURL, the order is then controled by ITUNESPODCASTID. I use mp3tag to edit these when I feel the need and a script I wrote called UpdateTagInfo to get iTunes to notice the changes.
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I'm finding GB3's conversion to m4a very, very slow.
For the last six months, I was using GB2 to mix my audio, iTunes to convert to m4a, and PodcastAV to add chapters and pictures. The mixdown process takes the same amount of time (10 minutes for an hour long podcast), but GB3 takes over half an hour to convert the audio to 64 kbps audio! In comparison, the equivalent iTunes takes three or four minutes to do the same. Is GarageBand not using the Velocity Engine?
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Gotta say I'm disappointed so far.
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OK, i have played a bit more with Iphoto and GarageBand. It is really the size of the pictures. The original size of my pictures is 2048x1536px. If i make the pictures much smaller, i can add them from the mediabrowser into the podcast.
What i now don't understand, why does it work if i drag them from the finder into garageband without editing the size? And what dimenson should the fotos have for optimal performance in the cast?

Selling podcasts/audiobooks is it possible?

I know that podcasting is very new, and even audiobooks quite new. Audiobooks are selling (even on the iTunes site) for good money, whilst podcasts are all free.
Fair enough if the content is quite different. However, if you put together a podcast, or series of podcasts that teach something useful - how to play the trumpet or write a good dashboard widget, say - wouldn't it be nice to be able to sell the course?
My idea would be to have an introduction that is free and covers the topic briefly to give an idea of your style, pace and method. This might be enough for many. If they like it, however, they could then pay to subscribe to the rest of the podcasts/chapters/installments.
At the moment, it would be necessary to write an audiobook to do this. However, most audiobooks are made from existing published books. I'd like to produce a new book, entirely in audio to teach a subject (that I teach already) and put it out there for people to buy.
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What is the best way of doing this?
Is it possible to use iTunes Podcasting for this?
How, if you can't use podcasting, can you get a new audiobook (that isn't based on a print book) into the iTunes audiobook shop?

Check out iAmplify.com You can publish your own audio book there. I haven't done it myself yet, but I am exploring options. Other possibilities for self-publishing are Lulu.com and CafePress.com
I believe that each of these allows you to set your own price depending on how much profit you wish to make. There is no up-front cost to you - the publication costs are built into to the purchase price.
At iAmplify, you can publish an mp3 audio version of your book - it is similar to Audible.com.
On Lulu, you can publish a hardcopy of your book, an electronic download, a DVD, an audio CD, or an mp3 download.
On CafePress you can publish a hardcopy of your book, an audio CD, or a DVD. I don't think they do mp3, but if you want logo wear to go with your book this is the place.
Artists can submit their music albums to iTunes for sale. I don't know if iTunes accepts audiobooks. You might be able to find out here:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/musicmarketing/
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yep,
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hit Bounce!
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AUDIO PODCASTS ARE DOWNLOADING BACKWARDS "IN REVERSE ORDER"

HELLO,
I HAVE BEEN "DL (DOWNLOADING) "FREE AUDIO PODCASTS" FROM THE ITUNES STORE. I AM HAVING A HUGE PROBLEM WITH THE "EPISODES BEING DL TO MY IPOD CLASSIC "BACKWARDS". I HAVE TRIED DL FROM CHAPTER 1 THRU THE FINAL CHAPTER, AND HAVE IT DOWNLOADS ONTO MY IPOD AS THE LAST CHAPTER 1st,& THE 1st CHAPTER LAST. THEN I HAVE TURNED AROUND AND DL THE SAME PODCAST FROM THE "LAST CHAPTER" 1st THRU THE TO THE 1st CHAPTER LAST, AND IT STILL DOWNLOADS FROM THE LAST CHAPTER 1st THRU TO THE 1st CHAPTER LAST.
I HAVE TRIED THIS MANY,MANY TIMES, AND IT KEEPS DOING THE SAME THING.
FOR EXAMPLE: THE PODCAST NAMED "FORT LARAMIE". IT HAS 39 CHAPTERS, I HAVE DL IT FROM CHAPTER 1(PLAYING INDIAN), THRU THE FINAL CHAPTER #39(ARMY WIFE). AND WHEN I LOOK AT THE "DOWNLOADING PAGE, IT SHOWS THAT THEY ARE BEING DL IN THE CORRECT ORDER. BUT THEN WHEN I DL THE PODCAST, IT SHOWS THE LAST CHAPTER(ARMY WIFE) AS THE 1st CHAPTER, AND THE 1st CHAPTER(PLAYING INDIAN) AS THE LAST CHAPTER. THEN I HAVE TRIDE REVERSING THE ORDER (chapter #39-1ST, & chapter #1 last). AND IT STILL DL ONTO MY IPOD FROM THE LAST CHAPTER 1st & THE 1st CHAPTER LAST.
THIS ONLY HAPPENS ON SOME OF THE PODCASTS. I HAVE TRIED CONTACTING THE WEBSITES OF THE PODCASTS THAT I HAVE HAD THESE PROBLEMS WITH, AND THEY ""NEVER"" REPLY BACK. I AM SO FRUSTRAITED .
I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING FROM "REFRESHING MY LIBRARY", "RUNNING FULL DIAGNOSTIC TESTS" (which always comes back and says my system is running correctly), ect.
I AM TOTALLY LOST.
WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE, PLEASE HELP ME? I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL. IF I COULD AFFORD TO HAVE APPLE SUPPORT HELP ME, I WHOUD. BUT I AM RETIRED AND ON A FIXED BUDGET AND BARELY MAKE ENDS MEET. SO I AM HOPING THAT SOME INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUAL OUT THERE WILL BE KIND ENOUGH TO HELP ME?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO WHOMEVER (if anyone) HAS THE KNOWLEDGE ANBOUT THIS STUFF TO HELP ME.
GOF BLESS EVERYONE,
75 STINGRAY

jfauth,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If you ultimately obtained the chronological order that you desired and expected by clicking on the "Date Received" column, why would there be a problem?
The fact that the user controls the eventual order is more important than the arbitrary default setting.
;~)

I can't get garageband to export! It keeps getting stuck at 'creating chapters' when I try to export my enhanced podcast. Please help!

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Hi notmatthew, I have exactly the same problem as you. I am trying to export a podcast about iPod X Anniversary so I need to publish it next sunday.
It's midnight in Spain but tomorrow I will tray something I read in other post:
w4b3l said:
Problem solved.
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Why can't Chapters created in GarageBand podcasts be viewed as large screens in iTunes and iPads using iMac OS 10.8.5 and iPad iOS7?

I created podcasts using GarageBand and added artwork as chapters to the audio naration. In the old iTunes they would show up as seperate large screenswhich could be easily read by other on a large monitor. While they can be seen as tiny pictures when you click on Chapters in the menu bar at the top, they are not large enough for students or audience members to see.
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I'm going to reply to my own message. After spending some time trying to solve this problem, I found an application called Chapter Maker in the App Store. It is reasonably priced and once you have turned your podcast sent to iTunes into a movie by opening it in QuickTime, you can either just show it through QuickTime on your desktop or laptop computer, or if you want it to work in iTunes the way it used to work, you can send it from QuickTime to iMove (go to file/Export to... iMovie) where you can then export it as a movie to your desktop and open in Chapter Maker where you can add the chapter headings back in to the podcast and Export it. You can then add it back into the movie folder in iTunes where you can see the visuals in full screen and navigate through the chapters quickly.
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Can reproduce the problem on a 20GB 4G and 6GB mini
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chaptering).
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Gervais podcast, for example, only has to be present
on the iPod and never listened to for the iPod/s to
lock up when they go to sleep. A hard reset then
required to bring them back to life until the podcast
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with the mothership to then remove it (and restore
some sanity until the next one).
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