Unable to listen to end of long audiobooks.

I like to listen to really long audiobooks but if the book is longer than about 26 hours it quits with a funny noise and goes to the next book in my playlist. How do I get the system to play all of the audiobook? Audible used to break the books into parts. Now they only download one continuous file for each book. I'd like to listen to the end of all of my books. Some of my favorite books are over 30 hours long each.

Lady Kdzan, I recently answered this question to the best of my knowledge for someone else. I copy and pasted my response here ^_^.
"I've been doing some extensive research on this problem and rest assure you are not the only one experiencing it. From my research I have found that the longer the novel, the higher the chances of error occurring (the technical nitty gritty - if the number of audio samples exceeds approximately 650 to 700 million samples, then the stability problems occur. Longer audiobooks have have higher sample rates). With that said, we are all giving our ipod's migraines. There are solutions, though but it depends on the type of audiobook and iPod you have. I have Audible books which are .aa or .aax files (DRM protected, so I can't convert and chop them into smaller files myself), and an iPod mini 3rd gen. Hopefully these steps help you, good luck!
Audible - for iPods that can not run apps ie. shuffle, mini, nano etc.
1. First and foremost write down the chapter you are on and your current listened hours.
2. Log in to your Audible account, make sure the book you are reading is in your library (even if you do not have a subscription anymore Audible still saves your library)
3. IF IT IS - plug your ipod into your computer and start Itunes. Delete the audiobook from your ipod, then from your itunes.
If the book is not in your Audible library - call Audible, raise **** ... not really, they are nice people ^_^.
4. Now back to the Audible library, find your novel. Next to the photo icon of your novel you will see an arrow. Click on it. There you will see your novel chopped up into pretty "parts" for you. Download them all to your itunes.
5. From your itunes drag your newly chopped novel into your iPod. Since the parts are separated by hours you will have to figure out which part contains the chapter you were on. Simple math ^_^.
Audible - for iPods that run apps) -
I am only guessing here but I believe the steps are similar just with a few modifications. Write down your chapter and listened hours, make sure its in your Audible library, delete from device or itunes. Then in the Audible library click the drop down arrow next to your books icon and download in parts to your device or itunes. I MAY BE WRONG, if I am call Audible and they can help you out. (888) 283-5051
For Audiobooks .mp4 .mp3 .acc
My dear friends you will have to tap into your inner techie to resolve your issue. You will need to manually chop up your book into parts or contact the audiobook provider and see if they offer your novel in parts.
For quick snip snap jobs like this I would use QuickTime Pro. Open your file up and every 7-8 hours or so make a cut.
I hope this was helpful, I wish everyone luck as I found that there are many of us out there who are frustrated with no answers."

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I'm glad that I'm not the only one having this
problem. It's ironic that we're both having issues
with the SAME audiobook. I haven't had a chance to
listen to Books 1-5 much to see if they have the same
issue or not--I don't remember any on the few parts
that I've played for my nephews.
Yeah, I know! I was shocked to see that. I recently finished HP5 (twice), and NEVER had this issue, but it is a much smaller file size.
I'm thinking that I may try to convert to AAC before
I try the splitting program--in theory, it's easier
to start right back in again when you only have 1
track to find, than when you have dozens/hundreds of
smaller tracks. It's sometimes hard to remember
which track you left off with--even if it's
"bookmarked" within that track.
I dunno anything about AAC, to be honest. Never used it. My plan is to split the MP3 into smaller MP3s by chapter and load them on a playlist. Of course, I will have to label them all nice and pretty. It is a long book, but you could always just load a couple of chapter files at a time. The only thing that I can see that would be kind of a pain about splitting it with the Cool MP3 is searching thru the file for each chapter and setting break points.
My only concern is how much quality I'm losing by
converting from one compressed format--MP3--to
another compressed format AAC.
Yeah. Ew. No clue. Sounds unpleasant to me. Again, I really do not do anything with AAC.
I suppose, since it's
spoken word instead of music, the change shouldn't be
too noticable. I'm not sure what kind of time frame
it'll require to convert. I'll probably try it with
book 1 first--since it's the smallest.
May depend on the program. The one I got boasts no quality loss. You may wanna scrounge around the download sites and see which one sounds like it has the best features, even if you do just get a free trial version of something. I would definitely read the editor's ratings. I tend to trust that more than the typical end user's. They show how many stars the editor gives a product, and you can click that for the review, or sometimes they have labeled tabs where you can access the review.
As for how long it takes me to rip that particular file and if that actually fixes the scrubbing problem, I will have to let you know tomorrow. WAAAAY past my bedtime!
Keep me updated on your end. I sure which that there
was an explanation for why it happens.
Will do! I am thinking you hit the nail on the head with the length. That was exactly what popped into my mind when I figured out what the goofy thing was doing.
Talk to you later!
HP dv5117d, iTunes 7.0.2.16 Windows XP Pro 1st gen 4GB nano, sw ver 1.3

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