How to Convert a Music File to Audiobook Using iTunes
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Posted October 18, 2008 at 8:55pm by iClarified
These are instructions on how to convert a music file in your iTunes library to an Audiobook. This will allow you to stop and continue listening to the file from its last current position.
Step One Click to launch iTunes from the dock
Step Two Click to select Music from the list of libraries on the left.
Step Three Right click a song you would like to convert to an Audiobook and select Get Info from the popup menu.
Step Four Click to select the Options tab from the window that appears.
Step Five From the options tab choose Audiobook from the Media Kind dropdown.
Step Six Check Remember playback position from the checkboxes below then click the OK button.
Step Seven Now select Preferences from the iTunes Menu at the top left of your screen.
Step Eight From the General Tab of the iTunes Preferences Window make sure Show Audiobooks is checked then click the OK button.
Step Nine Select Audiobooks from the list of libraries are on the left.
Notice the file you selected earlier is now present in the Audiobooks list. You can play and stop this file and when you return at a later date it will be in the same position you left it.
THANKS: This tip was first posted on LifeHacker as far as I am aware. So thanks to them for the find.
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This is good tho, bc most of the times when transferring downloaded audiobook files to itunes it won't recognize them as audiobook and therefore doesn't put them in the audiobooks category. So this will make it alot easier to find it. THanks
lxp, yes you can do that, but I found that if you play a different song, then go back to it, it stars all over again.
I'll have to try this & see how it works
If you want to do this for something long that isn't necessarily an audio book, such as a DJ mix, it is possible just to tick the 'remember position' box'. I found this a lot easier!