audible

Audible should work with the following combo:

Firmware 2.01 or 1.3 on 2nd gen iPods

AudibleManager 4.0
MusicMatch 7.5.5115 or higher.

That is the only offically recogized combo that the bookmarks will work with. If you have used anything else besides that, you should reformat your iPod, then use the prescribed software.

Since you posted in the MC9 section, I assume you are in the MC9 section. MC9 is adding Audible support but it is still in beta and I don't recommend it yet... but stay tuned! They are getting close.

yeah, even in its final form, i don't think MC9 will resync the bookmarks from MC9 to the iPod like it sounds that Mac iTunes does. I've never found that too be particularly needed anyway, as long as they don't get lost on the iPod.

But as for working on the iPod, I think if you use the prescribed software, it should all work.

MC9 is beta and they only recently added Audible support. I think the final release will be good but I wouldn't recommend it yet for use with Audible.

Southside,

Yes, I found MC9xxx.264 worked well as far as Audible goes. It holds bookmarks and seemed to work generally well, as far as Audible goes.

HOWEVER, this is beta software, and as you problably know,
the subseqent builds have been crashing on the iPods. So I don't recommend it for most people at this point. But its getting close...so like I said, stay tuned.

parannoya,
When you say "holds bookmarks" do you mean that the Audible book (or whatever) will start from the point where you stopped, when you return to it? You can listen to Audible, go to music, turn the ipod off. Come back later & pickup Audible where you left off?

Does it matter, when listening to Audible content, whether you pause or turn off the ipod? And, it maintains these through the syncing process (though the Audible stuff wouldn't necessarily need to be synced).

I ask because I was an Audible user before getting my ipod, so I already have their Otis device - which is very small & works well - but it is one more gadget to keep up with. I tried Audible on the pod w/MC9 a while back & keeping my place seemed more trouble than it was worth.

Am interested in hearing about the improvements in this realm of MC9. jpfeffer's experience sounds closer to what I remember (which was 9.0.??)- jp what version of MC9 are you using?

thanks-

Ruth

Thanks all!

At this point is it just hit and miss.. Sometimes it is great.. other times it totally forgets. Using the scroll wheel to move a few hours ahead is a real pain... Especially if you are driving... Oh yeah... Say you are like 20 minutes from the end of the 5 +hr book.. Getting it to the point without going to the end is a pain... I had to do it like 4 times while driving back from AZ this weekend.

I upgraded to 266 on friday. it seemed better than before.. but time will tell..

:0)

jpfeffer-

thanks for the particulars, I may give it another whirl with.268 (I can confirm the problems with versions since .264 :mad: - though I was able to get everything onto the ipod, but then no syncing!).

I've installed .268 but haven't had time yet to check it out. It's gotten positive comment from at least one person on the jriver board who had reported the syncing issue with the earlier builds.

ruth