audiobooks? I am looking at purchasing this mp3 for my child, but I want to make sure it will play audiobooks because we travel alot and it will help to occupy. Thanks!
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I received this MP3 player as a gift and also really wanted to play audio books on it. Unfortunately I waited too long to try out that feature. From what I can tell it will download and play MP3 audio books but NOT WMA audiobooks which is most of what my library has. Its too late to return it... even if I wanted to go through the hassle of trying to return a gift. So I guess I'll give this to my daughter and go back to looking for a player that will play my books. Good Luck!
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I've had this model for a few years now and totally enjoy it. Don't do the video feature, but everything else. Most often, I download public-domain audio books from Books Should Be Free (they get the books from Librivox, but it's much easier to search the BSBF website). Audio books and FM radio got me nicely through three hospital stays in the past year. I can only stand TV for a short time, so my trusty Coby was my companion through the day and helped me get to sleep at night. Set the timer at night so you don't miss too much of the story. :)
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If it plays mp3 songs it will play all mp3. There is no difference .... except stories are longer than songs so you want it to stop and continue from where it was when you stopped. It is true that converting to mp3 is easy with many free converters out there. Just be careful with special encoded books like from Audible. Then you do need a device that will play 'Audible' because they have their own format and it's not mp3 or wma or anything but their own .aa files. It is Proprietary. So you need a special player (like from Sansa) to play those back. Just convert all your wma's to mp3's and you'll be in fine shape. If it plays mp3 songs it will play all mp3. There is no difference .... except stories are longer than songs so you want it to stop and continue from where it was when you stopped. It is true that converting to mp3 is easy with many free converters out there. Just be careful with special encoded books like from Audible. Then you do need a device that will play 'Audible' because they have their own format and it's not mp3 or wma or anything but their own .aa files. It is Proprietary. So you need a special player (like from Sansa) to play those back. Just convert all your wma's to mp3's and... » Read More If it plays mp3 songs it will play all mp3. There is no difference .... except stories are longer than songs so you want it to stop and continue from where it was when you stopped. It is true that converting to mp3 is easy with many free converters out there. Just be careful with special encoded books like from Audible. Then you do need a device that will play 'Audible' because they have their own format and it's not mp3 or wma or anything but their own .aa files. It is Proprietary. So you need a special player (like from Sansa) to play those back. Just convert all your wma's to mp3's and you'll be in fine shape. « Show Less
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Won't play Audible books nor WMA books. For MP3 books, it puts files in order of A1, A10 - 19, then A2, A20-A29! A disappointment! Back to the SanDisk Clip.
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Is there any reasonable explanation why the ones in color cost more than the black one?
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Hi,I wouldn't give up because it won't play WMA audio books as there are a lot of free programs available on the web that will convert WMA to MP3. It is an easy process and can be done in the background while you are working on other projects on the computer.ITunes and Windows Media Player will convert the files as well.There are lots of places on the net where you can download MP3 audiobooks without charge. Check out Librivox.org, gutenberg.org, and archive.org for free audiobooks.
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Hi, I use an MP3 player and it is working for me :), I hope it works for you!
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I don't have an audio book on mine yet, but for a song, there is a play speed option when you hold down the right side of the screen for an extra 2 seconds. It can be set to 0(default), 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Not sure what speeds they correspond to. Since audio books are part of the Music library options, I would guess this option is also available for audio books.I have firm-ware version 2.01US, so you might have to upgrade if your player has an older firmware. I didn't remember seeing the audio books option in the earlier firmware.
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I don't use audiobooks- try asking here, in the appropriate section(s): http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/
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Is this still the case? The Device Center at Audible suggests that the Sansa e200v2 series is compatible. I'm looking at buying a player that will run Audible files and prefer this one if it is compatible. Thanks!
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Most any MP3 player will work for books. A couple of things you may want to consider --- Where do you plan on downloading your books from? Many libraries have services where you can "check out" downloadable media and listen to books for free. Unfortunately, most of these services DON'T work with Ipods or Zunes. If you plan on using one of these services, check their website for compatibility. I also primarily listen to books on my MP3 player. I had an Ipod Nano (my daughter accidentally lost it!) and it was my favorite. I really miss it and keep trying to convince myself to splurge and buy another. My son has a Creative Zen and it also works well for audiobooks. Some of the lower end, cheaper units are designed primarily for music. With these, it's hard to access a specific track. So, for instance if you're on chapter 20 of a book and accidentally lose your place, then you have to "click" through 20 chapters to get back to where you were. On the better units like the Ipods and the Zen, you can go right to it. (for instance, sometimes I forget to turn the player off when I turn the car off and it's hours ahed of me) If you ever listen to more than one book at a time, make sure it has a bookmark feature. Otherwise you'll lose your place in book 1 when you switch to book 2 and back.
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how do you move files to the card? I have audiobooks on my player and I can not figure out how to move them to the SD card. Can anyone help?
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In my opinion it is a very good buy from Amazon. I got one for $29 and three for $32. Both of those are good buys. They are very small and great for audible books. I don't know about music on them because I don't use mine for that. With a 16 gig card they hold over 400 hours of books in the 4 format.
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Bummer, I thought woot was the only place that it was a total cr@p shoot as to what you would actually get. They are even giving these things away =up to dozens at a time if you can catch the right sale. But it still holds true that you can get the V1 to play audible books.
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I've transferred podcasts from iTune and it works great, I think it would work the same way with audiobooks.Just so you know, I don't think it can connect directly to iTunes, you would have to find the audiobook file in the file system and then transfer it to the player if you have a Mac you can right click the file in iTunes and select "Show In Finder". Also note that it seems like it has a difficulty loaded large files, it works but i suggest to split the large file to multiple small ones. Enjoy,N
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Marian, you are wrong. I second Flora's comment: Audible audiobook are natively supported by iPods. Audible support is explicitly listed in iPod tech specs!
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yes, I listen to Audible audiobooks on mine all the time. I have at least three dozen books on it, with room for more. Love it! Just wish it had a clip to hold it to my clothes. Bought a case at Target for $15 that has a clip, so that helps.
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I think if want to download audible files to it, you'll just have to convert it to MP3. Hope this helps!
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I use my old shuffle for listening to books. It's small and cheap so I just keep it in my bag for when I need a book. In fact I have started loading only the book onto it and then when I am done with the book I loan it to a friend, ipod and all.
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Maybe! You need to know what format your audiobook is in. A true audiobook will have an extension of ".m4b" which I have not tested. This is a special "flavor" of the mpeg-4 standard. It has samples of James Patterson's books, which are in the mp3 format that it will play. So if your audiobook is in the mp3 format it will play. It does also play e-books, which are not the same thing.
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Mark, I am sorry but I don't know. I never put an audio book on it. FYI it holds over 200 mp3 format songs. One thing I don't like about it is shuffle play does not work, even when the shuffle mode is activated. I hope this helps.
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Depends upon what you mean. I have listened to audio books that I have downloaded from my local library on the Electorhome and they sound just fine. However I did need to copy the files to the player (this is as easy as copying files from one directory to another in windows). The player does not, as far as I know, have built in support for things like Audible like some more expensive players. Also, the player does not have the ability to play books at various speeds - which is a feature I would dearly love to have when listening to audiobooks. That said - for the money you get a very good player for audiobooks. Depends upon what you mean. I have listened to audio books that I have downloaded from my local library on the Electorhome and they sound just fine. However I did need to copy the files to the player (this is as easy as copying files from one directory to another in windows). The player does not, as far as I know, have built in support for things like Audible like some more expensive players. Also, the player does not have the ability to play books at various speeds - which is a feature I would dearly love to have when listening to audiobooks. That said - for the money you get a very good... » Read More Depends upon what you mean. I have listened to audio books that I have downloaded from my local library on the Electorhome and they sound just fine. However I did need to copy the files to the player (this is as easy as copying files from one directory to another in windows). The player does not, as far as I know, have built in support for things like Audible like some more expensive players. Also, the player does not have the ability to play books at various speeds - which is a feature I would dearly love to have when listening to audiobooks. That said - for the money you get a very good player for audiobooks. « Show Less