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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Am thinking about buying the Creative Zen and read where someone stated it was hard to bookmark on the SD card. Have you had problems doing this too?He said it was not good for audiobooks. I use my Creative Zen Vision W and iPod only for books and would like to purchase another.....Thanks for any info......
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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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Yes, this MP3 player will play audio books, it can hold ebooks as well. The best way to upload files from your computer to this device is to use real player. You can convert audio and music files easily and it will download your files automatically when you plug the device in to your computer.
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I've used it to play audiobooks borrowed from the library using the Overdrive application: https://www.overdrive.com/Only works on the mp3 books and you have to use the application to loads them onto the player.
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Did you ever solve this problem...mine does the same thing and it makes listening to audio books so hard to do. If not...can you recommend a MP3 that does not do this.
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I have a walkman MP# player and I use the Audio-in all the time...AND i just went and plugged in myKindle fire...works nice
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I don't use audible?, you can load mp3 audio books and they play just fine. So far the main complaint that I have about this player is the buttons are very sensitive and it's almost required to lock the controls out to listen to the whole story.
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Answer here...Sorry, it works great for Kindle, I have not advanced to MP3 yet.
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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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It works great, but there's a huge learning curve. For one thing, the device wants to put the audiobook into the Music file, which will then play the chapters out of order. You will need to manually change that. Be sure to call Sansa Support for help. Once you get it all figured out, you will be very happy with it. I also bought a small speaker so I can take my books into the house with me and listen to them there as well as in the car.
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Amanda-Since you already have it, can you tell me if it has bookmarking capabilities? I will be using it mostly for audiobooks.
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I made one, just like a subfolder on a PC. It comes up, not by my design, under the Music category. I think Sandisk recommends use of "Podcasts" for audiobooks.
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I use mine purely for audio books. I can download 8-10 books at a time (I am a member of audible.com). There are a few minor flaws with it, but I have worked out a few glitches. Holding down the FF or REW buttons cause it to speed up in that function. Also if you are in the chapter mode you can skip by the chapter. I have never tried it with podcasting, even though that is available through my service with audible.com. They have you register your device and then downloading is very easy, so I can't imagine that downloading a podcast would be any more complicated than a book. The only other flaw I have noticed is that when you pause it and then start it again, it skips a few seconds ahead. It doesn't do it if you pause then turn it off then turn it back on. (Pause then off is the way it will remember where you left off and when you turn it back on it will be at your stopping place ready to go again.) Hope this helps-I plan on picking another up for my kids.
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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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If the book is an MP3 file, it will play it, otherwise no. The MP3 function is extremely primitive compared to other dedicated MP3 players, but it does work and the sound out of this little thing is surprisingly good. What I do is use a DOS command on my PC to dump the contents of the mini SD card that contains my MP3 files so I can find a specific MP3 on the player. If you don't know the number of the file on the disk, good luck finding it. It only displays a number, no filenames.
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Does anyone know...I bought a new computer, and now I can't charge or do anything with my mp3.And I don't have the disk or anything else that came with the mp3, what do I do? Please help...