Comments on: Backing Up in an Audiobook http://aldoblog.com/2009/04/backing-up-in-an-audiobook/ Michael Alderete’s Weblog Thu, 03 May 2012 22:31:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Alderete http://aldoblog.com/2009/04/backing-up-in-an-audiobook/comment-page-1/#comment-22578 Alderete Tue, 09 Nov 2010 22:04:39 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/?p=812#comment-22578 @Erik: Yes, the more precise scrubbing feature was added in iOS 3.x (before this post was published), and is a godsend for audiobook listeners. Before, it was almost impossible to back up just a short distance (30 seconds to a minute) if you were playing a long audiobook track. These days, it's trivial. Though discovering the slow-speed scrubbing feature is not obvious, it has become a fairly universal convention, so once you learn it, you can use it everywhere. @Erik: Yes, the more precise scrubbing feature was added in iOS 3.x (before this post was published), and is a godsend for audiobook listeners. Before, it was almost impossible to back up just a short distance (30 seconds to a minute) if you were playing a long audiobook track. These days, it’s trivial. Though discovering the slow-speed scrubbing feature is not obvious, it has become a fairly universal convention, so once you learn it, you can use it everywhere.

]]> By: Erik http://aldoblog.com/2009/04/backing-up-in-an-audiobook/comment-page-1/#comment-22577 Erik Tue, 09 Nov 2010 16:52:28 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/?p=812#comment-22577 "On touch screen iPods and iPhones, there is no scroll wheel. Instead, on the track playback screen, you simply touch the dot on the progress meter, and drag it backwards and forwards. This sounds easier than switching to scrub mode and using the scroll wheel, it’s more direct. But it’s also a lot less precise" Well, there IS a scrubbing option on touch/iPhone models too! Touch the DOT and just LOWER your finger on the screen! The lower you get, the more precice scrubbing is. Neat, isn't it? :) “On touch screen iPods and iPhones, there is no scroll wheel. Instead, on the track playback screen, you simply touch the dot on the progress meter, and drag it backwards and forwards. This sounds easier than switching to scrub mode and using the scroll wheel, it’s more direct. But it’s also a lot less precise”

Well, there IS a scrubbing option on touch/iPhone models too!
Touch the DOT and just LOWER your finger on the screen!
The lower you get, the more precice scrubbing is.

Neat, isn’t it? :)

]]> By: Angela http://aldoblog.com/2009/04/backing-up-in-an-audiobook/comment-page-1/#comment-21136 Angela Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:43 +0000 http://aldoblog.com/?p=812#comment-21136 Hi There, I recently got the whole series of Harry Potter books sent to me via M4B Files. Now I don't have a media player, other than my computer to play these files on. I would like to figure out if I can burn this type of file onto a CD? If it is possible to do that, do you happen to know how I would possibly be able to break the large file down into several small ones, as no CD could possibly fit 8-12 hours of listening time on them. Or do you know of anyone one else, or a website that might possibly be able to help me in this matter? Thanks sincerely. Hi There,
I recently got the whole series of Harry Potter books sent to me via M4B Files. Now I don’t have a media player, other than my computer to play these files on. I would like to figure out if I can burn this type of file onto a CD? If it is possible to do that, do you happen to know how I would possibly be able to break the large file down into several small ones, as no CD could possibly fit 8-12 hours of listening time on them. Or do you know of anyone one else, or a website that might possibly be able to help me in this matter? Thanks sincerely.

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