I haven't done an iTunes uninstall/reinstall yet. What should I do? That would mean that its a bug in the iPod nano, right? Would I basically just be up the creek at that point?
If not, though, I will definitely try it once my roommate gets home. Would it be worth it to try on the shuffle? I have come across a bunch of articles related to audiobook issues with the shuffle, and I was left the impression that it deals with them differently than regular iPods. Sadly,the iPhone present has a possessive owner who won't fork it over as a guinea pig. All of my old ones are bricked, and right now the only volunteers have another a 3g nano and shuffle.
That's a very interesting idea to try it on different models. I have double checked all updates for iPod and iTunes, and they're all set. I'm new to the forum, so please let me know if I leave out any info which is usually needed (and please excuse me if I come across as rude/entitled to help even though I'm new) Regardless of whether or nor you can assist, I want to thank you for taking the time to read this. I would tremendously appreciate any help or advice which you all could offer. My monstrous laptop is not exactly convenient to lug around as an mp3 player. I am completely at a loss and ready to tear my hair out. I really don't think it is the tracks because they are completely fine in iTunes. Given this latest development, I figure that it must be either the audio or an iPod bug. same issues at the same exact times for the problem tracks They gave me a brand new iPod refurb and the problem was COMPLETELY UNCHANGED. They tried to tell me it was my files, but then thought it might be the device once they heard what I had tried so far. I called Apple (useless) so I headed to the Apple store. It still works for that first book, though. Does not work with my current book or with podcasts. moving past the problem point in iTunes, syncing the iPod so it has a bookmark there, then clicking resume on the iPod * this causes it to loop back to the first book deleting books after my current book so there is nothing to jump to * this creates a really weird glitch where it still displays my current book but is actually playing from that timepoint in the subsequent book fastforwarded past the problem point and then tried to play deauthorized then reauthorized both iTunes and accounts downloaded different audio quality versions of books * problem still occurs at the same exact times after this deleted files, synced iPod so that files were removed from it, redownloaded files, then resynced iPod to get new file I have tried just about everything I can think of/find on the web to solve this. I have listened to several books which come in 7 hour segments and have never had a problem with them.
The podcasts in question are either about an hour or 10 min, and the books are just under 3 hours. Strangely, every book/podcast I have had a problem with has been under this. Several websites have articles documenting problems with tracks which are 4+ hours. Everything is fine when I play it in iTunes In my current book, 3/4 chapters have this issue (chpt. For example, chapter 1 might not go past 45 seconds, but if I go to chapter 2 before it messes up then its fine. Audiobook problems seem to be tied to chapters. * Anne Rice has been the only author I have downloaded in the past week, so it might be a new issue and not just the author * Audible books have not been a problem in the past. Anne Rice books from seem to be a problem * Problem episodes all have different stop points Real Time is the only podcast I've had an issue with For example, Interview With the Vampire (purchased from Audible) only plays for 3 seconds, while Real Time with Bill Maher ep 138 (audio podcast) will play for 12:14. The time is always the same for a particular track, but each track has a different time when this occurs.
PLAY AUDIBLE BOOKS ON MAC WINDOWS
I know- running Windows XP SP2 and have the latest versions of iTunes, iPod software, etc.) Certain tracks will play for a limited amount of time then skip to the next. For the past several weeks, I have been having serious playback issues with my 3rd gen iPod 8 gig nano.