Chris,
The problem is that Audible builds the iPod database in one way and MC builds it another. One solution would be to use MC exclusively. Import your .aa files into the MC library and then life should be good. Another alternative would be to redo a lot of code to be compatible with Audible.
Can you make a good case for why importing the files into MC is a bad solution?
Hi Steve!!!
After reading several posts about compatiblity with Audible software, I decided to check and see what the fervor was all about.
I've been playing with it for about a week now and have to admit that I see the attraction. Although this isn't a fall on the sword issue for me, if it wasn't a such a hassle with MC, then I'd probably pay the monthly subscription of $12 to get a book and month long subscription to a regular publication (e.g. The NY Times or NPR Morning Edition).
Having to import a regular subscription into MC each day and then turn around and delete it each day is a hassle -- especially when you're in Audible to download the file in the first place. Then you have what I found to be the most important feature -- Audible remembers where you left off. When I download files to my iPod via Audible, I can listen to portions of each one, and when I'm in the mood to listen some more, my iPod starts up right where I left off from the last session. So in addition to the hassle of importing to MC, there's also a loss of functionality that is important when dealing with a long audio file and functionality that's not necessary with MP3 files.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm not requesting that you rework a lot of code (like I'd be willing to do for transcoding and normalizing against replay gain
), but the thought has crossed my mind about the what's driving the incompatibility. If MMJB and EphPod are both compatible with Audible, but MC isn't, then doesn't that imply that MC is not building the iPod DB quite right? Or at least a similar problem?
Looking back, I found 3 users requesting compatibility with Audible, so working on the compatibility may be something worth looking at. Especially if Audible gains more subscribers.
Just a series of observations. Oh well, back to the thread...
Cheers,
kc