[Blindtlk] Walking Alone and Marching Together M4B

[Humberto Avila]

Hello. Can windows media player play this type of file? I don't have itunes.


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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Walking Alone and Marching Together M4B

It’s an iTunes standard MPEG4 AAC file (usually named .m4a), just
with a different extension.  When iTunes first got audiobook support,
Apple used the .m4b extension to tell iTunes that the file was a
book.  Today, you can edit metadata to mark any audio file as an
audiobook, so the extension is mostly vestigial.

Technically you could actually just import the 30 or so mp3 files and
edit all of the metadata by hand now, but I still find it more
convenient to use the .m4b files.  Plus Audiobook Builder does a lot
of the metadata stuff for you pretty easily.

Joseph - KF7QZC


On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 07:58:18AM -0400, Peachtree Travel wrote:
>Hey, thanks.  I see all the files posted for download.  However, I see they
>all have a .m4b file extension.  What player plays this format?
>
>Reese
>
>----- Original Message ----- Honestly, itâ?Ts a little big for Dropbox.
You
>may know that many
>audio books span at least two and sometimes three m4b files, being
>split at around 12 hours each.  With all of the appendices and
>everything, Walking Alone and Marching Together spans five parts.
>
>
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