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DigDawg
12-05-2020, 03:07 PM
I've been listening to an .m4b audiobook with VLC on my computer and it works beautifully with chapter-points in place for navigation, but when I wanted to listen in my car using Android VLC player I realize now it does NOT have chapter-advance buttons within the single file - only has the slider for the full 13 hours of dialogue which jumps around about an hour at a time :cry: . The buttons on Android VLC only work as a file skip (forward/back) navigation, so I figure I can make mp3 chapter-files which will work much better with the slider since it will be parsing down to minutes at a time.

Has anyone successfully converted an .m4b to multiple mp3 chapter-files?

Or is there a separate player app that is Android Auto compatible that will play these .m4b files with preserved chapter navigation?

I drive a lot and listen to audio books to make it tolerable, but often want to go back a few minutes and re-listen when I don't understand certain parts (I have hearing imbalance due to 50% hearing loss in left ear) and this large single file makes that nearly impossible.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

anon
12-05-2020, 03:51 PM
Or is there a separate player app that is Android Auto compatible that will play these .m4b files with preserved chapter navigation?

I found this.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.acmeandroid.listen

DigDawg
12-05-2020, 06:26 PM
That looks perfect! Thanks, anon!

DigDawg
12-06-2020, 12:26 PM
Been using that app for a few days - works beautifully. Thanks again for the info!

anon
12-07-2020, 06:35 AM
I'd never heard of it or even the M4B format before, so lucky find for both of us I guess :)