Technical support, anyone?

[eponymous_rose]

Bit of advice, please - how do people go about converting a billion MP3 tracks from an audiobook to a single M4A track on a Mac? I've tried about fifteen (seriously) different programs, all of which stop working at the critical stage, which is getting absolutely ridiculous. (The program Max, for instance, won't let me click the Setup Output Formats button. This is getting silly.)

And let's assume, for the sake of argument, that I can't use iTunes for this, because iTunes and I are Not Getting Along.

Thanks muchly - I got Hugh Laurie reading "Great Expectations" for Christmas and still haven't been able to listen to it, because iTunes won't let me import the .mp3 files.

Comments

[alto2.livejournal.com]

OMG, Hugh Laurie reading GE?? How awesome must that be???

I take it you don't have this on a disc? I know how to import files from a disc into one big file in iTunes (I know you're not getting along with it but I offer that just in case it's ever useful) but haven't really played around with other audio programs. And I know with iTunes it's got to be done when you import from a disc--it doesn't have the option to merge files once they're already in file format.

If all else fails, have you tried posting your question at macosx? I've found them to be a really helpful community. I think there's one for the iPod, too, if that seems more appropriate. Wish I was more helpful, but at least there are other resources! Good luck!

[alto2.livejournal.com]

Have you seen this? Might work well for you--scroll down to get to the Mac stuff.

[priscellie.livejournal.com]

I've seen Audiobook Builder recommended all over the place. I'm planning on getting it myself.

[yourfavoritesky.livejournal.com]

Try Switch Audio File Conversion Software! I'm not sure if it supports the exact format you're looking to convert into, but it's free and doesn't stop halfway through. It converts entire files :)

[eers.livejournal.com]

I think it's best that you just ignore my comment here, firstly because I'm far from technical and secondly because I'm not coherent or logical regarding technical things.

Theoretically, you could try importing all the MP3 files into Windows Movie Maker, turn it into a movie, convert that to an MP3 file and convert that to an M4B file. Theoretically. No, hang on. Does Mac have Windows? Probably not.

I am made of fail. Seriously.