{"id":12553,"date":"2023-07-22T16:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.jochen.hayek.name\/blog-en\/?p=12553"},"modified":"2023-07-28T04:36:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T02:36:26","slug":"audio-books-on-my-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.jochen.hayek.name\/blog-en\/2023\/07\/22\/audio-books-on-my-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"I purchased a couple of audio-books at The Pragmatic Bookshelf, and how do I seriously listen to them on my iPhone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pragprog.com\/categories\/audio-books\/\">https:\/\/pragprog.com\/categories\/audio-books\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-fsfire\/fire-in-the-valley\/\">https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-fsfire\/fire-in-the-valley\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-jsrw\/effective-remote-work\/\">https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-jsrw\/effective-remote-work\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-actb2\/technical-blogging-second-edition\/\">https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-actb2\/technical-blogging-second-edition\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-jkthp\/the-healthy-programmer\/\">https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-jkthp\/the-healthy-programmer\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-kcdc\/the-developer-s-code\/\">https:\/\/pragprog.com\/titles\/a-kcdc\/the-developer-s-code\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Actually I had a 20% discount voucher, that&#8217;s why I got them all at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I want to listen to the audio-book on my iPhone and to read the corresponding e-book on my iPad in sync. Makes sense, doesn&#8217;t it? That&#8217;s my new alternative to binge-watching on the treadmill in the gym. I can imagine to do that in the green as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The audio-books come as &#8220;.m4b&#8221; (a &#8220;protected MPEG-4 audio&#8221;), or as a ZIP file with &#8220;.mp3&#8221; (which I unpacked into a directory). They live one of my Synology DiskStations, actually in a &#8220;Drive&#8221;, that I can see with a Synology app on my iPhone. I can actually navigate into the respective folder using the Files app on my iPhone. The Synology Drive app allows to download the files in question &#8220;in place&#8221; (in advance, e.g. through my home wifi), so I am not forced to download them through the mobile Internet of my smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once I try to &#8220;share&#8221; an &#8220;.m4b&#8221; or an &#8220;.mp3&#8221; to the Books app, the Books app is not available. In other words: the Books app on the iPhone is only good for audio-books purchased through Apple. Isn&#8217;t that silly?!? It&#8217;s a P.I.T.A., to be honest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">share<\/span><\/strong>&#8221; the &#8220;.m4b&#8221; with my VLC on my iPhone, VLC plays the &#8220;.m4b&#8221; just fine. I can see the TOC (through the triple-point, &#8220;Video Options&#8221; (never mind!), &#8220;Chapters&#8221;), and that is certainly a &#8220;must&#8221; for an &#8220;audio book app&#8221;. Fine so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am reading &#8220;the e-book&#8221; on my iPad in the Books app. The Books app on the iPad does not refuse to handle an e-book not acquired through Apple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actually I had a 20% discount voucher, that&#8217;s why I got them all at once. 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