windows mobile audio book bookmark feature

gianthobbit · #1 (**permalink**) 02-13-2009, 11:18 AM

I frequently listen to long audio files (be it training or audio book) and I absolutely need a book mark feature. By this I mean I listen to 45 mins of an audio book, flip to some music, then come back and it remembers where I am (if anyone owns a iPod they know what Im talking about). This is freaquently a feature not listed or verey diffucult to find, if anyone knows of such a feature on a player please let me know.

*Reason for obvious title is I want this post to be crawled by spiders, there is absolute garbage results if you google what I'm looking for*

Thanks in advacne.

pickthecrowdup · #2 (**permalink**) 02-13-2009, 08:38 PM

I guess you could use tcpmp for audiobooks only.. everytime i load tcpmp it starts off where it left off. Or, you could use WMP with the "WMPresume" plugin. But you will obviously have to use a different program for music.

I would love an audiobook program for WinMobile! If you find one, will you let me know?

**jason25** · #3 (**permalink**) 02-13-2009, 08:45 PM

have you tried MortPlayer 3.3

Scoob · #4 (**permalink**) 02-13-2009, 10:53 PM

I listen to tons of audiobooks and started to use Pocket Player 4: http://store.conduits.com/pocketplayer.html

It has autobookmark and better yet- it's AVRCP over-rides the default media player when I use my BT headset...

natefish · #5 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 12:08 AM

+1 for MortPlayer. Best free player out there, IMO, and will remember last position.

gianthobbit · #6 (**permalink**) 02-15-2009, 11:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Scoob

It has autobookmark and better yet- it's AVRCP over-rides the default media player when I use my BT headset...

what does this mean?

edgarwong · #7 (**permalink**) 02-16-2009, 01:11 AM

i use beyondpod for my podcast. its free and awesome

pickthecrowdup · #8 (**permalink**) 02-17-2009, 04:52 PM

Ok. I am using a free trial of Pocket Tunes 5.0 and it has an "auto bookmark" feature that will, obviously, set a bookmark in an audiobook or song when you change to a different book or song.

From the site:
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"15-4 Auto-Bookmark Feature -
Pocket Tunes has an auto-bookmarking feature to automatically create bookmarks for you. When this feature is enabled (see the previous section for details on how to enable it), Pocket Tunes will automatically create a new bookmark whenever you pause playback and open a new audio file.

For example, if you are listening to an audiobook, and you wish to play a music file, but you want to remember where you left off, follow these steps:

If auto-bookmarking is not enabled, then enable it.
Press the center button or tap the pause button to pause the playback of the audiobook.
Press the left soft key or tap the "Choose Songs" icon to select a new song or playlist to play next.
Pocket Tunes will automatically create a bookmark for your audiobook.
When you wish to return to listening to your audiobook, follow these steps:

Select the "Bookmarks..." item in the "Tools" menu.
Select the bookmark for the audio book that you wish to listen to.
Press the left soft key or tap "Go"."
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The software isn't bad. I might just buy it. I wasn't impressed with pTunes 4.2, but I like 5.0. Plus, it plays aac+ and you can sync it with iTunes! Album art and all! As far as I know, this is the only software that will allow you to sync to iTunes. To do so you need to install "Pockettunes sync". It's free and is included in the PocketTunes install package as an option. That's a big deal for me since I add music to my PC via iTunes and that's where all of my album art is. iTunes album art isn't always compatible with WMP.

Good luck!