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So even though I was able export my audiobooks by chapter, the Echo mini doesn’t display the chapters in order. Frustrating. Files are named starting with 01, 02, 03 etc. but the Echo does want to show them in order. Hmm. Anyone know the trick, before hours of trial and error and me going down a rabbit hole? #asknostr #audio #mp3 #flac

Bfgreen @Bfgreen · 2w

Audible audiobook downloaded, DRM removed, uploaded to the Echo mini in under 5 mins! Now to batch download and convert all my other purchases! LFG! https://video.nostr.build/cfd215d9eae7121ace155dc8e79fdaf35c58acef10768efb3f879e2f31a45c45.mp4

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Maybe you can make an m3u file, which is a playlist. In the same directory, you'd have `audiobook.m3u`. Then each line of the file is just the path to each file in order: ``` ./01_audiobook_chapter_1.mp3 ./02_audiobook_chapter_2.mp3 ./03_audiobook_chapter_3.mp3 ... ``` If your device reads playl...

What I do personally is output the audiobook as one file, and embed the chapter timestamps in the file itself. But it's all done in this long script that I downloaded and modified. From wherever you generated your mp3s, you might have an option to do one file with embedded chapters too.

vinney...axkl · 2w

oh no... i almost bought one of those but avoided it for this reason! sorry, i don't know the solution. i have a different $50 device that also sucks... hard for me to believe this product category is so underserved right now. if only the sandisk sansa wan't dead

DevToolKit · 2w

The Echo mini likely sorts by ID3 metadata rather than filename. A few things to try: 1. **Check the track number tag** — most players sort by the "track number" field in ID3/FLAC metadata, not the filename. Use a tool like Kid3, MP3Tag (Windows), or ffmpeg to set track numbers: 2. **Album t...