Audiobook Wizard is a simple to use Mac OS X app that takes in any number of mp3 or AAC encoded files and joins them into one huge audiobook file, complete with chapter markers and iTunes compatible meta tags so you can sync everything into your iPhone, iPad or iPod.
Audiobook Wizard is literally a drop and click tool that will allow you to create audiobooks easier than ever before.
Audiobook Wizard selects the optimum size by splitting files too large to be played by iTunes, choosing the best encoding rate, add chapters according to input files provided and naming output files in best way for iTunes file management.
Advantage of Mac App Store version compared to the free 1.1 version:
· Creates audiobooks much much faster
· Automatic generation of multi volume audiobooks
· Background encode process keeps your computer responsive during build
· Options free operation with preset optimal settings
· Supports AAC & MP3 file format
· Many many bug fixes
NOTE: To buy Audiobook Wizard via the App Store an Apple account is required.
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Speed improvement. Upto 6X faster than version 2.0 in standard quality mode! If you use CD Stereo mode, it's upto 3X faster. Hard to believe but true.
· Added option for encoding quality. Now you can choose CD Stereo, Enhanced or Standard. Enhanced is equivalent to Audible's enhanced audio quality while standard equals Audible Format 4 which is mp3 quality.
· Maximum size for an Enhanced mode file is about 400MB and contains about 13 hours of audio. In CD Stereo mode the file size is roughly 50% larger than Enhanced mode for the same length. In Standard mode, you can have a 37 hours book in a single file contained in 540MB. However, it's ok to choose as high a quality as you want, Audiobook Wizard will split books into multiple files if the size of any one part exceeds the maximum allowed. On the other hand, standard mode encodes at least twice as fast as CD Stereo mode. Always try creating an audiobook with a small sample of your source files. Depending on the original file's encoding &...