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Audiobook transfer

Former Member
Former Member over 6 years ago
Anyone have advice on how to transfer audiobooks to the VA3m?
I can successfully transfer (sync) music via GE but audiobooks are not displayed in GE's GUI so there's no way to Send To Device. No idea why GE will show music but not books.
I can successfully drag and drop (windows file explorer) mp3s into the Music folder, podcasts into Podcasts folder, but mp3s won't go into the Audiobooks folder. The only workaround I've found is to drop audiobook mp3s into the Music folder then move them into the Audiobooks folder...for some reason the watch allows this action. But it's maddeningly painful and slow.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    I,m also having problems transferring audiobooks. Shorter books m4b will show up but Not longer books Like 12 hourlong. Did you succeed in transferring books, what format was the book?
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 6 years ago
    I did a lot of experimenting. I tried AAC, M4A and M4B format. I tried large files, breaking the book into smaller files. The process is really hit and miss. I found a book under the music folder in the m4a format that did show then put the book I wanted to transfer in that folder and renamed it the book that worked. It would finally transfer but there is something wrong with the garmin express programs ability to recognize audiobooks.
  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Anyone from Garmin chime in?

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Hi, I listen to my audible library on my Garmin Marq, Garmin should be now have made an agreement with Amazon who I believe own audible, as they have the music app working, anyhow, I use a free app called OpenAudible, it coverts the files to mp3 format, it’s not too annoying, once converted, you have to add to iTunes library (for Macs) then select, open with iTunes once converted, then you can drag to music file in garmin express, refresh, and it’ll appear there, then send to your device, even though you put them in the music files, the watch puts them into the audio book file, with graphics of book cover, only bad thing is you don’t get chapters, just a whole block of audio, other than that I’m happy.