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Use One Speed Setting for All Audiobooks

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byYou:
Rockbox is amazing!  I won't buy an audio player if Rockbox doesn't run on it.

I like to listen to my audiobooks sped up.  I would like the speed setting to be permanent and apply to all audiobooks so I don't need to set it individually on every track.

saratoga:
How would the player determine what is an audio book?

pabouk:

--- Quote from: saratoga on April 01, 2010, 02:44:46 AM ---How would the player determine what is an audio book?
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For example by directory. I store all my audio books in a single directory (and its sub-directories). The same organization I use for podcasts and language lessons.

Edit:
A while ago I also wrote a message to the mailing list: RE: NoDo or not?.

gulak:

--- Quote from: pabouk on April 01, 2010, 05:03:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: saratoga on April 01, 2010, 02:44:46 AM ---How would the player determine what is an audio book?
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For example by directory. I store all my audio books in a single directory (and its sub-directories). The same organization I use for podcasts and language lessons.

Edit:
A while ago I also wrote a message to the mailing list: RE: NoDo or not?.

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Yes, a great idea, but maybe not so easy to realize.
The simplest solution would be a hardcoded directory with some configurable properties.
Another solution could be a configuration file placed in the directory. Every time a file is played from a directory the software is looking for a configuration file and loads it if there's one. If there's no configuration file in a directory then load the "default" configuration.
Or implement it as a plugin, an audiobookplugin? Start the plugin and it shows the content of a directory, choose a file and it will play it with the given speed and maybe other audiobook specific settings. Quit the plugin and the normal settings are restored.

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