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The m4a problem. Peace or War?

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saratoga:

--- Quote from: willow on October 26, 2018, 10:07:32 PM ---Am I missing some clever work around, some better way?

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A typical way people implement chapters for audio files is with a .cue file (as would be used to have track markers in whole album images).  These are supported.  However, if you're used to using chapters, you may just want to buy an iPod, as I think that is the way iTunes does it. 

willow:

--- Quote ---A typical way people implement chapters for audio files is with a .cue file (as would be used to have track markers in whole album images).  These are supported.  However, if you're used to using chapters, you may just want to buy an iPod, as I think that is the way iTunes does it.
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I dislike apple and all things with that apple on it.  I would be happy to shoot the apple, so to speak.  So no iPod.
How would this .cue file work?  How would I create it?  Do I just place it in the same folder as the mp4 file, and Rockbox will recognize the .cue and link it to the mp4 file?

Chronon:
Here's the section about cuesheet support in the manual (also describes where to place the cuesheets):
https://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansafuze/rockbox-buildch7.html#x9-1310007.13


Here's a Wikipedia article providing more information about cuesheets:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cue_sheet_(computing)#Audio_file_playback

Ideally, whatever software is transcoding the media to .m4a can provide a cuesheet.  Although it's a bit cumbersome, you could also create it manually using the information from the Wikipedia article.

Additionally, there are cuesheet sites where you can download cuesheets for various media, but I don't know what sort of luck you will have for your particular media.

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