I've searched the forum and found only one post slightly related and it was buried in a much larger thread. So I apologize if I am repeating.

I was wondering if there are any apps that allow you to bookmark a long mp3 or resume from last position? I like listening to audiobooks and it would be nice not to have to cut the file into smaller segments on my pc prior to loading them onto my n800. Remembering my last position and fast forwarding through 5 hours of audio to get there gets old quick.

Thanks.

Amen. For those of us who listen to audiobooks, bookmarks or the like are essential.

Me too. I requested this on the Tableteer survey.

Rich

Same goes for video. I would love to be able to stop a movie playback, and resume later.

Any updates regarding this issue?

Does anyone know if Kagu, Canola, or UKMP have any plans to add bookmarks or resume functions???

I've written a quick and dirty audio player for podcasts and audiobooks that has resume functions. Adding bookmark functions and cleaning up the code a bit shouldn't be too hard:

http://thpinfo.com/2008/maemo/#resumingplayer

Works great with gPodder for the Internet Tablets

I've been looking for this since I got my N810 before Thanksgiving!!
Please post this also in Apps as soon as you get bookmarks working.
If it works you will have made a lot of peeps very happy!
Now to grab gPodder.

Updated, Version 2: The player now includes a bookmark manager and improved user interface.

http://thpinfo.com/2008/maemo/#resumingplayer

No package yet, as it's not my top priority. In case you want it as a package (and as a "normal" audiobook player), consider donating towards the gPodder project.

Well if you are willing to make some additional enhancements to the player, please, consider adding a sleep timer which will stop the playback and perhaps even suspend the tablet. This last one is probably not necessary as the OS will do it sooner or later. I am thinking in term "go to sleep in 15min, 30min, 45min, 60min, 120min..."

I need a safe guard that will stop the playback in a while in case I fall asleep during audiobook.

Just an advice to anyone who has the same need: You can get around it by using the "shutdown" command in the XTerm console. I.e. start your player and type in the console a command similar to (without quotes): "shutdown +30". This example command will shutdown your tablet in 30 minutes.

And thank you for your player. It is really filling a void. Now my last wish would be that Audible.com would port their player to the maemo.

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Best regards,
Matej.