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@BinaryPretzel For now, there is a workaround: you can apply the chapters from Audible, then export them from the top menu via Chapters → Export Chapters. This will give you a text file with the chapter timecodes. You can manually edit those timestamps, then drag the file back onto the book in AudioBo, and the updated chapter timings should be applied.
I made a blog post about this feature — https://orsolabs.dev/blog/how-to-use-youtube-timestamps-chapters
@BinaryPretzel Thanks a lot for the kind words!
This is a known issue, and a proper solution is already on my todo list. I’m planning to add something like a waveform-based chapter editor, where you’d be able to visually adjust the start and end of a chapter directly against the audio waveform. I’m still thinking through the best UI for this, but it’s definitely a feature I want to implement.
@StevenJackson But if you’ve got a lot of books, doing that by hand is a pain. That’s why I’m also working on a feature that lets you nudge chapter boundaries visually on the waveform, so you won’t have to edit timestamps in a text file.
That’s the next big thing I’m building — but realistically it won’t be ready for at least ~2 months.
@StevenJackson That kind of “drift” usually means your local file isn’t the exact same edition/encode as the one the chapters were fetched for.
If it’s just a few books, the quickest workaround is manual:
1. export chapters to a .txt (⌘⇧E)
2. adjust the timestamps
3. drag the .txt back onto the book to re-import
More details here: https://orsolabs.dev/blog/how-to-use-youtube-timestamps-chapters
@StevenJackson iCloud Drive? Dropbox? Google Drive? Anything will work.
@StevenJackson Hm... I did a bunch of different tests, and it works on my side.
Would you mind sharing the exact book with me? I’ll take a look and see why updating is acting up.
After the recent AudioBo review on 9to5mac.com, I got a few dozen feature requests and suggestions — thanks to everyone who sent them in.
I’ve already shipped most of those ideas and improvements in AudioBo. The 1.2.7 update hit the App Store today.
@StevenJackson Thanks for clearing that up, the fix I pushed should cover this case as well.
The problem was that the Description field for some of your books was being saved in a different internal field (“atom”) (`ldes/synopsis`) than the one that was getting overwritten (`desc`).
The update now writes to both at the same time, so replacing the description should work correctly.
