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Audiobooks

Put audiobooks in a folder called Audiobooks — one folder per book (e.g. Audiobooks/Author - Title/) — or use .m4b files anywhere. They get their own Audiobooks section, separate from Music.
Music, photos, audiobooks and books — Albums and the music bar, photo albums full screen, audiobooks with 30-second skips, speed and sleep timer, and books. Audiobook: LibriVox (public domain); book: Project Gutenberg.

Listen

  1. 1Open Audiobooks and choose a book.
  2. 2Press Listen — or Continue, which carries on in the part you were in.
  3. 3It starts 5 seconds before where you stopped, on whichever device you use.

In the player bar

  • ↺30 / 30↻ — back or forward 30 seconds
  • Chapters — jump to any chapter of the file
  • Speed — 0.75× to 2× (remembered for the next book)
  • Sleep timer — 15 to 60 minutes, or the end of the chapter

Apple TV

Audiobooks play in the full-screen player: chapters are in the info panel (swipe down), and your place is saved as you listen.

Questions

Which formats?

M4B, M4A, MP3, AAC, FLAC, Ogg/Opus and more. Chapters come from the file (M4B and MP4 chapters).

Last updated 2026-11-12.