Marking sections in long audio mp3

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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I have a Win10 system and am new to using Audacity. I have version 2.1.2.

I have an audiobook that is one single track of 9+hours. I know a little about Audacity and the very basics of importing, exporting, and editing a file.

I would like to put some kind of markers into the audiobook file so I can easily find certain spots, like jumping to a new or specific track on a music CD.

Is this possible using Audacity? If so, how would I do it?

If is is not possible using Audacity, can you suggest another way to do it?

Thanks for any help.

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Audacity has labels. Little markers that you can write notes in along with the blue sound waves.

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/label_tracks.html

Koz

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Labels in Audacity probably won’t help because Audacity isn’t intended as an audio player.

The [u]ACX audiobook standards[/u] require a separate file for each chapter. Or you can have sub-chapters/sections if you want more, smaller, files.

The standard “computer” audio formats (MP3, WAV, etc.) do not support tracks/chapters. They are standard on “shiny disc” formats (CD/DVD/Blu-Ray). But, you can’t put 9 hours on an audio CD.