Put an Audible Audiobook on a Yoto MYO Card
A Yoto Player can play your own audiobooks and be added to an "Make Your Own" Yoto card. OpenAudible does that in three clicks with Split for Yoto; the Yoto app or website handles the upload and the card.
What you'll need
- OpenAudible (free download) with your Audible account connected
- A Yoto account and at least one blank Make Your Own (MYO) card
- The Yoto app on a phone or tablet, for linking the card at the end
In OpenAudible
1. Turn on Split for Yoto
Open , go to the General tab, find Split Audio Settings, and select Split for Yoto. This one-time change stays until you change it.
2. Download and convert the book
Select the book in your library and let OpenAudible download and convert it. A book needs a finished audio file before it can be split.
3. Split it for Yoto
With the book selected, right-click (or use the Action Menu) and select . OpenAudible writes a folder of numbered MP3 tracks, one per chapter, each sized to what Yoto accepts, and opens the folder for you. (If the menu still says , step 1 did not take.)
In Yoto
4. Upload the tracks to a playlist
- Sign in at my.yotoplay.com/my-cards — a browser is easier than the app for a folder of tracks. It opens in a new tab so these instructions stay put.
- Create a new playlist and name it after the book.
- Click Upload File.
- Select all the chapters and add them. Make sure not to select the cover art (.jpg).
- Click Update Playlist.
- Optional: click Update under the picture of the card and add the .jpg cover art.
- Check the track order and save.
5. Link the playlist to a card
- Open the Yoto app on your phone or tablet — this step only exists there.
- Open the playlist you just made.
- In its three-dot menu, choose Link to a Card.
- Tap a blank MYO card to the back of your Yoto Player or your phone when prompted.
Put the card in the player and the book starts. Each track is a chapter, so the back and forward buttons move by chapter.
If something goes wrong
- Yoto won't accept a file. Make sure the tracks came from Split for Yoto and not plain , and that you are on a current version of OpenAudible. Then split the book again.
- A long book won't fit on one card. One card holds about five hours. Either lower MP3 quality in and convert and split again, or upload the book as two playlists on two cards — "Part 1" and "Part 2", breaking on a chapter.
- The book has no chapters. Choose in Library Settings instead, with a part length under 60 minutes.
- Tracks play out of order. Reorder them in Yoto's playlist editor.
Next
Download OpenAudible to make your first card, or see Yoto Players and MYO Cards in the documentation.
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