Hello Henk Poley and All

The problem with talking books is that a 7 to 10
hour mp3 or ogg file is listened to for 15 to 60
minutes, ie during a class, a commute, or in my
case dring a daily sauna.

Well, when you shut xmms off or reboot the computer
it always starts over. Leaving the program on
pause does not cut it. A work around is to use
the jump "j" command and copy the time
mark to a clipboard and type it back in when needed.
Winamp has a nice plugin that resumes the
file where you left off when ever you restart it.

What is needed is a "time" book mark so you
can resume and also jump to your desired chapter.

I am making good progeress with the command
mpg321 -R dummy
and the program expect.
But I need to know more language
commands (simply presented please)
to get expect to snag and save the time
and frame in a file.

There is great potential for inexpensive
software for aural learners.

Best Wishes
paradocs