This example shows an audiobook that includes two track audio files. The first track audio file ends with Chapter 6 at 22 hours. Chapter 7 is longer than one hour and would push the first track audio file length to more than 23 hours. The remaining chapters are delivered in a second track audio file.
If you split your audiobook into multiple tracks, do not allow a track break to interrupt a chapter. Ideally, you should minimize the number of <track> tags to make processing your delivery as efficient as possible.
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