[access-uk] Re: R: audible alternative for audio books?
- From: "Henry Miller" <henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 May 2014 19:35:37 +0100
Hi Ibrahim
Please could you elaborate on Macsome and where can I obtain a copy?
best wishes
Henry
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ibrahim Gucukoglu
Sent: 02 May 2014 18:40
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: audible alternative for audio books?
Hi Mo.
If you download in the AA format, you will have your recording quality
capped at 32KBPS where as AAX will give you 64KBPS Stereo, a considerably
quality improvement. The choice is yours of course, however I have
successfully converted books at the higher quality using Macsome, just dont
try to convert too many at a time and you'll be fine.
All the best, Ibrahim.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mobeen Iqbal
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 6:01 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: audible alternative for audio books?
hi aedan.
excellent. i've just tried that and the conversion's working flawlessly.
many thanks for the tip.
Mo.
On 02/05/2014 17:45, Aedan O'Meara wrote:
> Hi Mo,
> I have found that you have to download audible books in the older aa
> format and not the aax format to convert them successfully to mp3.
> Kind regards
> Aedan.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Mobeen Iqbal
> Sent: 02 May 2014 14:33
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: audible alternative for audio books?
>
> hello robert and everyone.
>
> thankfully i have now gained access to my library. it turns out i was
> using the wrong page to sign in. by default, they tell you to sign in
> using your amazon account which is what was throwing me completely. i
> didn't realise you had to click the link to sign in to the old audible
> system to access your books. as for MP3 conversion, the tools i used to
> use were only compatible with XP as it was an older version of audible
> manager and audible's media filter that was used. i could never get the
> same process to work under windows7 64bit. its too flakey and doesn't play
> the book no matter what i try in terms of plugins or different audible
> manager versions etc. so i will try one of the other converters mentioned,
> sound taxi looks promising. many thanks to everyone for their comments.
>
> Mo.
>
> On 02/05/2014 10:05, RMPortal wrote:
>> Mo,
>>
>> Unfortunately I have no alternative to Audible to suggest but think
>> you shouldn't give up on what you have already bought. If Martin
>> Wilshire's suggestion doesn't work I would suggest contacting Audible
>> direct. When I had problems setting up the android audible ap they
>> were almost too helpful
>> - ringing me twice from America.
>>
>> I would start from the premise that the books you have bought are your
>> property and that making them unavailable for any reason is
>> effectively theft. I know with online content things aren't always
>> that simple but at the very least it should be them who have to
>> justify it and refer you to the relevant conditions which allow them to
>> behave in the way they have.
>>
>> Assuming you are in the end, able to get access to your library I'm a
>> bit mystified about the mp3 conversion which was possible under XP and
>> is not under Windows 7 or Linux. Is that because the conversion tool
>> you were using works under XP but not under the others? If the worse
>> comes to the worst isn't it possible to play the book on the computer
>> and record it in mp3 format? Clumsy, but it works.
>> Some doubt was raised as to the legality of making an mp3 copy. Having
>> looked at Audible's conditions I can see nothing wrong with that -
>> they actually recommend that you make a copy once you have bought the
>> book and make no reference as to which format the copy should be in.
>> It is always possible of course, that conditions may have changed
>> since I checked or there may be others which I didn't find at the time.
>>
>> Finally, I've found the android audible ap to be easy to use (much
>> easier than going to even the "accessible" site using the computer)
>> because they have had to keep things simple - I have the opening
>> screen with all my library titles on it and once the book has been
>> downloaded to the phone I need neither wi-fi nor a phone connection to
>> read it. I expect the Iphone ap is much the same.
>>
>> None of this is what you were asking for but I hope it at least stops
>> you from giving up on accessing what is, after all, your own property.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Robert
>> -----Messaggio originale-----
>> Da: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Per conto
>> di Mobeen Iqbal
>> Inviato: giovedì 1 maggio 2014 22.53
>> A: BCAB Discussion List
>> Oggetto: [access-uk] audible alternative for audio books?
>>
>> Hello Everyone.
>>
>> I have been a member of audible for many years now. when i was on XP,
>> i used to convert my audible books to MP3 to listen on my MP3 player.
>> this has worked very well if i didn't have an audible device to hand
>> and i wanted to listen to an audio book. however, ever since they got
>> taken over by amazon and usernames and passwords changed, i can no
>> longer access my history for all the titles i have spent the last 6
>> years pourchasing from them, and even if i could i can't convert the
>> books as i am primarily using windows7 and linux. in short, does
>> anyone have any other source of downloadable audio books? i don't mind
>> paying as long as there is a decent selection hopefully comparable to
>> audibles. audiogo was an excellent site but they've now gone in to
>> administration. i just wish audible weren't so iffy and that they
>> hadn't deleted every book i'd ever bought from them without my
>> consent... the only thing that will make me stay with them is if i can
>> convert books using windows7 as and when i need to. as i'm paying for
>> a book i should be able to if i don't want to take a kindle to listen
>> to books and just want to carry a small discreet mp3 player. from what
>> i've read this can't be done, but any comments welcome on or off list.
>>
>> many thanks in advance,
>>
>> Mo.
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