[bookport] Re: Choice of Audible file formats?
- From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 12:18:53 -0400
Peter, one way to overcome this problem with download time is to switch to a
broad band connection.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Rand" <peter.rand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 5:48 AM
Subject: [bookport] Choice of Audible file formats?
: Larry/Rob,
:
: I know that Book Port can only handle Audible files in Type 4 format at
: the moment.
: Unfortunately, Type 4 files have the lowest level of compression, which
: results in huge files
: & very time-consuming downloads.
:
: Here are the various sizes of a single Audible file in the 4 different
: formats at Audible.com:
:
: Type 1= 7 MB
: Type 2= 11 MB
: Type 3= 22 MB
: Type 4= 43 MB
:
: It takes me about 35 minutes to download a 7 MB file in Type 1 format.
: The same file, in Type 4 format, would take me well over 2 1/2 hours to
: download. Of
: course, I would vastly prefer smaller files and faster downloads.
:
: Is there any chance that Book Port will allow users to play other,
: more-highly
: compressed Audible formats in the future? That would allow for far
: faster downloads,
: and also conserve the precious storage space available on the Book Port.
:
: Peter
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