[bookport] Re: Choice of Audible file formats?
- From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 04:57:27 -0400
We had much discussion about this matter and it was stated that format 4 was
the only one without a proprietary file configuration, making it impossible
to make them work on the BP.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Rand" <peter.rand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:12 AM
Subject: [bookport] Choice of Audible file formats?
: Hi Larry/Rob,
:
: I was wondering if you could comment on the mail below, which I sent
: several days ago.
: Thanks,
:
: Peter
:
: >
: >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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