[bookport] Re: Choice of Audible file formats?
- From: peter.rand@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 06:03:07 -0600
> 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.
I don't recall the discussion - but why would a proprietary format make it
impossible for certain files to work on the BP? I believe MP3 is a
proprietary format, and yet it works fine on the BP.
Peter
> ----- 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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