[bookport] Choice of Audible file formats?
- From: Peter Rand <peter.rand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 07:12:54 +0200
Hi Larry/Rob,
I was wondering if you could comment on the mail below, which I sent
several days ago.
Thanks,
Peter
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>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.
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>Here are the various sizes of a single Audible file in the 4 different
>formats at Audible.com:
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>Type 1= 7 MB
>Type 2= 11 MB
>Type 3= 22 MB
>Type 4= 43 MB
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>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.
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>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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