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my mum had aubile account sometime ago. the solution i found was to have virtual copy of windows 2003 (virtualbox) and install Goldwave 5.08 audio software. have a look here on this forum long discussion about goldwave etc http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/589613 it did work but was a bit painful leaving the computer overnight to convert them from .aa too .mp3 DRM removed like. On 26 December 2012 16:09, Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Dec 2012, Simon Robert -Cottage wrote: > >> files from audible.com are an absolute bugger to convert and it is >> probably impossible under linux (unless VLC has some new magic capabilities >> in the last couple of years). Last time I looked you needed windows, an old >> version of an application called "riverpast" and some obscure codecs. This >> may allow you to convert to mp3 or other formats. >> >> The commonest advice seems to be download or play to windows using the >> audible.com application (which will indeed let you send it to an mp3 player, >> or burn to disk), then play the saved files and record the output and then >> use audacity or something to break it into chunks. Once you have it on disk >> there is no DRM and you can rip them to whatever. This may also be true with >> an mp3 player. These are huge files when in mp3 format as a medium size >> novel is about 20 hours long (OK, Neil Stephenson writes looooong books, >> Snow Crash to play as CD's in the car was about 30 disks). >> >> My only practical suggestion is to use virtualbox and the audible app. >> Then record the analog output from the sound card. >> >> >> http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2009/08/02/how-to-convert-audible-aa-files-to-mp3/ >> >> seems to be a method, but still needs windows. And the author says that >> you need an old version of nero - seems that audible are hot on getting >> conversion functionality removed, like in riverpast... > > > Yes - it does seem somewhat problematic, however , I still run XP on my > Laptop (dual-boot), and it was actually a breeze for my wife to use that to > download the Sandisk application and then "sync" her audiobooks library > which imported the files again without paying and it did the convert and > sent to the to the audiobook directory on the player device... > > >> I'm afraid my audio books are either CD's or piratebays >> (http://tpb.5gg.biz/ a Polish PB server now the UK pirate party is illegal). >> I would happily buy this stuff if I could use it! > > > I know - I think most people would too. > > Gordon > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq