Re: Audiobooks

2012-03-12 Thread Chris Davies
Lisi wrote: > aa is > somewhat problematic and I don't kno wwhat can read it. > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/audible-com-aa-sound-format-on-linux-350452/ Audible's books are fully DRM encumbered. The "solution" is to download the book into a Windows (or Mac?) system ru

Re: [vastly OT] Audiobooks

2012-03-11 Thread Glenn English
On Mar 11, 2012, at 12:03 PM, Julien Claassen wrote: > What I didn't like about them even before, was their audio quality, which > leaves a lot to be desired. I used to edit audio for BJ Harrison, one of Audiobooks' readers. I've heard a lot of abysmal sound from several

Re: Audiobooks

2012-03-11 Thread Julien Claassen
Lisi! Let me hazard a guess, since I've come across a few of their audiobooks, before they started this DRM protection; They just convince in numbers! I think - this is just supposition - they buy from other companies and just make the digital versions of the audiobooks and collect th

Re: Audiobooks

2012-03-11 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 11 March 2012 10:29:29 Jirka wrote: > I am audible customer for years and I really recommend it. I am totally > addicted on their books :-) Out of interest, what makes them any better than any other audio books? How can one be addicted to a particular brand of audio book?? Lisi --

Re: Audiobooks

2012-03-11 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:29:29AM +, Jirka wrote: > the aa files from Audible are DRM protected. I think there are two ways how > to > play them without windows or mac. > > The first is to install the audible PC software into wine. I haven't tried it > myself, but it is supposed to work.

Re: Audiobooks

2012-03-11 Thread Jirka
iced that the only > software available was for Windoze or MacOS. So is there a package which > will play an audiobook. A search with apt-cache gives yatm, but, after > installing it, I tried it one of the files and it merely produced > horrible sounds. Certainly nothing intelligible. > >

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-29 Thread Julien Claassen
Hi Lina! Could be, that I gave you the same youtube or mplayer advise, because to me it has always been a sane and helpful one. :-) Kind regards Julien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS!

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-29 Thread Camaleón
ced that the only > software available was for Windoze or MacOS. So is there a package which > will play an audiobook. A search with apt-cache gives yatm, but, after > installing it, I tried it one of the files and it merely produced > horrible sounds. Certainly nothing intelligible. >

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-29 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 28 February 2012 23:45:18 Julien Claassen wrote: > If > you are looking for a nice collection of free and copyleft ones have a look > at http://librivox.org Thanks, Julien. :-) I have added this to my audiobook bookmarks. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.d

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-29 Thread lina
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Julien Claassen wrote: > Lina! >  Does youtube support upload in aa-format? Here I need apologize. I have never met the aa-format. Last time I saw this post, just that thought came to my mind. so I just posted it and thought the OP can get another options to try.

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-29 Thread Lorenzo Sutton
Meanwhile I added explicitly Linux incompatibility, which seems to be widely reported, to the Wikipedia page, in case people hit it searching for the format ;) Lorenzo. On 29/02/12 11:07, Julien Claassen wrote: Lina! Does youtube support upload in aa-format? This would be cool, since you

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-29 Thread Julien Claassen
Lina! Does youtube support upload in aa-format? This would be cool, since you might use youtube-dl (a python script) to download it again and then you can use mplayer to transcode it: mplayer -vo null -vc null -ao pcm:file=my_name.wav youtube.whatever_video_format then you could easily co

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-28 Thread lina
You may try upload it into the youtube and then download back in other format. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAG9cJmkK6CZYe_=-_piy7f4upkeh12a-x_3+

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-28 Thread Julien Claassen
w others, who do the same, yet I suspect, that German audiobooks and radioplays are less interesting. :-) Kind regards Julien =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable; Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS! == Find my music

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-28 Thread Bob Proulx
t you are throwing good money after bad. Better to stop while you are ahead and go elsewhere. > So are audiobooks only for Windoze or MacOS? Has anybody any suggestions? There are many audiobooks from other sources. However Audible.com has been reported to have a 95% share of the audiobook market.

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-28 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 28 February 2012 23:14:28 Sian Mountbatten wrote: > So are audiobooks only for Windoze or MacOS? Audiobooks come in many different formats, including MP3, CD and tape. aa is somewhat problematic and I don't kno wwhat can read it. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linu

Re: Audiobooks

2012-02-28 Thread Julien Claassen
It's legal, but I'm not sure about all the licences. Mplayer or one of these big beasts should be your best bet. Have you tried the command file on one of your .aa files? And a short note, which has nothing to do with the technical site of things: Audiobooks, are just books read by som

Audiobooks

2012-02-28 Thread Sian Mountbatten
package which will play an audiobook. A search with apt-cache gives yatm, but, after installing it, I tried it one of the files and it merely produced horrible sounds. Certainly nothing intelligible. So are audiobooks only for Windoze or MacOS? Has anybody any suggestions? -- Sian Mountbatten