Re: Audiobooks
Sian Mountbatten <poenikatu <at> fastmail.co.uk> writes:
>
> I received a DVD from Amazon which came with a slip of paper saying
> Download 1 FREE AUDIOBOOK
> I went to the site, signed up for 30 days free membership, selected a
> book and downloaded two files of type .aa. I noticed 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.
>
> So are audiobooks only for Windoze or MacOS? Has anybody any suggestions?
> --
> Sian Mountbatten
> Algol 68 specialist
>
>
Hello Sian,
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. The link is here:
http://scottlinux.com/2011/01/30/play-audible-audio-books-in-linux/
The second way is to install audible app on an android phone. Audible works on
iphones, android devices, many mp3 players etc.
I am audible customer for years and I really recommend it. I am totally addicted
on their books :-)
Wish you luck!
Jiri
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