Audible enhanced format book and the Pocket
As many may know, Audible has chosen to move exclusively to their "enhanced format" for their audio books. Unfortunately, the Plextalk family of devices cannot play books in that format. Even more unfortunately, Plextalk does not have any plans to retrofit their devices with the ability to play that format and, to the best of my knowledge, has no plans to release a new player with that capability. I'm wondering if there is any way to convert the enhanced format books into the older format four format so that the Plextalk can play the file. I understand the files will be much larger, but if they were playable, I'd be a very happy guy. I love my Pocket and am very disappointed that Plextalk is ceding this part of the market to other players and companies. Any thoughts or possible suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Clifford
Hi, You could potentially crack the DRM on the books and convert them to MP3 using Open Audible or Enaudible, Sound Taxi or similar. This of course breaks the user agreement between Audible and yourself but you don't have any way to convert to format 4. If it makes you feel better, I think the writing is on the wall for Audible and specialist players since the download apps are being retired in lieu of using the cloud app on Windows or mobile devices. Actually there is a new app which has just come out which allows you to download enhanced files but some people have really struggled to get it working. I don't believe Audible are allowing new manufacturers to come to the table with support for this format either. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Clifford Blackwell <ceblackwell3@gmail.com> Sent: 07 August 2020 18:23 To: plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Plextalk] Audible enhanced format book and the Pocket As many may know, Audible has chosen to move exclusively to their "enhanced format" for their audio books. Unfortunately, the Plextalk family of devices cannot play books in that format. Even more unfortunately, Plextalk does not have any plans to retrofit their devices with the ability to play that format and, to the best of my knowledge, has no plans to release a new player with that capability. I'm wondering if there is any way to convert the enhanced format books into the older format four format so that the Plextalk can play the file. I understand the files will be much larger, but if they were playable, I'd be a very happy guy. I love my Pocket and am very disappointed that Plextalk is ceding this part of the market to other players and companies. Any thoughts or possible suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Clifford _______________________________________________ Plextalk mailing list -- plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to plextalk-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
I could be wrong, but I think the new Kindle format is ePub3. This is an open format normally, but may have copy protection. I would guess that Amazon copy protects their stuff. If it wasn't, you could convert from ePub3 to DAISY 2.1 and play on Plextalk. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Clifford Blackwell <ceblackwell3@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 12:23 PM To: plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Plextalk] Audible enhanced format book and the Pocket This message may be from an external email source. Do not select links or open attachments unless verified. Report all suspicious emails to Minnesota IT Services Security Operations Center. ________________________________ As many may know, Audible has chosen to move exclusively to their "enhanced format" for their audio books. Unfortunately, the Plextalk family of devices cannot play books in that format. Even more unfortunately, Plextalk does not have any plans to retrofit their devices with the ability to play that format and, to the best of my knowledge, has no plans to release a new player with that capability. I'm wondering if there is any way to convert the enhanced format books into the older format four format so that the Plextalk can play the file. I understand the files will be much larger, but if they were playable, I'd be a very happy guy. I love my Pocket and am very disappointed that Plextalk is ceding this part of the market to other players and companies. Any thoughts or possible suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Clifford _______________________________________________
udible is not Kindle. Audible are audio books. Not text files like epub. The .AAX files Audible used in the past were playable on the PTP1 etc. It was possible to zertify your device with the Audible software, and you could play Audible's copy protected files with your DAISY-Player. Arno On Freitag, 7. August 2020 21:12 [GMT+1=CET], Andrews, David B (DEED) <david.b.andrews@state.mn.us> wrote:
I could be wrong, but I think the new Kindle format is ePub3. This is an open format normally, but may have copy protection. I would guess that Amazon copy protects their stuff.
If it wasn't, you could convert from ePub3 to DAISY 2.1 and play on Plextalk.
Dave
-----Original Message----- From: Clifford Blackwell <ceblackwell3@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 12:23 PM To: plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Plextalk] Audible enhanced format book and the Pocket
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As many may know, Audible has chosen to move exclusively to their "enhanced format" for their audio books. Unfortunately, the Plextalk family of devices cannot play books in that format. Even more unfortunately, Plextalk does not have any plans to retrofit their devices with the ability to play that format and, to the best of my knowledge, has no plans to release a new player with that capability.
I'm wondering if there is any way to convert the enhanced format books into the older format four format so that the Plextalk can play the file. I understand the files will be much larger, but if they were playable, I'd be a very happy guy.
I love my Pocket and am very disappointed that Plextalk is ceding this part of the market to other players and companies.
Any thoughts or possible suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Clifford _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Plextalk mailing list -- plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to plextalk-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
Thanks for the clarification. I somehow conflated the two in my mind! Dave -----Original Message----- From: Arno Schuh <arno.schuh@in-trier.de> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 2:28 PM To: Plextalk User Discussion List <plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Plextalk] Re: Audible enhanced format book and the Pocket udible is not Kindle. Audible are audio books. Not text files like epub. The .AAX files Audible used in the past were playable on the PTP1 etc. It was possible to zertify your device with the Audible software, and you could play Audible's copy protected files with your DAISY-Player. Arno On Freitag, 7. August 2020 21:12 [GMT+1=CET], Andrews, David B (DEED) <david.b.andrews@state.mn.us> wrote:
I could be wrong, but I think the new Kindle format is ePub3. This is an open format normally, but may have copy protection. I would guess that Amazon copy protects their stuff.
If it wasn't, you could convert from ePub3 to DAISY 2.1 and play on Plextalk.
Dave
-----Original Message----- From: Clifford Blackwell <ceblackwell3@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, August 7, 2020 12:23 PM To: plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Plextalk] Audible enhanced format book and the Pocket
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As many may know, Audible has chosen to move exclusively to their "enhanced format" for their audio books. Unfortunately, the Plextalk family of devices cannot play books in that format. Even more unfortunately, Plextalk does not have any plans to retrofit their devices with the ability to play that format and, to the best of my knowledge, has no plans to release a new player with that capability.
I'm wondering if there is any way to convert the enhanced format books into the older format four format so that the Plextalk can play the file. I understand the files will be much larger, but if they were playable, I'd be a very happy guy.
I love my Pocket and am very disappointed that Plextalk is ceding this part of the market to other players and companies.
Any thoughts or possible suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
Clifford _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Plextalk mailing list -- plextalk@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to plextalk-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
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