On Sun, 2016-10-30 at 15:12 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sun, 2016-10-30 at 10:41 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > > > On 10/30/16 10:30, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > > > > AFAIK you can't. Audible distributes DRM-protected books and has no > > > Linux player for them. Some people convert their books to MP3 by > > > "playing" them in the Audible app under Windows and recording the > > > output with a special-purpose Windows driver, but that's a slow process > > > as the app won't go at more than double speed. > > > > > > poc > > > > I have a player that plays "protected" books from the "National Library > > Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped" and I imagine they > > might play in that? It certainly plays "unprotected" files, but I don't > > know if the DRM requirement is specific to a certain source, I tend > > to doubt that it is? > > If those are Audible books then possibly, but I believe Audible's DRM > format is proprietary. However, see http://www.guidingtech.com/56670/re > move-drm-protection-audible-audiobooks/ for possible solutions. (Sorry, hit Send too soon). The above points to a commercial tool under MacOS or Windows, that enables conversion to iTunes format or burning to a (virtual) CD. Quite painful and expensive, though it should work under a VM in Fedora. I haven't tried it. Audible is smart enough to keep their monthly subscription rate low enough that I always have spare credits and don't need to go the dark side :-) Of course there are completely free audiobooks at http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks though the quality is variable. poc _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
