I have about 10 Audible books on my stream, it's quite activated. What I think happened is that the Mac automatically downloaded in format 3 or even 2. The files are about half the size of format 4 files. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <mori...@mac.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Audible.com Experience
Hi, Two things to check: (1) Did you activate the stream for Audible books? I think the device may be constructed, like a number of other mp3 players, so that it can only be activated under Windows. If it is already activated to permit it to play Audible books on the Windows side, you should have no problems transferring over Audible books from you Mac. (2) Audible introduced a new enhanced audio format recently that is better than their previous best quality (format 4). Although it's unlikely that your default download format is set to this enhanced audio format, the stream is not one of the devices that can play this format. It can play format 4. HTH Cheers, Esther On 11 May 2010, at 02:34, RATTRAY J. wrote: > HI, > > I dohn't think so but would have to check - I thought it allowed > playing > elsewhere > > Julie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rich Ring > Sent: 11 May 2010 13:28 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Audible.com Experience > > Does the Mac limit where you can play the files? In other words, if > you > download an audible book using the Mac, will the resulting files only > play using iTunes? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RATTRAY J." <julie.ratt...@durham.ac.uk> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:20 AM > Subject: RE: Audible.com Experience > > > Hi, > > I am really confused by this - I use audible all the time with the Mac > and have not had the problem you are describing. Generally you don't > need to install any softwere to get audible to work with the Mac - you > do with Windows but not Mac. > > The only thing I can suggest you try is going to your download > preferences and seeing what they look like. I typically have my stuff > download directly into itunes so I can put them on my ipod - I seem to > remember that back in the day when I set it up that I had to tell it > that I wanted it to do this so perhaps download preferences - found in > the my acccount pages might be the best place to start. > > If you don't have any luck let me know and maybe I can suggest > something > else. > > Good luck > > Julie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rich Ring > Sent: 11 May 2010 13:15 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Audible.com Experience > > Hello all: > I recently bought an Audible book using the Mac. Imagine my surprise > when I clicked the purchase button, the book immediately started > downloading. I thought, this is excellent. However, when the four > parts of the title had finished downloading, and I managed to copy > them > to a thumb drive, I discovered that the file extensions were not > correct. I then discovered that I couldn't play the files on my > Stream. > There must be something I'm missing here. Should I have installed the > Audible Manager software before doing this? 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