I am curious why you post in a.b.mp3.abooks, but not here.
You seem to have a great grasp on the technical aspect. I'm sure your posts
would be very welcome.
Freddie
abk <up@abk.ws> wrote:
>There are plenty of my posts in a.b.mp3.abooks I don't post in this group
>for a reason.
>
>Audible .AA files are 32kbps mp3 files in a DRM container, Audible .AAX
>files are 64kbps aac files in a DRM container. So if you rip .AA files to
>56kbps, you're blowing them up unnecessarily. Now if you encode an .AAX
>file with lame vbr 4-7, you'll still end up with a smaller file size than
>a constant bit rate 56kbps rip and better audio quality.
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>There's nothing gained by using a much lower quality source. Especially
>these days, when a usenet flat rate with unlimited downloads is as cheap
>as 2.95 Euros per month. There's really no need in saving every last
>byte. And even if someone is on a block account, at 15 Euros for a 500GB
>block account, a couple of megabytes more or less in size really don't
>matter anymore.
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>On Thu, 17 Nov 2016 08:44:58 -0600, Fred Fishbin wrote:
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>> Because its a audiobook not the orchestra.
>>
>> When I use Goldwave the 56K mono seems to be just fine to my ears, using
>> InAudible the "Lossless" setting is equally fine. Both make a
>> reasonably small file to upload. From the books I have downloaded 56K
>> seems to be the standard.
>>
>> If you think your way produces a better listen, please post some up and
>> we'll all take a listen and judge for ourselves.
>>
>> Enjoy, Freddie
>>
>>
>> abk <up@abk.ws> wrote:
>>>On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:36:01 -0600, Fred Fishbin wrote:
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>>>> Its really not that hard. The InAudible program was posted just a
>>>> couple days ago - it does a great job of converting Audible .AA files
>>>> into MP3s. Quick Par is free.
>>>
>>>I don't post in this group, but I still have to ask, why not use the
>>>much better AAX format and then rip via the true decrypt method or to a
>>>recommended mp3 vbr5 or vbr6?
>>>
>>>The quality is so much better than AA files, that you will be able to
>>>hear a difference, even with a shitty player and cheap plugs.
>>>
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