Audible Audiobook - Revision history

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Jsummers at 16:34, 15 June 2017

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Dan Tobias at 03:31, 25 January 2015

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Halftheisland: added .aax extension, minor textual changes (see Talk)

2012-11-23T09:01:52Z

added .aax extension, minor textual changes (see Talk)

Halftheisland: Halftheisland moved page AA to Audible Audiobook

2012-11-23T08:56:32Z

Halftheisland moved page AA to Audible Audiobook

Dan Tobias: Infobox

2012-11-16T08:04:35Z

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2012-11-08T16:02:55Z

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{|
|[[File Formats]]
| >
|[[Electronic File Formats]]
| >
|[[Audio]]
| >
|[[AA]]
|}

== Description ==

.aa files are used by [http://www.audible.com/ Audible] to distribute audiobooks. They contain data encoded with either the [[MP3]] or [[ACELP]] codecs, but include a digital rights management (DRM) system requiring an Audible username and password for playback of the files.

== Playback ==

=== Hardware ===

A number of devices support playback of .aa files - for a full list, see the [http://www.audible.com/dc Audible Device Centre]

=== Software ===

* [https://www.audible.com/sw Audible Manager]
* [http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ iTunes]
* [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/windows-media-player Windows Media Player]

Wikipedia reports that there is currently no support for .aa files on Linux. However, Audible Manager does appear to work in [[Wine]] (per http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1612), although some issues with file transfer have been reported for the latest version.

== Conversion ==

The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.aa#Digital_rights_management Wikipedia article] mentions that a number of software tools (e.g. [http://www.goldwave.com/ GoldWave] are capable of re-encoding .aa files. It also notes that .aa files can be burned to CD, removing any copy protection. Such CDs could then obviously be ripped and the files encoded in any appropriate format ([[OGG]], [[MP3]], [[FLAC]], etc.).

== Information ==

There does not appear to be a published file format specification for .aa files. [http://code.google.com/p/pyaudibletags/ pyaudibletags], which returns metadata contained in .aa files, has some information on the file header.

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 == Conversion ==
-The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.aa#Digital_rights_management Wikipedia article] mentions that a number of software tools (e.g. [http://www.goldwave.com/ GoldWave] are capable of re-encoding Audible Audiobook files. It also notes that .aa files can be burned to CD, removing any copy protection. Such CDs could then obviously be ripped and the files encoded in any appropriate format ([[OGG]], [[MP3]], [[FLAC]], etc.).
+The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.aa#Digital_rights_management Wikipedia article] mentions that a number of software tools (e.g. [http://www.goldwave.com/ GoldWave] are capable of re-encoding Audible Audiobook files. It also notes that .aa files can be burned to CD, removing any [[copy protection]]. Such CDs could then obviously be ripped and the files encoded in any appropriate format ([[OGG]], [[MP3]], [[FLAC]], etc.).
 == Information ==

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 == Description ==
-Aubile Audiobooks are distributed by [http://www.audible.com/ Audible] with the file extensions '''.aa''' and '''.aax'''. They contain data encoded with either the [[MP3]] or [[ACELP]] codecs, but include a digital rights management (DRM) system requiring an Audible username and password for playback of the files.
+Aubile Audiobooks are distributed by [http://www.audible.com/ Audible] with the file extensions '''.aa''' and '''.aax'''. They contain data encoded with either the [[MP3]] or [[ACELP]] codecs, but include a [[Digital Rights Management]] (DRM) system requiring an Audible username and password for playback of the files.
 == Playback ==

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	There does not appear to be a published file format specification for Audible Audiobook files. [http://code.google.com/p/pyaudibletags/ pyaudibletags], which returns metadata contained in Audible Audiobook files, has some information on the file header.		There does not appear to be a published file format specification for Audible Audiobook files. [http://code.google.com/p/pyaudibletags/ pyaudibletags], which returns metadata contained in Audible Audiobook files, has some information on the file header.
		+
		+	== Metaformat files ==
		+
		+	* [https://www.synalysis.net/Grammars/audible.grammar Synalysis grammar file] (for Hexinator / Synalize It!; [[Synalysis grammar file\|more details]])

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 |formattype=electronic
 |subcat=Audio and Music
-|extensions={{ext|aa}}
+|extensions={{ext|aa}}, {{ext|aax}}
 }}
 == Description ==
-'''.aa''' files are used by [http://www.audible.com/ Audible] to distribute audiobooks. They contain data encoded with either the [[MP3]] or [[ACELP]] codecs, but include a digital rights management (DRM) system requiring an Audible username and password for playback of the files.
+Aubile Audiobooks are distributed by [http://www.audible.com/ Audible] with the file extensions '''.aa''' and '''.aax'''. They contain data encoded with either the [[MP3]] or [[ACELP]] codecs, but include a digital rights management (DRM) system requiring an Audible username and password for playback of the files.
 == Playback ==
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 === Hardware ===
-A number of devices support playback of .aa files - for a full list, see the [http://www.audible.com/dc Audible Device Centre]
+A number of devices support playback of Aubile Audiobook files - for a full list, see the [http://www.audible.com/dc Audible Device Centre]
 === Software ===
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 * [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/windows-media-player Windows Media Player]
-Wikipedia reports that there is currently no support for .aa files on Linux. However, Audible Manager does appear to work in [[Wine]] (per http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1612), although some issues with file transfer have been reported for the latest version.
+Wikipedia reports that there is currently no support for Audible Audiobook files on Linux. However, Audible Manager does appear to work in [[Wine]] (per http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1612), although some issues with file transfer have been reported for the latest version.
 == Conversion ==
-The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.aa#Digital_rights_management Wikipedia article] mentions that a number of software tools (e.g. [http://www.goldwave.com/ GoldWave] are capable of re-encoding .aa files. It also notes that .aa files can be burned to CD, removing any copy protection. Such CDs could then obviously be ripped and the files encoded in any appropriate format ([[OGG]], [[MP3]], [[FLAC]], etc.).
+The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.aa#Digital_rights_management Wikipedia article] mentions that a number of software tools (e.g. [http://www.goldwave.com/ GoldWave] are capable of re-encoding Audible Audiobook files. It also notes that .aa files can be burned to CD, removing any copy protection. Such CDs could then obviously be ripped and the files encoded in any appropriate format ([[OGG]], [[MP3]], [[FLAC]], etc.).
 == Information ==
-There does not appear to be a published file format specification for .aa files. [http://code.google.com/p/pyaudibletags/ pyaudibletags], which returns metadata contained in .aa files, has some information on the file header.
+There does not appear to be a published file format specification for Audible Audiobook files. [http://code.google.com/p/pyaudibletags/ pyaudibletags], which returns metadata contained in Audible Audiobook files, has some information on the file header.

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 * [https://www.audible.com/sw Audible Manager]
 * [http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ iTunes]
 * [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/windows-media-player Windows Media Player]