Comments on: How to Convert Audible .AA File Format to .MP3 Format.

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 10:16:27 +0000

Tara, I’m sorry that I didn’t read you already had an Ipod. That really simplifies things. All you have to do is buy an FM radio adapter. Get one that plugs into your cars cigarette lighter and charges your ipod at the same time it plays it over your designated radio station. It’s much more convenient that way.

By: tom

tom — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:57:27 +0000

Love my sony and want to use for books too. Need a workaround, right? Thinking about this way… buy an el-cheapo mp3 that IS compatible with aa, put the book there, then pass the audio output into pc, and convert the audio file to mp3. Put the mp3 files onto the sony. BUT, the issue remains, how to chapterize? I’ve been doing the cd thingie a lot and most books have skips, jumps and repeated lines, especially between cds. I have hopes this other way will work. Yours to try, yours to keep if it works. Just let us know about your attempts

By: David

David — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:51:55 +0000

Don’t bother with Foxtab as some people here clain it can’t read audible files so can’t convert them. I’ve spent the last 4 hours trying to make Foxtab see the files.

By: Kingsley

Kingsley — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 11:37:39 +0000

Hi All,
Oh holy moly, you cannot believe the frustrations I have had after spending what I thought was good money with audible. I have a philips go gear mix 2GB MP3 player and like most people here, I have had the same problems with my MP3 player not recognising these f***ing .aa files from audible. Someone should take these people to the claims court for leading us all down the garden path and telling us lies. To you Bharat, thanks you so much for your simple (for idiots like me) explaination of how to convert these .aa files to MP3, it worked for me exactly as you said, thank you again. One thing though, when I downloaded Freerip the files were identifed as Adagio Strings from Samuel Barber (whoever he is?) but yet they play my book, The Golfers Mind by Bob Rotella. Strange but I dont really care. Thanks again to all, keep up the good work and one thing is for sure, I wont be buying ANYTHING again from Audible!

By: aa

aa — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 07:03:38 +0000

This whole audiobook format problem is very frustrating and stupid. Two devices I own both are not compatible with audible.com files, and they do not play .aac format. But apparently I have only two choices – iTunes or audible.com, which means I can listen to the books I purchase only using my computer – what silliness.
audible.com is downright treacherous that they never tell you that your device may not be compatible with the file before you actually make the purchase – on two occasions I paid for a book only to find out that the device was not compatible. ..hello? shouldn’t I be informed about this kind of situation before I pay near 20 dollars?
And the website is very user-unfriendly, frustrating to navigate, and lacking information. I am not sure what amazon.com is doing with this – you have to brush it up on the standard if you’ve actually purchased it!

By: Wal LAst

Wal LAst — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:43:16 +0000

It somehow works with 6 hrs – but I’ve just bought 24 hrs audio book – I use to burn my mp3 on DVD to listen in the car without changing CDs under way – the audible way of businnes is not the way I’d recommend to anybody. They do promise mp3 books – they deliver aax – clear, plain lie

By: Chris Dev

Chris Dev — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:00:15 +0000

Hi. Thanks for the info. What a waste of time Audible is !
In this day and age every single MP3 player should be allowed to play the files.