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does Rythmbox support.aa files (audio books) ?

Asked by madstan

Does rythmbox support .aa files (audio books) is there a place to maybe get a plugin, or is it not supported and ifso will it ever be ?

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

Audible Audio is just MP3 or AAC encrusted with proprietary DRM.
Start by having a look at this page:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats

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Henning Sprang (henning) said : 		#2

The linked page does - as far as I can see - not show any information on the Audible format.

I'm now starting to research a bit an get back here if I find something useful.

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Henning Sprang (henning) said : 		#3

Some links I found that might be interesting:

Amarok can at least transfer the files to a media player: http://amarok.kde.org/wiki/Media_Device:IPod#Transfer_Audible_audiobooks_or_m4v_videos

But this sounds as if Amarok can even do more - but has a bug with it: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479560

Also, rhythmbox can download the files as podcast.

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Henning Sprang (henning) said : 		#4

And there's a similar thread for Amarok: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amarok/+question/6658

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