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Converting .aa files to mp3's
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rick5446
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24. September 2009 @ 11:49 |
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tlamontd : What you might try is when it gets to the end,if possible pause or stop it.
Then just copy it to a different directory, restart your program and let it do its thing,
if it deletes all your work you will still have a copy in your new directory. Hope this works for you
Just an Experiment. But I,ve found this to work for me on Videos, that get to 97,98,99% etc.complete. Now sometimes they have small glitches,like a 1/2 second or so.Not always though But nothing to hinder whats actually going on
Try this on a short 30 min file just to see preferably an MP3, mp3s done this way for me have always come out 100% OK FOR THE WHOLE SONG, with no Glitcges...IT WON'T HURT TO TRY
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tlamontd
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24. September 2009 @ 18:07 |
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I appreciate the help. I stirred up trouble b4 trying everything in my power 2 try 2 fix. I "assumed" it was audible since it hasn't worked since I uninstalled and installed it recently, but it turned out to be updating the converter that worked. The biggest reason I didn't try upgrading, was I was a little leary of having 2 uninstall & shut down my computer before I could update the program, but I gave in & it works beautifully. Thanks again for the help.
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kikoeru
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17. October 2009 @ 16:27 |
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Okay... I'm at my wit's end. I've tried every method mentioned in this thread except the one that involves Nero. I've tried different versions of Goldwave, Sound Taxi, River Past, Tunebites, Tune Cab, iTurn, DVDnextCOPY, DRM-convertor, dBpoweramp, Total Audio Converter, DRMBuster, and tons more, along with dozens of codecs.
Can anyone suggest anything new? I suppose it's worth mentioning that the .aa files I have are burn protected. I do own them, but I have an older mp3 player, and use a USB-port deck in my car to listen to mp3s.
Please help!
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Mez
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18. October 2009 @ 09:04 |
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kikoeru, you are doing many things VERY wrong. For 1 your files are copy protected. Goldwave, dBpoweramp, Total Audio Converter will not work. I do not believe they are DRMed so Tunebites, DRM-convertor and any other DRM remover MAY not work. I do not use Sound Taxi but I believe it is an audio capture app. Audio capture is the only sure fire way to make the copy. You play the book and capture it. If that takes to long don't copy it.
Lets focus on sould Taxi. Why doesn't that work?
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kikoeru
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18. October 2009 @ 15:25 |
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I don't mind capturing, but I'm not at all familiar with it. When I try Sound Taxi, I don't see any options for capture -- Only conversion, and when I try that, it says, "SoundTaxi Platinum encountered a problem while playing the file. For additional assistance, click Web Help."
There's nothing in the help section about this.
I've installed AudibleMediaPlayerFilter.exe and msvci70.dll, as well as lame_enc.dll. The files used to play in Windows Media Player, but now I get the "Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file" message.
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Mez
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18. October 2009 @ 17:51 |
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rick5446
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18. October 2009 @ 17:53 |
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Mez
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18. October 2009 @ 17:57 |
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I guess you will need to cut and paste it into your browser. The link didn't work for me either.
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rick5446
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18. October 2009 @ 17:58 |
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Thanks it worked that way [cut & paste]
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kikoeru
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18. October 2009 @ 23:34 |
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You're a Godsend! It works! Now I just need to wait for my activation code so I can start capturing this monster!
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Mez
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19. October 2009 @ 08:33 |
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Once you capture it to mp3 then you can work on it. You experiment whether to break it up automatically or not. This one requires that you play it with WMP. At least you will get some experimenting for free. If you can play the audio, this type of app will make an exact copy. For audio books I suggest about 25 bit rate.
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rick5446
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19. October 2009 @ 16:09 |
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I use a program called MP3MyMP3 3.0, with this program any sound that comes out your speakers is recorded. The only drawback is it's real time, Quality is very good. I use it a lot to mix Nature sound Rain, Rolling Streams, Waterfalls,etc,with Music for Meditating..I'm sure it would do the same for these projects
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Mez
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20. October 2009 @ 16:58 |
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How does MP3MyMP3 capture? The best way a somewhat new concept card capture. That process will make an exact copy of what ever you are playing through your sound card. Yes, it is real time but it is fail safe in that it will always work. There are many of these apps out there. I do so little capturing I just use demos.
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rick5446
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20. October 2009 @ 17:48 |
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it records what your speakers play..I've played a movie and just hit the record button on the MP3MYMP3 and it records the sound, also my Mic..Any type of sound over the internet, basically its like a tape recorder
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e4solo
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12. November 2009 @ 15:12 |
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Originally posted by danjoh99:
I was finally successful converting .aa files in Goldwave by simply hitting "save as...," as described in the beginning of this thread in 2004. This is now 2007
Ref complete HowTo:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_jump.cfm/103313/3232629
Yay !!
Thank you danjoh99 !
Here it is 2009-Nov and the above "kit" works just fine on wXP-SP3, WMP11 (or VLC)!!!
p4@3gig, 2gig ram :
58m "aa" file, 7mins convert, 7mins save :
24k_8bit_mono = 20m file MP3 (hey, it's only a book), audio pretty poor but acceptable
24k_16bit_mono = 42m file MP3, audio just fine
Thank you all !!!
Also thank you to (unnecessary for me but good info):
nacht :
I had trouble getting stuff to work after getting Vista, and this brought me back on track.
I was missing a different dll though and downloaded it from [url=http://www.dll-files.com][/url]
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Mez
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12. November 2009 @ 15:44 |
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This thread sure turned into a sewer hole! Not only is everyone and their mother posting email addresses but the solutions posted rescently don't work in many cases. Again, just read through the entire thread. That is a huge job.
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e4solo
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12. November 2009 @ 17:31 |
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Originally posted by Mez:
This thread sure turned into a sewer hole!...read through the entire thread. That is a huge job.
Personally, I don't mind reading about what works and what didn't (and why). I am actually HAPPY all this was in (1) thread on (1) BBS.
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lex222
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15. January 2010 @ 12:07 |
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Hey everyone, I can't seem to get Links kit to download.. does any one have an alternate link. I have used it before and it works great! Just want to grab it again. thanks!
Lex
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imno007
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1. March 2010 @ 16:09 |
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I was using Soundtaxi to convert the new .aax format and it worked great. Then I upgraded to Win 7 64-bit (from XP 32) and to a newer Soundtaxi version and now Soundtaxi won't convert without iTunes installed - and then it converts at only x1 speed. Anyone else experienced this?
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2. December 2010 @ 21:51 |
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Check here for latest info on how to convert your .aa files to .mp3 format: http://www.chuckegg.com/how-can-i-convert-audiblecom-aa-files-to-mp3-audio-files/
I can confirm that using GoldWave 5.58 I was able to complete the conversion process with no problems whatsoever. Yay!
Remember to first install audibleMediaPlayerFilter.exe. Also, when I installed GoldWave 5.58, it said that a file called lame_enc.dll was missing. Version 5.58 offered to download and install the dll file and put it in my Windows system folder. The file must have been necessary, as it stopped GoldWave from complaining and I was able to successfully convert a whopping 87.7 MB [pt 1] and a 90.2 MB [pt 2] file of the unabridged copy of Dean Koontz?s novel Lightning from the dreaded Audible .aa format to .mp3.
Also a BIG Thanks to Chuck from me!!! 03/12/2010.
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Mez
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3. December 2010 @ 06:36 |
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lame_enc.dll does the converting of the audio to the mp3.
Like many apps, Goldwave may not own a license to distribute the lame encoder. You need to down load it yourself.
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doysc
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20. February 2011 @ 00:15 |
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I wonder if anyone can help with this?
I've seen a couple of others ask about this, but have never seen an answer...forgive me if I've missed something here!
The problem is, when I try to install Audible Media Player Filter by clicking on the 'Install' button, it just comes up with 'Error Copying files'. Please, does anyone know why this is happening?
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ruru34564
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20. February 2011 @ 07:27 |
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Try Audible Manager 4.0, newer versions prevent from copying into the Audible installation directory. 4.0 works for me.
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doysc
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20. February 2011 @ 11:06 |
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Ok...I've solved it!
The 'Error Copying files' problem can be fixed as follows:
1. Right click on the audiblemediaplaerfilter.exe file and select 'Properties'.
2. Click the 'Unblock' button under the 'General' tab.
3. Click 'OK'
That should solve it!
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doysc
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20. February 2011 @ 11:30 |
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One more thing...
I don't profess to be an expert or anything, but I do know that some Lame encoder versions can be temperamental. If you have problems getting Goldwave to initially open the file, and/or 'save as' to an mp3, because the process stops or the program ends up 'not responding', then it could be due to the Lame encoder version. Please feel free to check any other solutions given on this forum, but I had a lot of problems with the version included in Linkvoid's kit (that's not to say I'm not hugely grateful for his and Chuckegg's help on this), but depending on what's on your particular PC, different versions might be right for your system.
The Lame encoder version I've used is one of the most recent versions, and can easily be found by doing a Google search. The version number is lame 3.98.4 , and I've had no problems so far!
They are still working on Lame, so there may be an even more up to date version by the time you search.
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