Converting .aa files to mp3's
#651
24 Feb 2009 @ 20:08
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Older Versions
http://www.oldapps.com/goldwave.php
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http://www.oldversion.com/GoldWave.html
http://www.oldapps.com/goldwave.php
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http://www.oldversion.com/GoldWave.html
#652
24 Feb 2009 @ 21:32
ok I have tryed the gwave from 2 and up and its not working what else can I do with out spending more money on this please
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#653
24 Feb 2009 @ 23:46
Ok I got it thanks to all of you for the great info I was making one error I was copying the filter over instead of installing it dah
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#654
25 Feb 2009 @ 6:09
Checkout http://raam.splitbook.com/?p=19 for a detailed answer for both mac and windows. It has link to the free windows software
#655
25 Feb 2009 @ 10:32
Mez
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I do not use these but I would guess you do not use gold wave at all since that gold wave is the problem. Just try to burn directly. The suggestion did state this did not work for all.
I still reccomend using a audio capture device that captures out of your sound card. This captures EXACTLY what you hear. There are some capture apps that let you capture 10 tracks before you have to pay others put a beep in the audio every minute. What is so power about these apps is you do not need a sepereat app to capture from the input jack, the internet, a tune you are playing from an app. They sell apps to do each of these types of capture. These do it all and I would suspect more cleanly. Obviously gold wave does not to it cleanly.
I still reccomend using a audio capture device that captures out of your sound card. This captures EXACTLY what you hear. There are some capture apps that let you capture 10 tracks before you have to pay others put a beep in the audio every minute. What is so power about these apps is you do not need a sepereat app to capture from the input jack, the internet, a tune you are playing from an app. They sell apps to do each of these types of capture. These do it all and I would suspect more cleanly. Obviously gold wave does not to it cleanly.
#656
27 Feb 2009 @ 9:12
LINKVOIDS SYSTEM WORKS PERFECT 99% of the time.
I have done all my aa. files with his system. you must not install the new audible codec. On an old PC that had the wrong Audible codec installed I would get a "Goldwave has encountered a problem and needs to close" popup but if you just let it keep going without hitting "OK Close" it would convert the file. Using a real time recorder to convert a thousand plus hours of audio books just takes far to long. If you don't want to use LINKS system, then just burn your aa. files to CD's (Rewrites if you don't want to use up disc') then they can be converted into any format any regular CD can. It takes about 5 to 6 minutes per 74 minutes of Audible file to go from aa to mp3 on an average PC. A 5 1/2 hour Audio book takes 4 CD's and about 20 to 25 minutes to go from aa to CD to mp3 with breaks being on chapter ends not in the middle of a sentence. This works 100% of the time. If you don't want to use CD's at all use an Image drive
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I have done all my aa. files with his system. you must not install the new audible codec. On an old PC that had the wrong Audible codec installed I would get a "Goldwave has encountered a problem and needs to close" popup but if you just let it keep going without hitting "OK Close" it would convert the file. Using a real time recorder to convert a thousand plus hours of audio books just takes far to long. If you don't want to use LINKS system, then just burn your aa. files to CD's (Rewrites if you don't want to use up disc') then they can be converted into any format any regular CD can. It takes about 5 to 6 minutes per 74 minutes of Audible file to go from aa to mp3 on an average PC. A 5 1/2 hour Audio book takes 4 CD's and about 20 to 25 minutes to go from aa to CD to mp3 with breaks being on chapter ends not in the middle of a sentence. This works 100% of the time. If you don't want to use CD's at all use an Image drive
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The Convertor
#657
27 Feb 2009 @ 10:43
ok I go it to work and it works great no how can I split op this firle in to shorter mp3 I know it can be done with gold wave just dont know how
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#658
28 Feb 2009 @ 2:07
Ok am I doing this wrong or what. I spent $26 on Sound Taxi Pro, because it said it can do 50x, and right now I am only getting 1x....freaking realtime.... Am I doing something wrong here????
I have not tried the GoldWave technique... if anyone could post a link on this thread to the post # that has the best guide would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks In Advance
I have not tried the GoldWave technique... if anyone could post a link on this thread to the post # that has the best guide would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks In Advance
#659
28 Feb 2009 @ 6:16
trising: Just go on the net and find a free MP3 SPLITTER. I've used these 4 MP3 Audio tracks of some musical movies that all I wanted was the Music, and individual songs instead of 1 long track. They work pretty good, some have time laps meters that show start & finish. Some don't, you just have to keep looking. HOPE This Helps
#660
28 Feb 2009 @ 19:12
I have been using SoundTaxi Pro for a couple of years now and it works great on wma audio books downloaded from my local library. It also works well on audible but since it speeds depends on converting several files simultaneously the more files it has available the beter.
#661
12 Mar 2009 @ 22:26
Marc,
Having had the same problem as you with the .aa files, I found a FREE work around. it requires a little more work, but can be done with any number of FREE file converters. Audible.com will allow you to burn the audio books to CD. Then it's simply a matter of ripping the CD's back to your hard drive in .MP3 format. Almost any of the free share ware file converters will convert CD format music to .mp3. Yeah it's an extra step, but other than the cost of some blank CD's it won't cost you a dime.
Having had the same problem as you with the .aa files, I found a FREE work around. it requires a little more work, but can be done with any number of FREE file converters. Audible.com will allow you to burn the audio books to CD. Then it's simply a matter of ripping the CD's back to your hard drive in .MP3 format. Almost any of the free share ware file converters will convert CD format music to .mp3. Yeah it's an extra step, but other than the cost of some blank CD's it won't cost you a dime.
Bryan
#662
12 Mar 2009 @ 22:46
I've got a folder, Rosetta.Stone.V3.Italian, in it their are 4 sub folders [data,documentation,languages,speech]. In the data folder, there are 256 rsd files. I have no clue as to what these are or how to open them. Can someone hear help ? Is this a Documentation or Audio folder
#663
12 Mar 2009 @ 23:36
Originally posted by bbaskett:
Marc,
Having had the same problem as you with the .aa files, I found a FREE work around. it requires a little more work, but can be done with any number of FREE file converters. Audible.com will allow you to burn the audio books to CD. Then it's simply a matter of ripping the CD's back to your hard drive in .MP3 format. Almost any of the free share ware file converters will convert CD format music to .mp3. Yeah it's an extra step, but other than the cost of some blank CD's it won't cost you a dime.
This one can end up taking several cd's. A 27 our audio book would take about 20-25 cd's. Burning those and then ripping them would suck. That's my opinion. If you have the time and cd's, go for it. I don't have time for that. The $20 or whatever it was for soundtaxi three years ago was way worth it!
who dat?
#664
14 Mar 2009 @ 19:45
This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 14 Mar 2009 @ 19:47
#665
23 Mar 2009 @ 20:38
The problem I've run into with Sound Taxi is that it chops off the last 15-20 minutes of any Audible file it converts. So far, I haven't found a workaround for this, and it's quite frustrating.
#666
24 Mar 2009 @ 6:20
Mez
Senior Member
Not that this is much help, but tunebyte also does 50x and works fine.
#667
02 Apr 2009 @ 23:53
The method posted awhile back with the AudibleMediaPlayerFilter.exe has been working great for me, and over the past couple months I've converted 2 years worth of my Audible purchases over to MP3 with Goldwave. But I've noticed that every once in awhile it will simply stop working. I'll open GoldWave, go to open an AA file, and the SectionNavigation window will come up, but the Goldwave progress bar never materializes. Restarting the computer doesn't help, and I generally end up having to deactivate, uninstall, reinstall, reapply MediaFilter, and try again.
Anyone have this same experience and is there some other config file or ini file somewhere that I can delete to get it working again without all the uninstall/reinstall business?
Thanks!
--Jason
Anyone have this same experience and is there some other config file or ini file somewhere that I can delete to get it working again without all the uninstall/reinstall business?
Thanks!
--Jason
#668
08 May 2009 @ 17:50
Well I have been messing around with Windows 7 rc1. Just like vista you cannot use the Mediaplayerfilter and goldwave to convert audio from .aa to mp3. Here is what i did. Installed XP mode. Setup audible player filter. Installed gold wave and registered. Converted it using the virtual programs intigrated feature on Windows 7. It sounds choppy after it is converted. No worried audio is fine just chuggs along in the vm app. So it is all good. Works well and easy to setup and run.
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#669
09 May 2009 @ 0:05
bratcher
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I wonder if Tunebite will convert the audible file faster than realtime? Meaning convert several files at once as it can with books downloaded from the Overdrive Library? Or does it only do the whole book at 1x speed?
#671
16 Jul 2009 @ 18:25
Mez
Senior Member
phenner what kind of reply was THAT!
Were you tring to imply you were too smart for all of this or just tired?
In either case the reply was morionic. If you knew it all why read this. If you were beyond this you should have left something intelligent. If you were tired, why bother.
How was that a NOT a moronic reply?
Were you tring to imply you were too smart for all of this or just tired?
In either case the reply was morionic. If you knew it all why read this. If you were beyond this you should have left something intelligent. If you were tired, why bother.
How was that a NOT a moronic reply?
#672
16 Jul 2009 @ 19:42
Originally posted by ddintv:
The problem I've run into with Sound Taxi is that it chops off the last 15-20 minutes of any Audible file it converts. So far, I haven't found a workaround for this, and it's quite frustrating.
I have used soundtaxi primarily to convert music files. I did convert a audible file but it has been a long time and I don't think I ever listened to it because it was just a test to see if it would work. Stay tuned and I'll do one and post results.
who dat?
#673
22 Aug 2009 @ 2:50
Originally posted by nacht:With the help of a comment on page 17 in this thread, I found that if I closed GoldWave, I no longer get Error Copying Files. The comment mentioned that he had to close windows media player etc. as well, in case that helps someone. I was very glad to finally get this fixed/solved and have a solution to the problem.
Hey!
I tried downloading the AudibleMediaPlayer.exe thingie, but everytime I open it, it tells me "Error copying files".
#674
24 Sep 2009 @ 9:05
I have an account @ audible.com, but I own an ARCHOS media player. For this I am punished to not be able to take my books on the road. I've read thru this forum and found every1 using the same 2 programs (riverpast & goldwave). Tried both ways, neither will work for me. Riverpast because I can't find the old version every1 says will work & goldwave doesn't recognize my files.
I did have a way that worked but I believe that because I was forced to reinstall audible software that I can no longer get this way to work. So if anyone can tell me where to look for an old version (pre-date May '09) of audible software, I would be very appreciative.
By the way what works for me:
WMAconvert software - when I bought it was $20 now it's about $25 i think. It takes about 2 hrs to convert a 7 hr file. What happens now is that it gets to 100% & won't complete, close the program and you lose the temp file & mp3 file.
After I use mp3splt-gtk version 0.5.4 to split files. Takes me only 1-2 minutes to cut a 7 hr file to 10 min files. You can use any split you want, i.e. you can split into 6 min files or even 29min16sec files.
Lastly I use CKRename to rename the 100s of mp3 files i've converted and split.
I did have a way that worked but I believe that because I was forced to reinstall audible software that I can no longer get this way to work. So if anyone can tell me where to look for an old version (pre-date May '09) of audible software, I would be very appreciative.
By the way what works for me:
WMAconvert software - when I bought it was $20 now it's about $25 i think. It takes about 2 hrs to convert a 7 hr file. What happens now is that it gets to 100% & won't complete, close the program and you lose the temp file & mp3 file.
After I use mp3splt-gtk version 0.5.4 to split files. Takes me only 1-2 minutes to cut a 7 hr file to 10 min files. You can use any split you want, i.e. you can split into 6 min files or even 29min16sec files.
Lastly I use CKRename to rename the 100s of mp3 files i've converted and split.
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