Hörbuch question ...
Hi all, My German wife wants to order a Hörbuch (speaking books) on the 'net. She wants to know if I can play it on my system. I use 9.2 at the moment. What format is these speaking books in? What will I need to do to play one? BTW I'm already using MP3 files. Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin/index.php Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection/index.php
On Sunday 12 June 2005 16:53, James Hatridge wrote:
Hi all,
My German wife wants to order a Hörbuch (speaking books) on the 'net. She wants to know if I can play it on my system. I use 9.2 at the moment. What format is these speaking books in? What will I need to do to play one? BTW I'm already using MP3 files.
Wouldn't it be simpler to just ask the company you order from? The samples on www.hoerbuch.de are in either mp3 or realmedia format, both of which are playable in linux
On Sunday 12 June 2005 10:53 am, James Hatridge wrote:
Hi all,
My German wife wants to order a Hörbuch (speaking books) on the 'net. She wants to know if I can play it on my system. I use 9.2 at the moment. What format is these speaking books in? What will I need to do to play one? BTW I'm already using MP3 files.
I think you'll find that any of the speaking books such as from audible.com are in a proprietary format. If you go to audible.com, you will see a list of the devices that can be used with the audible products. Although the format is close to MP3, there is something proprietary about the format and you need a device that will play them. Can she get tapes from the library? or other source? What I have been doing is to convert audio tapes to MP3 using audacity and they can be played on any MP3 device. Much cheaper.
On Sunday 12 June 2005 18:20, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Sunday 12 June 2005 10:53 am, James Hatridge wrote:
Hi all,
My German wife wants to order a Hörbuch (speaking books) on the 'net. She wants to know if I can play it on my system. I use 9.2 at the moment. What format is these speaking books in? What will I need to do to play one? BTW I'm already using MP3 files.
I think you'll find that any of the speaking books such as from audible.com are in a proprietary format. If you go to audible.com, you will see a list of the devices that can be used with the audible products. Although the format is close to MP3, there is something proprietary about the format and you need a device that will play them.
From hoerbuch.de Was ist eigentlich ein Hörbuch? Ein Hörbuch ist im Gegensatz zum gedruckten ein gesprochenes Buch. Es werden unterschiedliche Texte, Manuskripte, ja ganze Bücher in gesprochene Sprache umgesetzt und auf Compact Disc (CD) gespeichert, die in jedem handelsüblichen CD-Spieler oder Discman abgespielt werden können. Quick translation: What exactly is a hearing book? A hearing book, contrary to a written book, is a spoken book. It is various texts, manuscripts, even entire books transformed into spoken language and recorded on compact disc which can be played in any commercially available CD player or Discman
Hi Bruce et al... On Sunday 12 June 2005 18:20, Bruce Marshall wrote:
On Sunday 12 June 2005 10:53 am, James Hatridge wrote:
Hi all,
My German wife wants to order a Hörbuch (speaking books) on the 'net. She wants to know if I can play it on my system. I use 9.2 at the moment. What format is these speaking books in? What will I need to do to play one? BTW I'm already using MP3 files.
I think you'll find that any of the speaking books such as from audible.com are in a proprietary format. If you go to audible.com, you will see a list of the devices that can be used with the audible products. Although the format is close to MP3, there is something proprietary about the format and you need a device that will play them.
Can she get tapes from the library? or other source? What I have been doing is to convert audio tapes to MP3 using audacity and they can be played on any MP3 device. Much cheaper.
I will look at this web site (audible.com). Right now I am in three groups that trade Old Time Radio shows (for example I have all the known "GunSmoke" radios shows from 1949 to 1961). These are always in MP3 format. I would hate to buy a disk for my wife that was only usable on an ipod (or whatever). Anyway I'll look over your site and see what's up. Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/bulletin/index.php Viel Feind -- Viel Ehr' Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.fuzzybunnymilitia.org/~hatridge/collection/index.php
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