Audio Books Is this player compatible with Audible.com audio books?
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Is there anyone who can answer alpinecow's question? Also, I heard that the Sandisk Sansa will not play chapters in proper order. Is this still the case?
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Is this still the case? The Device Center at Audible suggests that the Sansa e200v2 series is compatible. I'm looking at buying a player that will run Audible files and prefer this one if it is compatible. Thanks!
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According to Wikipedia, some audio books are either MP3 or WMA format, so yes, this player can play those specific format audiobooks. However, I am not sure if there's any copy protection that might prohibit it (WMA possible, MP3 I doubt it).Yes, you can erase the material afterwards. The device appears as an external drive (when plugged into your computer), so you can delete files from it just like you delete files from your hard drive on your PC.NOTE: Never format this device! You can actually erase the program that makes it run, turning it into a very nice paper weight (speaking from experience). According to Wikipedia, some audio books are either MP3 or WMA format, so yes, this player can play those specific format audiobooks. However, I am not sure if there's any copy protection that might prohibit it (WMA possible, MP3 I doubt it).Yes, you can erase the material afterwards. The device appears as an external drive (when plugged into your computer), so you can delete files from it just like you delete files from your hard drive on your PC.NOTE: Never format this device! You can actually erase the program that makes it run, turning it into a very nice paper... » Read More According to Wikipedia, some audio books are either MP3 or WMA format, so yes, this player can play those specific format audiobooks. However, I am not sure if there's any copy protection that might prohibit it (WMA possible, MP3 I doubt it).Yes, you can erase the material afterwards. The device appears as an external drive (when plugged into your computer), so you can delete files from it just like you delete files from your hard drive on your PC.NOTE: Never format this device! You can actually erase the program that makes it run, turning it into a very nice paper weight (speaking from experience). « Show Less
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Maybe! You need to know what format your audiobook is in. A true audiobook will have an extension of ".m4b" which I have not tested. This is a special "flavor" of the mpeg-4 standard. It has samples of James Patterson's books, which are in the mp3 format that it will play. So if your audiobook is in the mp3 format it will play. It does also play e-books, which are not the same thing.
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Yes, they do play audible books, with one exception - the Version 1 Sansa e260 does not work with the audible .aa file DRM format file. If you buy new, you should get a Version 2 and those work with audible files. If you are buying used or refurbished, verify whether it is V1, V2 - or it might be the Rhapsody version. Having said that, if you are internet search savvy, you can figure out how to get the V1 to work.
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Unfortunately, the MP3 player only plays MP3 files. However, audible files can be converted to mp3 files online (http://audio.online-convert.com/convert-to-mp3 works well) if that helps.
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Beast, love how you say that. Audio books work very well for me. Good features; pick up where you left off, option to speed up or slow down the speed up the audio. Just awesome. As you know you have to find some way of downloading the audio book (i used youtube). I dnt knw about audible and this player mixing
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Yes it will play mp3 audio books.The only thing it won't do is save your place in the middle of a chapter, so you will have to skip to the beginning of the last chapter you left off at. Otherwise, as long as what you are listening to is mp3 format, you can listen to just about anything. the player also plays regular cds:) Enjoy!
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Yes I have used it with audible application for audio books. It helps but is not as loud as the videos. I think that is a function of the software written. Any sound out of the Kindle Fire works with this device. Anything that you would hook to ear phones will work with this speaker.
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I am an Audible user so have no idea about the Overdrive books, but if you convert them to mp3 they will play. Restarting from where it was turned off at, most of the time...the rest of the time, the battery dies....
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I have put audio books on my nano and currently have seven on there. I had a little trouble initially getting them from Audible.com to my iPod but all it took was checking the audiobooks I wanted and syncing the iPod. I love it.
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I have not used it with audio books but I have for other audio, like music and video..... and it does enhance the sound a great deal.
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Haven't used the shuffle for audiobooks but should work fine. Just don't try to load the entire Library of Congress.
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I have Kindle on mine, works great. Don't know about audible but I would think it would work fine.
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The player does work fairly well for audio books - when it works. This particular model has a long history of locking up and not being able to be fixed. Also, Sansa tech support is useless.
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Hi,I wouldn't give up because it won't play WMA audio books as there are a lot of free programs available on the web that will convert WMA to MP3. It is an easy process and can be done in the background while you are working on other projects on the computer.ITunes and Windows Media Player will convert the files as well.There are lots of places on the net where you can download MP3 audiobooks without charge. Check out Librivox.org, gutenberg.org, and archive.org for free audiobooks.
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Yes, but only for MP3 audiobooks. It doesn't work for WMA audiobooks. For MP3s it works very well. When you download them, make sure the download file is "Audiobooks". If the book lands in "Music", it may pause between the sections of the book. Not a serious problem, but occasionally annoying. I download audiobooks from my library, and most of those are WMA, so I returned my Clip Sport and purchased a Clip+, which takes both types.
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I'm glad you warned me. I notice there are firmware upgrades on their site. But why would I have to upgrade a brand new player? One of them said it was necessary to listen to audible books? I hope not. I may very well get back to you with questions. Thank you again!