![]() It appears that Audible has a DRM loophole for Linux systems, but at this point we don’t really have enough data to reach that conclusion with absolute certainty. We’re still not sure what is going on here, but I have a similar report from a friend, and Hickey found a 4-month-old forum post which appeared to confirm his findings. ![]() ![]() I thought maybe that was because it was a freebie, so I tried the Sherlock Holmes books. It's not as intuitive to use but it's very powerful. Just out of interest I thought I’d download the file - if nothing else, I could store the encrypted file until such time as someone *did* write software to crack the encryption.īeing me, I thought “well, as long as I’ve downloaded it, I might as well just see what happens if I try playing it in VLC” - the filename was ARareBookofCunningDeviceUnabridged_mp3.aa, so I thought it *might* be just a wrapper round an MP3 file, though that didn’t seem likely given what I know about Audible’s DRM practices. OpenAudible (not free, windows, mac, linux) If you don't mind the lack of graphical interface there's also a cross platform python library with a CLI layer. So I got it, and went to the Library section of the Audible website to see how to listen to it in the browser. ![]() Reviewed by Andrés López Translated by Uptodown Localization Team. The application also displays relevant information on all your audiobooks: author, length, release date, and more. It came out yesterday, and is Audible-only (get it here), I got it because I quite like the Rivers books, and I can always listen to it in my web browser, because it’s only twenty-nine minutes, and I’m not going to complain too much about free (to quote from Nez’s Infinite Tuesday, which I reviewed yesterday, “never complain about the air conditioning on a private jet”). OpenAudible is a useful application for regular Audible users, designed to help you manage and listen to your audiobooks on your computer. Today, while looking through the comments on File770, I noticed someone linking to a free audiobook short story by Ben Aaronovitch, part of his Rivers of London series. Windows and macOS users downloaded a DRMed AAX file, but when Hickey was browsing the web from a Linux system, he was offered a DRM-free AA file. It used to be that you could strip Audible DRM by paying for a $30 app or by running the right python script, but now there may be a simpler option.Īndrew Hickey noticed a couple weeks back that Audible gave you different versions of an audiobook based on which OS you were using. From there, you can click on a download link to have OpenAudible download your book.DRM Loophole Found for Audible Audiobooks (?) You will then be able to browse all the books you have purchased from Audible. All your library details are then imported. You may want to set the working directory or output directory to a disk that has more space or that is located on a network storage device - then connect to audible. To use OpenAudible, open the Browser window (Ctrl-B from the Controls menu) and log into your Audible account and browse to your list of purchased books. Best of all you can view all your Audible books in one location and automatically organize your books as an HTML library. With OpenAudible you can download, view, convert to MP3, and manage all your content. OpenAudible is an open-source cross-platform Audible audiobook manager.
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