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Audible AAX -> MP3 the Easy. I have been ripping audible books for a while now and a lot has changed in the last year. It looks like there is no need for the.
Shares 5 It used to be that you could strip Audible DRM by paying for a $30 app or by, but now there may be a simpler option. Andrew Hickey noticed a couple weeks back that Audible gave you different versions of an audiobook based on. 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. 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. It came out yesterday, and is Audible-only (get it ), 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”). So I got it, and went to the Library section of the Audible website to see how to listen to it in the browser.
- How can I convert Audible AAX. God only knows what you'd get on your computer if you downloaded a program claiming to help you crack. How do I convert Audible.
- This article tells you the easiest way to remove DRM from audible AA/AAX audiobook and convert AA/AAX to MP3 for playing on any MP3 player.
I saw a “download” link. 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.
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write software to crack the encryption. Being 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 ARareBookofCunningDeviceUnabridgedmp3tons of gibberish.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. I tried it, and it Just Worked. I thought maybe that was because it was a freebie, so I tried the Sherlock Holmes books. They worked too. We're still not sure what is going on here, but I have a similar report from a friend, and Hickey found which appeared to confirm his findings.
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. If you run Linux, would you mind downloading Audible audiobooks - just to see what happens?
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I don’t have Linux but inAudible works for me. Any alternate methods would certainly be appreciated as no doubt some folks can’t use that one for whatever reason. Plus there’s the putting-all-your-eggs-in-one-basket factor — who knows when the next iTunes or Audible update will bork inAudible completely? — and gosh darn it all I want to be able to back up books I’ve bought or else it’s just renting and they oughta say so right up front instead of putting a great big “Buy” button under people’s noses. Maybe I can help and hopefully be helped.
I can confirm that you can download the DRM-free.aa file in Windows. I used a user agent spoofer in Chrome to impersonate a Linux machine (I can provide details if wanted). The problem is that I can’t get the file to play in VLC in Windows (or any other Windows program, for that matter).
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Now, to be clear, I can play the file in Linux VLC regardless of which OS I downloaded it with, but I can’t play that same file in Windows VLC. Does anybody know if DRM-free.aa files CAN play in Windows VLC?
I would feel silly if this was just a matter of me using the wrong software and thinking that the DRM was the problem. Lots of confusion in this thread. Let’s put an end to it.
AA files are not DRM-free. AA is an Audible-proprietary encryption scheme based on TEA.
You can reverse the key from the checksum in the file, which is how inAudible does it. The inaAudible code was then contributed to ffmpeg. I’m not sure about VLC, but it’s possible that the ffmpeg code made its way over there, too. Format 4 AA files are really just decrypted MP3 files.
You can convert them back to MP3 (losslessly) with current versions of inAudible, no credentials required. Format 2 & 3 AA files are ACELP. They are tiny, but they suck.
AAX files are AAC/M4B files. Again, you can losslessly decrypt them to M4B or transcode them to MP3 with inAudible and, again, no credentials required (the key is reversed with a different method). All the Audible decrypters get their code from inAudible and none of them are as good. Get the original, free version here –. As stated above, I have managed to download.aa files without DRM, from Audible.co.uk and Audible.com.
To answer your questions: Browser/OS: Chromium Version 63.0.3239.84 (Official Build) Built on Ubuntu, running on Ubuntu 17.10 (64-bit) User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x8664) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu Chromium/63.0.3239.84 Chrome/63.0.3239.84 Safari/537.36 I can get free and paid audiobooks as.aa files. Web pages: As I said before, I have to set the Audio Quality drop-down to “Format 4”. If it’s set to “Enhanced”, I get.aax files with DRM. 1 Trackbacks & Pingbacks.
I downloaded an audiobook from Audible (part of Amazon) and found it saved as an '.aa' file. I can play it with their software on my PC, but I can't download it to my MP3 player, which only understands MP3. Obviously this is a DRM issue, as once it's an MP3 it can be copied anywhere. Which of course is what I want to do.
I've looked around and can't find any simple free methods to convert.aa to mp3. Apparently you can use to burn to a CD and then rip it back, but I really don't want to have iTunes on my PC. Otherwise, I just play it and set to record. That works, but it runs in real time and I can't use the PC at all in case something makes a beep which will be recorded along with the playback.
Is there a better way? Ideally, just remove the DRM to any normal audio format? Or I could buy the book and pay someone to read it for me and record that. Umm I did suggest looking for a used model. I tried to be polite, but you really are not helping. I've got a new MP3 player, and I have a bunch of tools for manipulating MP3 files.
So, I want MP3. Anyway, I found this thread in another forum which has several solutions: The one that looks the most promising is using an older version of Audible's player that can use as a 'device' and that in turn can write to wave or MP3. Or this method using dBPowerAmp. Both use Audible's own direct show filter as input. The alternatives use either or, both ugly bloated monsters which I really don't want on my PC. Aren't Audible's audio books copy protected? Yes, obviously, that's the problem.
Anyway, I used the 'Audible Media Player Filter' which was originally part of their player. Now found at With that, there is an 'Audible Words codec' installed in Windows, and.aa can be played as Direct Sound. So etc can play it, and some utilities, like, can open it. And then save it any format. One oddity: when opening in Goldwave the audio started wherever the position was the last time it was played. A useful feature if you are playing it and want to continue where you left off.
But not if you're converting it. So I opened it in and pushed it back to the beginning. Then when opening in Goldwave it got the entire file.
So, problem solved, without buying a new audio player. This is a personal pet peeve of mine: People so bored that they have to weigh in on questions and topics, even if they have no answer. I once had a reply to a question that was something like, 'I don't know the solution to your problem' Why write anything at all? Are these pathetic people so desperate to be part of something that they pathetically have to say something, even if it doesn't help? A related pet peeve is people who tell you you shouldn't need to do what you are asking about. Instead of helping, they pick apart your reasons for needing what you need.
Just help or don't. This is a personal pet peeve of mine: People so bored that they have to weigh in on questions and topics, even if they have no answer.
I once had a reply to a question that was something like, 'I don't know the solution to your problem' Why write anything at all? Are these pathetic people so desperate to be part of something that they pathetically have to say something, even if it doesn't help? A related pet peeve is people who tell you you shouldn't need to do what you are asking about. Instead of helping, they pick apart your reasons for needing what you need. Just help or don't. You DO realize the humor of the fact that your post complaining about people that post things that don't answer the question asked is, itself, a post that doesn't answer the question asked?
Are you now peeved at yourself for saying something, even if it doesn't help? I just signed up today because I had the same question and found this thread. AlanHK, you a miserable, unappreciative POS.
I understand that you didn't get the answer you were looking for but when someone takes the time out of their day to try and offer you some help, it's nice to be a little grateful. I had to laugh at 'I tried to be polite'. You don't sound like you have the slightest idea of what polite means. You signed up just to abuse me for a post made 8 months ago? What a wanker.
That isn't the answer you wanted but I hope you're grateful for it, you troll. Thanks to everyone here who tried to help this ungrateful piece of 'work' out with his problem. No one helped me at all. I worked it out by myself. The rest was at best well intentioned but time wasting, at worst.s like you attacking me. 8 months later, still beating this dead horse?
Obsessive trolls. I've made thousands of posts here. Look at them and see how many questions I have answered and people I have helped. I'm not going to put up with abuse from some guy whose only contribution in the last two years is to log in once to piss on me. This thread wasn't helpful. I've worked on this about 4 hours today until I found a completed solution packaged as a torrent. (I've already used this solution to convert 3 audiobooks to mp3) Essentially you have to install an old version of audible, one of their filters that allows decompression of their file type, a mp3 codec if you don't have it and some free software called.
It's all in the torrents documentation. I did have the problem (being on windows 8) that the filter wouldn't install because it was missing dlls. Simply google the dlls that you might be missing, download them and put them in the c: windows system folder (not the system32 for some reason, as it wasn't detecting them there.) Anyways, the entire package with documentation was downloaded here: Goodluck! This thread wasn't helpful. I've worked on this about 4 hours today until I found a completed solution packaged as a torrent. (I've already used this solution to convert 3 audiobooks to mp3) Essentially you have to install an old version of audible, one of their filters that allows decompression of their file type, a mp3 codec if you don't have it and some free software called. It's all in the torrents documentation.
I did have the problem (being on windows 8) that the filter wouldn't install because it was missing dlls. Simply google the dlls that you might be missing, download them and put them in the c: windows system folder (not the system32 for some reason, as it wasn't detecting them there.) Anyways, the entire package with documentation was downloaded here: Goodluck!
Thank you so much for this! My only issue is that I end up with.AAX files. Anyway to get just an.AA file? Will this method even work with.AAX? That's the only way to do it: play+realtime capture.
Not trying to co-opt your scoop, just reiterating that there's no getting around those constraints. Scott Actually, there are, as I mentioned above last November, but no one seems to have actually read my posts. I don't know if it works for aax, but it certainly does for aa. Once you install the Audible codec, you can convert to MP3 using or just as fast as any other format conversion. There is another method someone has hacked up recently, also much faster than realtime, that apparently works for all formats.
post 14 and following, 'InAudible'. Latest version at end of the thread.
Haven't needed to try that myself, but others say it works. No, it DOESN'T work for AAX. That's what I was referring to. AAX is encrypted.
Only encryption workarounds are BRUTEFORCE (not likely or not worth it), and play+realtime capture (whether D-D or D-A-D). Scott I've checked into 'inAudible' and it does work on aax, as above. (Note that.aa is also encrypted, but aax is higher quality and presumably harder encryption.) is 'authorised' to play Audible tracks and has an option to burn to CD. That's automated to virtual CD, then ripped and converted. The details are on a site that I probably shouldn't mention here but can PM you if you want.
Did somebody say something?hm, I guess not. BTW, up to the point where you responded to me today, there was no previous mention of 'Inaudible.exe' - and I didn't read the link at the time, so I should be excused, right?
Scott I wasn't referring to you. More some who say things like 'This thread wasn't helpful.' And then reinvent the same method I explained last year. Or who repeatedly suggest the same methods that I listed in my very first post as unsatisfactory. I'm also weary of the several (or maybe just one in different guises) jerks who felt compelled post here only to slag me off.