[vicsireland] Re: m4b file types
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 22:50:12 -0000
Hi again Paul,
If you don't want to download iTunes, perhaps you could try looking for and
downloading Quicktime Alternative, Quicktime - m4V - being the Applle movie
equivalent of iTunes etc., - m4A. (Since this release of JAWS - JAWS10 -
iTunes has been made quite accessible; and the itunes.jcf file that makes
iTunes accessible with JAWS works in version of JAWS up from JAWS8.)
Another little trik I tried one day, that worked: Changing the m4A
extension on a file to mp3! that's not supposed to work, but hey, maybe
worth a tryout.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:41 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: m4b file types
Paul,
Google is your friend
. From
http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/m4b
You need to have ITunes, I reckon. thereafter, the file type may play in
several players. Now the excerpt cometh:
.M4B File Extension
Run a free scan for .M4B file extension errors.
File Type MPEG-4 Audio Book File
Category Audio Files
Common? No
File Description Audiobook file based on the MPEG-4 container format;
typically compressed with .AAC encoding; nearly identical to a .M4A file,
but denoted as an audiobook and can be "bookmarked" by supporting audio
players.
The M4B extension is used by audiobooks downloaded from the Apple
iTunes store; iTunes audiobooks are copy-protected using Apple's FairPlay
DRM and can only be played on authorized computers using iTunes.
Program(s) that open m4b files Mac OS Apple iTunes + iPod
Microsoft Windows Media Player
VideoLAN VLC media player
Windows Apple iTunes + iPod
Microsoft Windows Media Player
VideoLAN VLC media player
Linux
----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul Halligan" <tigerone@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 9:14 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] m4b file types
Blankhi folks
have downloaded some audiobooks which have a unusual file type, m4b.
none of the players i have will play the books i.e. real, winamp or wmp.
i used real to play m4a files .
are m4b files a relation or does anyone know how i can get these books to
play.
thanks aforehand
Paul H
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