Audible is a subsidiary of Amazon, the company is an Internet provider of spoken audio entertainment, information, and educational programming, now enjoys a near-monopoly in the online digital download market for audiobooks.
Audio books from Audible are in .aa format with DRM(Digital Rights Management) copy-protection. and those Audible Audio(.AA) playback is only available in AudibleReady devices like Kindles, iPods, listed MP3 Players (Audible Ready Players), GPS devices such as Tom Toms and Garmins, etc while DRM license Protected AA prevent users play .AA files on non-AudibleReady compatible players like Creative Zen, Zune, PSP, Sony WorkMan, Blackberry, etc, so if you want to listen to AA files on any device you have, there is a need to Remove DRM from Audible AA format and
Convert .AA to MP3.
This tutorial will tell a quick way to easily
convert Audible AA to MP3 files (DRM-free).
The Tool We need:
A Audible
AA to MP3 Converter Program –
Daniusoft Media Converter Ultimate, which can easily remove Audible Audiobook DRM protection, convert Audible's DRM'd .AA to .MP3 WMV WAV files for certain devices in batch conversion mode, and finally you can even directly transfer Audiobooks AA files to portable devices, perfectly supporting Windows 7/Vista/XP and more.
Instruction to
convert AA to MP3 files.
Step 1: Free download and install Daniusoft Media Converter Ultimate and make sure you have downloaded the Audio book .AA file onto your computer using the Audible Download Manage.
Step 2: Import AA files to the program.
Load AA files by clicking 'Add Video' button on upper left of Daniusoft Media Converter Ultimate interface - choose file type as '*.aa' to add files into the software.
Step 2: Set output format.
Choose from 'Audio files to' optional box, select MP3 or WMA or WAV or what ever you want. Meanwhile you may click"Browse" to set you output path.
Step 3: Start to Unprotect AA and
convert AA to MP3.
The process will begin with your clicking on 'Start' button; this will finish converting AA files to MP3.
Step 4: Transfer converted AA files to target devices. Simply connect your devices to computer, click 'Copy to devices' button to active dialogue to transfer converted AA files to proper devices to play.
That's all, now you can feel free to enjoy your Audible Audiobooks on any Media players!