In reply to "KB7" who wrote the following:
> Skipfromla <skipfromla@yahoo.com> wrote in
> news:prcpcelmjhfmt1ql827m39vs90lj833dkq@4ax.com:
>
> > Thanks for posting The Handmaid's Tale. Unfortunately, when I used
> > WnRAR every file came back with an error, "The archive is either in
> > unknown format or damaged," even after runnng the par files. It
> > could be my comptuer or copy of WinRAR but it usually isn't.
>
> It extracted fine for me, even without the par files.
>
> I tried it with both Winrar and 7-Zip.
>
>
> > ...If the
> > audo files are MP3 files they are already compressed and compressing
> > them with an RAR format doesn't make them much, if any, smaller. All
> > it does is make an error more likely. If the error isn't mine, and I
> > don't think it is, it would be great if you posed the book in mp3
> > format instad of RAR.
>
> Skip, it's a single Apple audiobook; M4B.
>
> However, I totally agree with your comment on posting separate MP3 files.
>
> For me, I want to sample the reader. It doesn't matter how good the book
> is, if the reader grates on my ears, then I'm not going to listen to the
> whole book.
>
> In this case, the reader is Elisabeth Moss and it's pretty good, so big
> thnx to St. Fang.
>
>
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You do not have to download everything, if your archive software supports
partial extraction (almost all do usually a "keep broken files" option or
similar). you can download the first few MBs and the extrack and play it.
You can also check samples on audible.com
Everyones does not have to suffer quality degedation with endless transcoding,
just because some grandpa thinks mp3 == audio.
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