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Free Software Audiobook format?

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Jue, 08/08/2013 - 18:31
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Is there a free software audiobook format that remembers where the listener last was and can skip there?

I know proprietary formats have this feature, but I'm not sure about free software.

(Or is this feature in the player and not the format?)

Thanks for any advice.

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Jue, 08/08/2013 - 19:05
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I would think this is a feature of a player. What format are your books in? For example the Music Player Daemon (MPD) remembers where you paused (or even just closed, will resume play!) it.

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Jue, 08/08/2013 - 20:09
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In Trisquel, you can use the movie player and in preferences pick "start reproduction from last point". That should do what you want. As for portable media players, they support that themselves.
Hope it helps =)

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Jue, 08/08/2013 - 21:47
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Exail can be set to do this, too.

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Jue, 08/08/2013 - 22:10
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The most prominent audio formats, you can choose from:

  • FLAC (recommended - maximum compatibility, maximum quality)
  • WavPack (for maximum audio quality, features hybrid lossy/lossless coding, less widespread than FLAC)
  • Opus (recommended if low bitrate is your priority, suitable for both audio/voice coding)
  • Ogg Vorbis (for general lossy audio coding, "probably" succeeded by Opus)
  • Speex (intended for lossy coding of voice, succeeded by Opus)

Totem has the feature to resume playback from the point, where you left off, built-in.

If you're interested in multimedia formats in general, you can find my recommendation here.

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Jue, 08/08/2013 - 22:07
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Thanks guys.

I generally have used VLC, but I'll definitely try out Totem again (and MPD again) for this purpose.

I like keeping things in FLAC myself if possible. I anticipate people will one day be very sorry they have so much material in lossy formats.

Gracias.

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Jue, 08/08/2013 - 22:54
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As for audio playback, I can strongly recommend DeaDBeeF. If you previously happened to use foobar2000 (proprietary freeware) on MS Windows/Woe, you can know already how hard is living without it. This was one of my biggest concerns when I moved to GNU/Linux after discovering the word "GNU" in the Ubuntu manual, and eventually moved to freedom.

I tried heck a lot of audio players, but none of them suited my needs as good as foobar2k, until I discovered DeaDBeeF by mistake, on the Open Sound System forums, where the application was mentioned. I can tell you that this nearly unknown piece of software, is something totally exceptional. You simply cannot find a music player that can beat this, even foobar2000 can now hardly compete.

Here is an extensive review from Head-Fi, if you're interested:

http://www.head-fi.org/t/400109/is-linux-bit-perfect-and-how-do-you-play-audio-there/45#post_8267854

Basic installation instructions are available here:

https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/software-installation#deadbeef

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Vie, 08/09/2013 - 03:40
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Why would lossless audio be necessary for audiobooks?

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Vie, 08/09/2013 - 15:46
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That's an excellent question I've given absolutely no thought to. :-)

I suppose I was answering the way I usually do for music. But you're right. That would not make sense.

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