It sounds like the download might not of completed properly. This has happened to me from time to time using audible. Download the book again from your library and then see what happens.
hth On May 11, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Rich Ring wrote: > Does the Mac limit where you can play the files? In other words, if you > download an audible book using the Mac, will the resulting files only play > using iTunes? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "RATTRAY J." <julie.ratt...@durham.ac.uk> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 7:20 AM > Subject: RE: Audible.com Experience > > > Hi, > > I am really confused by this - I use audible all the time with the Mac > and have not had the problem you are describing. Generally you don't > need to install any softwere to get audible to work with the Mac - you > do with Windows but not Mac. > > The only thing I can suggest you try is going to your download > preferences and seeing what they look like. I typically have my stuff > download directly into itunes so I can put them on my ipod - I seem to > remember that back in the day when I set it up that I had to tell it > that I wanted it to do this so perhaps download preferences - found in > the my acccount pages might be the best place to start. > > If you don't have any luck let me know and maybe I can suggest something > else. > > Good luck > > Julie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Rich Ring > Sent: 11 May 2010 13:15 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Audible.com Experience > > Hello all: > I recently bought an Audible book using the Mac. Imagine my surprise > when I clicked the purchase button, the book immediately started > downloading. I thought, this is excellent. However, when the four > parts of the title had finished downloading, and I managed to copy them > to a thumb drive, I discovered that the file extensions were not > correct. I then discovered that I couldn't play the files on my Stream. > There must be something I'm missing here. Should I have installed the > Audible Manager software before doing this? Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
