Audible mp4 files with Firefox

Catlady · 11-11-2021, 12:21 PM

If you use the latest Firefox browser to download Audible files, they are showing an mp4 extension. Except they are still aax files--and download as aax with other browsers (my files downloaded as aax with Chrome).

A help site I checked said one could just change the extension from mp4 to aax instead of using a different browser.

Quoth · 11-12-2021, 06:40 AM

Yes, a common problem for years. Sometimes it's site configuration and sometimes a browser.
This also applies to PDF downloads saved as .php and .zip from KDP that need renamed to epub.
Or Browser offering to open a file in SQLite.

Also check the browser application settings that NOTHING is automatically opened in the browser or an application, but Browser is either set to ask or download. Also on Windows don't use the default download directory/folder. That's a browser setting on all browsers.

Catlady · 11-12-2021, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

Yes, a common problem for years. Sometimes it's site configuration and sometimes a browser.
This also applies to PDF downloads saved as .php and .zip from KDP that need renamed to epub.
Or Browser offering to open a file in SQLite.

Also check the browser application settings that NOTHING is automatically opened in the browser or an application, but Browser is either set to ask or download. Also on Windows don't use the default download directory/folder. That's a browser setting on all browsers.

I've never seen files download with an unexpected extension. I was mystified by the mp4 files when I used up my Audible credits yesterday, and immediately started googling.

Quoth · 11-13-2021, 10:15 AM

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Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion.
I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
Time to die.

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11-11-2021, 12:21 PM	#1
Catlady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,346 Karma: 52398889 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, AGPTek Bluetooth Clip	Audible mp4 files with Firefox If you use the latest Firefox browser to download Audible files, they are showing an mp4 extension. Except they are still aax files--and download as aax with other browsers (my files downloaded as aax with Chrome). A help site I checked said one could just change the extension from mp4 to aax instead of using a different browser.

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11-12-2021, 06:40 AM	#2
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,586 Karma: 87456643 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	Yes, a common problem for years. Sometimes it's site configuration and sometimes a browser. This also applies to PDF downloads saved as .php and .zip from KDP that need renamed to epub. Or Browser offering to open a file in SQLite. Also check the browser application settings that NOTHING is automatically opened in the browser or an application, but Browser is either set to ask or download. Also on Windows don't use the default download directory/folder. That's a browser setting on all browsers.