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| yantai_scot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4800 days ago 157 posts - 214 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 1 of 10 04 March 2014 at 5:21pm | IP Logged |
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Those of you who have an Assimil course with accompanying CDs- is it straightforward to just do a rip to convert them into mp3 and download onto a mp3 player? Any issues to be aware of? I don't have any use for the digital lesson files as I much prefer to study from the physical book. I ask as I was browsing for cheap Assimil courses. I have German with Ease with the mp3 version and the process of downloading from that cd was delightfully straightforward and the audio quality excellent. Buying a new pack with cds is £20/$30 cheaper than the mp3 versions. Depending on your advice, I might keep a look out for the cd versions of later target languages should they be in a sale. I also have a friend for whom a copy of the French version would be an ideal Birthday present. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Cabaire Senior Member Germany Joined 5597 days ago 725 posts - 1352 votes | Message 2 of 10 04 March 2014 at 5:54pm | IP Logged |
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To rip the audio-CDs of Assimil is streightforward. I had never problems doing it (I use a program called Audiograbber, which converts them automatically).
I am astonished that new packs with audio-CDs are cheaper than the MP3 version. In their store (assimil.com) I cannot affirm this notion. PS. About your remark giving them as a birthday present, well, I have momentarily become deaf and have not heard it (copyright violation). 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| luke Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 7203 days ago 3133 posts - 4351 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Esperanto, French | Message 3 of 10 04 March 2014 at 6:09pm | IP Logged |
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I've done it too on Windows 7 and Linux.
Advantages of mp3 are numerous: 1) Compact 2) On your phone, your thumb drive, and your computer. 3) Use Audacity "trucate silence" to eliminate long pauses between exercises. 4) With well thought out names, easy to store a directory so you can play the whole course in the proper order without effort (See free program DriveSort.exe for thumbdrives and smartphones). 5) Easy to track progress. Just delete the lesson you've finished. Edited by luke on 04 March 2014 at 6:11pm 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| tomgosse Groupie United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3990 days ago 90 posts - 143 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French | Message 4 of 10 04 March 2014 at 6:24pm | IP Logged |
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I haven't used Assimil, but ripping Pimsleur CD's is pretty straight forward. Windows Media Player does a great job.
Remember, it is legal to make a backup copy of media you own for your own use. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5558 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 5 of 10 04 March 2014 at 6:31pm | IP Logged |
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There are no particular issues, but on the mp3 cd's you get the dialogues sentence by sentence, so if that's how you like it, then you have to cut up the cd ripped files yourself (e.g. with audacity or mp3directcut.)
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| yantai_scot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4800 days ago 157 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 6 of 10 04 March 2014 at 6:34pm | IP Logged |
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Cabaire- no, I'm not about to commit copyright theft! I want to buy her a real, brand new
pack. Look- nothing in my pockets! :) The prices on Assimil's website are identical for both versions. I ordered my German from The Book Depository uk website while it was 30% off. Seems you can get the French packs from some sellers on Amazon from about £35/ $55 brand new and I thought I meet keep an eye out on Ebay in case something second hand came up for myself. My friend's a native German speaker so that gives me the option of the German base version as well. Edited by yantai_scot on 04 March 2014 at 6:41pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| yantai_scot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4800 days ago 157 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German | Message 7 of 10 04 March 2014 at 6:40pm | IP Logged |
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Shoenewaelder- I'm just using it to repeat whole lessons and use the pause button after
each sentence/part sentence. I have to admit I didn't notice that I could repeat a sentence. I'm either not drilling down low enough on my mp3 player or my player isn't letting me. So it seems the CD version, if found cheaply, would be just as useful to me. Very handy to know I have that option. Thanks very much for your replies everyone. I do appreciate your help. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| schoenewaelder Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5558 days ago 759 posts - 1197 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 8 of 10 04 March 2014 at 6:47pm | IP Logged |
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Ah, perhaps it is the cd-rom version that does it sentence by sentence then.
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