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Qythyx:
After upgrading to 504 I initially had problems with my podcasts such that none of them were being updated/downloaded. I reinstalled 504 and that problem was fixed, but I noticed one podcast from Audible was still not working. I tried to access the Audible site directly to download the podcast episode from there, but get a download dialog that says it doesn't know how to open a file "aw_dhelper.adh".

I'm running on a relatively newly built machine and I don't believe I've downloaded any Audible files on this machine since I first installed (aside from the Audible podcasts, that did used to work). So possibly I've never been able to download from Audible directly on this machine.

One other thing that seems related is that the Audible podcast is trying to download the files, but it says they are 47 bytes. I managed to check one and it is a text file that seems to define the URL to really download the file from.

After doing some searching on Audible's help site they have a few tips about similar problems, but their solutions all say thay you need to make sure the .adh extension is associated with the Audible Download Helper. On my system, however, no .adh extension is defined at all.

JimH:
Try installing the Audible Manager.  Please let us know what happens.

Qythyx:
I tried that and it didn't seem to help at all. I then uninstalled it.

I just got home after work and my Audible podcasts are working again (problem on Audible's side?). But, I still can't download from Audible's page. It's still trying to open/save the .adh file.

My only thought at this point is to try installing AudibleManager first and then reinstall MC.

Can some other Audible user check if they have the .adh extension registered in Windows? Do you have AudibleManager installed? What does the .adh extension registration point to?

Qythyx:
I've been out of town for a while and just got back and had a chance to try this again. I've reinstalled Audible Manger (not the standalond download mangers for iTunes or WMP). I can now download from the Audible site from either within MC or from IE, but the download is done by the Audible manager, not MC. Is there a setting in MC to tell it to perform the download instead of Audible?

BTW, I'm running MC 512 now.

skeeterfood:
Uninstall the Audible Manager software then go to your Audible account and in Account Details -> Preferences make sure Software Verification is off.

I'm not sure when Audible added that "feature", but it prevents MC from downloading the files if it's on.

-John

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