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What are folks using for Audible? Open Audible? It wasn't pulling my library correctly last time I tried.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
There are a variety of DRM Free audiobook providers: https://www.downpour.com https://www.downpour.com https://libro.fm https://libro.fm Most titles on audiobooksnow.com are free as well, but not quite all, so make sure there's no "DRM Protected" symbol. I bounce between these providers (subscribing and cancelling to their various plans as needed) based on book availability and price. I believe I pay slightly less overall than if I used Audible for everything, even if acquiring books takes more work. In a pinch, you can also remove Audible DRM with various tools (see sibling comment), but we should support proper DRM Free providers wherever possible!
anatoly 7y ago
1. Download your own AAX files (using the Audible download manager or search around for some ways to do it w/o the download manager). 2. Find out your 'activation keys' using ffprobe and the inAudible-NG project, see instructions here: https://github.com/inAudible-NG/tables/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/inAudible-NG/tables/blob/master/README.md. Needs to be done only once for your Audible account. 3. Use ffmpeg with --activation_bytes to convert AAX to MP3 or other formats, either directly or with a nice script like this one that'll divide into chapters: https://github.com/KrumpetPirate/AAXtoMP3 https://github.com/KrumpetPirate/AAXtoMP3 OpenAudible looks like a nice tool that'll automate all of these steps for you.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  Why is transcoding necessary even if the AAC option is used? (I was under the impression that audible used aac under the hood.) Is this avoidable?
  - anatoly 7y ago
    I'm not sure. Possibly if you try ffmpeg's -a copy and such, it'll simply extract the AAC. Let me know if it works for you. I've always wanted mp3 in the past so I didn't mind the transcoding.
- MrMember 7y ago
  I recently used AAXtoMP3 to back up my Audible library. It worked quite well.
lucb1e 7y ago
This Q&A is relevant: https://askubuntu.com/questions/16918/how-to-listen-to-audible-files https://askubuntu.com/questions/16918/how-to-listen-to-audib... The second answer (which is the top voted one) is my answer. It's basically using ffmpeg with -codec copy.

There are a variety of DRM Free audiobook providers: https://www.downpour.com https://www.downpour.com https://libro.fm https://libro.fm Most titles on audiobooksnow.com are free as well, but not quite all, so make sure there's no "DRM Protected" symbol. I bounce between these providers (subscribing and cancelling to their various plans as needed) based on book availability and price. I believe I pay slightly less overall than if I used Audible for everything, even if acquiring books takes more work. In a pinch, you can also remove Audible DRM with various tools (see sibling comment), but we should support proper DRM Free providers wherever possible!

anatoly 7y ago

1. Download your own AAX files (using the Audible download manager or search around for some ways to do it w/o the download manager). 2. Find out your 'activation keys' using ffprobe and the inAudible-NG project, see instructions here: https://github.com/inAudible-NG/tables/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/inAudible-NG/tables/blob/master/README.md. Needs to be done only once for your Audible account. 3. Use ffmpeg with --activation_bytes to convert AAX to MP3 or other formats, either directly or with a nice script like this one that'll divide into chapters: https://github.com/KrumpetPirate/AAXtoMP3 https://github.com/KrumpetPirate/AAXtoMP3 OpenAudible looks like a nice tool that'll automate all of these steps for you.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
Why is transcoding necessary even if the AAC option is used? (I was under the impression that audible used aac under the hood.) Is this avoidable?
- anatoly 7y ago
  I'm not sure. Possibly if you try ffmpeg's -a copy and such, it'll simply extract the AAC. Let me know if it works for you. I've always wanted mp3 in the past so I didn't mind the transcoding.
MrMember 7y ago
I recently used AAXtoMP3 to back up my Audible library. It worked quite well.

lucb1e 7y ago

This Q&A is relevant: https://askubuntu.com/questions/16918/how-to-listen-to-audible-files https://askubuntu.com/questions/16918/how-to-listen-to-audib... The second answer (which is the top voted one) is my answer. It's basically using ffmpeg with -codec copy.