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Having a trivial, reliable way to strip audiobooks of their DRM might tempt me to get Audible. Maybe it's better if i stay away from DRM.

by Tepix 4y ago

throwanem 4y ago
I've had success with a tool called inAudible, but that's been years ago now and I've no idea whether it still works. I do quite like https://libro.fm https://libro.fm as a DRM-free audiobook store. They provide zipfile downloads, and also profit-share with a lot of local bookstores if you have one you'd like to support.
Macha 4y ago
https://audible-converter.ml/ https://audible-converter.ml/ Spits out the command to use ffmpeg locally or can transcode with a wasm compiled version. Note you need to use mp4 to preserve chapters, flac output doesn't seem to include them
- ycombinete 4y ago
  The problem with a bunch of these systems is that they don't specify quality, and FFMPEG appears to default to 64kbps when a quality is not specified.
captn3m0 4y ago
My one-line bash script works well: https://github.com/captn3m0/Scripts/blob/master/audible-strip-drm https://github.com/captn3m0/Scripts/blob/master/audible-stri...
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- ycombinete 4y ago
  thank you I've been playing around with this idea today. Is there a reason that you use M4a instead of converting to something like mp3? Does m4a preserve the chapters or something? Also why do you use m4a instead of m4b?
  - captn3m0 4y ago
    * m4a because it doesn't need a re-encode. * it does preserve chapters and metadata, but audible doesn't do a good job of using them, except for chapter timestamps and even they are dicey often using m4a and splitting into separate files has some advantages * I can download and share single chapters, helpful for sending single chapters to friends. This is also way better for large books over slow internet connections. * songs are indexed better in my media server (Emby, Navidrome) m4b feels better for archival (1 file = 1 book), but I've found splitting into several files a better option for actual listening.
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    - ycombinete 4y ago
      Do you have another script for separating out the chapters?
      - captn3m0 4y ago
        I have 3, listed here: https://github.com/captn3m0/scripts https://github.com/captn3m0/scripts * split-audio-by-chapters (Based on metadata inside the AAX file) * split-by-audible (If audible doesn't provide splits in the m4a, but chapters are marked in the web/mobile player - you can copy the chapter listing and use this). See source for format. * split-by-silence (In some cases audible doesn't provide any chapters at all, and this is my last-ditch effort).
        ycombinete 4y ago
        Amazing. Thank you!

Having a trivial, reliable way to strip audiobooks of their DRM might tempt me to get Audible. Maybe it's better if i stay away from DRM.

by Tepix 4y ago

Having a trivial, reliable way to strip audiobooks of their DRM might tempt me to get Audible. Maybe it's better if i stay away from DRM.

throwanem 4y ago

I've had success with a tool called inAudible, but that's been years ago now and I've no idea whether it still works. I do quite like https://libro.fm https://libro.fm as a DRM-free audiobook store. They provide zipfile downloads, and also profit-share with a lot of local bookstores if you have one you'd like to support.

Macha 4y ago

https://audible-converter.ml/ https://audible-converter.ml/ Spits out the command to use ffmpeg locally or can transcode with a wasm compiled version. Note you need to use mp4 to preserve chapters, flac output doesn't seem to include them

ycombinete 4y ago
The problem with a bunch of these systems is that they don't specify quality, and FFMPEG appears to default to 64kbps when a quality is not specified.

captn3m0 4y ago

My one-line bash script works well: https://github.com/captn3m0/Scripts/blob/master/audible-strip-drm https://github.com/captn3m0/Scripts/blob/master/audible-stri...

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ycombinete 4y ago
thank you I've been playing around with this idea today. Is there a reason that you use M4a instead of converting to something like mp3? Does m4a preserve the chapters or something? Also why do you use m4a instead of m4b?
- captn3m0 4y ago
  * m4a because it doesn't need a re-encode. * it does preserve chapters and metadata, but audible doesn't do a good job of using them, except for chapter timestamps and even they are dicey often using m4a and splitting into separate files has some advantages * I can download and share single chapters, helpful for sending single chapters to friends. This is also way better for large books over slow internet connections. * songs are indexed better in my media server (Emby, Navidrome) m4b feels better for archival (1 file = 1 book), but I've found splitting into several files a better option for actual listening.
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  - ycombinete 4y ago
    Do you have another script for separating out the chapters?
    - captn3m0 4y ago
      I have 3, listed here: https://github.com/captn3m0/scripts https://github.com/captn3m0/scripts * split-audio-by-chapters (Based on metadata inside the AAX file) * split-by-audible (If audible doesn't provide splits in the m4a, but chapters are marked in the web/mobile player - you can copy the chapter listing and use this). See source for format. * split-by-silence (In some cases audible doesn't provide any chapters at all, and this is my last-ditch effort).
      - ycombinete 4y ago
        Amazing. Thank you!