Convert Audible (.aax) files to mp3 with ffmpeg
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
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0:00 Audible DRM
1:40 No So Open Audible
2:15 ffmpeg
3:00 Audible CLI
4:30 Activation Bytes
5:25 AAXtoMP3
Judging by the comments and emails I've received from this video it is clear that I should have spent more time explaining the technical details of how to properly set up the environment to run the commands. A more detailed video is in the works. But for now the best advice I can give is to use ChatGPT as a resource, prompts: "How to I install python, pip and ffmpeg on [Your operating system]", "How do I clone a git hub repository", "How do I make a shell script executable and run it"
Is there like an idiots guide to this? I honestly am untech saavy so id appreciate some guidance or advice
Thank you for doing such a service on this one
Thank you Notjoemartinez for giving me hope! Unfortunately, despite your great clarity, your explanations are still too complex for old casual users like me. So my search continues to find an absolutely idiot proof account of how to do this. But please do continue your work!
The end just killed! As God intended!🤣👍🏻
first two minutes is legit what i just went through till i find your video
Tried it on MacOS, but failed at step 2:
~ % audible quickstart
zsh: command not found: audible
Any idea what's wrong=
Thank you man. Your channel is good you should upload more vids you're a smart dude
A message to anyone here who might have trouble where the vid doesn't mention this: remember to add the scripts directory from the audible-cli library to your path variable. A warning will appear in the shell when you download with the path to the folder that you can copy paste easily
I've just started with Audible and have only a few books. Joe's video is excellent, but for now I've decided to stick with another method that may interest some people. On my Mac, Audible or Apple Books playback can be recorded with a physical audio interface recorder or a software recorder. For a Mac, you need a loopback function built into the interface or a loopback app from Blackhole (free), Rogue Amoeba or Ginger/GroundControl. Loopback allows recording of sound coming from a Mac (system audio). As a recorder, I've tested Logic Pro X and iZotope RX, but Audacity is free/open source and would work fine. The ability in Logic, iZotope, and I believe Audacity, to set markers is also useful for some books that I record.
why pay 25 dollars maybe because some of us don't understand code and videos like this is just way over our heads...
The AAXtoMP3 repo has been archived and may break (or already be broken). The ffmpeg command string is straightforward: 'ffmpeg -activation_bytes XXXXXXXX -i audiobook.aax audiobook.mp3'
When you say run pip instal for the audible-cli how do we get to that part? Can you do a video going more into depth with the coding process
Hi, Thanks so much for the tutorial , i just had a quick question, i was able to convert the AAXtomp3 into a exe and moved it to a folder which contained the audibles. my question is what would be the best solution to the following "error, setting activation_bytes to value [my activation key]?
03:31 where/how "do I run" pip install audible-cli?
inaudible works great
Thank you, great tip!
@@cristinaalexa2491 no problem
When I write my username password either on command prompt or on a browser, it tells me my password or email is wrong. I’ve tried several times and I am typing the password correctly. I know for a fact it’s the correct one. What could be going on?
The above information is incorrect as I have been using my Classic iPods since 2008 with Audible till Amazon took over??? The above says My purchased and PAID FOR BOOK's they say they will always be accessible on ANY DEVICE THAT I USE FOR LISTENING, I could not even download books I prepaid for?
Does it work with free audiobooks that come as long as you have an active monthly subscription? All files are aacx anymore. Maybe you could make a step by step guide for all of us that aren’t as linux cmd savvy. Until then i just record them with audacity, split them by chapter and export them to mp3 and then convert them to an m4b audiobook with a free audiobook converter.
what settings you use
Dude thank you man, I needed help with this. When i run 5:29 i keep getting ` .AXXtoMp3: is a directory `. I even ran it as an sudo su. Also I had to manually download most of them using IDM majority weren't showing up.
This is because AXXtoMP3 has the same name as the directory it's in. That's on me for not including this part.
Use these commands to fix it:
```
mv AXXtoMp3 tmp
mv tmp/AAXtoMp3 .
rm -rf tmp
```
Recently Audible appears to have by passed Microsoft and iTunes for those of us that are unable to follow Audibles complex system I do hope I can listen to the 675 books I supposedly OWN going back to the days of Audible in 2008 when everything was based on KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID where as now it has been super complex for folks like myself and iTunes is gone along with the use of my iPods? If everything gets worked out eventually using a MP3 player may very well work out the easy way? I was forced to cancel my membership and lost my 80% of the money I paid last August 2022 for my 25 books?
THANK YOU for your very good video, unfortunately it is far to complex for people my age that did not major in Computer Science? There are some advertisers out here that can wash everything and give me my own books in my library when I can find a MP3 player that works with Audible?
Question which program do we type all these commands ffmpeg or phyton?
Both ffmpeg and the python. If you're on mac os you will need the homebrew package manager. Once you have homebrew you can install it with `brew install ffmpeg python`. Follow the instructions on brew.sh to install homebrew.
@@notjoemartinez4438 thanks bruh appreciate
The OG open audible still works. New books don't work. I am guessing 2020 books onwards.
Hey great video! Once I got it working it was super easy to use. My only problem is for .aaxc files, it returns
"484: jp: command not found."
Any ideas?
Hey, late response but this can be fixed by installing the jq or jp package on your linux distribution.
Thx!@@TheChangingGod
Not only this - I keep getting download fail. I have been trying to download my books for well over a week.
Was this while using the audible cli?
@@notjoemartinez4438 No. It was while trying to download it from Audible.
It's still unclear to me how you downloaded Audible CLI. I went to github but I didnt see an indication where I can download it
With the python pip package manager, "pip install audible-cli" I should probably make a more in depth tutorial :/
@@notjoemartinez4438 Yeah that would be helpful. I'm not computer savy at least with regards to github so I still need guidance as to how to download the package. I'm on the website and I don't see what the equivalent of "download" is. What steps do I take?
headache time
Aaxc?
Yes the audible cli tool will download a .voucher file with those and the other AAXtoMP3 script will decrypt using those files
@@notjoemartinez4438 how to download cli tool and the script? Work for the italian audible?
Man...seems easier just to pay for openaudible.
Agreed, I’m not tech savvy i might just do that
How can you not understand why I would rather pay openaudible to do this for me? That's like not understanding why I would use Google translate a language I don't know. This SH#! is complicated. It would take many hours of study for me to even begin to understand what you are explaining.
$20 was a lot to me a year ago lol