m4b-merge 0.4.1

A tool to standardize audiobook files into single m4b files with clean metadata based on Audible and chapters.

Functionality

The steps accomplished by using this tool are as follows:

• Easy batch inputs via -i folder1/ folder2/* file.mp3 etc.
• Only user input required is one ASIN per book.
• Converts mp3(s) into single m4b files
  • Matches existing bitrate and samplerate for target file.
  • Standardizes chapter names, like 'Chapter 1'.
• Merges or edits m4a/m4b into single m4b file, without re-converting.
• Moves input file/folder to done folder when processed.

Audible data features:

• Title, author(s), narrator(s), series, release year, description
  • For generating folder structure
  • For seeding M4b metadata fields
• Chapters (title and length) used for m4b/m4a inputs.

Dependencies

This tool uses m4b-merge for it's file processing. Installation instructions can be found on the project's readme.

CLI usage

usage: m4b-merge [-h] -i INPUTS [INPUTS ...] [--log_level LOG_LEVEL]

m4b-merge cli

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -i INPUTS [INPUTS ...], --inputs INPUTS [INPUTS ...]
                        Input paths to process
  --log_level LOG_LEVEL
                        Set logging level

• Check the user editable variables in config.py, and see if there's anything you need to change.
• On first run, you will be prompted to signin to Audible. This is a one-time process that will be saved to your system's relevant config folder, under m4b-merge.

Module usage

If you are a developer wanting to use this in a project, you can import the modules as so: from m4b_merge import audible_helper, config, helpers, m4b_helper

And then creating the objects you need (from audible_helper.BookData(asin) and m4b_helper.M4bMerge(input_data, metadata)) You can see more usage examples in the sister project, Bragi Books

The parser function in audible_helper.BookData returns some extra data not used in the CLI here. This is a list of all data returned:

• Title
• Short Summary
• Long Summary
• Authors
• Narrators
• Series
• Release Date
• Publisher
• Language
• Runtime in minutes
• Format type (abridged, unabridged, other)

Credits

• Many thanks to mkb79 for their audible package.
• Thanks to sandreas for their tireless work on m4b-tool