Audiobook File (M4B) Availability & Production!

[annise]

I have asumed that it was meant to link to here which it does for me

http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?reader=&mc=&bc=&cat=&genre=&language=&type=&author=&title=fables&status=all&reader_exact=&mc_exact=&bc_exact=&date=&group=&engroup=&ingroup=&group=17

[peegee]

catalogue page: http://librivox.org/tarzan-of-the-apes/

file: http://www.archive.org/download/LibrivoxM4bCollectionAudiobooks2/Tarzan_of_the_Apes_32kb.m4b

Links are in the wiki. Existing cover art was used.

regards
Phil

[annise]

Thanks Phil Links all made

Anne

[Jonathan Awesome]

I have asumed that it was meant to link to here which it does for me

http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?reader=&mc=&bc=&cat=&genre=&language=&type=&author=&title=fables&status=all&reader_exact=&mc_exact=&bc_exact=&date=&group=&engroup=&ingroup=&group=17

Yes, that was my intention. The only alternative was to make twelve links which didn't seem viable.

[Jc]

Hi guys!

I'm looking into scripts that can encode from mp3 to m4b, and thought I could ask you guys for some help.

I was wondering whether the program you use to encodes m4b files outputs files with variable bit rates, or constant bit rates?

Also, I presume Chapter & Verse automatically adds in the chapter tags?

Thanks!

(PS, while i'm here, anyone knows of a linux script that can make an m4b file with a given set of mp3s?)

[peegee]

Hi Jc,

I've created many M4Bs using linux. I got the original inspiration from this blog post http://froebe.net/blog/2009/12/24/how-to-create-an-itunesipod-compatible-audiobook-mpeg4-m4b-on-linux-using-mp4box-and-mp4v2-v1-9-1-it-can-be-done/ and the python script someone made from that method http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1418085

I've modified that script a bit for my own uses - I like to do it in 2 steps; first I convert the mp3s to wav so that I can trim them or do whatever, then I make the wavs into m4b using the NeroAACEncoder - I added a comment about that method to the original blog post at froebe.net (my comment is the last one).

Also, just last week I discovered someone made a GUI, M4Baker http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/M4Baker?content=121693 though I haven't really tried to use that seriously.

So, definitely possible on Linux!

regards
Phil

[peegee]

Hi again Jc,

Just noticed I didn't answer your other question! I use constant bit-rate.

Also I thought you might like this Linux one-liner to turn a directory of MP3s into a single M4B:

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sox *.mp3 -t .wav -o - | faac -o output.m4b -

regards
Phil

[peegee]

catalogue page: http://librivox.org/far-from-the-madding-crowd-by-thomas-hardy-2/

files:
http://www.archive.org/download/LibrivoxM4bCollectionAudiobooks4/Far_From_The_Madding_Crowd_Part_1_32kb.m4b
http://www.archive.org/download/LibrivoxM4bCollectionAudiobooks4/Far_From_The_Madding_Crowd_Part_2_32kb.m4b

Links are in the wiki. Cover has been submitted to the cover-art project.

regards
Phil

[annise]

All Linked, nice cover Phil
We have now 20,636 plus downloads of the M4B files and it's six months since we started.
We are obviously filling a long felt want

Anne

[Starlite]

Just a note that when looking for templates, I found the ones on this page link to a very old, defunct server. Do we have another source?

Esther

[annise]

Hi Esther
Wrong thread - try the CD covers

Anne

[Starlite]

Hi Esther
Wrong thread - try the CD covers

Anne

LOL guess I'm not fully awake now.

Esther

[peegee]

I'm uploading again to page 4...EDIT: finished

[peegee]

catalogue page: http://librivox.org/under-the-greenwood-tree-by-thomas-hardy/

file: http://www.archive.org/download/LibrivoxM4bCollectionAudiobooks4/UnderGreenwoodTree_32kb.m4b

links in the wiki, cover submitted to the cover-art project.

regards
Phil

[annise]

All linked - another nice cover

Anne