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# AAXtoMP3
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The purpose of this software is to convert AAX files to a more common MP3 format
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through a basic perl script frontend to FFMPEG.
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Audible uses this file format to maintain DRM restrictions on their audio
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books and if you download your book through your library it will be
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stored in this format.
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The purpose of this software is **not** to circumvent the DRM restrictions
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for audio books that **you** do not own in that you do not have them on
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your **personal** Audible account. The purpose of this software is to
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create a method for you to download and store your books just in case
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Audible fails for some reason.
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2016-03-31 04:48:35 +02:00
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I recently converted this script to bash instead of perl. Something about more people knowing bash or something rather.
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Additionally I put some work into creating chaptered files as well as the mp3 version. A directory of structure GENRE/WRITER/TITLE
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will contain the large mp3 as well as chaptered mp3s extracted from the AAX file metadata.
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TODO: Automatically fix the MP3 tags on the generated audio files. For now I use easytag which seems to work okay.
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## Setup
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You will need your four byte authitication code that comes from Audible's
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servers. This will be used by ffmpeg to perform the initial audio convert. You
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can obtain this string from a tool like [audible-activator](https://github.com/inAudible-NG/audible-activator).
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## Requirements
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* bash 4.3.42 or later tested
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* ~~perl version 5.22.0 or later~~ (Converted the script to bash for greater readability!)
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* ffmpeg version 2.8.3 or later
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* libmp3lame (came from lame package on Arch, not sure where else this is stored)
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## Usage
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```
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bash AAXtoMP3.sh <AUTHCODE> {INPUT_FILES}
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```
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* AUTHCODE: **your** Audible auth code (it won't correctly decode otherwise) (required)
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* Everything else is considered an input file, useful for batching!
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2015-12-18 20:07:59 +01:00
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Tested on Linux with the above requirements. No effort will be made to
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port this work to any other operating system, though it may work fine. Want a Windows/
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OSX port? You'll have to fork the work.
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## Anti-Piracy Notice
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Note that this project does NOT ‘crack’ the DRM. It simplys allows the user to
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use their own encryption key (fetched from Audible servers) to decrypt the
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audiobook in the same manner that the official audiobook playing software does.
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Please only use this application for gaining full access to your own audiobooks
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for archiving/converson/convenience. DeDRMed audiobooks should not be uploaded
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to open servers, torrents, or other methods of mass distribution. No help will
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be given to people doing such things. Authors, retailers, and publishers all
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need to make a living, so that they can continue to produce audiobooks for us to
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hear, and enjoy. Don’t be a parasite.
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This blurb is borrowed from the https://apprenticealf.wordpress.com/ page.
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## License
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Changed the license to the WTFPL, do whatever you like with this script. Ultimately it's just a front-end for ffmpeg after all.
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2016-03-31 04:48:35 +02:00
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## Need Help?
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I'll help out if you are having issues, just submit and issue and I'll get back to you when I can.
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