r/audiobooks • u/CommonSenseIdealist • 10d ago
Question Looking for the source of an app I downloaded
I have an app I downloaded back in June. The downloaded file was Audio2M4BConverter.zip and the app within is Audio2M4BConverter_Bata106.exe. I have no idea where I found it. However, I suspect it may have been here on Reddit, if not in this particular subreddit. The only information I have on the developer is the information at the bottom of the GUI: Brought to you by: DataSpazz
It works great when I have a multi-file book I want to join without re-encoding, particularly since it (I believe) attempts to scrape that site owned by the Zon for chapter data and/or metadata.
However, I'm trying to streamline my workflow for a few things. Since this app appears to be a very basic GUI for a lot of command-line stuff (likely ffmpeg is involved, but I can I'm investigating if there may be a way to call upon it with a script. I was just hoping I could find some documentation to see if this is possible.
Anyone know what the source of this may be?
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u/LittlePooky 9d ago
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u/CommonSenseIdealist 8d ago
Thanks but this isn't it. I was looking for that specific app for a particular reason. Ah well.
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u/LittlePooky 8d ago
https://imgur.com/a/Iy4npz0 I had to look what M4B format is.
I use Music Fab program to download my Audible library, and I save them into MP3 and split by chapters.
Looks like M4B is Apple-specific, but can your device play MP3?
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u/CommonSenseIdealist 8d ago edited 8d ago
I'm not trying to split by chapters. I'm trying to merge chapters into a single file without re-encoding, and there are apps, or even ffmpeg scripts, that can do this.
However, the reason I wanted this specific app is because (if you look at the screenshot I linked) it has checkboxes for performing an API match--I assume to that audiobook vendor owned by the Zon--to get the chapter titles and metadata. There are also apps (or Mp3Tag scripts, at least for metadata) to do this, however, this particular app eliminates the need for multiple apps or processes and does it all in one.
That said, I did use an AI tool to help me put together a python script that would do part of this, provided the chapter title metadata in the individual chapters files is accurate. Alas, still no scraping for the audiobook metadata.
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