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Script to convert audible aax files to DRM-free m4b files via ffmpeg
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convert_audible_aax_to_m4b.sh
#!/usr/bin/bash
## extract once using https://github.com/inAudible-NG/audible-activator
activationBytes=""
for m in *.aax; do
basename=${m%.aax}
# extract audio stream
ffmpeg -activation_bytes $activationBytes -i ${basename}.aax -vn -c:a copy ${basename}.m4a
# extract thumbnail
ffmpeg -activation_bytes $activationBytes -i ${basename}.aax -an -vcodec copy ${basename}.jpg
mv ${basename}.m4a ${basename}.m4b
mp4art --add ${basename}.jpg ${basename}.m4b
mp4file --optimize ${basename}.m4b
done
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