A better way to listen audiobook on MacOS

iina-as-an-audiobook-player.md

1. Convert Audible to mp3

Use OpenAudible.

2. Transcribe the audiobook

Use whisper-auto-transcribe.

1. Install Python 3

2. Clone the repo

   git clone https://github.com/tomchang25/whisper-auto-transcribe.git
   cd whisper-auto-transcribe
   

3. Install dependency

   pip install git+https://github.com/openai/whisper.git 
   pip install gradio
   

4. Install ffmpeg

   # on Ubuntu or Debian
   sudo apt update && sudo apt install ffmpeg
   
   # on MacOS using Homebrew (https://brew.sh/)
   brew install ffmpeg
   
   # on Windows using Chocolatey (https://chocolatey.org/)
   choco install ffmpeg
   
   # on Windows using Scoop (https://scoop.sh/)
   scoop install ffmpeg
   

5. Open application

   python gui.py
   

Or, use the command line:

python ./cli.py "./7 powers.mp3" --output "./tmp/7 Powers.srt" --task transcribe --model large

3. iina, a player based upon MPV

• Installation:

brew install iina

or, download from iina Official Website.

• Create mpv configuration file:

mkdir ~/.config/mpv
cat <<EOT >> ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
[extension.mp3]
profile-desc="profile for audiobooks"
audio-display=external-first
sub-align-x=left
sub-margin-x=100
sub-pos=85
sub-font='SauceCodePro Nerd Font'
sub-font-size=50
save-position-on-quit=yes
sub-auto=all
cover-art-auto=all
stop-screensaver=always
# autofit=640
ontop=yes
# Adjust subtitle timing is to remove minor gaps or overlaps
# between subtitles (if the difference is smaller than 210 ms, 
# the gap or overlap is removed).
sub-fix-timing=yes
EOT

• iina → Settings → Advanced:

  • Enable advanced settings

  • Check Use config directory

4. Cover-art Picture

5. Shortcuts

Navigate to next subtitle: Shift + Right

Navigate to previous subtitle: Shift + Left

Toggle Music Mode: Option + Command + m

Enlarge Window: Command + =

Shrink Window: Command + -

Done!