Convert mp3 to m4b -> Audiobooks
10. August 2008
There are a lot of tools available to convert mp3 files into m4b files, the
format for audiobooks on the iPods/iPhones.
However, I stille like to do it on the cmd-line. Its clean and fast. You just need to
have mpg123 and faac installed:
mpg123 -s input.mp3 | faac -b 80 -P -X -w -o output.m4b -
If you want to convert a whole directory of mp3 files, as it is the common desire, here
is the onliner:
for i in $(ls *mp3); do mpg123 -s $i | faac -b 80 -P -X -w -o ${i%mp3}m4b -; done
You can find this cmd-lines also in my wiki.
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How can we do the opposite? Convert from m4b to mp3…
Thanks for putting this up! Its come in very handy.
Just a small point, on your one liner, you have ‘(ls $mp3)’, should this be ‘(ls *mp3)’? It appears that way in your wiki entry.
yes. it should be *mp3. thx for pointing this out
It doesnt work for me, the sound is run to quick in amarok and in the ipod.
Thanks anyway.