Mp3 To M4b For Mac

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What is M4B?

  • A) convert.mp3 files - the M4B audiobook uses.m4a files for the chapters (.m4a is a specific type of.aac file) so you have to convert the files. B) select or create album artwork - If you want to use the image from the Librivox Catalog page, right-click on the 'Album Art' link and save the image to your computer; this is the easiest way to.
  • Compared with mp3, m4b audiobooks allow you to store digital bookmarks which make it easier for you to jump to the point where you last left off. And also the m4b format is more suitable than mp3 for an Apple device like iPhone, iPod, iPad since it's specially used by iTunes to store audiobooks.

Download the latest version of AudioBook Binder for Mac - Convert MP3 audio files to M4B format for iPod compatibility. Read 15 user reviews of AudioBook Binder on MacUpdate. Tags: m4b converter, convert m4b to mp3, how to convert m4b to mp3, m4b to mp3 converter, m4b converter mac, convert m4b, m4a, wav, aac, aiff, wma, split m4b, split m4b by chapter. M4B is the file extension for audio-only MP4 files. It is widely used by podcast and audiobook downloaded from the Apple iTunes store.

The file extension .M4B defines the file as specific type of audiobook in the same way .MP3 defines a specific type of audio file. An M4B audiobook is very similar to an audio album made of .MP3 files. In fact they rely on the same ID3 tags to identify: Artist (Author), Album title (Book Title), ALbum Image (Book Cover), Track (Chapter), Track Length (Chapter length). The biggest difference is that the M4B will bookmark or remember your place in a file when you stop. The Librivox M4B collection is available from the catalog pages.Librivox Forum thread for Audiobook M4B discussion

How to Make M4B Files

The basic steps as well as two audiobook building programs 'Chapter & Verse' for PC users and 'Audiobookbuilder' for MAC users are described on this page.

Things you will need:

  • the audio files (Usually that means downloading them, unless you were the reader, PL, or BC and already have them on your computer)
  • an image for the audiobook cover
  • software to combine the audio files and the image into an audiobook

Things you may need:

  • software to make adjustments to audio files
  • software to edit image file

Downloading Files

You can download the individual mp3 files or the 'Zip file of the entire book' from either the Libirvox Catalog project page or corresponding Internet Archive page. The zip file will save you quite a few mouse clicks; you will have to unzip the files after the download completes. Although the 128kb mp3 files provide a little better, most audiobooks use a 64kpbs bit rate (or less) so you don't need to take the extra time downloading the larger 128kb files.

Adjustments to Audio Files

You may want to edit the audio files that you downloaded. Listening to a sample and/or looking at the file properties can help you decide if adjustments are necessary. Here are the links to the wiki information on two programs you can use to edit the audio files Audacity and GarageBand. Here are a few things to consider.

Volume or background noise - If the volume is too low or there is too much background noise the audiobook may be difficult to hear.

Librivox Disclaimers & readers - You are not required to remove any of these. The first disclaimer in the audiobook should always be kept. The first time a reader states their name should always be kept. If the project is so big that you need to split in into multiple files, keep at least the first disclaimer and announcement of each reader in each file.

Listeners may appreciate you removing the disclaimer if there are a lot of short chapters, removing the readers name if it a solo project, removing repeated announcements at the end of the chapter, or trimming off long silences are the end of each file.

Chapters - In some cases, the audio file will contain multiple short chapters - consider splitting the audio file to match the chapters. In other cases, a large chapter may have been split into multiple audio files - consider combining the audio files to match the chapter.

Building the Audiobook

If you plan to use either 'Chapter & Verse' or 'Audiobookbuilder' see the separate sections describing them. The steps are a basic guideline.

a) convert .mp3 files - the M4B audiobook uses .m4a files for the chapters (.m4a is a specific type of .aac file) so you have to convert the files.

b) select or create album artwork - If you want to use the image from the Librivox Catalog page, right-click on the 'Album Art' link and save the image to your computer; this is the easiest way to select an image. As an alternative, you can make your own image if you want or if there is not one available on the catalog page. In general, images should be square, not larger than 300x300 pixels in size, and saved as either a .jpg or .png file. For an audiobook only one image is required; making a CD Cover is a bit more involved. There is more information on creating artwork and the related software in the Volunteer CD Covers! forum thread and on the CD Covers Wiki page.

If you can't find a picture you like for your book's cover art you can use this template:
Just save this image to your computer and in an image editor add the book's title and author.

c) Audiobook file size - Listeners have reported problems with downloading or playing audiobooks that are 'too big'. Consider splitting files longer than 220mb (8 hours at 64kb) into smaller sections as a rough guideline. You could use a 32kb setting to get a file about half that size for the same time duration.

Sharing your work

If you are interested in, or have created, an audiobook please let it be known here. Just post a message containing a link to the LibriVox catalog page for that particular book and a link to your file and link to the picture file you used as a cover would be nice too. You can upload the M4B file somewhere such as MediaFire.com or at Archive.org as a test file. Here is a small template for that post.

Chapter & Verse for PC users

You will need to download both Chapter and Verse and Itunes - both are free. Chapter & Verse uses iTunes for file conversion and merging the files into an audiobook.

1) Open Chapter & Verse

This is the main 'Chapter & Verse' window. As you build the audiobook you should work through the 3 main tabs (Input Files, Chapters, Metadata) from left to right. If this is your first time, you should take a few minutes with the settings before you start converting any audio files. To get to the Options/settings window select 'Tools' then 'options' or click on the little gear-shaped 'Options' icon.

2) Options and Settings

These images show some suggested settings followed by a short explanation. Once you understand what the settings do, feel free to experiment and set them to meet your needs.

'Use Last Directory Accessed' is set to use the same directory this time that it used last time. You could specify a specific location if you want.

You can set the first three 'Startup and Warnings' on or off.

Turn off the final one 'Show Audiobook Duration Warning', unless you only want to make very small audiobooks. The warning will pop up frequently if you makemedium or large audiobooks and can become annoying.

Default Sort files is set to 'Ascending' so to get the files in named order: filechap1, filechap2, filechap3...

Fix Timescale Issues is set to 'ask Before' to be able to look at the problem before the program fixes it; this rarely comes up as an issue.

Add Audiobook to iTunes is set to 'add Automatically' because to create have a copy of each audiobook. This setting does not effect the audiobook, it just takes a few seconds to make a copy in your iTunes library.

To keep things together, turn on 'Place Converted Files.....'. You can specify another location if you like.

The AAC encoder settings are both critical and confusing. The settings you see will make a 64kbps mono audiobook. Here is what first confused me, the 128kb setting - this is the Stereo rate - when you select Mono for channels you will only get half of that. Using a 64kbps Stereo bit rate and mono channels will give you a 32kbps audiobook.

These settings control the information that automatically fills the 'Chapters' tab in the main Chapter & Verse window. Use <Metadata Title' to pull the information for the chapter titles from the ID3 tags; the Interval is set to 'Chapter' so if will pull the ID3 tag information with each new input file. The other settings for 'Interval' and 'Move' are set to very large values so that they should not activate.

Do not use chapter images so the settings are not important; if you use chapter images Chapter & Verse will create a movie or .M4A file instead of a .M4B file.

These settings control the information that automatically fills the 'Metadata' tab in the main Chapter & Verse window.

'Automatically Extract ...from First Input File' is set so that the Artist, Album, etc. will fill in with the ID3 tags from the first chapter. If you turn off the 'auto-fill' option, you will have to fill all of fields in the Metadata tab yourself. With it set to 'auto-fill' you should just have to edit the title.

'resize Artwork Automatically' and '300' pixels are set in case the artwork was larger than 300x300 pixels in size.

3) Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the folder that contains the audio files you downloaded

Select the audio files in Windows Explorer and drag them to 'Chapter & Verse', please re-read information about audiobook size above.

An 'Audio Encoding Error Summary' window will pop up unless you have already converted the audio files to AAC. For .MP3 files this is an error screen you want to see. If you want to check or change your options/setting there is a button for that, otherwise select 'Yes - Convert' to use the settings you have already selected.

'Chapter & Verse' will now startup iTunes to help converting the .MP3 files. There is a status bar at the bottom of the 'Chapter & Verse' window and at the top of the iTunes window to track your progress. When the conversion is done, you should have information in all 3 main tabs (Input Files, Chapters, and Metadata).

The Input tab should show your files have been converted to .M4A files (.M4A is a type of .AAC file).

The Chapters tab should show the start time and title for each chapter. If you see a red-colored '!', the chapter names are duplicates. These are the names that will appear in the chapter list of the final audiobook, click on them and edit as needed.

The title of the first chapter automatically fills in the Title field; you will want to edit this as: a) the tile of the first chapter is rarely the same as the title of the book, and b) this will become the file name of the audiobook when it saves. Remove any punctuation and unnecessary words (A, An, The, of) in your file name.

Click 'Select Artwork' and find the artwork you saved or created.

Check that the image of you art shows up in the upper-right and that your Title, Author, and Album are correct.

Then hit the 'Build Audiobook' button and confirm/select your save directory.

When the audiobook build is done being you will have a M4B file ready to upload.

Audiobookbuilder for MAC users

You can buy a program called Audiobook Builder. You can download a free trial version, the full version costs about 5 US$.This program is very easy to use. A tutorial is available.

In order to choose the folder to which your files will be saved, go to preferences.

2.1. Create a New Project.

2.2. Fill in Author and Title fields.

2.3. Drag a cover image to the indicated field.

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2.4. Click on the 'more' button if you want to enter additional data ('narrated by', 'Copyright', 'Year', 'Comments', etc...)


2.5. Click the 'chapters' tab, drag the chapters to the Audiobook Builder. If the chapters have special characters, click on 'Show details' to correct the title names (the special characters tend to look weird, but just copying them from the catalog page usually works).

2.6. Once the chapters have been added (this can take some minutes), go to the 'Finish' tab.

2.7. Check your settings in the 'build options'. Choose format: 'M4B'; part style 'Break Between Chapters'. Set the target length to the desired duration so that you get a number of parts more or less equal in duration. Note: the total length for each file should not exceed 6 or 7 hours as some devices will have problems playing longer files.

2.8. Click 'Build Audiobook'.

2.9. Once your Audiobook is ready, a window pops up, saying: 'Show in Finder' or 'OK'. Click 'Show in Finder'.

2.10. Rename your files (remove the numbers and articles at the beginning).

2.11. You're ready to upload!

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Audiobooks purchased and downloaded from Audible Store are protected by Digital Rights Management (DRM), which restricts you from playing them on various types of devices or in any applications.
inAudible software is a decent tool that helps you resolve the DRM issue. Is it safe or free? How to use inAudible converter and its alternative? Today, we will give an objective review of it.

inAudible Software Review

3 Things Need to Know about inAudible Software

#1. Is inAudible Converter Available?

Yes, it still can be downloaded from some forums, youtube.com with an MZ link, and torrent sites like The Pirate Bay, Kickass Torrents.

It’s inconvenient to obtain the download address of inAudible converter, as it doesn’t have the official website. When you search inAudible software on Google, you will see a website- inaudible.software.informer.com. But there is no download link in it, which makes the user from answers.informer.com mistakenly think inAudible software not available anymore.

#2. Is inAudible Software Free?

Yes, it’s free.
inAudible software is compatible with both Mac and Windows. The versions you can find are low especially inAudible for Mac, as the software stopped updating long ago.

#3. Is inAudible Converter Safe to Use?

Not 100% safe (although the github.com proves it’s neither pirated nor illegal.).
First of all, there is no official website for you to download inAudible software with confidence. Whether the links provided by various forums and torrent sites are secure that needs to be verified.
Based on the test, the Mac version is safe to install and use, but the Windows one may not. The first time, when we gave a try on inAudible 1.97 download, it encountered a Trojan. We turned to install inAudible 1.95 for Windows as instead. The entire download and use process were great. However, the horrible Trojan occurs again when splitting audiobooks by chapters.

Overview

inAudible software is a practical audiobook converter that allows you to remove DRM from AA or AAX Audible files and convert them to applicable MP3, AAC/M4B, or WAV. It retains original metadata (author, cover, title, chapters, etc.) and ID3 tags of your audiobooks after conversion. inAudible software also supports to separate Audile files into multiple small segments by chapters.

Main Functions:

  • Transcodes Audible files to MP3, M4B, etc.
  • Keep ID3 Tags after audiobook conversions
  • Adjust output-tweaking aspects such as sample rate, CBR bitrate, VBR mode, etc.
  • Split audiobooks by silence detection, fixed duration or chapter maker (Win); split files into small clips using the default “Split by chapter” option (Mac)
  • Rip CD (Win)
  • Batch conversion for same files (Win)
  • Misc tools: Tag Editor, Renaming Tool, MP3/M4B Joiner, and Audio Editor (Win)

Pros:

  • Free and lightweight
  • Full-featured audiobook converter
  • Fast conversion speed

Cons:

  • Discontinue upgrading
  • Novices may be confused by the Win version

In a word, inAudible converter for Windows is packed with more powerful features than the Mac version. But every coin has two sides, the Windows version is not easy to master for new users.

inAudible Download

Methods 1. Download from a Reliable Forum

Thanks for the user from Github, you can get all inaudible download links here: https://github.com/rmcrackan/inAudible.

Mac version:

  • inAudible v0.09

Windows versions:

  • inAudible v1.702
  • inAudible v1.75
  • inAudible v1.802
  • inAudible v1.86
  • inAudible v1.91
  • inAudible v1.94
  • inAudible v1.95
  • inAudible v1.97

People also search the keyword “inAudible 1.98 download” on Google, but we didn’t find the version 1.98. If you know it, please share the download link in the comment.

Methods 2. Download from Thepiratebay.org

Mac version:

  • inAudible v0.09

Windows version:

  • inAudible v1.56
  • inAudible v 1.666
  • inAudible 1.78
  • inAudible v1.97

Step 1. Install a torrent downloader- BitLord, and run it.
Step 2. Head over to the inAudible download site on thepiratebay.org.
Step 3. Click on “Get this torrent”, and it pops out a prompt dialog, just choose “Open BitLord”.


Step 4. Click “Start download” on Add Torrents window, and the software will be added to the download list of BitLord.

Test result: when we download the inAudible converter for Mac, it stuck at 0 KB/S, but all the Windows versions are successfully downloaded.

Input & Output Formats

The input file types that can be opened with inAudible software:

  • AA
  • AAX
  • ADH

The output codes of Mac and Win are different:
Mac:

  • AAC/M4B
  • MP3

Win:

  • “True Decrypt” output will be MP3 (Lossless)
  • AAC/M4B (NeroAAC)
  • MP3 (Lame)
  • WAV

How to Use inAudible Software to Convert Files like AAX?

On Mac:
Step 1. Click the button that looks like an ellipsis in the “Input” column, and import AAX file from your Mac.
Step 2. Choose an output location.
Step 3. Customize the transcoding options including selecting a target output format.
Step 4. Click on “Begin Conversion” button.

On Windows:
Step 1. When you launch inAudible converter on your Windows, you will see the “Conversion Wizard” which enables you to load local AAX file.


Step 2. Specify your output file location.
Step 3. Choose the output type and modify audio settings.


Step 4. (Optional) Compared to the Mac version, inAudible Windows supports more chapter options. You can also click the “Adjust Chapters” button to open up the “Advanced Cutter/Chapterizer” window for more advanced customizing.


Step 5. Start the conversion for the Audible file.

Best Alternative to inAudible Software- Epubor Audible Converter

Epubor Audible Converter, available on both Mac and Windows, is the most professional and popular inAudible software alternative. It devotes to unlocking DRM protection and converting Audible AA/AAX to MP3 or M4B formats. Better than an inAudible converter, Epubor Audible Converter can handle multiple files in various types at the same time.
With its intuitive interface, you can easily split the large audiobooks to small clips via a fixed time interval, average segments, and chapters. You don’t have to worry about the ID tags and metadata information, as they will be preserved.

Why we recommend Epubor Audible Converter:

Convert Mp3 To M4b Audiobook

  • Absolutely safe
  • 60X faster than competitors
  • Decrypt AAX or AA file with one-click
  • Deal with Audible files in a bulk
  • Split Audible books by multiple options
  • Support a few UI languages

How to Use the Best inAudible Software Alternative:

Step 1. Install Epubor Audible Converter
Download the free trial of Epubor on your Mac or Windows. The free version only lets you convert 10 minutes of each AA/AAX file. And you can’t use the split function. If you desire more helpful features, upgrade it to the purchased version.

Step 2. Import audiobooks
Launch inAudible software. You can click on “+Add” to locate the folder stored your audiobooks, or directly drag-n-drop the downloaded files into the software interface. All the information like book title, author, and length of added Audible books will be displayed as well.

Mp3 To M4b For Mac Os

Step 3. Separate AA/AAX files into chapters
At the end of each book title, you can see an “Option’ button for opening the audiobook splitting window. Choose a split mode as you like and click on the “OK” button.

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Step 4. Process the conversion
Click the file icon in the bottom right corner and choose an output path.
Specify your target format as MP3 or M4B and start the conversion.

Conclusion

As a free audiobook converter and DRM remover, inAudible software has proved its advantages over other similar tools. But if you prefer using a 100% safe and dedicated program, Epubor Audible Converter should be one of the best alternatives to inAudible converter.

Phillips, Nina

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