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--- convert_.aax_to_.mp3 [2024/12/17 08:46] – alban
+++ convert_.aax_to_.mp3 [2024/12/17 12:01] (current) – [Convert .aax (Audible audiobook format) to .mp3/m4b etc. (on ArchLinux):] alban
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 ==== Convert .aax (Audible audiobook format) to .mp3/m4b etc. (on ArchLinux):====
+// This tutorial is for arch linux, but you can adapt easily for others distros //
 === 1) Install aaxtomp3 ===
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 https://github.com/KrumpetPirate/AAXtoMP3
-    ''yay -Sy aaxtomp3''
+      * ''yay -Sy aaxtomp3''
 Install the dependencies:
-    ''yay -Sy mp4v2-utils ''
+  *     ''yay -Sy mp4v2-utils ''
-    ''yay -Sy mediainfo''
+  *     ''yay -Sy mediainfo''
 === 2) Install the package that retrieves the Audible authentication code to enable conversion (thanks to Audible for making it so easy for us...) ===
 https://github.com/mkb79/audible-cli?tab=readme-ov-file
+  *
-    ''yay -Sy python-pipx''
+  *     ''yay -Sy python-pipx''
-    ''pipx install audible-cli''
+  *     ''pipx install audible-cli''
-    ''pipx list'' then go to the directory ''apps are exposed on your $PATH at''
+  *     ''pipx list'' then go to the directory ''apps are exposed on your $PATH at''
-    ''./audible-quickstart'' (for interactive installation). (This will create files in a ''.audible'' folder)
+  *     ''./audible-quickstart'' (for interactive installation). (This will create files in a ''.audible'' folder)
-    Retrieve the famous Audible authentication code: ''./audible activation-bytes''
+  *     Retrieve the famous Audible authentication code: ''./audible activation-bytes''
 Now that we have ''aaxtomp3'' and our ''activation-bytes'', go to the folder where the ''.aax'' file to be converted is located and run:
-<code> AAXtoMP3 -e:m4a -A activation-bytes -d audiobook.aax
+<code>AAXtoMP3 -e:m4b -A activation-bytes -d audiobook.aax
 OR
 bash AAXtoMP3 -e:m4b -A activation-bytes -d audiobook.aax </code>
-Note: Enter the ''activation-bytes'' code as is (without quotes).
+**Note:** Enter the ''activation-bytes'' code as is (without quotes).