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Convert .aax (Audible audiobook format) to .mp3/m4b etc. (on ArchLinux):

1) Install aaxtomp3

https://github.com/KrumpetPirate/AAXtoMP3

  • yay -Sy aaxtomp3

Install the dependencies:

  • yay -Sy mp4v2-utils
  • 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
  • pipx install audible-cli
  • 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)
  • 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:

AAXtoMP3 -e:m4a -A activation-bytes -d audiobook.aax 
OR 
bash AAXtoMP3 -e:m4b -A activation-bytes -d audiobook.aax 

Note: Enter the activation-bytes code as is (without quotes).

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