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Mark

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Aug 12, 2015, 1:08:58 PM8/12/15
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Anyone know a straight-forward way to do this?
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Paul Sture

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Aug 12, 2015, 2:56:02 PM8/12/15
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On 2015-08-12, Mark <captai...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Anyone know a straight-forward way to do this?

According to the following link, VLC can read them.

<http://fileinfo.com/extension/m4b>

An Amadeus Pro supports it, as "Bookmarkable AAC",
though that's not free.

ErikRS

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Aug 12, 2015, 7:27:18 PM8/12/15
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When Amadeus Pro can I also think that "MediaHunter Audio Converter"
can. it can convert from/to a lot of audio formats - even inlayed audio
tracks in the most common video file formats except the audio tracks in
a video_TS file...

MediaHunter Audio Converter is free
<http://www.mediahuman.com/audio-converter/>

Cheers, Erik Richard

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Mark

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Aug 13, 2015, 9:32:39 AM8/13/15
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On 2015-08-12 23:27:16 +0000, ErikRS <mac-...@is.invalid> said:

>
> Paul Sture wrote:
>> On 2015-08-12, Mark <captai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Anyone know a straight-forward way to do this?
>>
>> According to the following link, VLC can read them.
>>
>> <http://fileinfo.com/extension/m4b>
>>
>> An Amadeus Pro supports it, as "Bookmarkable AAC",
>> though that's not free.
>
> When Amadeus Pro can I also think that "MediaHunter Audio Converter"
> can. it can convert from/to a lot of audio formats - even inlayed audio
> tracks in the most common video file formats except the audio tracks in
> a video_TS file...
>
> MediaHunter Audio Converter is free
> <http://www.mediahuman.com/audio-converter/>
>
> Cheers, Erik Richard

Amadeus Pro won't (a freind tried). MediaHunter won't. Switch (from
NCH) /seems/ to, but the .mp3 - although it'll play in iTunes - is
silent.
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Elliott Roper

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Aug 13, 2015, 11:27:33 AM8/13/15
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<snipped everything ‘cos I could see the OP>

A quick experiment with Fission was fruitful. I opened a single m4b
(Northanger Abbey from Naxos) in Fission and it gave me 29 .m4a's one per
chapter I guess. They can be batch converted also in Fission to mp3's. Trying
to go direct to mp3 in its batch converter resulted in a single file.

It also seems to do the reverse. Making a chapterized (sic) AAC is a file
menu option.

Fission is a rogueamoeba product (They are the makers of Audio Hijack) It
ain't free but it is pretty cheap at USD 29 and there is a free trial.
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ErikRS

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Aug 13, 2015, 12:48:58 PM8/13/15
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Mark wrote:
> On 2015-08-12 23:27:16 +0000, ErikRS <mac-...@is.invalid> said:
>
>>
>> Paul Sture wrote:
>>> On 2015-08-12, Mark <captai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anyone know a straight-forward way to do this?
>>>
>>> According to the following link, VLC can read them.
>>>
>>> <http://fileinfo.com/extension/m4b>
>>>
>>> An Amadeus Pro supports it, as "Bookmarkable AAC",
>>> though that's not free.
>>
>> When Amadeus Pro can I also think that "MediaHunter Audio Converter"
>> can. it can convert from/to a lot of audio formats - even inlayed
>> audio tracks in the most common video file formats except the audio
>> tracks in a video_TS file...
>>
>> MediaHunter Audio Converter is free
>> <http://www.mediahuman.com/audio-converter/>
>
> Amadeus Pro won't (a freind tried). MediaHunter won't. Switch (from NCH)
> /seems/ to, but the .mp3 - although it'll play in iTunes - is silent.

Hm, what about All2MP3? - Haven't used it much, but it has helped me a
few times...

<http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/27103/all2mp3>

Cheers, ERik Richard

Mark

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Aug 13, 2015, 1:11:51 PM8/13/15
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On 2015-08-13 15:27:29 +0000, Elliott Roper <nos...@yrl.co.uk> said:

> <snipped everything ‘cos I could see the OP>
>
> A quick experiment with Fission was fruitful. I opened a single m4b
> (Northanger Abbey from Naxos) in Fission and it gave me 29 .m4a's one per
> chapter I guess. They can be batch converted also in Fission to mp3's. Trying
> to go direct to mp3 in its batch converter resulted in a single file.
>
> It also seems to do the reverse. Making a chapterized (sic) AAC is a file
> menu option.
>
> Fission is a rogueamoeba product (They are the makers of Audio Hijack) It
> ain't free but it is pretty cheap at USD 29 and there is a free trial.

"This audio format is not supported by Fission". Could it be
DRM'd/protected? Wonder if there's a way to tell?
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Elliott Roper

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Aug 13, 2015, 4:59:37 PM8/13/15
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On 13 Aug 2015, Mark wrote
(in article <mqij1h$pr7$1...@dont-email.me>):

> On 2015-08-13 15:27:29 +0000, Elliott Roper<nos...@yrl.co.uk> said:
<snip>
> >
> > Fission is a rogueamoeba product (They are the makers of Audio Hijack) It
> > ain't free but it is pretty cheap at USD 29 and there is a free trial.
>
> "This audio format is not supported by Fission". Could it be
> DRM'd/protected? Wonder if there's a way to tell?


Try chopping the problem in half. Download a free m4b from Naxos and see if
that works in your set up. If your m4b is not too big and not too private
dropbox it somewhere and I'll have a go at it.

Wikipedia topic "MPEG-4 Part 14" explains the whole sorry mess. The guts of
it is that the m4b is the same as m4a. They are both container formats so any
approved codec within has to be dealt with by the audio software. That might
be where Fission is tripping up for you and not for the file I tried it on.
The same article names m4p as an extension for protected files. It was used
by iTunes in the bad old 'Fair Play' days.

everythin...@gmail.com

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May 17, 2017, 11:22:32 PM5/17/17
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在 2015年8月13日星期四 UTC+8上午1:08:58，Mark写道：
> Anyone know a straight-forward way to do this?
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> Cheers ... Mark

You may try Avdshare Audio Converter which can batch and directly convert video to audio formats or convert between FLAC, M4A, M4B, AAC, MP3, WAV, WMA, DTS, AC3, AIFF, etc.
Here is the easy guide https://www.avdshare.com/m4b-converter-to-mp3-wav-aiff-flac-aac

junne...@gmail.com

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Jun 8, 2018, 6:35:23 AM6/8/18
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Mark, there is a direct and easy way for you to convert M4B to MP3, no matter of your files are protected or unprotected by DRM technology.
You can use a great software called DRmare DRM Audio Converter for Windows https://www.drmare.com/drm-audio-converter-for-win to convert DRM and DRM-free M4B to MP3 with a few clicks.

For the detailed tutorial, you can visit this page: https://www.drmare.com/drm-audiobooks/convert-m4b-to-mp3.html

Graeme Wall

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Jun 8, 2018, 7:07:54 AM6/8/18
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On 08/06/2018 11:35, junne...@gmail.com wrote:
> Mark, there is a direct and easy way for you to convert M4B to MP3, no matter of your files are protected or unprotected by DRM technology.
[snip advert]

You did notice the name of this group?


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Jaimie Vandenbergh

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Jun 8, 2018, 9:21:37 AM6/8/18
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On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 12:07:52 +0100, Graeme Wall
<ra...@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>On 08/06/2018 11:35, junne...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Mark, there is a direct and easy way for you to convert M4B to MP3, no matter of your files are protected or unprotected by DRM technology.
>[snip advert]
>
>You did notice the name of this group?

It's just a drive-by spammer, of course they didn't.

Although see Charles Stross' book _Rule 34_ for a tale of when
antimalware becomes self aware.

Cheers - Jaimie
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