drive-py vs m4b-tool

drive-py

Disk comparison tool (by web3cryptowallet)

m4b-tool

m4b-tool is a command line utility to merge, split and chapterize audiobook files such as mp3, ogg, flac, m4a or m4b (by sandreas)

M4b Audiobook

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drive-py		m4b-tool
	Project
2	Mentions	34
0	Stars	1,082
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	6.8
almost 3 years ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
Python	Language	PHP
-	License	MIT License

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drive-py

Posts with mentions or reviews of drive-py. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-15.

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drive.py
Disc comare tool
https://github.com/web3cryptowallet/drive-py
I made it to work with unstructured data with any amount of size

m4b-tool

Posts with mentions or reviews of m4b-tool. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-26.

Plex Music library incorrect track order
1 project | /r/PleX | 3 Jun 2023
Audiobooks and chapter selection.
1 project | /r/Piracy | 16 May 2023
help: how to disable Shuffle for audiobooks?? I disabled everything I could find that had shuffle in it. For example this audiobook has 7 parts and rather than play 1-7 it plays in a random order every time this time starting with part 2 first.
1 project | /r/PleX | 5 May 2023
BATCH Merging and converting solution for 3.5 TerraByte Audiobook Library?
3 projects | /r/audiobooks | 26 Apr 2023
Combining mp3/m4a files into one audiobook?
1 project | /r/audiobooks | 5 Apr 2023

I’ve been using https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool for years to combine files into m4b, add cover and metadata. I also use iOS and prologue for listening.
Plex needs an audio book style library
6 projects | /r/PleX | 30 Mar 2023

MP3Merge, m4b-tool. This one is interesting for iOS users.
Question for bulk ripping audiobooks
1 project | /r/DataHoarder | 16 Jan 2023
Best Windows app for combining multiple MP3s into single M4B
2 projects | /r/DataHoarder | 8 Jan 2023

Look into m4btool (https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool). Audiobookbinder increases the m4b filesize. Followed this post for my own purposes: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/426094/convert-multiple-mp3-files-or-single-m4a-into-m4b-with-ffmpeg-and-afconvert
How to merge several m4a files into a single chapterized m4b?
1 project | /r/audiobooks | 14 Nov 2022
Convert m4b
1 project | /r/LazyLibrarian | 14 Nov 2022

M4B-tool which wraps ffmpeg might be your best bet if you are planning on converting m4b’s.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing drive-py and m4b-tool you can also consider the following projects:

ffmpeg-python - Python bindings for FFmpeg - with complex filtering support

modd - A flexible developer tool that runs processes and responds to filesystem changes

AudioBookConverter - Improved AudioBookConverter based on freeipodsoftware release (mp3 to m4b converter)

kvmgr - KVM Manager Scripts

Audiobooks.bundle - Audiobook metadata agent for Plex

nixos-config - ❄️ My NixOS configuration

Plex-Audiobook-Guide - A walkthrough for optimal Audiobook experience using Plex

jid - json incremental digger

KeenWrite - Free, open-source, cross-platform desktop Markdown text editor with live preview, string interpolation, and math.

tone - tone is a cross platform audio tagger and metadata editor to dump and modify metadata for a wide variety of formats, including mp3, m4b, flac and more. It has no dependencies and can be downloaded as single binary for Windows, macOS, Linux and other common platforms.

ZXing - ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library for Java, Android