m4b-tool VS ffmpeg-python

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.

MP3Merge, m4b-tool. This one is interesting for iOS users.

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

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

Even given an option it can be difficult to find the corresponding documentation, if only because of the many different submodules and encoders and decoders and filters that have o-so-slightly different options. That said, I've just switched from pydub to ffmpeg-python (due to memory issues of the former[1]) and judging from the Jupiter notebook[2] it seems a much more intuitive method of constructing ffmpeg pipelines.

[1] https://github.com/jiaaro/pydub/issues/135

[2] https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python/tree/master/examp...

You might want to look into ffmpeg-python as well

This bug on github sounds like the same issue you have

take a look at https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python

The ffmpeg-python python package still makes use of the “future” python package (search for “past” in the code base). These should be removed and updated as necessary.

I've had a look through these examples, but I can't get the numpy conversion to work (I get broken pipe errors, but if any of you can get it working this solution would be ideal)

Your going to be wanting to enumerate all the files in a folder, shuffle them, and then use a library for splicing them together. A quick google search brought me to moviePy, which seems pretty solid. ffmpeg is the industry standard for programmatically working with video, but it's...complicated to say the least. Looks like there are some good python bindings for it, but it may be overkill for this project. I'm sure there are others out there too.

stitching [0], [1], and [2]

[0]https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python#quickstart

[1]https://kkroening.github.io/ffmpeg-python/#ffmpeg.zoompan

[2]https://ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg-filters.html#Examples-133

I've been using ffmpeg-python recently, and it will do a lot of the crazy complex transforms for you, and you can write sane python code vs. trying to deal with the crazy default ffmpeg syntax.

https://github.com/kkroening/ffmpeg-python

ffmpeg is the traditional Swiss Army knife for video stuff. there's a Python library out there. might not be appropriate in an embedded environment though, it's a bit of a beast.