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Reformatting Audio Books for iPod

  • Use brew cask install mediahuman-audio-converter to compress the files with the following settings

    • 24kbps
    • Mono
    • AAC Audio
    • m4b file
    • 22.050 khz sample

  • Rename files in Finder to a author/book identifier followed by counter to signify part number. A reduction in length allows it to appear on the iPod screen.

    12 Rules for Life An Antidote to Chaos (Unabridged) - 01.m4a

->

JBP 12 Rules 00001.m4a

  • Use zmv to rename all files to m4b to enable Audiobook functionality like progress tracking

    • Example command zmv "*.m4a" "\$(basename \$f .m4a).m4b"

  • Use brew cask install musicbrainz-picard to set the file metadata using the filename

    • Tools -> Tags from File Names
    • Manually set Artist, Album to ensure consistency
    • Remove unnecessary additional fields including Track Number
    • Save to overwrite the metadata in the tracks

  • Import into iTunes, the m4b extension should automatically imply the Audiobook type