Hence "AAX Audio Converter" should be number of cores times faster, minus some overhead for invoking FFmpeg of, let's say, 10%. "AAX to MP3" converts chapter by chapter in the same single thread while "AAX Audio Converter" spreads the task across multiple threads and CPU cores. It won't make a big difference, but "AAX Audio Converter" should be somewhat faster even in basic mode.īut for chapter and split chapter mode performance should be significantly higher with "AAX Audio Converter". "AAX Audio Converter" delegates the entire audio transcoding job to FFmpeg, without any further interaction. "AAX to MP3" decodes with the help of an Audible Manager DLL and feeds sample by sample into FFmpeg. Both versions also use FFmpeg but in a slightly different way than "AAX Audio Converter" does. There are actually two versions of it, one that simply takes an AAX input file and creates a single MP3 output file and a later one that allows to split the output into chapters (plus a number of other extras). You will need the Audible App for Win10 (or the older Audible Manager) and have it activated for your account. See its anti-piracy notice on the website or in the manual. I have looked into the "AAX to MP3" code before I decided to create my own tool. And there is the fairly new AAX Audio Converter. I guess you are referring to the Windows application under that name. User guide (also included in the setup package): AaxAudioConverter.pdf Parallelizes the work where possible, using every available CPU core, for maximum throughput.ĭirect download of the setup package: Employs versatile FFmpeg for all audio processing.Creates structured output: Author, book title, chapter, track.Can split the original AAX file into chapters and each chapter into shorter tracks of roughly equal length.Audible activation code needed or Audible Manager/App installed and activated.The program can now also retrieve the required activation code from the Audible App (Windows 10). ![]() With the new options you can tweak it to your liking. Sometimes, the built-in processing will not yield the expected results. By default, AAX Audio Converter will try to shorten the book title, extracting the name of the book and removing all meta information, like “unabridged”, “part” for partial books, and also the series title, if the book is part of a series. In response to your feedback here and on other forums, I have added a few customization options, in particular for dealing with the book title. ![]() Version 1.1, published three weeks ago, had quite a few downloads. (Does not circumvent DRM) Can split the original AAX file into chapters and each chapter into shorter tracks of roughly equal length. Audible activation code needed or Audible Manager installed and activated. Version 1.2 of AAX Audio Converter is now available. Its called AAX Audio Converter, its free and Open Source.
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