I recently bought an audiobook, not from Apple, that arrived as 20 mp3 files with imcomprehensible names. The seller has no interest in helping.

Does anyone know how I can turn these 20 mp3's into a single audiobook?

--
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On 25/06/2024 13:00, Sara Merriman wrote:

I recently bought an audiobook, not from Apple, that arrived as 20 mp3 files with imcomprehensible names. The seller has no interest in helping.

Does anyone know how I can turn these 20 mp3's into a single audiobook?

If you know which order they're supposed to be in and can rename the
files so they sort into that order then there are two options:

a) mp3cat <http://www.dmulholl.com/dev/mp3cat.html>
which will just join them all into one big mp3 file which might be good
enough.

b) or mp3binder <https://github.com/crra/mp3binder>
which is a bit more "audiobook aware".

Regards,
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Bruce Horrocks
Surrey, England

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On 25 Jun 2024 at 17:33:27 BST, "Bruce Horrocks" <07.013@scorecrow.com> wrote:

On 25/06/2024 13:00, Sara Merriman wrote:

I recently bought an audiobook, not from Apple, that arrived as 20 mp3 files >> with imcomprehensible names. The seller has no interest in helping.

Does anyone know how I can turn these 20 mp3's into a single audiobook?

If you know which order they're supposed to be in and can rename the
files so they sort into that order then there are two options:

a) mp3cat <http://www.dmulholl.com/dev/mp3cat.html>
which will just join them all into one big mp3 file which might be good enough.

b) or mp3binder <https://github.com/crra/mp3binder>
which is a bit more "audiobook aware".

Regards,

I finally foound something called "audiobook binder" which has done the job. What a palaver!
--
"What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic
simulations involving a sledgehammer and a common laboratory frog,
we can assume it will be pretty bad." - Dave Barry

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On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:00:10 GMT, Sara Merriman <sara@sarlet.com>
wrote:

I recently bought an audiobook, not from Apple, that arrived as 20 mp3 files >with imcomprehensible names. The seller has no interest in helping.

Does anyone know how I can turn these 20 mp3's into a single audiobook?

You could try "copy jokename01.mp3 jokename02.mp3 jokename04.mp3 jokename05.mp3 ...... fullbook.mp3", listing all of the chapters and
using the book's title and author as the "fullbook" file name.

It works with loads of file formats. Caveat: I've never tried a
multi-copy into one huge file with books so I don't know what will
happen. If you *do* try it and it works, pleas let me know, you'll
make me happy. :)

I think, if you like 3rd party programs, "Calibre" can do this for
you, too. https://calibre-ebook.com/about It has many, many tools
that can convert just about anything into just about anything else.

It's the VLC or IrfanView of books.

J.

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David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 25/06/2024 13:00, Sara Merriman wrote:

I recently bought an audiobook, not from Apple, that arrived as 20 mp3 files
with imcomprehensible names. The seller has no interest in helping.

Does anyone know how I can turn these 20 mp3's into a single audiobook?

I realise this has been answered but I fine AudioBook Builder ideal for this type of thing. Works well when importing from CD or even cassette too

Just wondering, what's the problem with listening to an audio book
in CD-sized chunks? After an hour of it,
it's time to do something else, for a while

Jan

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On 27 Jun 2024 at 13:22:43 BST, "J. J. Lodder" <J. J. Lodder> wrote:

David Kennedy <davidkennedygm@gmail.com> wrote:

On 25/06/2024 13:00, Sara Merriman wrote:

I recently bought an audiobook, not from Apple, that arrived as 20 mp3 files
with imcomprehensible names. The seller has no interest in helping.

Does anyone know how I can turn these 20 mp3's into a single audiobook?

I realise this has been answered but I fine AudioBook Builder ideal for this >> type of thing. Works well when importing from CD or even cassette too

Just wondering, what's the problem with listening to an audio book
in CD-sized chunks? After an hour of it,
it's time to do something else, for a while

Jan

We're all different.
--
... most SF writers are small blokes; they spent a lot of time grubbing around on the floor for old SF mags, not stretching up to the top shelf for pornography ... As an aside Douglas Adams is quite tall ...
-- Terry Pratchett, Warwick Uni (10.11.94)

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On 25 Jun 2024 at 17:52:41 BST, "John" <Man@the.keyboard> wrote:

On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 12:00:10 GMT, Sara Merriman <sara@sarlet.com>
wrote:

I recently bought an audiobook, not from Apple, that arrived as 20 mp3 files >> with imcomprehensible names. The seller has no interest in helping.

Does anyone know how I can turn these 20 mp3's into a single audiobook?

You could try "copy jokename01.mp3 jokename02.mp3 jokename04.mp3 jokename05.mp3 ...... fullbook.mp3", listing all of the chapters and
using the book's title and author as the "fullbook" file name.

It works with loads of file formats. Caveat: I've never tried a
multi-copy into one huge file with books so I don't know what will
happen. If you *do* try it and it works, pleas let me know, you'll
make me happy. :)

I think, if you like 3rd party programs, "Calibre" can do this for
you, too. https://calibre-ebook.com/about It has many, many tools
that can convert just about anything into just about anything else.

It's the VLC or IrfanView of books.

J.

Calibre is great for epubs, but does nothing for audiobooks.
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"If you're not able to ask questions and deal with the answers without feeling that someone has called your intelligence or competence into question, don't ask questions on Usenet where the answers won't be carefully tailored to avoid tripping your hair-trigger insecurities." - D M Procida, UCSM

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On 27. Jun 2024 at 17:19:41 CEST, "Sara Merriman" <sara@sarlet.com> wrote:

We're all different.

"I´m not!" ;-)

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Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> wrote:

On 27. Jun 2024 at 17:19:41 CEST, "Sara Merriman" <sara@sarlet.com> wrote:

We're all different.

"I´m not!" ;-)

That must be an individual problem,

Jan

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On Jun 30, 2024 at 1:54:02 PM EDT, "J. J. Lodder" <J. J. Lodder> wrote:

Bernd Froehlich <befr@eaglesoft.de> wrote:

On 27. Jun 2024 at 17:19:41 CEST, "Sara Merriman" <sara@sarlet.com> wrote: >>

We're all different.

"I´m not!" ;-)

That must be an individual problem,

Individuality is fine, as long as we all do it together.

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