audible-tool

Lightweight container that uses ffmpeg to convert AAX audiobooks to M4B audiobooks.

Usage

Environment Variables

• ACTIVATION_BYTES: Specify sequence of activation bytes for decoding DRM
• REMOVE_PROCESSED_FILES: Specify a non-zero value to remove AAX audiobooks after they have been converted.

Volumes

• consume: Storage location for AAX files to be processed
• staging: Storage location for converted M4B files

Quadlet

The configuration described below allows you to monitor a folder for new files and automatically created M4B files using the audible-tool container.

~/.config/containers/systemd/audible-tool.container

[Unit]
Description=Container for processing Audible AAX files

[Container]
ContainerName=%p
Image=ghcr.io/cubt85iz/audible-tool:latest
Volume=%h/Downloads:/consume:z,rw,rslave,rbind
Volume=%h/Audiobooks:/staging:z,rw,rslave,rbind
AutoUpdate=registry

[Service]
Restart=on-failure

~/.config/containers/systemd/audible-tool.container.d/00-audible-tool-variables.conf

[Container]
Environment=ACTIVATION_BYTES=XYZ123AA
Environment=REMOVE_PROCESSED_FILES=1

~/.config/systemd/user/audible-tool.path

[Unit]
Description=Service for processing Audible AAX files
Requires=audible-tool.service

[Path]
PathChanged=%h/Downloads

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target