How do i change conversion bitrate?

[StefanDorschu]

Im new to docker, got it running but how do i change the bitrate of the conversion?

[seanap]

By default it should be grabbing the bitrate of the original book and automatically making the m4b conversion the exact same. If you want to set it to a lower bitrate (32 or 64) then you can force it in the docker run command in the script. I would avoid setting the bitrate to 128, because upscaling is just a waste of time/storage/energy for no benefit when starting with smaller bitrates.

You'll need to exec into the running docker container and modify line 109 to something like --audio-bitrate=64k

[StefanDorschu]

Thank you, it worked. The files are in 320k MP3, so i needed to downscale :)

[seanap]

Ah, that makes a lot of sense, 320 is overkill for most audiobooks. Glad you got it working!

[seanap]

FYI this change will be overwritten if you update the docker, or if you remove and pull a new image. Setting the bitrate hasn't been added to the environment variables but probably should be in a future release.

[StefanDorschu]

Maybe you can help me with beets-audible as well. I think i configured everything as written, but i get the following errors: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/beets/plugins.py", line 268, in load_plugins namespace = __import__(modname, None, None) ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'beetsplug.copyartifacts' ** error loading plugin audible: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/beets/plugins.py", line 268, in load_plugins namespace = __import__(modname, None, None) ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'beetsplug.audible‘ Any ideas what is did wrong? Best regards. Stefan

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Am 04.01.2023 um 18:37 schrieb seanap ***@***.***>: FYI this change will be overwritten if you update the docker, or if you remove and pull a new image. This hasn't been added to the config file or environment variables but probably should be. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#22 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AF3WKZ5OOA6W7J34CVJ73HTWQWYMTANCNFSM6AAAAAATQ5AVW4>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[seanap]

Looks like an installation error, did you clone the github repo?

[StefanDorschu]

I copied the compose and config yaml and used docker-compose.

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Am 04.01.2023 um 20:41 schrieb seanap ***@***.***>: Looks like an installation error, did you clone the github repo? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#22 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AF3WKZZYGWZOJXUVLXTIHELWQXG7PANCNFSM6AAAAAATQ5AVW4>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[seanap]

Thats why, remove what you've done and try following the instructions exactly. It's a little different of an install compared to normal dockers, there are external files (included in the git clone) that need to be imported into the beets docker. I thought about combining them all into my own docker but I don't want to maintain the version control of both beets and the audible plug-in.

[StefanDorschu]

I think that did it :) Is there a way to rename the chapters in m4b-tool like 1. original chapter name —> chapter 1 2. original chapter name —> chapter 2 Just a simple naming from chapter 1 to chapter n. Best regards, Stefan

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Am 04.01.2023 um 20:49 schrieb seanap ***@***.***>: Thats why, remove what you've done and try following the instructions exactly. It's a little different of an install compared to normal dockers, there are external files (included in the git clone) that need to be imported into the beets docker. I thought about combining them all into my own docker but I don't want to maintain the version control of both beets and the audible plug-in. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#22 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AF3WKZ4TSIFFW35EU4YXGUDWQXH6JANCNFSM6AAAAAATQ5AVW4>. You are receiving this because you authored the thread.

[seanap]

Not that I'm aware of, but it might be possible. There are a couple ways I do this, using the auto-m4b follow the section on manually editing the chapters.txt file.

The other way uses mp3tag, I wrote a simple action script that changes the TITLE tag to Chapter x

You'll have to open the chapters as individual files in the settings: