OpenAudible Help

This open source app aims to let Audible users enhance their experience maximizing their audible library.

Please respect copyright owners by not distributing MP3 files created with OpenAudible.

Setup

Configure your working directory in the preferences. The working directory will contain Audible files (AAX), MP3 files, artwork, and other data.

Your audible account region, user name and password are used to sync your account. You can leave your password blank if you want to ask for it only when needed for a session.

Connecting to Audible

Connecting to audible is done via a web browser. The first time you use the program you should log in to your audible account using the built-in web browser, under the "Controls" menu. If able to connect, your library can be scanned and all your audible content is show in the main window.

Downloading Files

Before converting or downloading files, you need to select one or more audible books in your library, then select either "Download" or "Convert to MP3" from the Action menu.

Audible files are kept in the AAX directory. Once converted to MP3, you may decide to delete the AAX files.

Exporting

Your audible library can be exported as a web page or Excel list from the File menu

Menus

File

• Console - View error messages and technical logs
• Export Web Page - Creates a web page listing your books that you can host on a private server
• Export Book List - Saves a list of your books to Excel file
• Quit - Exits the application

Edit

• Preferences- Set application directory, audible region, and user name/password

Controls

• Connect to Audible - Attempts to log into your Audible account for content scraping
• Quick Library Sync - Looks for new books and adds them to your library.
• Full Library Sync - Does a complete scan of your library and updates ratings and book meta data.
• Download All from Audible - Downloads all audible books that haven't already been downloaded
• Convert All to MP3 - Converts downloaded files to MP3
• Browser - Opens internal browser. Connecting and logging in to Audible using this browser helps the app get past any "captchas".

Actions (acts on selected books)

• View In Audible - Opens the Browser to the book's Audible page, if available.
• Show MP3 - Opens Explorer/Finder to display the MP3 in the desktop.
• Play Audio Book - Opens MP3 using your system's default MP3 player.
• Download AAX - Downloads selected books from audible
• Convert to MP3 - Converts selected books to MP3
• Refresh Info - Gets missing book meta data from Audible web page and/or files

Help

• Help - Opens the Browser to this page.
• Project Web Page- Goes to http://openaudible.com
• Check for Update- Checks with openaudible.org to see if a new version is availalbe.
• About Open Audible - The about box and copyright info.

Additional Help

This may stop working at any time, due to changes in Audible systems or web site. If this happens, check for an update or open issues.

No technical support is provided. Open Source additions are welcome.

Suggestions welcome by creating an issue or submitting a pull request.