import subprocess import json import os import glob def run_ffmpeg_cmd(cmd): result = subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True) return result.stdout.strip() # 1. Ask for directory input_dir = input("Enter the directory containing your .m4b files: ").strip() # Collect and sort files input_files = sorted(glob.glob(os.path.join(input_dir, "*.m4b"))) if not input_files: raise SystemExit("❌ No .m4b files found in that directory.") # 2. List files with numbering print("\nAvailable files:") for i, f in enumerate(input_files, 1): print(f"[{i}] {os.path.basename(f)}") # 3. Ask user for start-end range user_range = input("\nEnter the range of files to merge (e.g. 1-10): ").strip() try: start, end = map(int, user_range.split("-")) selected_files = input_files[start-1:end] except Exception: raise SystemExit("❌ Invalid range format. Use start-end (e.g. 1-5).") # 4. Ask for output name output_name = input("\nEnter the final audiobook name (without extension): ").strip() final_output = f"{output_name}.m4b" # 5. Extract metadata (for chapters & global tags) chapters = [] current_start = 0 global_tags = None for f in selected_files: probe = subprocess.check_output([ "ffprobe", "-v", "quiet", "-print_format", "json", "-show_format", "-show_streams", f ]) meta = json.loads(probe) # Duration duration = float(meta["format"]["duration"]) # Title for chapter name (falls back to filename) title = meta["format"]["tags"].get("title") if "tags" in meta["format"] else None if not title: title = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(f))[0] chapters.append({ "start": current_start, "end": current_start + duration, "title": title }) current_start += duration # Save global tags from the first file if global_tags is None and "tags" in meta["format"]: global_tags = meta["format"]["tags"] # 6. Write FFmetadata chapters file with open("chapters.txt", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f: f.write(";FFMETADATA1\n") if global_tags: # Copy album/author/etc. from first file for key, value in global_tags.items(): if key.lower() not in ["title", "name"]: # don’t overwrite audiobook title f.write(f"{key}={value}\n") for ch in chapters: f.write("\n[CHAPTER]\n") f.write("TIMEBASE=1/1000\n") f.write(f"START={int(ch['start']*1000)}\n") f.write(f"END={int(ch['end']*1000)}\n") f.write(f"title={ch['title']}\n") # 7. Create file list for ffmpeg concatenation with open("file_list.txt", "w", encoding="utf-8") as f: for fpath in selected_files: f.write(f"file '{os.path.abspath(fpath)}'\n") # 8. Concatenate into merged.m4b run_ffmpeg_cmd([ "ffmpeg", "-f", "concat", "-safe", "0", "-i", "file_list.txt", "-c", "copy", "merged.m4b" ]) # 9. Add chapter metadata + final output name run_ffmpeg_cmd([ "ffmpeg", "-i", "merged.m4b", "-i", "chapters.txt", "-map_metadata", "1", "-c", "copy", final_output ]) print(f"\n✅ Done! Created '{final_output}' with {len(chapters)} chapters.")