[Metadata Reader Plugin] Read M4B audio book metadata

[eliteart]

Read M4B audiobook metadata

The plugin reads basic metadata such as title, author, description and cover providing a streamlined way to organize and manage your audiobook collection in Calibre.

Replaces old Read MP3 audio book metadata


Features include:

- Extracts title, authors, description, year, cover
- Strips unwanted parts from the metadata (e.g., "(Unabridged)" suffix).

Consider TODO:

- audiobook playing
- metadata extraction from other formats

Version History & Issues:
akupiec/calibre_plugin_audiobook-metadata

[Perkin]

Is there a send to device plugin for m4b files

I'm setting up a new calibre library for epub and m4b, I can send to device (storage card A), with a template of {author_sort}/{series}/{series_index}_{title}, but m4b is not a selectable format to allow it to be sent (along with the epub)

[D_Tomblin]

Thank you for your efforts!

I'm seeing the title being stripped of the final character. I thought you might like to know. This happens whether I drag-drop a m4b onto the library or use a monitored folder. I double-checked my metadata and the title field is intact and correct. I also noticed that you also chose to pull info from the composer field and concatenate it with the author. I wouldn't have, but I understand. The genre field imports just fine. I don't populate many other fields pre-import, so I can't speak to them. I hope this helps if you choose to maintain this plugin. It's been helpful for me.

[chicleeblair]

Is this supposed to work just by importing an m4b? I added one after running it through mp3tag, so I know it had tags, and it came back with everything unknown

[eliteart]

o0 I had disabled notification for this thread, I will check the issues when I will have some time (after New Year). You are always welcome to send me PM / email with exact reproduction steps or even Pull Request on github - It will for sure speed things up

[eliteart]

Originally Posted by chicleeblair

Is this supposed to work just by importing an m4b? I added one after running it through mp3tag, so I know it had tags, and it came back with everything unknown

Please create github issue (to not forget about it) and send me (by email) the file so I could investigate it free time