Howto add MP3, M4B as acceptable formats to device list??

riksaga · 05-22-2014, 08:45 PM

Hi,

I am getting into audio books and I am using Calibre with Audiobook plugin and it works great, until, I try to transfer an audio book - MP3 or M4B - to my device.

Once my device is detected I attempt to configure it to add MP3 or M4B but the list is hard-coded and therefore Calibre refuses to transfer to my device.

Where/how to add MP3 & M4B to list of acceptable formats for my device?

thank you

kovidgoyal · 05-22-2014, 10:45 PM

You cannot. calibre only knows how to send ebook formats to devices, not arbitrary files.

SebastianG · 10-17-2022, 09:35 AM

Hi,

i know, this is an old question, but i would like to bring it up again with two wishes - perhaps it`s somehow possible to get a solution...

I got a lot of self converted Audiobooks, Format is .m4b and it would be great to store them in a library. Importing into calibre works fine and i can load the Meta-Data from e.g. Amazon. Now my two questions / wishes:

1. is it somehow possible to extract the picture from the .m4b and add it as preferred picture to the library?
2. is it possible to add other sources like audible (in my case audible.de)?

Thanks for reading!

05-22-2014, 08:45 PM	#1
riksaga Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: kobo vox	Howto add MP3, M4B as acceptable formats to device list?? Hi, I am getting into audio books and I am using Calibre with Audiobook plugin and it works great, until, I try to transfer an audio book - MP3 or M4B - to my device. Once my device is detected I attempt to configure it to add MP3 or M4B but the list is hard-coded and therefore Calibre refuses to transfer to my device. Where/how to add MP3 & M4B to list of acceptable formats for my device? thank you

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05-22-2014, 10:45 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,909 Karma: 22669818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You cannot. calibre only knows how to send ebook formats to devices, not arbitrary files.

10-17-2022, 09:35 AM	#3
SebastianG Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Paperwhite	Hi, i know, this is an old question, but i would like to bring it up again with two wishes - perhaps it`s somehow possible to get a solution... I got a lot of self converted Audiobooks, Format is .m4b and it would be great to store them in a library. Importing into calibre works fine and i can load the Meta-Data from e.g. Amazon. Now my two questions / wishes: 1. is it somehow possible to extract the picture from the .m4b and add it as preferred picture to the library? 2. is it possible to add other sources like audible (in my case audible.de)? Thanks for reading!

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