Windows install instructions ?

[NightMayor1]

Hello, I'm trying to install this tool and have installed all the dependencies using guides I found online and tested them using the commands in this guide, however I'm not sure how to install this m4b-tool. installing using the same method I did with ffmpeg doesn't work and I can't find any guides on how to do this. I'm not even sure where to drop the m4b-tool file and would appreciate any help! Thank you.

[sandreas]

You could use docker for windows - which would be the easiest option, but you may run into issues.

Another way is to:

• Install PHP (you could use xampp for convenience)
• Install m4b-tool.phar anywhere you like (e.g. /Users//m4b-tool/m4b-tool.phar)
• Install ffmpeg (best use the static), tone and mp4v2
• Run php on the command line and append the parameters you like

Example:

C:\xampp\bin\php -f C:\Users\sandreas\m4b-tool\m4b-tool.phar --version

If you just want something that works, you could also try https://github.com/yermak/AudioBookConverter, which has a GUI is way easier for non-Power-Users.