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Re:Cozy is a modern audiobook player for Linux by foobiekr on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:03PM (#24400335)
If you're going to use a less compatible format than mp3, it is far batter to just swap the container and not transcode it:

-i in.aax -c copy out.m4b

1. does not transcode 2. captures and retains all of the metadata

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Re:Cozy is a modern audiobook player for Linux by lozf on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:04PM (#24426460)
Yes, I'm usually strongly opposed to lossy transcodes, but for portable listening of speech heavy content on a space-limited device, that plays Opus easily, it can be a worthwhile trade-off for many.
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