Pre-Release - always the latest available code

Pre-Release: Release with newest features

• NO stable release - may cause data loss or unexpected behaviour
• contains always the latest available build with the newest features and fixes
• made for testers and all others waiting on a specific feature or bugfix

Install instructions

Docker

docker build . --build-arg M4B_TOOL_DOWNLOAD_LINK=https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool/files/15313912/m4b-tool.tar.gz -t m4b-tool

Windows

Just replace the m4b-tool.phar with the one in the latest tar.gz-file.

MacOS / Linux:

• Download and extract the latest pre-release
• Replace m4b-tool with the extracted m4b-tool.phar:

# show m4b-tool install path, e.g. /usr/local/bin/m4b-tool
which m4b-tool

# download latest pre-release
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool/files/15313912/m4b-tool.tar.gz
tar xzf m4b-tool.tar.gz

# backup old version
sudo mv /usr/local/bin/m4b-tool /usr/local/bin/m4b-tool.2020-02-29.phar

# install new version
sudo mv m4b-tool.phar /usr/local/bin/m4b-tool && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/m4b-tool

# check version
m4b-tool version

Downloads with build dates

• 2024-05-14: m4b-tool.tar.gz - deprecation warning fix attempt ( #258 )
• 2024-03-10: m4b-tool.tar.gz - musicbrainz fix
• 2023-02-14: m4b-tool.tar.gz - fixes in chapters command
• 2022-10-06: m4b-tool.tar.gz - fixed namespace issues (#199)
• 2022-09-23: m4b-tool.tar.gz - BE CAREFUL - possible breaking changes ahead (better tone integration)
• 2022-08-06: m4b-tool.tar.gz - important tone fixes
• 2022-07-16: m4b-tool.tar.gz - use tone as tagger if available
• 2022-03-18: m4b-tool.tar.gz - BE CAREFUL - switch to enzo1982/mp4v2, the new maintained mp4v2 branch
• 2021-06-04: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2021-06-03: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2021-06-02: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2021-02-09: m4b-tool.tar.gz - BE CAREFUL - build on new system - musicbrainz switch from xml to json
• 2021-01-04: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2021-01-03: m4b-tool.tar.gz - Support for Overdrive chapters (BE CAREFUL - MANY CHANGES)
• 2020-12-12: m4b-tool.tar.gz - BE CAREFUL - MANY CHANGES
• 2020-10-11: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2020-08-25: m4b-tool.tar.gz - BE CAREFUL - CHANGED BEHAVIOUR AND STRUCTURE
• 2020-07-28: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2020-06-08: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2020-05-24: m4b-tool.tar.gz - BE CAREFUL - FULL PARSER REWRITE!
• 2020-05-13: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2020-05-07: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2020-05-02: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2020-02-17: m4b-tool.tar.gz
• 2020-02-16: m4b-tool.tar.gz