Is the .m4b output file different to the .m4b file generated by AAX Audio Converter?

[RiosDeterioratingMentalHealth]

Book Lib Connect outputs a .m4b file of downloaded audiobooks by default. If I just want a .m4b file, is there any benefit to using AAX Audio Converter alongside Book Lib Connect? Does it do anything differently?

[audiamus]

The Book Lib Connect .m4b is the original Audible download with the AAC audio stream decrypted, but otherwise remains unchanged. All AAX Audio Converter .m4b output, split or not, will have the meta data processed, e.g. chapters adjusted or Audible proprietary tags replaced with common ones.

[philgoetz]

So, it's better to use AAX to download, and then Book Lib Connect to convert?

[audiamus]

AAX Audio Converter does not yet offer a download option of its own, so you should use BookLibConnect and activate the export option ther. Then feed the exported .aax file to AaxAudioConverter and you get the best of both.

[ckaotik]

Is there a way to just export using BookLibConnect? For this setup I end up with download + export, taking more time and more disk space. Or am I doing it wrong?

[Silther]

but the audio quality should be the same?

[audiamus]

No audio processing takes place, no recoding, it's a mere copy operation.