| Name | M4B | MP3 |
| Full name | MPEG-4 Audio Layer Bookmarkable File | MP3 - MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III |
| File extension | .m4b | .mp3 |
| MIME type | audio/m4b | audio/mpeg, audio/MPA, audio/mpa-robust |
| Developed by | Apple | Fraunhofer Institute |
| Type of format | Music File | Digital audio |
| Description | Audiobook and podcast files which also contain metadata including chapter markers, images, and hyperlinks can use the extension .m4a but more commonly use the .m4b extension. M4b files support metadata for chapters and bookmarking on supporting players and most commonly uses AAC (Advanced Audio Codec). | MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is an audio coding format for digital audio which uses a form of lossy data compression. It is a common audio format for consumer audio streaming or storage, as well as a de facto standard of digital audio compression for the transfer and playback of music on most digital audio players. |
| Technical details | The audio in a M4b file is encoded with the AAC compression format and can therefore be protected with Apple's FairPlay DRM copy protection system. M4b files can contain metadata as defined by the format standard and in addition can contain Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) metadata. | The use of lossy compression is designed to greatly reduce the amount of data required to represent the audio recording and still sound like a faithful reproduction of the original uncompressed audio. An MP3 file that is created using the setting of 128 kbit/s will result in a file that is about 1/11 the size of the CD file created from the original audio source. |
| File conversion | M4B conversion | MP3 conversion |
| Associated programs | Apple QuickTime Player, Apple iTunes | VLC media player, MPlayer, Winamp, foobar2000. |
| Wiki | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG-4_Part_14 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3 |
As an all-in-one Audible Audiobook Converter, Macsome Audiobook Converter enables you to download Audible AA/AAX audiobooks to your Mac. And then convert Audible AA or AAX audiobooks to MP3, M4A and M4B with ID3 tags preserve, including Title, Artist, Author, Year, Genre, Comments, etc.
Audiobook Converter for Mac is able to convert Audible audiobooks to common format, such as MP3, M4A and M4B with 100% original output quality. It also supports batch conversion, you can add several audiobooks to the Audiobook Converter, and then it will convert them one by one.
How to Convert M4B Audiobooks to MP3 1. Use All2MP3 for Mac to COnvert M4B Audiobooks to MP3 (Best Option) All2MP3 for Mac is a third-party MP3 converter for Mac which can convert all audio including iTunes M4B audiobooks to MP3 (supported by nearly all media players) on Mac. It provides users better conversion experience, for example, batch conversion mode, faster processing speed. How to open an M4B file? The default program for opening M4B files is iTunes. For cross-platform access, VLC media player is a very dependable option that works on Mac OS X and mobile. On Windows, several options are available. They include Windows Media Player, MediaMonkey, Winamp, and Helium Music Manager. Developed by: Apple Inc. How to Convert M4B to MP3? Click the “Choose Files” button to select your M4B files. Click the “Convert to MP3” button to start the conversion. When the status change to “Done” click the “Download MP3” button; Best Quality. We use both open source and custom software to make sure our conversions are of the highest quality. It is suggested to convert to M4B format. Go to 'Convert all tasks to', click on the drop-down arrow Audio and select M4B format on the Windows version. On Mac version, select the 'M4A' format under the 'Audio' tab instead. Step 3: Convert MP3 to Audiobook Format Hit the ‘Convert’ button to start the MP3 to Audiobook conversion.
Macsome Audiobook Converter allows keeping chapters for M4A files. If you want to save audiobooks by chapters, please select “M4A” as the output format.
Audible is not compatible with all of devices. Thanks to Audiobook Converter, you can convert Audible audiobooks to MP3, M4A and M4B, so that you can transfer Audible audiobooks to multiple devices you own, like Android phone, iOS devices, common MP3 players and so on.
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