+#!/bin/bash
+# Desc: Split an audio file by chapter
+# Depends: ffmpeg, jq
+# Ref/Attrib: [1] Hasan Arous. MIT license. https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/612124
+# [2] John Smith. https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/712600
+
+in="$1";
+out="$2";
+splits="";
+n=0;
+while read start end title; do
+ newTitle="$(echo "$title" | sed "s/ /_/g")";
+ newTitle="$(printf "%02d..%s" "$n" "$newTitle")";
+ splits="$splits -c copy -ss $start -to $end $out/$newTitle.m4b";
+ ((n++));
+done <<< $(ffprobe -i "$in" -print_format json -show_chapters \
+ | jq -r '.chapters[] | .start_time + " " + .end_time + " " + (.tags.title | sub(" "; "_"))');
+ffmpeg -i "$in" $splits;
+
+# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
+# License: GPLv3+