2 Ways to Play Audible Audiobooks on Apple TV

By Li ZhangUpdated on December 16, 2022

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Q: How to play Audible audiobooks on Apple TV directly? I tried to select the audiobooks for playing on TV , but some of the audiobooks which are in iTunes doesn't show up there. Is it possible to play Audible audiobooks on Apple TV?

Nowadays smart TV become essential thing in home, Apple TV is one of the top smart TV model. Apart from listening to music, Apple TV allows you watch videos, play games, you could do more thing on Apple TV. What you need to do is to plug device into an HDMI port on your Apple TV and make use of your remote, following the on-screen guidance to connect to the internet and run any app on TV. Amazon Audible is the biggest audiobooks seller in world. Audible users wonder if there is a way to sync Audible audiobooks to Apple TV for listening.

In fact, though Apple TV supports a lot of video apps like NetFlix, Hulu, Plex, TED, etc, it is not supports for playing audiobooks on it directly. Since Audible audiobooks are AA/AAX formats, the audiobooks bought from Audible.com are not compatible with Apple TV, Audible audiobooks are encrypted by DRM protection, which prevents you from syncing Audible audiobooks from iTunes Library/Audible app to Apple TV. In the follow sections we will share two ways with you to play Audible audibooks on Apple TV. After that, you will able to listen to Audible audiobooks on Apple TV offline without authorized.

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Part 1. Play Audible Audiobooks on Apple TV through AirPlay

You could play Audible audiobooks on Apple TV Through AirPlay, AirPlay is a feature of Apple devices/players to stream contents between each other. Here are the steps:

Step 1. Install and launch the Audible app on your iPhone.

Step 2. Make sure both your iPhone and Apple TV are connected to the same WiFi network.

Step 3. Swipe up from the bottom of your iPhone device, it will show you the Control Center with some control options.

Step 4. Locate and press the AirPlay icon. It will pop up the available devices.

Step 5. Select the destination device - your Apple TV device. Then they will connect immediately, now you could play the audiobooks on iPhone and cast audiobooks to Apple TV.

It is an available way for playing audiobooks on Apple TV through AirPlay, however it requires you to authorize the Audible audiobooks for playing on your iOS device. Besides, it works for Airplay compatible devices under WiFi connection. All in all, it is not perfect of this solution. For more convenient usage, you could download Audible audiobooks as local files for offline listening, which is enable to listen to Audible audiobooks without iTunes/Audible authorized.

Part 2. Play Audible Audiobooks on Apple TV via iTunes Home Sharing

The second way we want to share with you is to play Audible audiobooks on Apple TV via iTunes Home Sharing feature. To make this true, you should download and convert Audible audiobooks to MP3 first. In this case, UkeySoft Audible Converter would be best choice to complete the Audible audiobooks conversion.

UkeySoft Audible Converter is enable to remove DRM from Audible audiobooks, convert Audible audiobooks to playable formats like MP3, M4A, M4B, FLAC, AC3, AAC, OGG, AIFF, WAV and more in lossless output quality. Keep audios with all original chapters, ID3 tags and more other info at a 700X faster conversion speed. What's more, if you'd like to make it easier to navigate through your chapters, you can simply split the Audible AA/AAX files by chapters using this software. After that, you could offline playing Audible audiobooks on Apple TV via iTunes Home Sharing feature without iTunes/Audible authorized. Moreover, you are allowed to play Audible audiobooks on any devices/players offline.

Functions of UkeySoft Audible Converter

• Remove DRM from Audible audiobooks
• Convert Audible audiobooks to playable formats
• Convert Audible audiobooks in lossless output quality
• Keep audios with all original chapters, ID3 tags
• Split the Audible AA/AAX files by chapters
• Offline playing Audible audiobooks on Apple TV
• Play Audible audiobooks without iTunes/Audible authorized
• Play Audible audiobooks on any devices/players offline

Step 1. Run UkeySoft Software and Add Audible Audiobooks
In the first step, please run UkeySoft Audible Converter on your computer. Open the Audible audiobooks files folder on computer, drag and drop to select any Audible audiobooks to the conversion window.

Step 2. Select Output Format
Click "Options" button, then click “Advanced”, in the pop up window you are allowed to select the output format, here are 9 options : M4A, MP3, M4B, FLAC, AC3, AAC, OGG, AIFF, WAV. For playing Audible audiobooks on Apple TV, MP3 is the normal option.

Step 3. Download and Convert Audible Audiobooks to MP3
When the 2 steps above are done, click the “Convert” button on the top in the main interface to begin to download and convert Audible audiobooks to MP3.

Step 4. Get the Output Audible Audiobooks
When the Audible audiobooks conversion finishes, click “History” to check the Audible files. Click the blue folder icon to open the output folder of each file, you could offline listening to Audible audiobook one by one.

Step 5. Add Audible to iTunes for Playing on Apple TV
a) Launch iTunes on computer. At the top from the menu bar of the iTunes window, click the File menu then Home Sharing and click the Turn On Home Sharing option.

b) Go to the Edit menu, select the Preferences option, and go to the Sharing tab. Select Audible audiobooks that you want to play on Apple TV. It will be sync from iTunes library to the Apple TV.

c) Log in to iTunes Home Sharing from Apple TV and click the Computers, then select the audiobooks option to start play them offline on your Apple TV.

At the moment, you could offline playing Audible audiobooks on Apple TV via iTunes Home Sharing feature without iTunes/Audible authorized. Moreover, you are allowed to play Audible audiobooks on any devices/players offline, like PSP, Xbox One, MP3 player, audio speaker, smartwatch, etc,.

Li Zhang

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Li Zhang

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Li Zhang

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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