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m4b-tool
- BATCH Merging and converting solution for 3.5 TerraByte Audiobook Library?
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Plex needs an audio book style library
MP3Merge, m4b-tool. This one is interesting for iOS users.
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Best Windows app for combining multiple MP3s into single M4B
Look into m4btool (https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool). Audiobookbinder increases the m4b filesize. Followed this post for my own purposes: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/426094/convert-multiple-mp3-files-or-single-m4a-into-m4b-with-ffmpeg-and-afconvert
- Which Software to merge mp3 files to audiobook with chapters?
- Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on? ( 2022 Edition)
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Selfhosted MP3/FLAC Tag editor
I use MusicBrainz Picard in a docker container and can access over web to edit mp3 and flac. But if you use it for audiobooks you should use https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool
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Advice on Complex Audiobook
However, I only went through the trouble because I didn't want audio quality to be affected at all (nothing to be encoded again, only removed). If you are not too concerned about audio quality, there is definitely programs out there on Mac that can chapterize files. M4btool is pretty powerful and there is Audiobook converter. I've heard AudioBookBinder might work as well, though I think it is older at this point.
- Does Plex support m4b audiobooks? I have been searching and results say yes, but Plex cannot find any of my books that are m4b only the ones which are mp3
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Ask HN: How do you search for products / apps given a list of requirements?
- LG G5 H850 (optional with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus module) + Audiobookshelf + Substreamer
Let me cite my comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32042780:
I use m4b-tool[1], tone[2] and audiobookshelf[3] together with an LG G5 H850 smartphone[8] with Bang & Olufsen Hifi-Plus Module for Audio Only and I am pretty happy with this config. For Music I use Navidrome[5] and Substreamer App[7]. Maybe I'll try out Jellyfin[4] or maybe Plex[6], but I really don't wanna go closed source.
I also thought about writing something self hosted in C# to have ONE solution for audiobooks, podcasts and music and started a small private project, but this will take a while until it is ready to release something...
You may ask: Why an LG G5 H850? Well, its relatively small and cheap (about 50 - 80 bucks used) it has an audio Jack, USB-C, you can change the battery, it can hold up to 2TB microSD storage, has an HiFi Plus module for audio enthusiasts and a descent screen. Besides that it can run lineage os...
Note: I'm the author of the first two projects :-)
[1]: https://github.com/sandreas/m4b-tool
[2]: https://github.com/sandreas/tone
[3]: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf
[5]: https://www.navidrome.org/
[6]: https://www.plex.tv
- Ask HN: Is there a Calibre equivalent for Audio books?
Plex-Audiobook-Guide
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Adding Audiobooks and Old Time Radio Shows to Plex
Here is a resource that you will find useful for audiobooks. I love your old-time radio idea, I look forward to hearing what people suggest for that because I am totally stealing your idea lol.
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I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music
Prologue for iOS is a Plex audiobook player that is better than any audiobook player has a right to be.
Here's a good guide on how to set up Plex for proper metadata with audiobooks: https://github.com/seanap/Plex-Audiobook-Guide
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Plex needs an audio book style library
https://github.com/seanap/Plex-Audiobook-Guide #install-metadata-agent-for-plex
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Calibre for audiobooks
Depending exactly what you're trying to do mp3tag is a great tool for just managing metadata directly. The Plex Audiobook Guide has some handy tools for mp3tag that allow you to download info directly from audible.
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has anyone done the big move from Spotify or other to Plex?
This is the way: https://github.com/seanap/Plex-Audiobook-Guide
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My audiobooks collection. I saw a similar post from another user and I thought about sharing mine.
Check out this link. Very detailed. Very good guide.
This guide helped me out a ton when I started out. The process isn't super automated, but the rate at which I'll acquire a new audiobook is so low that it isn't a big deal.
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Plex for Books?
There's a whole guide to getting it properly set up here.
What are some alternatives?
Audiobooks.bundle - Audiobook metadata agent for Plex
Audnexus.bundle - An Audnexus client proof of concept for Plex, providing rich author and audiobook data. Developed in Python, offering enhanced user experiences via Plex's legacy plugin agent system.
Readarr - Book Manager and Automation (Sonarr for Ebooks)
audiobookshelf - Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server
m4b-mp3-chapters-from-cuesheets - merge audiobooks or podcasts without re-encoding (remuxing only) to single m4b with quicktime/nero chapters or mp3 with id3v2 chapters using cuesheets; also allows for renaming/editing chapters
overseerr - Request management and media discovery tool for the Plex ecosystem
Booksonic-App - The Booksonic Android App, based on DSub. - OBS: The code here might not be ready for release. Feel free to compile it yourself but if so I recommend searching for the latest commit with the description "Prepare for release".
Booksonic-Air - A new Booksonic server based on Airsonic. - OBS: The code here might not be ready for release. Feel free to compile it yourself but if so I recommend searching for the latest commit with the description "Prepare for release"
openaudible - Audiobook Manager for Audible Users
bragibooks - An audiobook library cleanup and management tool built with Python and Django. Leveraging m4b-merge for audiobook standardization and editing. Ideal for enhancing audiobook library management.
AudioBookConverter - Improved AudioBookConverter based on freeipodsoftware release (mp3 to m4b converter)
ffmpeg-python - Python bindings for FFmpeg - with complex filtering support