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Audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

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Re: Audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

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> Oh, assuming it lets you listen 'offline' with a local copy :) It does but downloading is buggy and it seems like the position doesn't sync then, which is annoying In theory being able to listen from multiple devices is nice though

Which client did you download for? Been running this in conjunction with the Android app, downloading works fine and playback sync has been pretty smooth.

Android.

On my previous phone downloading worked on its own and syncing the position of streamed files worked but the position of downloaded files wouldn't sync.

However I just switched phones and now downloading doesn't work at all (if I try to add a media folder outside of the Downloads folder it will get permission errors; if I add a folder inside the Downloads folder it will allow me to add it but the app will crash whenever I actually try to download a file).

Basically it just seems to be incredibly buggy so maybe it's just a crapshoot whether it will work on your phone.

Re: Audiobookshelf: Self-hosted audiobook and podcast server

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This looks great! I've been self-hosting something with a similarity idea to. I can update manually, pulling metadata from Audible if available. But my version is currently just a rough set of scripts that lists from a directory and builds a static RSS feed I can listen to in Podcast Addict. The (experimental) built-in ebook reader in this project looks really intriguing to allow both collections maintained together.
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