I'm just gonna drop this here. I really like ABS but I found it petty annoying that I need to download every podcast I want to listen to. So I created a virtual podcast directory. It can subscribe to RSS feeds and you can point ABS to it's directory.
this post was submitted on 06 Aug 2026
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AudiobookShelf is great. One of the most polished self hosted apps out there and has a lot of great features that are lesser known (like converting to m4a)
So far that’s pretty great and their Discord were a lot helpful when I had difficulty with my folders tree
i use audiobooth on ios to connect to my audiobookshelf instance. it’s fantastic and works well with carplay too.
Glad to hear, I almost chimed in and suggested you just setup audiobookshelf but thought you probably didn't want to do another server.
It really is the best tool for the job.
Yeah! It was the plan at first but after reading and all the replies I had to come to the conclusion that Jellyfin don’t do music and audiobooks well
Congrats! I know it's yet another app but I think you'll find the audiobooks tailored experience is so much nicer
I've found it really annoying to deal with because it is ridiculously picky about how you structure your audiobooks and name the files. If you don't get it exactly how it wants it, it fucks up imports.
Almost true.
It is pretty picky, as it expects a certain folder structure to get all the info correct when importing. But it is fairly easy to go in and manually "fetch" the correct metadata from one of the metadata providers (Amazon, Google Books, Open Library etc). It's a chore if you have big library with many different structures, but doable if you don't want to rename all folders.
It's not just an issue with incorrect meta data. It will also just flat out refuse to import files if you're not 100% compliant with what seems like a strict hardcoded folder structure and naming. It will also mess up your manually fetched metadata and any manual adjustments you've made if you need to update the library. And don't even get me started on how it handles chapters in some audiobooks, JFC it can be a shitshow.
I don't know of a better solution though, so I'm living with it, but it's a very "hand carried" solution, and were it not for my kids I would rather just have the files directly on my own device with a local player and don't have the hassle. I wish it would work better like the *arr stack and jellyfin.
I've been using it for years and this has never been an issue for me.
Same here. I was using Readarr and now Chaptarr on default setting and never had an issue.