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submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by hutchmcnugget@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I want to get away from audible to save money and for privacy. I would like to keep buying audiobooks if possible and host them on my server to stream to my android phone.

I have an unraid plex server at home. Suggestions for hosting and streaming solutions?

Update: I ended up going with audiobookshelf. I love it so far and it does everything I need. More importantly (for me anyway) it's not reliant on a $17/mo audible subscription. Please reach out over DM if you find this post in the future and have trouble getting audiobookshelf to work on unraid!

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[–] leraje@lemmy.world 38 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Audiobookshelf got an android app too.

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago

Jinx.

[–] vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org 5 points 3 years ago

It's really good too.

[–] Protegee9850@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

And iOS app too! It’s awesome.

[–] Matt@lemmy.one 20 points 3 years ago

Audiobookshelf works great and is very easy to setup using Docker. I get most of my audiobooks through Downpour. They have a subscription that gives credits to redeem for audiobooks similar to Audible, but they are drm-free. I download the audiobooks and move them to my NAS that has Audiobookshelf running on it. Audiobookshelf has a web client and apps for Android and iOS (TestFlight beta).

[–] Kata1yst@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago

Audiobookshelf all the way.

[–] hutchmcnugget@lemmy.world 10 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for the responses! Sounds like audiobookshelf is the way to go.

[–] Riktastic@laguna.chat 3 points 3 years ago

Audiobookshelf is da bomb! You are going to have a great time while installing it, using it and sharing it with friends and family.

If you need help just send me a DM.

[–] curioushom@lemmy.one 6 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Not what you're asking for and others have provided a lot of options... but if you still want to support authors and get DRM-free audio books, check out https://libro.fm. It works like Audibe credits and easy to pause and resume membership (more cost effective than buying books retail and you can buy extra credits). They also support a local brick and mortar book store of your choice with your purchase.

[–] hutchmcnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm just looking at this now, supporting a local bookstore is pretty cool

[–] mrclark@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago

Like everybody else here said...audiobookshelf is da bomb. I had an audible subscription for a while and found myself without the time to really listen to enough audiobooks to make it worthwhile so I cancelled. I know I could still access the audiobooks I purchased but I'm always concerned with these companies suddenly having a disagreement with a publisher and nuking a whole pile of media I paid for so I figured out how to download my purchased audiobooks locally to be listened to via audiobookshelf. Worked great.

[–] FermatsLastAccount@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago

I'd also reccomend audiobookshelf. I'm running it using Docker on a VPS.

It has an option for ebooks too, but I don't like the ebook interface, so I use Kavita for those.

[–] RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.ninja 4 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Sounds like you may have already settled on audiobookshelf, but Plex can easily be used to host all of your audiobooks. You just use a music library.

Someone wrote a great walkthrough here.

[–] hutchmcnugget@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I'll probably try both! Thanks

[–] FalseLight@lemmy.one 2 points 3 years ago

If you’re on iOS, Prologue is the best mobile audiobook experience: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prologue/id1459223267

Audiobookshelf is also very good (and free).

[–] nerdria@kbin.social 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 children)

Everyone loves audiobookshelf, but since you mentioned Plex, I thought I'd let you know that you can use Plex to host your audiobooks too.

Here's a guide:

https://github.com/seanap/Plex-Audiobook-Guide

I use Prologue for IOS to listen to them.

[–] thereddevil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I have a plex setup too, using Prologue.

I never listen to audiobooks using Plex, and prologue manages listening state just fine for me.

[–] ZeroNamesLeft@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I use an iphone, and this is my set up too. Does android have a prologue app?

[–] rafadc@hackers.surf 1 points 2 years ago

Audiobookshelf user here. Definitely is the best solution at this moment.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Tagging along on this question, is there a reasonably simple way to rip audible books to a non-proprietary/drm format?

[–] justcallmelarry@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

In @nerdias comment in this thread about setting up plex for audiobooks, there is also a section with a link about de-drm’ing your audible books.

I havent troed it out myself, just stumbled upon it while checking out the thread, but I thought I’d point it out.

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