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Better Audiobook Support - pocketdrummer - 2024-12-26
I just bought a bunch of audio books from Downpour (DRM-free), and I was hoping to host them on my NAS and listen to them with Jellyfin, but despite being in .m4b format, they don't have chapters. I'm happy that it retains the timestamp after I leave and come back, but it would be much nicer if I had a list of chapters and chapter names to choose from. Especially if I started reading the actual book and wanted to continue it on the audio book while on my way to work, for instance.
Request:
- Add support for chapters.
- Add some way to name the tracks so that they reflect the chapter names (Downpour just has Track 1, Track 2, etc).
- Add a way to merge multiple files so that they show up as one book. I have 3 files per audio book (separated around the 7hr mark).
RE: Better Audiobook Support - glormond - 2025-02-22
I have the same request. I started using Jellyfin just today and all of my audiobooks are in .m4b. Unfortunately, no chapters displayed when played.
RE: Better Audiobook Support - mdotpreis - 2025-03-28
No chapters or progression tracking makes it impossible to use Jellyfin for lengthy books. I'm listening to some Sanderson books right now and those are 60 hr unabridged audio files.
RE: Better Audiobook Support - TheDreadPirate - 2025-03-28
(2025-03-28, 01:04 PM)mdotpreis Wrote: No chapters or progression tracking makes it impossible to use Jellyfin for lengthy books. I'm listening to some Sanderson books right now and those are 60 hr unabridged audio files.
There is progression tracking, but only if your audiobooks are in a books library. If they are in a music library there is no progression tracking for that library type.
RE: Better Audiobook Support - macrodensity - 2025-07-09
I just implemented a workaround for this using .lrc (lyric) files. I have .cue files from my audiobooks and I converted those into .lrc files and it works great! I have the audiobooks in a "Book" library. @pocketdrummer do you only have the audio file or are there any other files associated with each audiobook?
Jellyfin 10.10.7
Finamp 0.9.18
Android 16, Pixel 6 Pro
RE: Better Audiobook Support - Brian Wilson - 2025-07-14
(2025-07-09, 08:56 PM)macrodensity Wrote: I just implemented a workaround for this using .lrc (lyric) files. I have .cue files from my audiobooks and I converted those into .lrc files and it works great! I have the audiobooks in a "Book" library. @pocketdrummer do you only have the audio file or are there any other files associated with each audiobook?
Jellyfin 10.10.7
Finamp 0.9.18
Android 16, Pixel 6 Pro
Would you mind elaborating on what you did to get cue files and how to convert them to lrc files? I would love to host audiobooks on my server but right now all I have are the audio files split by chapter.
RE: Better Audiobook Support - B C - 2025-07-17
For years I have tried to find the perfect all in one app for all my media. I have learned that it's sometimes better to just use the proper server app for things, audiobooks being one of them. Audiobookshelf is just better, and it also does podcasts which is a bonus.
RE: Better Audiobook Support - macrodensity - 2025-07-18
(2025-07-14, 10:59 AM)Brian Wilson Wrote:(2025-07-09, 08:56 PM)macrodensity Wrote: I just implemented a workaround for this using .lrc (lyric) files. I have .cue files from my audiobooks and I converted those into .lrc files and it works great! I have the audiobooks in a "Book" library. @pocketdrummer do you only have the audio file or are there any other files associated with each audiobook?
Jellyfin 10.10.7
Finamp 0.9.18
Android 16, Pixel 6 Pro
Would you mind elaborating on what you did to get cue files and how to convert them to lrc files? I would love to host audiobooks on my server but right now all I have are the audio files split by chapter.
.cue files were extracted as part of the download of the audiobooks. It looks like there's a repo on extracting cue files from the .m4b file https://github.com/ranslot/Generate-Cue-from-M4B (based on ffmpeg).
Once you have those cue files (helpful for other audiobook apps, like audiobookshelf), I have a script I can share that converts cue files into .lrc files using the os and re py libraries.
I have it on my list to experiment with audiobookshelf, but I'm happy with how this is working in Jellyfin, for now.