Comment on Best option for hosting ebooks and audiobooks?
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoThanks, this is really helpful! Do you use the same app for both? Is it the abs client or something else?
Comment on Best option for hosting ebooks and audiobooks?
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoThanks, this is really helpful! Do you use the same app for both? Is it the abs client or something else?
hangonasecond@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I use the Audiobookshelf app from AdvPlyr on the play store. I’ve been meaning to try Lissen since it’s on F-Droid, but I tried this to make sure my partner didn’t have any issues.
If I’m using it on my PC I just connect to the web UI.
I connect on all my devices with tailscale. My partner uses the same but has apparently been having issues with her phone not being able to access the tailnet when not on the same LAN. It’s not so bad though, the Audiobookshelf app lets her download her books. This works better anyway, since she travels for work and often has no service anyway.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Re tailscale: not sure if it is a technical issue or not, but my wife found it helpful when I added a toggle to the Quick Settings menu, which shows when it is running and can restart it with one tap.
hangonasecond@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oh! Appreciate the tip. I’ll investigate this weekend
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I ended up spinning up audiobookshelf. It’s fine for audiobooks, and I immediately installed Lissen (alongside ABS) and it is clearly preferable to me.
Lissen does not recognize ebooks at all, and I also didn’t have success with the comic book I tested on the ABS client, so I may try another service for those. For now audiobooks are the higher priority and I am very happy with those. Thanks for the input - I really appreciate it.
hangonasecond@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
No worries! I’ve used the calibre app for ebooks in the past and it does quite well.