Support for audiobooks

remember the play position for audiobooks also. especially now as it is possible to sync them and take them with you.

[Edit Mod] This post is also asking for an audio book specific library type separate from music library. While remembering position is part of a Music library, Audiobook could help with other features like chapter selection, books covers, publishers, etc, which is not possible in a Music library.

Also chapter navigation support would be great for audiobooks.

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This. Please! =D

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That would be great across devices, much like how you can do that with videos already.

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Posted Original in the Music Feature Poll Topic



If ID3 Tags Contain Chapters or if Tags or genres contains audiobook support features such as save position and chapter navigation. [I have soundtrack albums which contain audio dramas and I like to keep the album altogether.]

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I just thought I'd add my support.

Actually, supporting this is the reason I finally decided to become a PlexPass member.

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I would love to see this feature implemented! I use the audio section for audio books now but it is pretty ugly. Still better than putting all of my audio books on my phone though.

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this combined with multiple mp3 audiobooks in addition to single file audiobooks.

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Big yes for audio book features. I would love to be able to remember my last position or bookmarks across all my devices.

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I'd like to weigh in with a vote to let us make Audiobook sections, instead of lumping them with Music, as they are usually handled significantly differently (chapter selection, 30s/15s skipback button, playback speed adjustment, and position saving).

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This feature would be fantastic for podcasts as well. I'd love to be able to play podcasts across multiple devices and remember my playback position!

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yeah having a section designed from the ground up for audiobooks would be great!!!

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I agree with previous posters. Adding real audio book functionality into Plex will be a tremendous step in the right direction. If it is not already on the ToDo list pleas put it there and give us a hint when a Alpha release can be expected.

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And not just audiobooks, but also class lectures and podcasts (not the currently published itunes-type podcast (although that might be nice too), but for the older archives... a giant list of mp3 files.)

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+1 this is a must for anyone serious for using Plex as an all round media player.

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I will love an own audiobook section with resume for every audiobook inside. Chapter supprt will be nice too. Together with the sync feature it is a killer feature for me.

Audio book section would be awesome :slight_smile:

that would be a great thing

This would be so good, the functionality is already there for film files so how hard can it be to implement for audiobooks? :slight_smile:

Would be good to have this. I raised this request recently which is more general - basically remembering position for music (audio) and slideshows - doing it for ebooks would be a subset of this request

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