Server Version#: 1.41.8.9834 Player Version#: 7.36.15.10153-6c964b200-Plex (Roku) I’m looking for recommendations on how to set up audiobooks on Plex. All the information I can find online (particularly on Reddit), appear to be outdated since they make heavy use of plug-ins, which are deprecated i…

There is no official support for audio books in Plex. As such, you need to reappropriate some of the metadata fields for audiobook use, while still adhering to the rules for music in Plex. In general, I urge you to create a separate library of the type Music for all your audiobook/podcast content. …

Google Audible plugins for Plex, this will allow you to setup an Audiobook library in Plex that has the right meta data. Then find a good Audio book player, that isn’t Plex. For me I settled on Prologue on iOS.

[image] OttoKerner: There is no official support for audio books in Plex. As such, you need to reappropriate some of the metadata fields for audiobook use, while still adhering to the rules for music in Plex. In general, I urge you to create a separate library of the type Music for all your au…

[image] makilahy: What is the “special podcast features in Plexamp” needed for? One is a compressor which raises the volume of speech frequencies. The other will automatically skip speech pauses. They are not automatically active. It’s just that their controls will appear on the player. Ad…

[image] ozsmac: Google Audible plugins for Plex, this will allow you to setup an Audiobook library in Plex that has the right meta data. Then find a good Audio book player, that isn’t Plex. For me I settled on Prologue on iOS. As I said originally, I can’t figure out how to install plugins i…

[image] OttoKerner: One is a compressor which raises the volume of speech frequencies. The other will automatically skip speech pauses. I see. I can probably live without those. Thanks again.

Apologies, obviously didn’t read your post in full. I’ll leave it to others who are experts a Synology & Roku. Hope you can find a good solution to your Audio Book needs.

This has just saved me so much work!! The plug-in works great - Thank you :grinning_face:

I use plex for audiobooks myself. This takes a bit of work, planning and strict metadata management. I use Tagscanner to organize my files, the naming schema is %artist%\%album%\%artist% - %album% - %track% of %totaltracks% Artist = Author Album = Book Title Track = sequential file number of bo…

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makilahy July 1, 2025, 10:40am 7

I see. I can probably live without those. Thanks again.

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