Currently, Plex does not support resuming audio files where they left off, like TV shows and movies do.
I was interested in trying to create a Plex Channel that was able to access the local files in a section (“Audiobooks”), play that file, and every x seconds, save the position.
When resuming using the channel, give the option of starting off from the saved location.
I haven’t yet read up on the needed API’s and whatnot, so my question is… is this even doable in a channel?
I know some limitations that would crop up are… playing local files instead of HTTP streams, database management, etc.
This would be a sort of learning project for me.
Thanks for your help.
Edit: it appears that this is not possible, mainly because Channels do not have access to local files. Wonder if there is a way to request it as a HTTP stream, like PlexBMC? Idk, quickly getting over my head.
In theory it's possible to make channels access local files but AFAIK, there's no way to tell the player to start from a specific position. There's also no feedback to the channel code from the player so, there's no way for the channel code to keep track of playback position and save that information.
You're best bet is to persuade the developers that keeping track of "bookmarks" for audio-books is a high priority.
Instead of having it be a separate Channel, couldn't it be a media option? The way it would manage the Books would be exactly the same way it manages Movies, Grouped by Title instead of Author (The way it manages Audio Files is currently by Artist/Author). Resuming of an Audiobook should be simple as the video files already have this ability built right into the player.
Wow, necro =P
But really, i did look into this. I tried changing... something, I can't remember what, to get audio files to show in the video sections. And it worked, but Plex still treated them as Audio files.
I'm pretty sure what you're referring to is something the developers have to do, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong.
Vote here!:
https://forums.plex.tv/topic/57673-remember-position-for-audiobooks/
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