Set up lectures so that Plex remembers where you left off and which ones you've already listened to

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I have dozens and dozens of lectures that I would like to place on my Plex server. The problem having is I would like to be able to know which lectures I’ve listened to and when I stop listening to a lecture before it’s done, I would like Plex to remember where I left off. They are audio files - no video.

I haven’t been able to figure this out. I’ve tried everything I can think of.

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You should already be able to achieve that by checking the Track progress option in the advanced tab of the respective library.

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“Store Track Progress” is checked off within the advanced tab and when I open plex server with a browser on my PC, it prompts me to either

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resume playback or start from the beginning. It does not check off the lectures I’ve already completed. So one of the two features works if I access content with a browser. The problems is I use a Roku Ultra to consume my content and neither feature works when I use the Roku.

Since the lectures are audio without video, I’ve created a music library. The other library types will not recognize audio files. I have no problem setting up Music, TV shows and Movie libraries but the lecture one has not worked with the two features I’m interested in – keeping track where I left off and indicating when a lecture has been listened to in it’s entirety.

My content is stored on a synology 920+ nas.

When I use plexamp to access the lectures it does know where I left off. For some reason Roku doesn’t.

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This request is basically asking for the same features which are required for proper audio book support.
So I recommend backing this request instead of creating your own. Support for audiobooks

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You may have to just convert your audio files to mp4’s and put them in an other videos type library

My girlfriend plays piano and I do this for her audio recordings

I use Wondershare or Movavi but you might already have something that works. It only takes a few seconds to convert each file and you can do the whole batch at once

I know it’s not a great solution I’m just not sure if there’s another option Plex has to make this work

Waiting for feature suggestions to be implemented is not something I’m built for

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Thanks.

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That’s a good workaround. Thank you.

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