I have a large library of mp3 audiobooks. Support for audiobooks seems to be a popular request. Is there a workaround possible? Maybe to add to TV or Music?
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A music library works OK.
I have finally found a use for my Fire TV.
It has a folder view for audio.
It can be controlled via my Echo devices.
It is pretty easy to setup a whole house system with the Fire TV.
I linked my Fire to my Echos and use an optical to RCA converter to get a feed for my sound system that feeds my entire house and now I can be in any room and listen to my audiobooks and simply say Alexa (or Echo) play or pause and start/stop my books.
Since audiobooks are LONG I do not need to worry about playing by name but I “think” even that is possible.
While it is not a perfect solution and the only file I have metadata for are the ones that have embedded data but, for me, that matters very little as all I really need is the file name and all my books have been made into one large mp3 each.
Plex is VERY unlikely to do more for us audiobook fans.
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Actually it does create a problem; due to the lack of a separate “Audiobooks” category in Plex I had to create a second “Music” Library with my Spoken-Word-Audiobooks (Stories, Comedy, Podcasts, etc.), now Alexa will only suggest and play these Audiobooks through the Plex skill when I ask her to play Plex Music, which is not what I want.
I guess the best way to solve this Problem would be to finally add an “Audiobooks” category for Audio files instead of only having to call everything “Music”.
I hope they implement a solution to this problem in the coming updates as I would really like to finally use my Alexa to play all my Plex Music.
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I wish they would its so frustrating.
That said I do use a separate music library for audiobooks. Its a kludge but one I’m not very happy with, mostly due to metadata issues.
I have to admit given all the other sidetracks thats been added to plex I’m pretty frustrated there’s been no movement on audiobooks.
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Yeah, I don’t get this either. They’ve added scads of stuff I could give a rip about, but not audiobooks yet. Seems like there’s certainly interest from the customer base…
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