Splasm Software Discussions
https://www.splasmstrands.com.splasm.com/

Best Practices for managing large collections?
https://www.splasmstrands.com.splasm.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7009
Page 1 of 1

Author:  jkfoote [ Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:26 am ]
Post subject:  Best Practices for managing large collections?

Probably a FAQ but I haven’t been able to find anything directly related:

Is there a Best Practices for managing large collections of AudioBookBuilder project files?


I’ve got a large collection which I manage on an external usb drive, along with my OpenAudible collection. When I want to load an audiobook I copy the corresponding ab file to my laptop, re-run ‘Build Audiobook’ then use Mac Books to get the audiobook loaded onto my phone. It’s clunky but works and allows reduced iCloud storage. It’s easy enough to get a list of titles from the file system, but I don’t see a simple way to generate a .csv that would also include metadata like Author or Narrator from the Cover info. By contrast the OpenAudible App has a method to export this kind of info to a .csv file.

What strategies do folks use to cope with large collections? Any chance there are existing hacks or better techniques that represent best practices?

Thanks!

Author:  MiB [ Thu Jan 18, 2024 12:59 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best Practices for managing large collections?

This seems a bit complicated to me...
I am using just plex and prologue on the iphone.
-> The audiobooks come in as a bunch of mp3 files. I've written a program which feeds Audiobook Builder with title, author, description, genre, and cover. After Audiobook builder has done it's job, the converted audiobooks appear in plex.
Then I just have to refresh prologue on the phone and done. The complete collection is listed on the phone. If I want to take some audiobooks with me, I just have to tap on "download". But you could also stream all audiobooks worldwide if set up.

Author:  alehel [ Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:33 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Best Practices for managing large collections?

I keep my abb files on a backup drive just in case I made a mistake, and storage is cheap.

When I finish putting together the audiobook I put the m4b on my Audiobookshelf instance which I'm hosting using pikapods. This lets me stream my audiobook on all my devices (although the iOS app is still in TestFlight).

Page 1 of 1 All times are UTC - 6 hours
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group
http://www.phpbb.com/