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Moving everything off audible and combining it with my non-audible content on a self-hosted audiobookshelf server turned out to be such a clutch move with exactly zero of the headache I expected

Caglias

@caglias.bsky.social

Audiobookshelf, Kavita, and Jellyfin make for an excellent home media system.

Ari Cohn

@aricohn.com

If I didn't have a lifetime Plex pass from when it was super cheap, I'd likely look at moving to Jellyfin, though since remote access/sharing is a reason I have it, and it works rather effortlessly, I'm going to stick with it through a few more levels of enshittification probably

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Ari Cohn

@aricohn.com

But the consistent interface and tracking between audiobook sources made ABS a no-brainer

Caglias

@caglias.bsky.social

What app are you using for the front end? The audiobookshelp app is ok, bit I've found the absorb app to be a better UI for phones/tablets.

Ari Cohn

@aricohn.com

I've had no complaints about the ABS app, haven't had time to play around with others yet

Ari Cohn

@aricohn.com

Absorb does look nice though!

Lane Stellmaker

@hipcrimevocab.net

Jellyfin is a fork of xmbc/emby. It isn't as polished or easy as Plex, and requires more babysitting to make sure metadata is right, etc. It is marginally lighter and faster on silicon but if you've built a good Plex library, little reason to switch.