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Anyone know if anything like this?

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[-] telepresence@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 year ago

these two tools apparently let you rip borrowed audiobooks from this service named libby. although i haven't tested them. https://github.com/ping/odmpy https://github.com/bookbonobo/libby-download-extension

also, have you checked the index? stuff like this is usually there.

[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

They asked for audiobook sites online. They’d have to download for that so that wouldn’t work unfortunately. I saved your comment though because it’s still useful.

[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Have you checked the piracy mega thread? I think they have a few online audiobook sites listed there but correct me if I’m wrong.

Edit: if you have a library card, you could use Libby for listening to audiobooks for free.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I can't seem to get mine to work, the library system doesn't seem to be recognized.

[-] yessikg@lemmy.film 2 points 1 year ago

Go ask a librarian what app they use

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

We use cloud library, but it doesn't have as large of a selection.

[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Like your library doesn’t show up or?

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. It's only giving about 25 library options in my area, and mine isn't one of them.

[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This link may be useful for you. If the stuff listed in the link doesn’t work, then your library may not have Libby unfortunately. In that case, pirate then.

a library card US library card.

[-] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, I’m from Canada, so North American library card?

[-] bblfrnz@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

What if the OP is from South America or Europe, is there a Pan-American library card? Or maybe Transatlantic one?

[-] TarquinNimrod@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] 1000mH@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

Take a look at the wiki link.

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Why not just grab and put them on your phone or host them in a server?

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Whole lot of storage space and a whole lot of work respectively?

[-] wolfshadowheart@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

You are severely overestimating both in your assumptions.

I think I have like 3,000 audiobooks in .mp3s and it takes hardly 5gb.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Wow, and those aren't unlistenable due to compression? Cool. Yeah I would have thought it was more like 1gb per 10 hours, but I guess it's orders of magnitude less than that.

[-] dudemanbro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For real. I become a little bit of a snob when it comes to my audiobooks. I have a collection going of near 2000 and thats about 2TB of space. Now, I do try and get the "best" I can of what's available, and, to be fair, 64kbps books are truly well and good. There are also ones that sound great and don't pack a high bitrate, but once it hits the 32kbps that when its rare I'll touch them unless the are the only copies I can find. Personally, I hate how much highly compressed books make the narrators sound. Just awful

I dumped my Audible books. Metro 2035 is around 550MBs, Windows reports 62kbps bit rate. Is that normal? m4b Downloaded with Booklib+AAX Converter

[-] dudemanbro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That seems normal. The copy I have in an m4b ~530 MB (@63kbps). There are various tools like the one you mentioned and (https://github.com/VarSell/iAmDeaf) which I'm sure does the same thing. Unfortunately I am not too well versed in the actual ripping of content so i dont really know how people get the untouched "highest" bitrate content. But what you did appears to be wihtin the normal range, I would say.

I am not really part of the scene but am part of a community that shares the booty

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Setting up a plex server takes less than 5 minutes and audiobooks are less than 100mb most of the time. So not really. Setting up audiobookshelf takes a bit more time if you don't already have docker installed/setup on windows but even then. An hour maybe? At most?

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Cool! Could you direct me to this five minute guide to setting up a Plex server? Also for these you'd need another computer that's always on, right? If it's off, you wouldn't be able to access the server? Our family only uses laptops right now so that would be an issue.

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I can write the 5 minute guide out for you in this comment. Im assuming windows. And yeah the machine has to be on. Although you could just run it off your main machine, especially if its just audiobooks.

Make a plex account Download and run the latest version of PMS (plex media server) and follow the gui to create your media folders

Now if you only want to access the media within your home, you're done. Grab the apps for each device and be on your way. If you want to access out of your home theres one more step. Port forwarding. Thats done within your router and is different for each one but basically boils down to this.

Find setting. Create port forward entry for whichever ip is hosting plex. Port forward 32400 on tcp/udp Done.

Im explaining it in short bullet point lines because it should be that easy.

Yes. You need a PC that can act as a server (so run 24/7). If you want outside access you would also need a VPN or expose your services to the internet.

[-] Mastersmacks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 year ago

It’s for my tech illiterate girlfriend, if there’s more than 2 steps that’s an automatic no from her

[-] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Fair enough. I host it myself for my wife.

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