Add-on:AudioBooks
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Allows the playing of AudioBooks
Introduction
You can install this addon from: Repository:robwebset
AudioBooks is an addon that allows you to list and play your AudioBooks using Kodi. Support includes m4b file format and the standard file formats supported by Kodi. (e.g. mp3, flac etc)
On installation of the AudioBooks addon it will need configuring to point to the directory that contains all of your AudioBook files. This can be done via the AudioBooks Settings, or if not set, you will be prompted on first use.
Basic Support
With the default configuration you can:
- List all your AudioBooks (By filename)
- Play your AudioBooks
- Resume your AudioBooks from the point it was last stopped
Advanced Support
In order to get features that include:
- Display of AudioBook Titles
- Display of AudioBook Cover Artwork
- Listing of AudioBook Chapters
- Starting playing from a given chapter marker
Then you will need to download ffmpeg to a location on your machine and then use the AudioBooks Addon Settings to point to the ffmpeg executable. If you are running on a Linux or Android system then you need to ensure that the ffmpeg program has execute permissions otherwise it will not run (In order to set execute permissions on Android you will most likely need to have rooted your device)
Note: If you previously loaded books without ffmpeg, then you will need to clear the cache via the settings - or the context menu to have the audiobooks rescanned.
Network Support
If you store your audiobooks on a network server and use Kodi to access them via smb:// or nfs:// then the initial listing of the available books will be slower (Until they are cached into the AudioBooks database) and chapter listings will always be slower.
Why? - Because ffmpeg is not able to read the smb:// or nfs:// format that Kodi uses, so in order for the AudioBooks Addon to use ffmpeg to read the file, it is copied to a temporary local directory, it is this copy that makes the processing of data slower.
How to Avoid This? - Either store the books locally or use the OS level network functionality to map the drive in such a way that it looks like a local drive.
AudioBook Listing
When entering the addon via the Music Addons Menu the available audiobooks will be listed. Any directories that exist will be displayed with their directory name and enclosed in square brackets. On selecting an audiobook, the chapters in that book will be displayed (Note: If ffmpeg support is not enabled then a link to play from the start of the book, or resume will be displayed).
Any audiobooks or chapters that have been marked previously as complete will start with an asterisk ("*").
Cover Art
The cover art for a given audiobook is retrieved in the following order:
- A jpg file in the same directory as the audiobook with the same name (i.e. an audiobook with the name myaudiobook.m4b and an image with the name myaudiobook.jpg)
- An image that has previously been cached from a book (Based on the file name of the book)
- Extracted internal image from the audiobook file (If ffmpeg enabled)
- The default cover image set in the AudioBooks settings screen.
Settings
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Debugging
If reporting a problem, please also provide a debug log. To do this you need to enable BOTH:
- Kodi logging from the main setting menu
- AudioBooks debug from the AudioBooks addon settings menu
Please do not paste the log into the forum thread, just link to it.
Donations
If you have found the AudioBooks Addon useful and would like to help support future development and bug fixes, then please feel free to make a small donation.
Please use the link on the top of the AudioBooks Forum