Just spin up Audiobookshelf for audiobooks it's the perfect solution
this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
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Thank you, I will look into that, any recommendations about the client or is there only a single one?
I just use the Audiobookshelf client idk if anything else works
For audiobooks I can recommend Voice.
I keep my books in AudioBookShelf and use the android app to download to my phone. But, AudioBookShelf doesn't work on Android Auto, so I use Voice to play the books in my car. They can share storage which makes it nice.
I'm not sure about the "audiobooks" part but you can use your browser from android to connect to calibre https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq.html#over-the-air
BTW I used for many years Moon+ Reader to read aloud my ebook on android. Not quite as a real audiobook but good enough https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flyersoft.moonreader
I don't use Calibre for this (but I do for epub and pdf ebooks). I use Plex and use Plexamp for my music collection. For audio books I used to have Chronicle Audiobook Player installed (which is open source, but not actively maintained) but am now trying out Listen Audiobook Player (which is not open source as a heads up). Both of those allow me to download books wherever I am.
If you have no interest in running a Plex server neither of them are suitable for you, but I just wanted to mention this solution in case you're not dead set on using Calibre. Plex has a cost factor which may come into play (an obvious non starter for some). I have had Plex Pass for a long time so it was natural for me to use it, but might not be for you.
I already have a Jellyfin server, won't switch to plex but maybe I find a comoatible client for that one, thanks for the pointer!
With all the privacy and corporate issues around Plex Jellyfin may be a better option tho