The solution offered in this thread, AudiobookShelf, is simply too full of fluff for my needs. So far I have not found one that does not have show stopping limitations except for my MediaMonkey solution. Kind of like with various solutions for TV there are there is no "System to rule them all" and I look at all the "new" audio playback systems to see if there is a possibility that they could be better.
I think that everybody that regularly listens to audiobooks needs to closely examine the various offerings available and make their decisions carefully and not get so focused on one solution that others are excluded. All other systems I have tried had some limitations that made their use difficult at best. In total I have about 1400 audiobooks, maybe more, and the simplest way to listen to them the way I want is through a computer (it does not need to be powerful at all) running MediaMonkey and using playlists. It was a little trouble to get it setup and fully functional but, once configured correctly, I have found that MediaMonkey does mostly everything I need it to do. No client for any "system" like Emby etc. When I am listening to a book I want to be able, no matter where in my home I am, to pause/resume playback. I do not sit in front of my TV to listen to audiobooks and I do not want to. For me the visual interface is meaningless as the fancy graphics and all the other fluff just get in the way. I do not need or want all the overhead that most systems impose on audiobooks. I simply setup a playlist with my audiobooks and I can even add or delete from that playlist as I want. I do not try to do everything through Alexa rather I just use a voice remote to issue start and stop commands (In fact it is a toggle) to start and stop playback.Īnywhere in my home if I say "Alexa, book" the playback starts or stops.
The only solution I have found that works the way I want is to have MediaMonkey running on a computer that feeds audio throughout my home and, with just a little tweaking, responds to voice commands from Alexa. I like to have my audio books available throughout my home and be able to control start stop from anywhere and retain the ability to remain paused for as long as a day or two and then, with just a simple resume command, resume playback where I left off. The limitations of my preferred clients (Roku and Fire TV and Shield) are the main issue. As most everybody knows that has been around for a while I have tried to use Emby and Plex and even Jellyfin for listening to audiobooks and they all fall well short of what I need.
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