Plex setup for audiobooks

Plex server is running in the plex-audio vm in proxmox@hilbert.

Remote: https://audiobook.dl.imetrical.com:443/web
Local: http://plex-audiobook.imetrical.com:32400/web
Local: http://192.168.86.34:32400/web

Audiobookshelf is running in the plex-audio vm in proxmox@hilbert.

Pixel 6 Download folder is /audiobooks (as a Download folder), the app also can see DropSynFiles (used for Smart AudioBook Player)

Remote: Not yet, not ever
Tailscale: not yet: http://plex-audiobook.ts.imetrical.com:13378/
Local: http://plex-audiobook.imetrical.com:13378/
Local: http://192.168.86.34:13378/web

TODO

Make audiobookshelf permanent
remove plex stuff, BookCamp 2.0 is never gonna happen...
move to nx-audiobook - including audiobookshelf
finalize move to nx-audiobook
- Check Plan and TODO in validate-audiobook:README.md
- remove validate-audiobook from this repo
snapshots on proxmox
compare metadata (node.js - music-metadata)
canonical folder layout for process
Check token stuff https://forums.plex.tv/t/give-custom-server-access-urls-presedence-in-api-resources/274363
Process for progressive migration /archive/media/audioboos /Reading/audiobooks
Run in docker ? what about plugins: later
- https://github.com/plexinc/pms-docker, image at https://hub.docker.com/r/plexinc/pms-docker/

plex-audiobook VM on hilbert

plex-audiobook.imetrical.com -> 192.168.86.34
- link/ether 82:a1:71:54:20:4c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
ubuntu 22.04
4 cores/8G/256G
install docker and plex
see section below for setting up plexmedia on ubuntu instance
see my plex token : yM_Bj1FZVLpHt-xs1whp
- https://plex.tv/api/resources?yM_Bj1FZVLpHt-xs1whp

Adjust Account Setting: Network: Advanced: Custom server access URLs

This is a snapshot of resulting Preferences.xml: plex-audiobook on hilbert i.e. '/var/lib/plexmediaserver/Library/Application Support/Plex Media Server/Preferences.xml'

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Preferences OldestPreviousVersion="1.28.2.6106-44a5bbd28" MachineIdentifier="67dac0f7-783f-4084-9eba-fce1b8ae120d" ProcessedMachineIdentifier="8977a39088f381a6df1db65db80f6c84fab496af" AnonymousMachineIdentifier="190563f5-8863-4cae-93e4-9a26ca6bb77d" MetricsEpoch="1" GlobalMusicVideoPathMigrated="1" AcceptedEULA="1" PublishServerOnPlexOnlineKey="0" PlexOnlineToken="yM_Bj1FZVLpHt-xs1whp" PlexOnlineUsername="daneroo" PlexOnlineMail="daniel.lauzon@gmail.com" DvrIncrementalEpgLoader="0" CertificateUUID="381d0e80f81a447cb1c0d21cb381894b" PubSubServer="172.105.13.59" PubSubServerRegion="yyz" PubSubServerPing="1067312801" CertificateVersion="3" CloudSyncNeedsUpdate="0" LanguageInCloud="1" customConnections="https://audiobook.dl.imetrical.com:443/, http://plex-audiobook.imetrical.com:32400/, http://192.168.86.34:32400/"/>

Tagging

Tagging (or re-tagging) is done with Beets

It was inspired by Sneaspap's Guide, but we could'n get mp3tag to work, so we are using beets for now

with Go

cd mywalker
time go run cmd/walk/main.go -path ../beets-audible/beets/data/untagged/

m4b-tool

# from Volumes/Space/Beets
alias m4b-tool='docker run -it --rm -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -v "$(pwd)":/mnt sandreas/m4b-tool:latest'
# e.g.
m4b-tool split --audio-format mp3 Scott\ Lynch\ -\ The\ Republic\ of\ Thieves.m4b
# get real chapters - from api.audnex.us

time m4b-tool merge --output-file=rechaptered/output.m4b input.m4b
time m4b-tool merge --output-file=rechaptered/1\ -\ The\ Phoenix\ Guards/1\ -\ The\ Phoenix\ Guards.m4b 1\ -\ The\ Phoenix\ Guards/

Install Audnexus

# ~plex == /var/lib/plexmediaserver
cd ~plex/Library/Application\ Support/Plex\ Media\ Server/Plug-ins
sudo git clone https://github.com/djdembeck/Audnexus.bundle.git
sudo chown -R plex: Audnexus.bundle

sudo systemctl restart plexmediaserver

Create an audiobook library

From within Plex Web, create a new library, with the MUSIC type, and name it Audiobooks.
Add your folders.

In the ADVANCED tab:

Scanner: Plex Music Scanner
Agent: Audnexus Agent
Toggle agent settings as you please.
Uncheck all boxes except Store track progress
Genres: Embedded tags
Album Art: Local Files Only

Add the library and go do anything but read a physical book while the magic happens :)

Install plex in ubuntu

Try on plex-audiobook@hilbert (192.168.86.34)

curl https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-keys/PlexSign.key | sudo apt-key add -
echo deb https://downloads.plex.tv/repo/deb public main | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/plexmediaserver.list

sudo apt update
sudo apt install plexmediaserver

# check plex is running
sudo systemctl status plexmediaserver

for more local development

# install ffmpeg (and ffprobe)
sudo apt install ffmpeg
# install nvm
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.1/install.sh | bash
nvm install --lts

Remote (SMB) content

This is how we mount some content with CIFS/SMB from synology

sudo apt update
sudo apt install cifs-utils

# Add this user (plex-audiobook) to synology, with read-only access to Share(s)
sudo nano /etc/synology-cifs-credentials
# password: echo -n sekret|sha1sum
# username=plex-audiobook
# password=a1b9892611956aa13a5ab9ccf01f49662583f2d2
sudo chmod 400 /etc/synology-cifs-credentials

sudo mkdir -p /Volumes/Reading
#  to test
sudo mount -t cifs -o ro,vers=3.0,credentials=/etc/synology-cifs-credentials //syno.imetrical.com/Reading /Volumes/Reading
sudo umount /Volumes/Reading

# to make permanent and append:
sudo nano /etc/fstab
# //syno.imetrical.com/Reading /Volumes/Reading cifs ro,vers=3.0,credentials=/etc/synology-cifs-credentials
sudo mount -a

# Draw the rest of the Owl: set paths inside plex...

Also mounting /Archive (temporarily)

mkdir -p /Volumes/Space/archive
# This will prompt for password
sudo mount -t cifs -o ro,vers=3.0,user=daniel //syno.imetrical.com/Archive /Volumes/Space/archive

Local content

This is where we might put a local (to the ubuntu instance)

# add content
sudo mkdir -p /opt/plexmedia/audiobooks  # {movies,series}
sudo chown -R plex: /opt/plexmedia

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